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<title>Referrals to Western Psych halted</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=180015477</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 08:47 GMT</pubDate>
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...  involve people who have received outpatient mental health services from that agency, state officials said.  ...  agency, part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, declined to comment. The temporary moratorium  ...  covered by the state&apos;s HealthChoices behavioral health managed care program, as well as patients leaving Mayview  ...
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<title>Elan Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=180000178</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 06:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  States since launch has been on educating health care professionals in relation to the operation  ...  innovations in science to fill significant unmet medical needs that continue to exist around the  ...  will adversely affect Elan; the trend towards managed care and health care cost containment, including Medicare  ...
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<title>Shares surge at UnitedHealth</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179988481</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 04:34 GMT</pubDate>
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... Shares of UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. medical insurer, gained the most in 81/2 years after its second-quarter adjusted earnings beat analysts&apos;  ...
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<title>Palladian Health Names John J. Donahue Chairman</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179985191</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 04:30 GMT</pubDate>
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... Palladian Health Names John J. Donahue Chairman WEST SENECA, N.Y., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The board  ...
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<title>UnitedHealth 2Q profit falls on charges</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179984537</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 04:29 GMT</pubDate>
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... Shares of managed-care provider UnitedHealth Group Inc. jumped 9 percent Tuesday after  ...  benefit from the sale of its individual Medicare Advantage business in Nevada in May. Earnings  ...
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<title>Amerigroup reports loss of $162.5M for second quarter</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179967834</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 01:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  trial in a Chicago federal court for Medicaid fraud. Amerigroup appealed the outcome and had  ...  charges related to closing its Washington, D.C., health care plan last month and shutting its  ...
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<title>Centene posts second-quarter profit increase</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179959253</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Texas from a new Foster Care contract. Health benefits ratio, which reflects medical costs as a percent of premium revenues,  ...  St. Louis-based Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC) provides managed care programs and related services to individuals under  ...
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<title>Amerigroup loses $162.5 million on fraud settlement</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179953076</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 23:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  integrity agreement with the federal Department of Health and Human Services. However, Amerigroup will not  ...  said. The company, which specializes in providing managed care to beneficiaries of Medicaid and other government-funded programs, said it expects  ...
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<title>WellPoint Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179947325</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 22:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  have increased. This provides greater visibility into medical cost trends and enables us to more  ...  added Braly. &quot;We are the nation&apos;s largest health benefits company in terms of membership, and  ...  SEC; increased government regulation of health benefits, managed care and PBM operations; trends in health care  ...
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<title>Nielsen and Wolters Kluwer Health form alliance</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179945825</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 22:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  effort to raise the bar on consumer health targeting, messaging and measurement, Nielsen and Wolters  ...  will provide data from its SourceLx and Pharmaceutical Audit Suite (PHAST) services. Media buyers, for  ...  and impact of co-pay versus retail price, managed care formulary controls and mass media advertising, and  ...
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<title>Amerigroup loses $162.5 million in second quarter on fraud settlement</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179935656</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 21:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  integrity agreement with the federal Department of Health and Human Services. However, Amerigroup will not  ...  said. The company, which specializes in providing managed care to beneficiaries of Medicaid and other government-funded programs, said it expects  ...
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<title>Varian Medical Systems Reports Strong Growth in Net Orders, Revenues, and Earnings for the Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2008</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179929786</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 20:35 GMT</pubDate>
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... Varian Medical Systems Reports Strong Growth in Net Orders,  ...  the company&apos;s intellectual property; the impact of managed care initiatives, other health care reforms, and/or third-party reimbursement levels and  ...
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<title>Varian Medical Systems Reports Strong Growth in Net Orders, Revenues, and Earnings for the Third Qua</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179928403</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 20:33 GMT</pubDate>
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... Varian Medical Systems Reports Strong Growth in Net Orders,  ...  the company&apos;s intellectual property; the impact of managed care initiatives, other health care reforms, and/or third-party reimbursement levels and  ...
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<title>AMERIGROUP Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179928398</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 20:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  three months ended June 30, 2008. -- Health benefits ratio of 82.0% of premium revenues  ...  prior to the start of the new managed care program and were not fully accounted for  ...  payment along with elevated estimates of incurred medical costs during the second quarter and unfavorable  ...
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<title>Pivot Healthcare Communications, LLC Awarded New Business from the DG3 Group</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179918424</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  PharmAid Industries, Inc., a leading supplier to pharmaceutical companies, and the subsequent formation of its  ...  Schermerhorn, President and CEO of PIVOT. PIVOT Healthcare Communications, LLC, is an independent, full-service healthcare  ...  promotion, as well as direct-to-patient communications and managed care pull-through promotion. For more information, contact Cindy  ...
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