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WellCare names Alec Cunningham CEO
Nearly six months
after its current chief executive announced he
would step down, WellCare has found a new chief
executive, promoting a member of its executive
team to the post.
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AETNA ANNOUNCES COVERAGE FOR H1N1 VACCINATIONS
--Aetna Will Cover Administration of the H1N1
Vaccine for All Health Plan Members --
HARTFORD, Conn.,
September 28, 2009 -- Aetna (NYSE; AET)
announced today that it will provide
first-dollar coverage for the administration of
the H1N1 flu vaccine for all of its
fully-insured health plan members, and for all
members of self-funded plans unless directed
otherwise by the plan sponsor. Aetna is
offering this coverage even in instances where
members' plans do not include coverage for
preventive care or have limits on such coverage.
Co-pays, co-insurance and deductibles will not
apply for the administration of the vaccine.
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Molina Healthcare Medicaid
Plans Ranked Among "U.S. News / NCQA
America`s Best Health Insurance Plans
2009-10" Reuters, 11/19/2009;
Molina
Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:MOH), today
announced that U.S. News and World
Report has ranked all of Molina`s
eligible subsidiary Medicaid health
plans in California, Michigan, New
Mexico, Ohio, Utah and Washington among
"America`s
Best Health Insurance Plans" in the
magazine`s annual report measuring the
quality and performance of the nation`s
Medicaid health plans.
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“We
are very excited about the record. But as a
healthcare company, we are even more excited
about the opportunity this event provided us to
bring attention to the adverse effects of yo-yo
dieting,” said David Pollack, president of
Molina Healthcare of Florida. READ
MORE
HUNDREDS 'MARCH FOR BABIES' RAISE NEARLY
$70,000. They baked, they grilled,
auctioned, raffled and maybe even "tweeted" some
along the way...but mostly they walked.
Hundreds of red-shirted AMERIGROUP Associates
walked literally thousands of miles in at least
nine states during the first few weeks of spring
-- all to benefit the March of Dimes 2009 "March
for Babies".
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MOLINA
HEALTHCARE OF FLORIDA CELEBRATES THE EARTH WITH SOFITEL HOTEL AND LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STUDENTS.
MIAMI, Florida
– May 4, 2009 – Through a partnership with
Sofitel Hotel, Molina Healthcare of Florida
provided a festive Earth Day celebration for
approximately 40 students from Flagler
Elementary School.
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MOLINA
HEALTHCARE OF FLORIDA NAMES DAVID POLLACK CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER Miami, Florida -- April
10, 2009 Molina Healthcare of Florida has
named David Pollack as its chief operating
officer. Pollack recently joined Molina with
nearly 20 years of experience in various
operational and financial positions in the
health care industry.
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Molina Healthcare
of Florida
-- MIAMI, Florida
– March 05, 2009 – Don Hairston,
president of Molina Healthcare of Florida was
recently re-elected to the Florida Association
of Health Plan’s (FAHP) Executive Committee.
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Molina
Healthcare of Florida -- Dr.
Jose Eulogio Perez has been named its chief
medical officer. Molina Healthcare of Florida
is a licensed health plan subsidiary of Molina
Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:MOH), and was recently
awarded a Medicaid managed care
contract in
Florida.
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WellCare
Participates as Premier Sponsor during The
Family Café 10th Annual Conference
Orlando, Florida – On June 13 to 15, 2008, WellCare Health
Plans, Inc., participated as the premier sponsor
for The Family Café's 10th Annual Conference
which was held at Walt Disney's Coronado Springs
Resort in Orlando, FL. It was the largest
disability conference to date in the state of
Florida with more than 10,000 attendees
participating.
Read More Aetna Shows
Commitment to Patient Safety with 70 Percent
Reduction in Refills of Duplicate Statin
Prescriptions --
Thursday June 12,
10:50 am ET
-- Successful Patient
Safety Program Expands to Four Widely Used Drug
Classes
HARTFORD,
Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aetna (NYSE:AET
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News) today announced the results of an
internal study which show a 70 percent
reduction in prescription duplication for
members enrolled in its therapeutic
duplication program. Launched in January
2007, the program is available to fully
insured members taking the
cholesterol-lowering statin class of
medications and was designed to improve
patient safety and reduce risk of serious
side effects. Based on the results, Aetna
has expanded the program to include
additional drug classes.
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Blue
Foundation launches $8 million Florida study of
child obesity
John Commins, for Florida HealthFlash, May 22,
2008 The Blue Foundation
for a Healthy Florida has launched an $8
million, four-year statewide initiative to
determine what's causing nearly one-third of
Florida's children to be either overweight or
obese.
Read more...
Health
First Health Plans
invited
network to participate in the national
Heart/Stroke Recognition Program (HSRP).
Recognition is awarded to physicians who
demonstrate that they meet certain
thresholds of delivering key screenings and
helping patients manage cardiovascular
disease. At project start, there were
54 Florida physicians with this status on
the NCQA website. There are now 91,
with Brevard County extremely well
represented.
Vista
Health Plan,
in recognition of Florida's significant
elderly population who are especially
vulnerable to the effects and complications
of the flu, implemented a successful
initiative including a taskforce with the
intent of early identification of members
who meet recommendations for flu vaccine,
and a process to assure availability and
delivery of an adequate supply of vaccine to
our providers.
Aetna
received accreditation in pharmacy benefit
management (PBM) and drug therapy management
(DTM) from URAC -- the independent
non-profit organization that promotes health
care quality through its accreditation and
certification programs. Aetna also
celebrated National Children's Dental Health
Month by hosting and staffing a series of
events around the country including three in
the Jacksonville Florida Area. All three
events provided dental screening, cleaning
and treatment as well as puppet shows and
videos.
Amerigroup's
Hip hop for health
-- an adolescent physical health focus program
using dance for physical fitness -- drew more
than 3,000 attendees at a health fair. In
addition, back to school events were held
throughout the state. Working with multiple
community partners, 34,000 attendees received
school supplies, health education and health
screenings.
Wellcare
sponsors the 9th Annual Family Cafe Conference
for the Disability Community.
The
conference held
on
June 8-10, 2007 and hosted by the Family
Café is a dynamic statewide event that
provides an information-sharing forum for
thousands of Floridians with disabilities
and their families.
Cigna
teamed up with the non-profit organization
HopeLab to deliver innovative interventions
that improve the health and quality of life
of young people with chronic illnesses.
Their first joint initiative is to help
address the needs of teens and young adults
with cancer by offering free of charge
HopeLab's ground-breaking Re-Mission(TM)
video game
Amerigroup
launched a national advisory board comprised
of distinguished community advocates and
healthcare experts. The board is
established to advise Amerigroup on the
needs of seniors and persons with
disabilities.
United Healthcare,
along with the American College of
Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society,
United Healthcare announced an initiative
that will improve patient care by expanding
the collection and use of clinical outcomes
data for heart rhythm devices by cardiac
care facilities, cardiac surgeons,
cardiologists and other health care
professionals.
Humana
launched
an integrated Health-and-Wellness Program
for Health Plan Members.
The program includes wellness
components, with “health coaching”;
integrated medical-behavioral health care
management; and an employee
assistance/work-life program.
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