News For: Blue Care Of LouisianaUniversal Health Care Supporters Rally ELMIRA -- Advocates for universal health care are asking New York lawmakers in Washington, "Whose side are you on?" The group Citizen Action of New York held a rally in front of the Excellus Blue Cross-Blue Shield office in Elmira Wednesday. Friday's Le Grand Cirque Show @ Blue Cross Arena Canceled The opening performance of "Le Grand Cirque" at the Blue Cross Arena this weekend has been canceled. The show on Friday has been canceled, but Saturday and Sunday's shows will go on. Newborn /baby care class set for Mondays in October Citizens Medical Center is offering newborn/baby care classes the first Monday of each month. The first class is from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 6, at Citizens Medical Center Women’s Pavilion, 2701 Hospital Drive. Massachusetts Lawmakers Pass Legislation To Attract More Primary Care Physicians To State As Wait Times For ... The average wait time for an appointment with a primary care physician in Massachusetts this year increased to 36 days from 34 days in 2007, according to an annual study by the Massachusetts Medical Society, the AP/Boston Herald reports AP/Boston Herald, 9/22. Blue Shield of California awards $29.5M in bonuses to medical groups Blue Shield of California said Tuesday it’s awarding $29.5 million in performance bonuses to California medical groups and IPAs this year, compared with $31 million last year. Minnesota poor suffer disparity in medical care, study confirms Doctors are less likely to provide proper medical care to low-income Minnesotans enrolled in state health plans than to patients with private insurance, according to a first-of-its-kind report. Nigeria militant leader seeks urgent medical care: wife The suspected leader of Nigeria's main militant group in oil-rich Niger Delta, who is in detention on treason charges, needs urgent medical care for a kidney ailment, his wife and lawyer said Monday. Executive sentenced in Serono fraud case The president of a medical device company was sentenced Wednesday to three years probation and fined $10,000 for plotting with Swiss-based Serono Laboratories to increase sales of an AIDS drug by manipulating a test for AIDS patients. Long drive for ER care in northern Dauphin County prompts meeting The Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee will investigate the need for a northern Dauphin County emergency medical facility during a public hearing Thursday. Ike-battered Galveston lets residents return GALVESTON, Texas — Ten days after Hurricane Ike, this devastated beach town reopened to residents today with stern warnings about what still lurks on the island — rotting cattle carcasses, snakes and swarms of mosquitoes — and what isn't there: drinking water, reliable electricity, medical care or sewer service. |




