12/25/2008 News For: Colorado Healthy Families Medical InsuranceHealthy Families program gets $244k The state's health insurance program for the working poor will receive an added boost this month from First 5 Tulare County. A Less Healthy Health Insurance Sector The U.S. economy is in a recession, and the health insurance industry has not proved immune to what ails the nation. With joblessness on the rise, volatile financial markets, and consumer income either flat or falling by most measures, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Nov. 3 revised the outlook on the managed care industry to negative from stable. The impact of the deteriorating economy, ... Health Care District to open Lakeside Medical Center in 2009 Published December, 25th 2008. Lakeside Medical Center will be the name of the new 70-private bed hospital in western Palm Beach County , scheduled for completion in the fall of 2009. Economic woes may worsen health The city's health director warned that an economic downturn could threaten the health and well-being of local residents as more families lose their health insurance and find their medications unaffordable. Howard medical practice halts 'retainer' care plans Charter Internal Medicine, a 9,000-patient primary care medical office in Howard County, has announced that it is reversing plans to cease accepting health insurance and switch to a retainer-style practice next month after state regulators expressed concern over whether such operations should be classified as insurance carriers. In October, the five-physician practice informed patients of the ... Gastroenterologist At Boston University Medical Center Named One Of America's Top Doctors Newton resident M. Michael Wolfe, MD, chief of the Gastroenterology Section at Boston Medical Center, professor of medicine and research professor of physiology and biophysics at Boston University School of Medicine, was recently named one of America's Top Doctors by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. Youth, 17, killed in shooting south of Medical Center A 17-year-old man was killed Christmas Eve and another man injured after the car they were riding in was fired upon south of the Medical Center in Memphis, police said. Beijing raises pensions & medical coverage The Beijing municipal government has announced a series of measures to help the elderly and unemployed cope with the economic slowdown. Retirement pensions and medical insurance coverage will both rise starting next week. Blue Cross fined $150,000 for data disclosure In one of his final acts as insurance commissioner, Matt Denn fined Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware $150,000 on Wednesday for improperly disclosing the private medical information of about 3,800 Delaware members. Highland sophomore dies six days after crash The Highland High School sophomore who crashed a week ago west of Ault died shortly before noon on Wednesday at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. |




