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11 a.m. Live Online: Finding the Best Health Care Plan  SACRAMENTO, CA - It's open enrollment time at a lot of companies, where workers have to choose their health care options for the next year. On Monday's Live_Online at 11 a.m., Kaiser's Dr. Davis Liu, will help you weigh your health insurance alternatives.

New heart disease test could become routine  A simple, low-cost blood test that could help assess one's risk of heart disease could soon become part of regular medical exams along with blood pressure and cholesterol screenings, say Bay Area doctors. A large new study, disclosed this week at a scientific...

New York Times Examines General Motors' Decision To Eliminate Salaried Retirees' Health Benefits  The New York Times on Monday examined how for about 100,000 General Motors "white-collar retirees, time is about to run out" on their "gold-plated medical benefits" as the company looks to "make deep cuts wherever it can" Bunkley, New York Times, 11/10.

AARP Suspends Marketing, Sales Of Benefit Plans Due To Grassley Inquiry  AARP on Friday said it would suspend marketing and sales of health insurance plans after Sen. Chuck Grassley R-Iowa last week said the plans are misleading and do not work in typical situations, CQ HealthBeat reports CQ HealthBeat, 11/7. The plans, offered by UnitedHealth Group through AARP and aimed at people ages 50 to 64, have about one million members.

Bush Administration Issues Clarification On Medicaid Outpatient Hospital Benefit  The Bush administration on Friday issued a clarification on the definition of outpatient hospital care that would reduce the range of medical services offered to low-income patients under the Medicaid outpatient hospital benefit, the New York Times reports. Under the newly revised rule, outpatient hospital services do not include those that could be provided and covered outside a hospital.

Crossing The Digital Divide For The Elderly, Chronically Ill And Medically Undeserved  What will motivate the elderly, the chronically ill and the medically underserved to use interactive information technology systems to actively help manage their own health problems? What barriers have prevented people in these groups from using such systems more widely than they have? The U.S.

Aetna Inc. Purchases Ronald A. Katz Technology License  LOS ANGELES, BUSINESS WIRE -- Aetna Inc., one of the nation's leading diversified health care benefits companies NYSE:AET headquartered in Hartford, CT and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P., headquartered in Los Angeles, announced today the settlement of patent litigation between the parties.

CIGNA Corporation and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter into License Agreement  LOS ANGELES, BUSINESS WIRE -- CIGNA Corporation, one of the largest investor owned health and related benefits organizations in the United States NYSE: CI headquartered in Philadelphia, PA and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P., headquartered in Los Angeles, announced today the settlement of patent litigation between the parties.

Aetna Inc. Purchases Ronald A. Katz Technology License Business Editors/Technology Writers  LOS ANGELES-- BUSINESS WIRE _ Nov. 11, 2008--Aetna Inc., one of the nation's leading diversified health care benefits companies NYSE:AET headquartered in Hartford, CT and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P., headquartered in Los Angeles, announced today the settlement of patent litigation between the parties.

MD FIRE program aims to integrate medical devices to improve the safety of medical care  In an effort to hasten the availability of medical device interoperability to drive safer patient care and clinical efficiency, the Medical Device Plug-and-Play MD PnP Interoperability Program announced the launch of "MD FIRE," the Medical Device Free Interoperability Requirements for the Enterprise collaboration at the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2008 Annual Meeting held October ...

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