News For: Major Medical Insurance Comapany NamesPasadena Rehabilitation Institute names a new medical director PASADENA - Dr. Andrew Seltzer, a pain management specialist, has been named medical director of the Pasadena Rehabilitation Institute. Major study aims for new approaches to cardiovascular disease management The Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control COSEHC, headquartered at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, is launching a major five-year study designed to update current guidelines for treating cardiovascular diseases, improve disease management and reduce heart attacks and strokes in the Southeast. UCD Medical Center names new COO Vincent L. Johnson Jr. has been hired as the new chief operating officer for UC Davis Medical Center. UCD Medical Center names Vincent L. Johnson Jr. its chief operating officer. FMC ties up with AXA-Alkoot Insurance Doha ��� Future Medical Center FMC has tied up with AXA-Al Koot Insurance, which will enable all those having health insurance coverage by AXA-Al Koot to avail the services of the clinic without making any payment at the clinic. Eighth-grader plans benefit car washes Brittany Liska says she likes helping people. That's why the Bloomington Junior High School eighth-grader is helping organize two benefit car washes to defray some of the cost of the Brandon Major's medical bills. Health insurance costs grow more gradually in 2008 Health insurance premiums rose 5 percent this year for coverage that's shrinking, researchers say. HealthPartners Medical Group Tops in Quality for Patients in State Medical Programs HealthPartners Medical Group received some of the highest quality of care marks among all Minnesota medical groups that serve people in state health care programs according to a new report on health care disparities issued by Minnesota Community Measurement -- a non-profit dedicated to improving the quality of health care in Minnesota. Ex-payroll manager allegedly embezzled $487,000 Prosecutors say an ex-payroll manager charged with embezzling $487,000 from Santa Ana's Advanced Medical Optics also got co-workers into trouble by falsely crediting payments to their names. Robert Lee Winn allegedly used the firm's payroll computer system to... 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. Health Insurance Costs Climb Again Kaiser study: Health insurance premiums and deductibles are up again this year. 24% of U.S. families say paying for health care is a "serious problem." |

