News For: Pregnant CaliforniaMedtral New Zealand Announces Strategic Partnership with California-based Global Medical Conexions Medtral New Zealand www.medtral.com, providing affordable, world-class healthcare with all-inclusive travel and medical treatment packages, today announced a strategic partnership with California-based Global Medical Conexions GMCx, www.globalmedconex.com, a leader in the self-funded group health field. GMCx maintains an International Select Provider Organization ISPO consisting of the ... Medtral New Zealand Announces Strategic Partnership with California-based Global Medical Conexions AUCKLAND, New Zealand & SAN FRANCISCO----Medtral New Zealand , providing affordable, world-class healthcare with all-inclusive travel and medical treatment packages, today announced a strategic partnership with California-based Global Medical Conexions , a leader in the self-funded group health field. Blue Shield of California awards $29.5M in bonuses to California 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. California budget is signed by Gov. Schwarzenegger California finally has a budget. On Tuesday morning, Gov. Schwarzenegger signed the state's $143 billion budget after the longest budget stalemate in state history. The new budget will free up money to pay medical clinics, nursing homes, and daycare centers; some of which had to shut down because of the budget impasse. Charlie Sheen's pregnant wife has surgery Brooke Mueller, the pregnant wife of Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen, has undergone emergency gall-bladder surgery, sources told E! News.Mueller, who is in the first trimester of her pregnancy, was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles a little more than a week ago, the entertainment news Web site said.Mueller looked like she was on the mend, however, when she and Sheen were ... 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 independent practice associations IPAs this year, compared with $31 million last year. Armstrong likely will hit city on comeback tour Cycling's biggest star and one of cancer's most prominent foes announced Wednesday he is coming out of retirement, joining the Astana professional team and likely clicking into his pedals at the starting line in Sacramento for the 2009 Amgen Tour of California. Around the Region A community workshop to discuss the long-range development of the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, is scheduled from 6 to 7:30 tonight at the Coloma Community Center, 4623 T St., Sacramento. Blue Shield of California Awards $29.5 Million in Pay-for-Performance Programs in 2008 As part of its ongoing commitment to providing high quality affordable health care, Blue Shield of California announced today that it is awarding $29.5 million in performance bonuses to medical groups and IPAs in California. Nearly half of the payments are part of the Integrated Healthcare Association IHA pay-for-performance program, which rewards providers for the quality of their health ... Soak it to 'em! Here's the pitch, so to speak: Pony up $5, toss a softball and send a state official into the dunk tank. Department of Finance Director Mike Genest emerges from the drink at the California State Employees Charitable Campaign event. Janette Lopez, chief deputy director of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, awaits her dousing Wednesday in Sacramento's Roosevelt Park. |


