Health care industry
Fifth Third Bank, a financial institution with a 160-year history, has selected ChoiceCare/Humana as its new health care benefits provider for over 8,000 employees and their families. The partnership, which will expand to 12,000 new ChoiceCare/Humana health plan members in five states, underscores Humana's
Health care industry
Preferred Employers Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary Preferred Healthcare Staffing, Inc. have acquired National Explorers and Travelers Healthcare, Inc. through a pooling-of-interests, exchanging 517,085 shares of common stock for the entire outstanding capital stock of NET Healthcare. Founded in January 1996, NET Healthcare specializes in providing registered nurses and
Health care industry
Cox Health Systems, an integrated healthcare organization in Missouri, has chosen Informix Corporation and Creative Healthcare Systems to build a patient information network between two recently acquired medical campuses. The solution, based on Informix's relational database technology and Creative Healthcare Systems' MedGenix software, will allow the two
Health care industry
MedStep, a subsidiary of Humana Inc., has reached a definitive agreement with United Health of Wisconsin Insurance Company Inc. to develop and implement a Medicare HMO product in the Fox Valley region of Wisconsin. This multiyear agreement will allow MedStep to assist with product development, state and federal filings, marketing,
Health care industry
Physicians' concerns over the excessive complexity and rigidity of new Medicare documentation guidelines for evaluation and management services have led the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to indefinitely delay their enforcement. At a recent American Medical Association (AMA) fly-in meeting, HCFA officials pledged to continue collaborating with the AMA
Health care industry
Convergent Communications, Inc., a leading Enterprise Network Carrier, has signed a five-year, $7.7 million agreement with Precedent Health Center of Denver. This contract will provide advanced voice and data communications for 450 desktops, including total responsibility for desktop PCs, a PBX, and Wide Area Network design. Convergent Communications will
Health care industry
Integrated Medical Resources, Inc. (IMRI), the leading national network of providers of treatment for impotence, reported a 32% increase in revenue to $5.3 million in the first quarter of 1998, compared to $4.1 million in the same quarter of 1997. The company attributed this growth to the rapid
Drugs
Medical Industries of America Inc. has announced its acquisition of 100% of Pharmacy Care Specialists Inc., a privately held, closed-door pharmacy company specializing in delivering prescription pharmaceuticals to the Adult Congregal Living Facilities (ACLF) industry in Florida. The acquisition provides a strategic opportunity for Medical Industries to expand its services
Drugs
McKesson Corporation has signed a two-year agreement with Hennepin County Medical Center, a county-owned facility providing primary, acute, and tertiary care, as well as trauma services. The agreement designates McKesson as the primary supplier for pharmaceutical purchases, with anticipated revenues exceeding $26 million over the term of the agreement. In
Health care industry
PacifiCare Health Systems, one of the nation's leading managed health care services companies, has announced a workforce reduction of approximately 300 employees, or roughly three percent of its 10,000 employee workforce, due to the elimination of duplicate jobs resulting from its acquisition of FHP, Inc. in 1997
Health care industry
Gary Adamson, president/principal of Medimetrix Unison Marketing, and John Emerson, principal of Medimetrix, will present a lecture on the 1:1 business strategy at the annual Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Orlando, Florida, on February 23, 1998. This strategy focuses on improving retention and strengthening relationships
Medical care
A growing sense of urgency among members of the Resident Physicians Section (RPS) of the American Medical Association (AMA) has led to a push for immediate action on managed care. The RPS has overridden its leaders' recommendations, advocating for measures to address managed-care-related concerns rather than studying the issues
