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Yesterday's Senate Finance Committee Summit "Prepare for Launch: Health Reform Summit 2008" sponsored by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-IA), featured several healthcare industry leaders, researchers and stakeholders.

...health clinics in the U.S., including 28 in the Chicago area, with plans to have more than 400 nationally by the end of 2008. But the FTC said it has looked at possible anti-competitive aspects of retail medicine in other states such as Massachusetts, where state health officials proposed limiting clinic advertising and ads that would be screened and preapproved by state health officials. The FTC said Massachusetts adopted FTC regulations that rejected proposals to regulate advertising,...

All had rates of more than 100 discharges per 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries.

Health professionals and dishonest patients are diverting powerful and potentially addictive prescription drugs from legitimate medical channels, helping to fuel a shift toward pharmaceuticals as drugs of choice, authorities say. Other avenues for prescription diversion are forgery and fraud. Brian Johnston said prescription fraud is increasingly common.

...discounted prescription drug program to offer 90-day supplies for $10 and add several women's' medications at a discount. It also said it would lower the price of more than 1,000 over-the-counter drugs. The move marks the third phase of a company program that began in 2006 and has saved customers more than $1 billion, Wal-Mart said. With the expansion, the company began filling prescriptions Monday for up to 350 generic medications at $10 for a 90-day supply at Wal-Mart,...

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin announced today the launch of its industry-leading transparency initiative in northeastern Wisconsin.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida on April 21 launches 'The Power of the Human Voice,' an Internet-based initiative to record the conversation and debate among Floridians about health care experiences and how to improve them.

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has designated Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women as the first facility in the Centers for Comprehensive Women's Care (CCWC) program.

WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE:WLP) today announced the appointment of Kevin R. Hayden as president of its State Sponsored Business division, effective April 21, 2008.

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina today announced that Greenville businesswoman Minor Mickel Shaw was elected to its board of directors.

For local moms-to-be, April showers takes on a whole new meaning as Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield hosts a community-wide baby shower today at the Community Resource Center (CRC) in Evansville, Indiana.

WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP), the nation's leading health benefits provider, today announced that it has acquired Resolution Health, Inc., a leading data analytics-driven personal health care guidance company.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (BCBSD) recently received two prestigious awards: one for its commitment to offering quality products and services, and another for being a socially-responsible member of the community. In addition, the Spring 2008 issue of Marketing Healthcare Today, a national publication, includes a feature on BCBSD's Introducing BlueIndividual advertising campaign.

Nearly nine of 10 upstate New Yorkers surveyed said it's important to have someone close to them making medical care decisions on their behalf if they were to have an irreversible terminal condition and were unable to communicate or make decisions.

Small business owners looking for affordable employee health insurance coverage can learn about some of their options at a free seminar on Thursday, May 1, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the Associated Grocers conference room, 8600 Anselmo, Baton Rouge. The deadline to register is April 25.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) today broke ground on an environmentally friendly building that will use 65 percent less energy and half the water per square foot of the company’s traditional office space.

Scott P. Serota, president and chief executive officer of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), issued the following statement regarding the announcement by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services today surrounding "never events" payments

As Kermit the Frog says, "It's not easy being green." But Highmark Blue Shield recognizes the impact of our business decisions on the environment and the community and has created and is in the process of implementing sustainable, eco-friendly and green (SEG) business practices.

More than 1,700 reports related to methicillian-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), including 14 deaths, have been submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System from June 2004 through October 2007.