Read the 'JER' transcript Jul 28, 2009
" I'm Paul Gigot. From a prime-time press conference to a town hall meeting in Ohio, it was a full court press by President Barack Obama to sell his health care reform plan to a skeptical republic. A new FOX News Dynamic opinion poll shows half of all Americans, 45 percent, think the quality of their family's health care would be worse under the proposed reforms, 29 percent think it would be better. Are they right to be worried? Former New York Lieutenant Governor Betsy McCoy, is a patient... (Fox News)
Medicaid patients sue JFS Jul 3, 2009
In March, Phillips was notified that her Medicaid Managed Care Plan, Buckeye Community Health Plan, would no longer pay for her to get treatment at University Hospital, where she sees four doctors. Ohio failed to adequately inform Buckeye members about the process for changing managed care plans, said Trey Daly, of the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati, lead counsel for the five plaintiffs ... Federal and state law require Ohio to let disabled Medicaid residents transfer from one managed... (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Humana to new hires: Quit smoking Jun 17, 2009
Louisville-based Humana NYSE: HUM) is one of the largest insurers serving Greater Cincinnati, with about 470,000 Tri-State enrollees in its managed care plan. Humana has said it will increase its Tri-State employee base by 60 percent by the end of 2010. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Department of Defense awards Humana Military new TRICARE contract May 12, 2009
Officials with Louisville-based Humana Inc., announced today that has been awarded a new $2 billion contract by the to administer its TRICARE managed care plan to the 10-state South Region of the U.S.. The contract consists of a nine-month transition period, which begins on Sept. 1, and five, one-year options. (Louisville Business First, KY)
