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UnitedHealthcare launches teledermatology program for Hawaii Medicaid patients
2015-09-01 19:46:54| Beverages - Topix.net
As part of a nation-wide initiative, UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company, has adopted telehealth technology system to allow patients to share images with their doctors for timely diagnoses. "Sharing patient data and images remotely reduces the wait for real-time results, which can be critically important for patients - especially when it concerns conditions like skin cancer," said Dr. Ron Fujimoto , chief medical officer of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Hawaii.
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Obama nominates former UnitedHealth exec Slavitt to run Medicare and Medicaid
2015-07-11 08:34:23| Beverages - Topix.net
WASHINGTON -- March 31, 2009 -- CONGRESS-HEALTH-INSURANCE-3 -- From left, Stephen J. Hemsley, the chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, and Andy M. Slavitt, who heads UnitedHealthi 1 2s database business, Ingenix, appear before the Senate commerce committee in Washington on Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The panel is weighing evidence that health insurers had routinely underpaid their customers for out-of-network medical care.
Xerox wins approval of $565M New York Medicaid contract
2015-04-18 18:43:39| IT Services - Topix.net
Xerox Corp.'s $565 million contract to build and run New York's new Medicaid computer system won approval from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. In making the determination, Mr. DiNapoli denied protests from competing bidder Hewlett-Packard Co.
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More diabetes cases diagnosed after Medicaid expansion
2015-03-25 16:16:52| Biotech - Topix.net
U.S. states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act have seen larger increases in diabetes cases than states that didn't expand their programs, a new study shows. The findings suggest that expanding Medicaid, the government-run health insurance for the poor, allows people with diabetes to be diagnosed earlier than before, which may improve outcomes later on, the researchers say.
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North Carolina Medicaid claims lawsuit to face biggest hearing
2015-02-27 13:05:56| IT Services - Topix.net
A case that pits almost every Medicaid provider in North Carolina against the state government and its IT contractor will have arguably its most important hearing to date in April. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and the vendor it contracted with to build NCTracks, the Medicaid claims payment system, are facing a lawsuit that could incorporate 70,000 health care providers and finish with damages exceeding $100 million.
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