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- Slash Your Medical Bills: 7 Ways to Haggle
- Don?t be shy about bargaining over doctors? fees and hospital charges. Insurance companies pay a small fraction of the list price of medical procedures. You have nothing to lose, and lots to gain, by asking for a similar deal. Rising out-of-pocket costs have...
- Articles 2009-11-04
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- Health Advocate Implements Cincom Synchrony Call Center Software to Deliver Highly Personalized Advocacy Service
- Cincom Systems today announced that Health Advocate has implemented Cincom Synchrony TM software as the core technology in its rapidly expanding call center. Health Advocate HA is a national advocacy and assistance company whose mission is to help members deal with the complexities of healthcare...
- Research articles 2006-09-11
- SSM St. Joseph names new women's health advocate
- Karen Hampel, RN, BSN, has recently accepted the position as women's health advocate for SSM St. Joseph. Her work is based out of The Women's Center at SSM St. Joseph Medical Park in St. Peters. Hampel will serve as a personal support person for all women who come to Medical...
- Research articles 2004-04-23
- CIGNA Introduces New Service Model That Pairs Individuals with a Personal Health Advocate; Making it Easier to be Healthy
- BLOOMFIELD, Conn. -- Making it easier for people to be healthy is the goal behind a new service structure CIGNA is introducing that will provide a "one-stop-shopping" experience for CIGNA customers who participate in the company's health promotion and disease prevention programs. CIGNA's integrated personal health team combines behavioral...
- Research articles 2008-07-24
- Health advocate services cut through paperwork; More information for employees means fewer claim appeals, quicker resolutions.(Health Care Report)
- Byline: Steve Garmhausen Not long ago, employees of Reed Elsevier appealed their denied health insurance claims so often that the process became an unwanted cottage industry within the company's employee benefits department. One manager in the u Byline: Steve Garmhausen ...
- Research articles 2007-03-26
- Procter & Gamble and WomenHeart, a national organization dedicated to promoting women's heart health, last month announced a partnership around Metamucil to create tools that encourage women to lower their cholesterol
- Procter & Gamble and WomenHeart, a national organization dedicated to promoting women's heart health, last month announced a partnership around Metamucil to create tools that encourage women to lower their cholesterol. As part of that partnership, "Desperate Housewives" star and heart health advocate Brenda Strong is serving as a spokeswoman...
- Research articles 2009-03-02
- Leading Health Advocate Sees Senate Passage of Restaurant Labeling Legislation as Key to Addressing State's Obesity Crisis
- WHAT: Californians moved a step closer to being able to make healthy food-buying decisions this morning when the California State Senate passed SB 120 (Padilla/Migden), legislation that would require fast-food and chain restaurants to provide basic nutrition information on menus and menu boards. The California Center for Public Health Advocacy,...
- Research articles 2007-05-31
- Advocate near sale of HMO to Humana. (Advocate HealthCare; Humana Health Care Plans)
- Hospital group seeks way out of insurance biz Advocate Health Care is close to selling its poorly performing health maintenance organization, and the likely buyer is Chicago-based Humana Health Care Plans, the region's third-largest operator of managedHospital group seeks way out of insurance biz Advocate Health...
- Research articles 1996-12-02
- SENIOR HOUSING TO LINK HYATT, HOSPITAL GROUP: TALKS WITH ADVOCATE ABOUT UPSCALE ASSISTED-LIVING DEAL.
- Advocate Health Care and Hyatt Corp. are negotiating to develop senior citizen housing in Arlington Heights in a partnership that could expand to other Advocate hospital sites. Oak Brook-based Advocate, which owns eight area hospitals, is launchin Advocate Health Care and Hyatt Corp....
- Research articles 1999-03-08
- Advocate, Wisconsin firm OK merging laboratories.(Business)
- Advocate Health Care will join Wisconsin's largest non-profit health-care network in a laboratory merger the organizations estimate will save them at least $6 million a year, the Oak Brook- based health care system announced Monday. The laboratories for Advocate and Aurora Health Care will...
- Research articles 2000-04-18
- Advocate Health Care Named 2004 Most Wired Hospital
- OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Advocate Health Care has again been named one of the nation's Most Wired health care systems, according to the results of the 2004 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study released on July 19, 2004. This is the fOAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 4...
- Research articles 2004-08-04
- Senate panel eyes Advocate's billing; Aggressive collection practices alleged.(News)
- Byline: KELLY QUIGLEY An Illinois Senate committee is investigating claims that Advocate Health Care System uses predatory collection practices to get underinsured patients to pay overdue bills. The Health and Human Services Committee, chaired b Byline: KELLY QUIGLEY ...
- Research articles 2003-10-27
- Advocate Health Care and SwedishAmerican Health System sign agreement that could lead to affiliation
- CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 18, 1996--Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, and SwedishAmerican Health System, Rockford, have agreed to terms that could lead to an affiliation between the two organizations.A formal affiliation, which could lead to SwedishAmerican's full integration into the Advocate system, may be accomplished by May of this year after a...
- Research articles 1996-01-18
- Fitch Upgrades Advocate Health Care Bonds to 'AA'; Outlook Stable
- NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA' long-term rating to Advocate Health Network's Advocate expected issuance of approximately $625 million of series 2008 bonds to be issued through the Illinois Finance Authority. Fitch has also assigned an 'F1+' short-term rating to approximately $152.5 million of series 2008C multi-annual...
- Research articles 2008-03-17
- Take Care Health Systems and Walgreens to Open ''Health Corner Clinics'' in Chicago Area; Take Care Health Announces Collaboration with Advocate Health Partners to Bring Quality, Convenient and Affordable Patient Care to Chicago
- CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. -- Take Care Health, a leading operator of convenient care clinics, announced today that it plans to open up to 20 Health Corner Clinics in Chicago this fall in partnership with Walgreen Co. (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG), the nation's largest drugstore chain. This is the first phase of a...
- Research articles 2006-07-24
- Cases C-376/98 and C-74/99 Federal Republic of Germany v European Parliament and Council of the European Union; The Queen v Secretary of State for Health and Others ex parte: Imperial Tobacco Ltd and Others advocate general fennelly proposes that the cour
- M2 PRESSWIRE-16 June 2000-EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE: Cases C-376/98 and C-74/99 Federal Republic of Germany v European Parliament and Council of the European Union; The Queen v Secretary of State for Health and Others ex parte: Imperial Tobacco Ltd and Others advocate general ...
- Research articles 2000-06-16
- $1.6M Grant to Fund Program for Nurse Recruitment, Retention; Advocate Health Care Partners with UIC College of Nursing
- OAK BROOK, Ill., Nov. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Advocate Health Care and its partner, the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing UIC CON, announced today that they have been awarded a $1.6 million grant -- Career-Building for Nurse Retention and Care Excellence -- funded by the Nurse Reinvestment...
- Research articles 2003-11-12
- Devon Health Forms Alliance with New Doctor Advocacy Group; Partners with Doctor's Advocate to Support Doctors, Combat Frivolous Lawsuits
- KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. -- Devon Health Services, Inc., a National Healthcare Cost Management company and the Northeast's most extensive Preferred Provider Organization PPO, has partnered with the newly formed organization Doctor's Advocate to support doctors reeling from the medical malpractice crisis. "Devon Health is committed to helping its...
- Research articles 2005-08-11
- Advocate settles insurance, pay dispute.(Business)
- Byline: Mike Comerford Daily Herald Business Writer A four-year government investigation into price fixing at Advocate Health Care is ending with care ... better care. Such is the conclusion of Advocate Chief Executive Officer Marty Manning and Senior Medical Director Dr. Mark...
- Research articles 2007-01-04
- Advocate, Blues to duel on rates.(Advocate Health Care, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois)(Brief Article)
- Byline: SARAH A. KLEIN The area's largest hospital group is gearing up to take on Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois-the area's largest health insurer-in contract negotiations that will either increase insurance rates for employers or leave hu Byline: SARAH A. KLEIN...
- Research articles 2002-09-23
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