Business briefs
Lansing State Journal, MI -
EAST LANSING - Insurance rating organization A.M. Best Co. upgraded medical malpractice provider American Physicians Capital Inc.'s financial strength rating to a "B++" from a "B+", the insurance company said Friday. Investors and analysts often use the ratings to evaluate the strength of insurance companies. A.M. Best also upgraded APCapital subsidiary American Physicians Assurance Corp.'s issuer credit rating to "bbb" from "bbb-". The rating agency also affirmed the "B+" rating and the "bbb-" issuer credit rating for APSpecialty Insurance Corp. and the "B-" rating and "bb-" issuer credit rating for Insurance Corp. of America. APCapital is Michigan's largest provider of medical malpractice insurance.
2006-06-20
Kerry: 'I Was Wrong' On Iraq
CNSNews.com, VA -
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2006-06-19
A 'right' way to kill someone?
USA Today -
Six years ago, then-Illinois governor George Ryan made headlines by imposing a moratorium on executions after revelations that innocent people were on death row in his state. Ryan's action deserves to be front and center again in our public discussion of crime and punishment. When the Illinois moratorium was enacted, it caused many states to reconsider their death penalty laws. New Jersey now has a moratorium. Kansas' death penalty law was declared unconstitutional. Americans reacted viscerally to the idea that innocent people could not only be imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit, they could also be executed for them.
2006-06-18
Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP) Selects
Business Wire (press release), CA -
"We had originally thought of choosing a CRM vendor, but realized immediately that implementing a CRM driven solution was similar to the cart pushing the horse," explains Dave Henderson, senior vice president marketing and chief marketing officer (CMO), CDPHP. "ikaSystems' robust portal technology platform will connect our health plan staff, brokers, employers, and members in real time, and will simplify the entire small and large group sales and renewal cycle. The system will streamline our business processes including health insurance quote and proposal generation, plan selection, application submission, medical underwriting, enrollment online, renewals, e-billing, and membership management, and will provide our underwriters extensive rating and rate maintenance capabilities."
2006-06-16
FREE PROSTRATE SCREENING PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE CAPITAL REGION
Empire Information Services, Inc. (press release), NY -
LATHAM, NY -- (05/31/2006; 0900)(EIS) -- In an effort to help men learn the risks of prostate cancer, Community Care Physicians, P.C., through a grant sponsored by Senator Joseph Bruno and the NYS Heath Department has designed a program to screen 4,000 high risk men living in the greater Capital Region to be tested for prostate cancer. Screen Savers, is a program that provides free prostate cancer screenings throughout the Capital Region. In honor of Father.s Day, Screen Savers and Albany Medical Center with assistance from the American Cancer Society will be hosting screening events in Albany, Latham, and Schodack. For locations and to schedule an appointment please call 262-3349 or 262-3341.
2006-06-15
Queen's Birthday Honours 2006
The Age, Australia -
Sydney Markets, NSW. For service to community development through leadership roles in organisations related to education, health care, advancement of the status of women, the Catholic Church, the arts and sport, and to international relations between Australia and Asia, particularly support for Bhutanese people living in Australia.
2006-06-14
Insmed facing another lawsuit
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA -
In court documents, Tercica contends it has been and will continue to be injured by Insmed's statements that Increlex is unsafe. The claim asks for an injunction against Insmed to prevent harm to the public, in particular children "whose treatment may be delayed and/or prevented entirely by Insmed's false, misleading and deceptive statements."
1. Capital District Physicians'' Health Plan, Inc. Renews Contract for Business and Medical Intelligence Systems - ikaHEDIS and ikaProfyle Reporting Systems
SOUTHBORO, Mass. -- ikaSystems Corporation, a leading provider of web-based, enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for the healthcare industry, ...
2. Is there a doctor in the state? - geographic distribution of generalist physicians shows that District of Columbia is underserved
With 189 generalist physicians per 100,000 population and 342 specialists per 100,000, no state has anything close to the concentration of doctors found ...
3. Communicable diseases monitored by disease surveillance in Kottayam district, Kerala state, India
Background & objectives: A disease surveillance model developed in the North Arcot district, Tamil Nadu, was found to be practical, efficient, inexpensive ...
4. Capital Health MDs to be ''open, honest''
ROCKEFELLER''S TRASH: Fox News talk show host Sean Hannity unearthed a memo last week prepared by a Democratic Senate Intelligence Committee staffer that outlined various options the Democrats could
5. Capital briefs
NO Black college, no Martin Luther King Jr. No Black college, no Thurgood Marshall, no Spike Lee, no Marian Wright Edelman or Lionel Richie or Kweisi ...