Items Tagged ‘health insurance’

June 22, 2018

Blue Cross, Mayo Clinic agree to new contract

By Karl Oestreich Karl Oestreich (@KarlWOestreich)

Star Tribune by Christopher Snowbeck Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic have come to terms on a new five-year contract that includes a pledge for “collaborative governance” that’s meant to make sure promising new health care technologies get coverage…“It’s a long-term contract,” said Dennis Dahlen, the Mayo Clinic chief financial officer, […]

View full entry

Tags: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Dennis Dahlen, Garrett Black, health insurance


November 4, 2016

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich Karl Oestreich (@KarlWOestreich)

Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Editor, Karl Oestreich;  Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Advisory Board Mayo Clinic got ‘five stars’—but its CEO still doesn’t […]

View full entry

Tags: ActionNewsJax, advisory board, Albert Lea Tribune, alzheimer's disease, alzheimers, ASU, bad breath, Becker's ASC Review, Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review, caffeine, Cannon Falls Beacon, Cardiovascular Business


October 14, 2016

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich Karl Oestreich (@KarlWOestreich)

Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Editor, Karl Oestreich;  Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik   MPR Your genes can affect how medications work in your […]

View full entry

Tags: A.L.S., alzheimer's disease, arthritis, ATRI, Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine, birth control, body type, brain tumor, Business Insider, canker sores, CBS News, Cuddle Cot


May 22, 2014

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich Karl Oestreich (@KarlWOestreich)

    Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations   TIME Measles Vaccine Cures Woman […]

View full entry

Tags: 12 Habits of Highly Healthy People, 2014 Recognition of Outstanding Contribution Award, 2018 Super Bowl, Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners, Advance Healthcare Network for Nurses, Alaska, All About Jazz, alzheimer's disease, Amy Purdy, antibiotics, antiviral medications, Arizona Republic


March 7, 2014

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich Karl Oestreich (@KarlWOestreich)

Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Steamboat Today Yampa Valley Medical Center announces new […]

View full entry

Tags: : KING 5 Wash., ABC News, acne, advisory board, Aftonbladet, Alice Echo News Journal, All Access, allParenting, Altoona Herald, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, anxiety


November 15, 2013

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich Karl Oestreich (@KarlWOestreich)

    November 15, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]

View full entry

Tags: ABC News, Alexander Parker, alzheimers, American College of Gastroenterology, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, back surgery, bacon, bacteria, bioethics, bird flu, Bjoerg Thorsteinsdottir


October 25, 2013

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich Karl Oestreich (@KarlWOestreich)

    October 25, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]

View full entry

Tags: All Things Considered, alzheimer's disease, American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias, Anesthesiology, Arizona Republic, Associated Press, Aynsley Smith, Bob Nellis, Boys & Girls Club, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Greater Chippewa Valley, Breast Cancer, Bryan Anderson


March 25, 2013

A Choice for Employees: Get a Health Screening or Pay an Extra $600

By Logan Lafferty Logan Lafferty (@loganlafferty)

CVS Caremark employees with company health insurance are being asked to take a free health screening—for basic metrics such as weight, body fat, blood pressure, and glucose levels—or have their premiums increase by $50 per month ($600 annually). ..Financial incentives, even negative ones, do seem to get people’s attention. A recent Mayo Clinic study of obese Mayo employees and dependents […]

View full entry

Tags: Bloomberg Businessweek, CVS Caremark, financial incentives, health insurance, health screening, premium increase


January 15, 2013

Researchers Mine Data From Clinic, Big Insurer

By Logan Lafferty Logan Lafferty (@loganlafferty)

UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Mayo Clinic are set to unveil a new research initiative that will draw on millions of health-insurance claims and in-depth clinical patient records, part of a broader effort in the health industry to glean insights about care from a growing flood of data…The initiative will focus on research into “best outcomes for […]

View full entry

Tags: clinical patient records, data mining, Dr. John Noseworthy, health insurance, MedCity News, UnitedHealth Group, Wall Street Journal


January 4, 2013

Iowans Rail at Wellmark Premium Proposal

By Logan Lafferty Logan Lafferty (@loganlafferty)

Scores of Iowans have written to the state health insurance commissioner, pleading that she decline to let Iowa’s dominant health insurer raise their premiums again…Jackson also noted that many Iowans continue to go to the Mayo Clinic for relatively routine care. Mayo treatment routinely costs Wellmark twice as much as the same treatment in Iowa, […]

View full entry

Tags: Des Moines Register, health insurance, health insurance premiums, Wellmark


Contact Us · Privacy Policy