June 22, 2018
Blue Cross, Mayo Clinic agree to new contract
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, […]
Tags: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Dennis Dahlen, Garrett Black, health insurance
October 14, 2016
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
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 […]
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October 25, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
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 […]
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
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 […]
Tags: Bloomberg Businessweek, CVS Caremark, financial incentives, health insurance, health screening, premium increase
January 15, 2013
Researchers Mine Data From Clinic, Big Insurer
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 […]
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
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, […]
Tags: Des Moines Register, health insurance, health insurance premiums, Wellmark