Texas Improves Slightly In Annual Health Survey KWTX-TV Waco
(December 5, 2006)—Texas ranks 37th in this year’s United Health Foundation list of healthiest states, which represents a slight improvement over 2005 when the state ranked 39th.
Texas moves up two spots in U.S. health rankings Houston Chronicle
Texas improved its low national health ranking this year, inching to the 37th healthiest state from the 39th in an analysis by three health advocacy organizations released today.
Texas extends ACS contract FCW.com
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has awarded Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) a two-year, $230 million contract extension for Medicaid claims processing. ACS captured the original contract in 2003, besting EDS’ National Heritage Insurance subsidiary. That contract was to run through August 2007. With the extension, the contract now runs through August 2009. ACS, working
Education and Health Care KTRE-TV East Texas
News Release: If every Texas student in the class of 2005-2006 graduates from high school, the state could save $1.6 billion in lifetime health costs, according to conservative calculations by the Alliance for Excellent Education in its new brief, Healthier and Wealthier: Decreasing Health Care Costs by Increasing Educational Attainment , funded by MetLife Foundation.
Texas Pacific, partner to buy insurer Dallas Morning News
Texas Pacific Group, manager of the world's second-biggest buyout fund, agreed to acquire insurer Direct General Corp. with private-equity firm Fremont Partners for $628.2 million including debt.
Centene Shares Fall on Downgrade AP via Yahoo! Finance
Shares of Centene Corp., which offers health insurance through government programs like Medicaid, dropped in morning trading Tuesday after a Goldman Sachs analyst said the company's projections for medical costs are too optimistic.
America's Health Rankings Finds Only Slight Progress Since Last Year Senior Journal
December 5, 2006 – The 17th annual edition of America's Health Rankings were released today, showing only slight improvement over last year - Americans as a whole are only 0.3 percent healthier than they were at this time last year.
Companion Technologies expands availability of claims management software Computer Business Review
Companion Technologies has made its health insurance claims and revenue cycle management software EnterprisEDI available to hospitals and medical practices across the US.
Hubacek Named Member Services Ambassador for IIAT Insurance Journal
The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas has appointed P. Scott Hubacek to the newly created position of IIAT Member Services Ambassador. Hubacek will be respo
N.Y. lags other states on health measures Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
A national report says New York state is lagging in adequate prenatal care and infectious disease rates but is doing better than most states in motor vehicle accidents and job fatalities.health+insurance+texas: health individual insurance texas , health in insurance texas , health individual insurance texas , health in insurance texas , health+insurance+texas