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Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, have found that children who require multiple surgeries under anesthesia during their first three years of life are at higher risk to develop learning disabilities later.
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As the cost of health care continues to soar, employer groups and health plans are focusing on wellness programs that help people who aren't sick now change their lifestyles and avoid developing chronic diseases, such as emphysema, heart disease, or diabetes.
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When members at Regence BlueCross Blue Shield want to lose weight, start exercising, quit smoking, manage the stress in their lives, or get a good night's sleep, help is just a phone call away.
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George is a 67-year-old man with diabetes, cardiac problems, and asthma who takes more than 10 medications. He is insulin- and oxygen-dependent, lives alone, and is illiterate.
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A newly hired occupational health nurse knew intuitively what she was saving her company, but lacked quantifiable numbers. To come up with hard data to show her worth, the nurse turned to her workers' compensation carrier.
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Here are definitions of three types of workers' compensation insurance policies, according to Christine R. Zichello, RN, COHN-S, CSHM, ARM, FAAOHN, senior risk control specialist at PMA Insurance Group's Mount Laurel, NJ, branch office:
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As part of its efforts to promote healthy living and save health care dollars in the long run, Regence BlueCross BlueShield is rewarding members for adapting healthy lifestyles.
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A Medicare demonstration project in Florida that includes both telephonic case management and face-to-face interventions has improved clinical outcomes for beneficiaries who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid and have congestive heart failure or any combination of comorbidities that include congestive heart failure, diabetes, and coronary artery disease.
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"People think of insurance as somebody gets hurt, they submit a claim, they get paid, and that's the end of it, but there are all different types of programs," says Christine R. Zichello, RN, COHN-S, CSHM, ARM, FAAOHN, senior risk control specialist at PMA Insurance Group's Mount Laurel, NJ, branch office.
