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Oscar Perez/Dispatch, Jill Gibney, left, of Art Source Inc. gives a tour Thursday during an art project reception for “Creating a Healing Experience Through Artwork” at Sun Life Family Health Center in Casa Grande. The reception honored sponsors who contributed to the art project. The photos were put up in the hallways and lobbies of the Casa Grande health center site. The photos feature Arizona landscapes by Phoenix photographer Diego Ceja. Sun Life implemented an Integrated Behavioral Health program in Casa Grande in November 2010 as a way to address many of the behavioral health issues concerning patients. The behavioral health consultant works in collaboration with primary care providers in managing the overall health of their patients through education strategies and behavior plans to reduce symptoms of medical conditions, including depression, anxiety, stress, insomnia, hypertension, diabetes or asthma. “Sixty percent of the patients seen at Sun Life Family Health Center are experiencing a behavioral health issue that is impacting their overall health,” said Davis Plunkett, Sun Life’s Integrated Behavioral Health manager. “Due to the high demand, it is necessary for an expansion to the program in order to continue offering our patients the exceptional medical and emotional care they are looking for.” “This is a very exciting opportunity for me at this point in my career,” Loschiavo said. “This is the first time I have worked in an integrated behavioral health setting and it’s great to see the communication between the providers and the behavioral health staff. The patient gets the benefit of receiving treatment covering both their physical and emotional needs.” The lowest price in western Pinal County, according to observations and an Internet search Friday morning, was $3.179 at multiple locations in Casa Grande. Otherwise, the lowest prices found in area municipalities were $3.West Virginia Humana Health Insurance Quote - News
For more information on the Humana Communities Benefit program in Arizona, visit www.humana.com/HCB. Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is a leading consumer-focused health care company that offers a wide range of insurance products
The grant is funded by health care company Humana. ABIL assists about 12500 adults with disabilities annually, helping them with skills and motivation to be integrated into the community. Services are provided locally through Pinal-Gila Council for
He was also a consultant and CFO for Triumph HealthCare, a $300 million long-term acute-care hospital company. Tammy Broussard, West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital (Sulphur, La.). Ms. Broussard first began her career at West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital in
Estimated annual out-of-pocket costs consider beneficiaries' health status (healthy, episodic, chronic) and utilization of the most common health plan benefits (physician office visits, emergency care, hospital care, home health visits, prevention care
For Humana's commercial health insurance business they are able to look at the member's medical history and this will often help the investigator determine if the suspected fraud is being perpetrated by the member alone or if a prescriber or pharmacy
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Health insurers redesign explanation-of-benefits statements for easier reading
Lori Johnston
A number of insurance companies are giving their explanation-of-benefits statements, or EOBs, an extreme makeover. EOBs, which are a required part of the health care claims process, are delivered to patients after services are rendered to explain what was covered by insurance. Some insurers are now making these statements more reader-friendly by steering clear of medical codes and industry jargon and listing ways the consumer could have saved money.
These statements historically have been cryptic at best, because there are no state or federal standards on EOB design.
“We knew that people threw them away. They were conceptually confusing,” says Ingrid Lindberg, customer experience officer for CIGNA, which issues 42 million EOBs annually.
This year, CIGNA, Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont received “excellent” designations in EOB clarity, content and design from Dalbar Inc ., a Boston-based market research firm that annually grades EOB statements.
Getting personal
Christopher Nicholson, director of strategic communications for Humana, says personalization was key to the improved EOB it began sending in 2010.
For example, if someone visits the emergency room for a non-emergency reason, the EOB notifies the consumer that he or she could have saved money by going to an urgent care clinic. When it comes to prescriptions, the EOB not only suggests using a generic brand , but lists specific alternative brands. The EOB also reminds consumers of the date of their last preventative exams and when the next one is due.
Lastly, Humana’s EOBs list claims information for every family member on one statement, recognizing that families plan for health care expenses at a household level, Nicholson says.
Although insurance carriers are required to provide basic claims information only, Humana wanted to take it further.