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Dean Foods Chairman and CEO Enters into Forward Sale Agreement - Yahoo Finance

DALLAS, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF - News ) today announced that Gregg Engles, Chairman and CEO, has entered into a one year forward sale agreement for approximately 950,000 shares of Dean Foods common stock. The ...

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Blue Cross Health Plans Designate Hospitals for Best Heart Care - Bloomberg

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Heart patients have lower costs when treated at hospitals that are top-rated for quality, according to a review of claims by Blue Cross plans. The patients also had lower readmission and infection rates in facilities that ...

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ECHN soon may not accept Cigna insurance - Journal Inquirer

Rocky contractual negotiations between Cigna HealthCare and the Eastern Connecticut Health Network could leave patients at Manchester Memorial and Rockville General hospitals searching for new doctors in 2009. The two companies, which are still in ...

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Sisters of St. Francis files suit against Anthem - Post-Tribune

Contract renewal talks between the state's largest health insurer and Indiana's largest Catholic health system remain on track even after Sisters of St. Francis Health Services on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of ...

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Virginia HMO Quality Usually Better than Nation, and Still Improving - Insurance News Net

RICHMOND, Va. , Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 2008--Virginia Health Information (VHI), a nonprofit health information company, is publishing HMO cost and quality reports at www.vhi.org . Over a million Virginians are enrolled in HMOs. Many ...

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Freelancing Isn't Free - Nymag.com

T he Freelancers Union is thriving as the media business collapses, adding around 3,000 new members in October, 50 percent more than in a typical month. Now the group, which has offered group-rate health coverage through deals with traditional ...

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New program helps Duluth businesses offer health care - Duluth News Tribune

Eric Goerdt, owner of Northern Waters Smokehaus, a Canal Park eatery and specialty shop, has wanted to offer health insurance benefits to his employees for years. “When you’re a small business owner, your employees are like family,” he said ...

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