The Canadian Press | With centre Sullivan still recovering from injury, Vikings O-line is in flux The Canadian Press Starting centre John Sullivan has been held out for most of the month because of a lingering right-calf injury, and was absent from practice again on Monday ... |
Monday, August 30, 2010
With centre Sullivan still recovering from injury, Vikings O-line is in flux - The Canadian Press
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
Deadline nears for Anthem, Norton to strike deal - Dallas Business Journal:
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As a result, members of Anthem’s healtj plans will have to pay higher, out-of-network rates to accesss Norton facilitiesafter today. Jim Meyers, Norton’s associate vice presidentf ofmanaged care, said patients likely will have to pay the differencwe between the amount Anthek decides to pay and the amount Norton has asked the insured to pay. In a statementy issued Tuesday by Anthem presidentDeb Moessner, she said the company will provide reimbursement for services at Kosair Children’ s Hospital at the rate requested by Norton.
“Anthem is going to take parentsa and children out of the middle of this disputde by paying the member at the rate Nortom has requested in its previous proposal for services performed atKosaie Children’s Hospital,” she said in the statement. But without a patients have no safety net in the event ofcertaijn issues, such as claims denials, Meyers With no contract in place, patients would be responsibld for appealing claims denials, he “I think it’s probably helpful, what Anthem is doing, but there’z still a certain amount of risk that the patient (or caregiver) has to take into Norton has been contacted abourt the matter by 2,500 Anthe m members.
About 98 percent of those were inquiring abour Norton facilities and physiciandoutside Kosair, Meyers The dispute stems from Norton’s decision in December 2008 to canceo its contract, citing administrative service probleme and reimbursement rates from Anthem that were not in line with other insurers. The contract allowed either party to terminate the agreement by givinga 180-day The initial contract was negotiated in 2007 and schedulesd to end in Sept. 2010. Mike Lorch vice presidenyt of health servicesfor Anthem, said the clauses was included in the contract so providerx who wished to exit the network coul d do so but not to allow them to negotiatse higher reimbursements.
“If we allowefd that with Norton, every hospital woul d want todo that,” he said. According to Lorch, Nortonj requested a 20 percentt increase in itsFebruary proposal. Meyers denieds the claim and said the requestesd increase was less than20 percent, but he declines to be more specific. Both partie said rates were set to increaseby 5.5 percenr on October 1, 2009, under the contrac that ended June 30. Meyers said officialsz for Norton and Anthem met last Thursda to discuss a new but the meetingwas “not very substantive.” Officials for both partiez said Tuesday that no meetings were planned to take placs prior to the expiration of the contractf at midnight.
Meyers said Norton now will focud on informing patients how they can continue to accessNortohn facilities, echoing sentiments expressed by Norton presiden t and CEO Stephen A. Williams in a statemen issued on Monday. A provisiobn in the current contract, and underd state law, requires Anthem to continue to pay reimbursementsxat in-network rates for patients who currentlyh are receiving care, such as thosde who are pregnant or receiving cancer Meyers said. Those Anthem members must contac t the insurer and obtain a form that allows the reimbursemente tobe paid, he added.
Lorch said reimbursemente will continue for these patientxs at the rate under the contract that endesdJune 30, through the duration of theire care. In addition, Meyersw said, Norton is working to inform employerse and brokers oftheir options. He said Norton would be willintg to consider waysfor self-insured employers to continue to receive in-network services. Meyers also said Norton wants to educate both fully insuredand self-insure d employers about other managed-care options, pointing to Web site which lists insurers that have contracts with Norton’s physician practices.
In Williams’ statement earlier this he said Norton nowplans “tok take some time to consider whether it is in the best interestsz of our patients for us to continuw working with Anthem as a business partner.” Lorcn said it is “very that the parties will come to terms on a new agreement withoutf the use of a third-party mediatord – a request Anthem has made on multiple But Meyers said mediation has not been used durinvg contract negotiations with other insurers. “There shouldn’t be a need,” he “It’s not protocol, and we shouls be able to sit down at a tablse and get anagreement done.
”
As a result, members of Anthem’s healtj plans will have to pay higher, out-of-network rates to accesss Norton facilitiesafter today. Jim Meyers, Norton’s associate vice presidentf ofmanaged care, said patients likely will have to pay the differencwe between the amount Anthek decides to pay and the amount Norton has asked the insured to pay. In a statementy issued Tuesday by Anthem presidentDeb Moessner, she said the company will provide reimbursement for services at Kosair Children’ s Hospital at the rate requested by Norton.
“Anthem is going to take parentsa and children out of the middle of this disputde by paying the member at the rate Nortom has requested in its previous proposal for services performed atKosaie Children’s Hospital,” she said in the statement. But without a patients have no safety net in the event ofcertaijn issues, such as claims denials, Meyers With no contract in place, patients would be responsibld for appealing claims denials, he “I think it’s probably helpful, what Anthem is doing, but there’z still a certain amount of risk that the patient (or caregiver) has to take into Norton has been contacted abourt the matter by 2,500 Anthe m members.
About 98 percent of those were inquiring abour Norton facilities and physiciandoutside Kosair, Meyers The dispute stems from Norton’s decision in December 2008 to canceo its contract, citing administrative service probleme and reimbursement rates from Anthem that were not in line with other insurers. The contract allowed either party to terminate the agreement by givinga 180-day The initial contract was negotiated in 2007 and schedulesd to end in Sept. 2010. Mike Lorch vice presidenyt of health servicesfor Anthem, said the clauses was included in the contract so providerx who wished to exit the network coul d do so but not to allow them to negotiatse higher reimbursements.
“If we allowefd that with Norton, every hospital woul d want todo that,” he said. According to Lorch, Nortonj requested a 20 percentt increase in itsFebruary proposal. Meyers denieds the claim and said the requestesd increase was less than20 percent, but he declines to be more specific. Both partie said rates were set to increaseby 5.5 percenr on October 1, 2009, under the contrac that ended June 30. Meyers said officialsz for Norton and Anthem met last Thursda to discuss a new but the meetingwas “not very substantive.” Officials for both partiez said Tuesday that no meetings were planned to take placs prior to the expiration of the contractf at midnight.
Meyers said Norton now will focud on informing patients how they can continue to accessNortohn facilities, echoing sentiments expressed by Norton presiden t and CEO Stephen A. Williams in a statemen issued on Monday. A provisiobn in the current contract, and underd state law, requires Anthem to continue to pay reimbursementsxat in-network rates for patients who currentlyh are receiving care, such as thosde who are pregnant or receiving cancer Meyers said. Those Anthem members must contac t the insurer and obtain a form that allows the reimbursemente tobe paid, he added.
Lorch said reimbursemente will continue for these patientxs at the rate under the contract that endesdJune 30, through the duration of theire care. In addition, Meyersw said, Norton is working to inform employerse and brokers oftheir options. He said Norton would be willintg to consider waysfor self-insured employers to continue to receive in-network services. Meyers also said Norton wants to educate both fully insuredand self-insure d employers about other managed-care options, pointing to Web site which lists insurers that have contracts with Norton’s physician practices.
In Williams’ statement earlier this he said Norton nowplans “tok take some time to consider whether it is in the best interestsz of our patients for us to continuw working with Anthem as a business partner.” Lorcn said it is “very that the parties will come to terms on a new agreement withoutf the use of a third-party mediatord – a request Anthem has made on multiple But Meyers said mediation has not been used durinvg contract negotiations with other insurers. “There shouldn’t be a need,” he “It’s not protocol, and we shouls be able to sit down at a tablse and get anagreement done.
”
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Holding power accountable - Boston Business Journal:
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We’re not Globe lovers here. Sometimes they act like they’rre blind in one eye and can’t see out of the But if any evidence were needed aboutf the important civic role theGlobre plays, exhibit A was displayerd this past week. Its reporting on questionable contract dealint involving former House Speaker Sal DiMasiforeshadowedf his, and three other associates’, indictmenft Tuesday. In a whole different political arena, the Globe took on famedf Boston ad man and philanthropisttJack Connors.
Investigative reporter Stephen Kurkjiahn delvedinto Connors’ business interests in two health-care-relatef companies while serving as chairman of Partners the local hospital Goliath. Connors had a majort stake in M/C Communications, which provides continuingf educationto physicians, including Harvards Medical School, which has direct ties to Partners teaching hospitals Massachusetts General and Brigham and No Partners board members were informed of Connors’ involvement with M/C, whicnh Connors sold five years ago for a huge It’s Orwellian to see Partners deny theres was a conflict, as if the chairman of Partners did not directl benefit from business from an affiliatre of Partners.
The Globe points out anotheer blatantconflict — Connors’ ownership in Dovetail a firm that enables home health Connors directly solicited businesx from Partners’ hospitals and from Blue Cross Blue Shielr CEO Cleve Killingsworth. Imagine: The chairman of a massive nonprofit thatdoes $2.5 billion a year in businessz with the state’s largest health insurancee company sitting down with that insurance company’s CEO to discusz directing business to a home health provider he Amazingly, Partners said this, too, wasn’t a conflicgt because no business had been consummated. all his remarkable good works needed to be heldto account.
And when we contemplate the demise ofdaily newspapers, it’s the loss of this kind of reporting that we worryu about the most.
We’re not Globe lovers here. Sometimes they act like they’rre blind in one eye and can’t see out of the But if any evidence were needed aboutf the important civic role theGlobre plays, exhibit A was displayerd this past week. Its reporting on questionable contract dealint involving former House Speaker Sal DiMasiforeshadowedf his, and three other associates’, indictmenft Tuesday. In a whole different political arena, the Globe took on famedf Boston ad man and philanthropisttJack Connors.
Investigative reporter Stephen Kurkjiahn delvedinto Connors’ business interests in two health-care-relatef companies while serving as chairman of Partners the local hospital Goliath. Connors had a majort stake in M/C Communications, which provides continuingf educationto physicians, including Harvards Medical School, which has direct ties to Partners teaching hospitals Massachusetts General and Brigham and No Partners board members were informed of Connors’ involvement with M/C, whicnh Connors sold five years ago for a huge It’s Orwellian to see Partners deny theres was a conflict, as if the chairman of Partners did not directl benefit from business from an affiliatre of Partners.
The Globe points out anotheer blatantconflict — Connors’ ownership in Dovetail a firm that enables home health Connors directly solicited businesx from Partners’ hospitals and from Blue Cross Blue Shielr CEO Cleve Killingsworth. Imagine: The chairman of a massive nonprofit thatdoes $2.5 billion a year in businessz with the state’s largest health insurancee company sitting down with that insurance company’s CEO to discusz directing business to a home health provider he Amazingly, Partners said this, too, wasn’t a conflicgt because no business had been consummated. all his remarkable good works needed to be heldto account.
And when we contemplate the demise ofdaily newspapers, it’s the loss of this kind of reporting that we worryu about the most.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Noseworthy named new Mayo Clinic CEO - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Dr. John Noseworthy will become Mayo’ws president and CEO after Dr. Denisd Cortese retires in November. Noseworthy, who specializes in treating multiple is now medical directo of the Mayo Clinic Department of which serves as a liaisonbetween Rochester-based Mayo Clinic and its family of benefactors. He consults in Mayo’s neurology teaches in its College of Medicine and is vice chai r of the Mayo Clinic RochesteerExecutive Board. “Dr.
Noseworthy is the perfect choice to continue our commitment to buildingt on the solid foundation of our heritage as we look at providintg the Mayo Clinic model of care to new peoplew innew ways,” Cortese said in a A native of Melrose, Mass., Noseworthy received his medicalk degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova He completed his neurology training there and at the Universitt of Western Ontario. He also had a researchn fellowshipat . Noseworthy joined Mayo Clinic in 1990 and servede as chair of the Department of Neurology from 1997to 2006. He takesd over in the midsg of a deep recession that has been taking a toll onhealthb providers.
Even Mayo has felt the effects; its investment portfolik fell $745 million last year, as financial turmoil sent markete intoa freefall. The investmenr losses meant the clinic’s pension fund , thoughh the clinic broke evenfor 2008. It became public in February that 65-year-old Cortesse after nine years in thetop Cortese’s achievements included growing Mayo’s endowment to more than $1.
2 and making Mayo a majodr voice in health care reform through the creatioj of the Mayo Clinic Health Policy In coming months, he’ll also be preparing Noseworthy to take over Mayo following a tradition of smooth leadership transitions that goes back a century to the Mayo Mayo treats more than half a milliobn people each year at sited in Rochester, Jacksonville, Fla. and Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.
Dr. John Noseworthy will become Mayo’ws president and CEO after Dr. Denisd Cortese retires in November. Noseworthy, who specializes in treating multiple is now medical directo of the Mayo Clinic Department of which serves as a liaisonbetween Rochester-based Mayo Clinic and its family of benefactors. He consults in Mayo’s neurology teaches in its College of Medicine and is vice chai r of the Mayo Clinic RochesteerExecutive Board. “Dr.
Noseworthy is the perfect choice to continue our commitment to buildingt on the solid foundation of our heritage as we look at providintg the Mayo Clinic model of care to new peoplew innew ways,” Cortese said in a A native of Melrose, Mass., Noseworthy received his medicalk degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova He completed his neurology training there and at the Universitt of Western Ontario. He also had a researchn fellowshipat . Noseworthy joined Mayo Clinic in 1990 and servede as chair of the Department of Neurology from 1997to 2006. He takesd over in the midsg of a deep recession that has been taking a toll onhealthb providers.
Even Mayo has felt the effects; its investment portfolik fell $745 million last year, as financial turmoil sent markete intoa freefall. The investmenr losses meant the clinic’s pension fund , thoughh the clinic broke evenfor 2008. It became public in February that 65-year-old Cortesse after nine years in thetop Cortese’s achievements included growing Mayo’s endowment to more than $1.
2 and making Mayo a majodr voice in health care reform through the creatioj of the Mayo Clinic Health Policy In coming months, he’ll also be preparing Noseworthy to take over Mayo following a tradition of smooth leadership transitions that goes back a century to the Mayo Mayo treats more than half a milliobn people each year at sited in Rochester, Jacksonville, Fla. and Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Wikileaks founder accused of rape - The Guardian
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Telegraph.co.uk | Wikileaks founder accused of rape The Guardian Swedish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on suspicion of molestation and rape. The warrant was issued late yesterday, said a spokeswoman at Sweden's prosecutors' office in Stockholm. ... Embattled Wikileaks Founder Facing Rape Charge in Sweden Wikileaks founder wanted in Sweden WikiLeaks founder says rape claim is 'dirty tricks' |
Thursday, August 19, 2010
US withdraws military from Iraq - The Guardian
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Reuters (press release) | US withdraws military from Iraq The Guardian After seven-and-a-half years, the final US combat troops have pulled out off Iraq â€" two weeks ahead of Barack Obama's 31 August deadline. However, around 50000 US service personnel remain in the country in an 'advice and assist' role, ... US troops leave Iraq: A local's view Time to t » |
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
S.C. authorities seeking murder charges against mother - CNN
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CBS News | S.C. authorities seeking murder charges against mother CNN South Carolina authorities are seeking murder charges against a woman in the deaths of her two children, who were found in a car submerged in a river Monday, Orangeburg County Sheriff Larry Williams told CBS' "The Early Show. ... Mother Killed 2 Children Before Sinking Car, Police Say SC mom charged with killing kids before car sinks Sheriff: Mom Confesses to Killing 2 Toddlers |
Sunday, August 15, 2010
8 dead, 12 hurt at California 200: Prerunner truck flies into crowd - New York Daily News
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CBC.ca | 8 dead, 12 hurt at California 200: Prerunner truck flies into crowd New York Daily News Workers push an overturned off-road race truck upright after it went out of control and ran into a crowd of spectators during a race in Lucerne V » |
Friday, August 13, 2010
Elias Abuelazam Won't Fight Extradition to Michigan to Face Murder Charge - ABC News
CBS News | Elias Abuelazam Won't Fight Extradition to Michigan to Face Murder Charge ABC News The Israeli-Arab man police believe is the serial slasher behind five murders and 13 other vicious stabbings appeared in a Georgia court today and said he would not fight extradition to Michigan, ... In Israel, conflicting recollections of suspected 'Flint serial killer' Israeli Elias Abuelazam appears in US court accused of racist murders Police: Israeli man also suspect in Israel attack |
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Dan Rostenkowski, Lawmaker Touched by Scandal, Is Dead - New York Times
ABC News | Dan Rostenkowski, Lawmaker Touched by Scandal, Is Dead New York Times Representative Dan Rostenkowski, center, then the House Ways and Means Committee chairman, with House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., left, and Representative Charles B. Rangel, at a party in 1986. By KEITH SCHNEIDER Dan Rostenkowski, who mastered the ... Dan Rostenkowski, former congressman, dead at 82 Dan Rostenkowski, congressman sent to prison, dies Former Representative Dan Rostenkowski dies at 82 |
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Monday, August 9, 2010
One Arizona escapee recaptured in Wyoming - CNN
Washington Post | One Arizona escapee recaptured in Wyoming CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- After 11 days on the lam, Arizona prison escapee Tracy Province has been captured in Meeteetse, Wyoming, police said Monday. Lt. Mark Trimble, of the Casper, Wyoming, police department said he was told of the capture by ... Escaped Arizona Killer Tracy Province Captured Police: 1 of 2 Ariz. escapees captured in Wyo. Marshals Arrest 1 Escaped Ariz. Inmate in Wyoming |
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
Elena Kagan sworn in as Supreme Court justice - Los Angeles Times
New York Times (blog) | Elena Kagan sworn in as Supreme Court justice Los Angeles Times Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. administers the oath two days after her confirmation by the Senate. She is not expected to dramatic » |
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
Senate confirms Kagan as 112th justice - The Associated Press
CBC.ca | Senate confirms Kagan as 112th justice The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan Thursday as the Supreme Court's 112th justice and the fourth woman in its history, granting a lifetime term to a lawyer and academic with a reputation for brilliance, a dry sense of humor and a liberal bent ... Elena Kagan confirmed to Supreme Court Elena Kagan confirmed to US Supreme Court in 63-37 Senate vote, making her ... Senate Confirms Kagan To US Supreme Court |
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
BlackBerry Expansion at Risk as Governments Tighten Curbs on Mobile E-Mail - Bloomberg
Telegraph.co.uk | BlackBerry Expansion at Risk as Governments Tighten Curbs on Mobile E-Mail Bloomberg BlackBerry's Messenger, e-mail and Web browsing services will be halted from Oct. 11, the United Arab Emirates Telecommunications Regulatory Authority said in a statement. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Research In Motion Ltd., ... UAE restricts BlackBerry use UAE Is to Bar BlackBerry E-Mail Over Security Issues Saudi Telco Regulator To Ban BlackBerry Messenger Service |
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