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Health Highlights: May 22, 2012
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:12:10 -0700

Priority Health Earns NCQA “Excellent” Accreditation
Priority Health today announced it has earned “Excellent” accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance , the highest level a health plan can earn, for its Commercial HMO/POS, Medicaid, Medicare PPO and Medicare HMO/POS plans.

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:19:00 -0700

What could revolutionize health care? This database.
Think of it as a health policy wonk’s dream: Football stadium after football stadium packed to the brim with...health insurance claims data. An odd dream, to be sure. But health insurance data is crucial to understand how health care dollars get spent. It shows how people use health care, what’s changing and, in some cases, why. Health insurers, however, have tended to keep that data private, as ...

Mon, 21 May 2012 06:09:36 -0700

Health Management Stockholders Resoundingly Vote in Favor of Compensation, Re-Elect Directors
Stockholders of Health Management Associates, Inc., overwhelmingly registered their confidence in the Company in a series of votes recorded today at its annual meeting o

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:01:00 -0700

Three Health Technology Companies To Watch
Last week, Towers Watson bought Extend Health, which allows retirees to choose from thousands of private Medicare plans according to their needs, instead of having their employer make the decision. Towers paid $435 million. One of the winners in that transaction was venture capital firm Psilos, which made in five years 10 times its investment in Extend Health?an unusual occurrence in health IT.

Tue, 22 May 2012 06:04:46 -0700