Public health improvement plan given £2bn funding
Local authorities to get cash to promote breastfeeding and action on tooth decay Councils will be able to get extra funding to encourage breast-feeding and combat child tooth decay as part of a government plan for local authorities to take a greater role in improving public health. In a public health framework to be outlined on Monday by the health secretary, Andrew Lansley, local authorities ...

Puridiom eProcurement Tackles Health Plan Challenges
Puridiom, leading provider of eProcurement solutions, is tackling the challenges faced by Health Plans today, including challenges from Health Care Reform MLR and rate justification requirements. Puridiom offers HP Enterprise for Health Plans, a tailored Procure-to-Pay software and best practice strategy to help Health Plans efficiently and cost-effectively handle the additional levels of ...

Health Net Lags on Lower Revenue - Analyst Blog
Health Net Inc. 's ( HNT ) reported income amounted to $60.2 million or 71 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2011, down substantially from $80.4 million or 83 cents per

Health savings accounts are getting a closer look
Will a consumer-managed health plan really provide incentive for you to be healthier or more conscientious about what you pay for health care? It could. But with the ever-spiraling premiums of prepaid health care, that question might not matter going forward. read more

Cash-strapped Centre winces at Ramesh's proposals on funds
Request for greater fund access to States turned down by Finance Minister

Cash-strapped Elbert may close elementary schools
Even after cutting the school week to four days to save money, Elbert County's cash-strapped school board may close two of the county's five elementary schools.

Louisiana state pension proposal features 'cash-balance' plan, later retirement
Gov. Bobby Jindal's overhaul would function more like a 401(k) plan than a traditional pension plan

Health Care, Education Tug-o-War
Nurses and teachers say they’re being pitted against each other in a tug-o-war battle for state cash. Lawmakers are trying to balance the budget with two billion fewer dollars. They plan to cut two billion dollars from heath care and increase education spending by a billion. Nurses and teachers joined forces today in Tallahassee to announce they will not compete in a budget tug-o-war.

Federal health care plan to be ‘devastating’ for B.C. seniors: premier
The federal government’s health care funding plan could be “devastating for seniors,” Premier Christy Clark said Friday, adding she has personally asked Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change course. “It’s just not going to work,” Clark told reporters in Victoria, speaking of a per-capita funding plan that would give provinces the same amount to care for a 25-year-old as it would for an 85-year ...

Fitch Affirms University Health System, TN's Revs at 'BBB+'; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the rating on $225.6 million Health Educational and Housing Facility Board of the County of Knox series 2007 revenu