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Forgotten Health Insurance Consumers: EHealthInsurance Highlights Challenges Facing Millions Not Eligible For COBRA Subsidy
Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, 8:00 am ET; Source: MarketWire

UnitedHealth Group Announces Final Results Of Its Debt Tender Offers
Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, 7:00 am ET; Source: BusinessWire

Humana Names Roy Goldman Vice President and Chief Actuary
Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, 10:00 am; Source: BusinessWire

Obama To Invite GOP To Healthcare Summit
Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, 12:16 am ET; Source: Los Angeles Times

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Managed Care Stocks to Slow in 2010
Published: Jan 19, 2010
After showing strong gains in 2009, managed care stocks are expected to slow in 2010. Carl McDonald of Oppenheimer comments. From the Nasdaq Market Site in New York.

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Managed Care M&A to Pick Up in 2010
Published: Jan 19, 2010
Managed care merger and acquisition activity is expected to pick up in 2010 after a slow 2009, according to Carl McDonald of Oppenheimer. From the Nasdaq Market Site in New York, Jan. 15, 2010.

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CRG Research Reports

Featured Research Reports

Managed Medicaid: The Next Wave of Profit and Growth
Publication Date: September 30, 2009
This 100-page report provides critical information on the growing opportunities in the Medicaid market—data that's indispensable for strategic planning, product development and competitive analysis.

The Coming Market Explosion for Individual Health Insurance
Publication Date: July 17, 2009
Are you looking for the inside track on this growing market? The Coming Market Explosion for Individual Health Insurance shows you how to win.

Profit from Health 2.0: The Emerging Social Networking Revolution in Healthcare
Publication Date: March 31, 2009
Our latest research report, Profit from Health 2.0: The Emerging Social Networking Revolution in Healthcare, can show you how. This all-new report tracks the new techniques for maximizing consumer engagement in health and wellness programs.

The Future of Medicare Advantage: Optimizing Profits Under the Obama Administration
Publication Date: January 2, 2010
Medicare Advantage plans have enjoyed a good ride in recent years. But all that may change under the Obama Administration. Obama's plan to cut Medicare Advantage reimbursements will strain plan profitability, drive industry consolidation and force executives to development new skills to succeed.

The Outlook for Managed Care, 2009
The Outlook for Managed Care, 2009 outlines the strategies, strengths and weaknesses of your key competitors. Plus, you get all the tools you need to forecast the future of the managed care industry and plan your company’s success.

Consumer-Driven Healthcare Revolution: Myth or Reality?
Over 100 pages of solid information, carefully selected from health plans, employers, financial institutions and information technology companies to help you make the right strategic planning decisions when it comes to the future of CDHPs.

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The Value of Fully Funded vs. ASO
Published: 2/8/2010 - 4:11:31 PM

Health Plan Executives on Reform
Published: 2/8/2010 - 4:03:28 PM

The Other Side of Obesity
Published: 2/3/2010 - 10:36:44 AM

Fun With Commercial Health Plan Membership
Published: 2/2/2010 - 9:48:04 AM

Fitch Still Negative on Hospitals
Published: 2/1/2010 - 2:47:35 PM

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White Papers

WebMD
The Value of Health Coaching in Population Health Management

With as much as 88% of avoidable healthcare costs due to lifestyle choices, many companies are implementing population health management strategies to improve modifiable health risks, enhance productivity, and reduce costs. Learn why health coaching, with its personalized, proactive approach, is one of the most effective ways to encourage long-term behavioral change.

Viverae
Measuring the ROI of Corporate Wellness

Find out how businesses are missing opportunities to measure ROI in Viverae's recently published research report "Measuring the ROI of Corporate Wellness" by learning: The difference between the metrics employers need and those they actually track; The metrics that yield the most meaningful data for measuring wellness ROI; The best practices for achieving ROI with a corporate wellness program

IncentOne
Impact of Incentive Values on Participation in Comprehensive Wellness and Health Risk Assessment Interventions

This is the first of a series of Research Review White Papers focused on "The Science of Health IncentivesTM - Impact of Incentive Values on Participation in Comprehensive Wellness and Health Risk Assessment Interventions". With rising healthcare costs, payers, employers, providers and consumers must look at ways to manage costs, improve outcomes and reduce delivery costs. Learn how incentive programs have emerged as an essential tool for impacting costs.

Focused Health Solutions
Focused Health Solutions: An Opt-in ROI Methodology White Paper

Focused Health Solutions, an innovative Population Health Management company and Ingenix Consulting recently developed a critical white paper about its ROI Methodology. Overall cost savings to clients are used to determine program ROI. FHS utilizes a matched control group approach to measure the value of its condition management programs.

Connecture
Growing the Individual Market: Preparing for the Influx of Opportunities

Growing the Individual Market: Preparing for the Influx of Opportunities. This valuable guide, authored by Lorrie Imes, VP of Business Development and Marketing at Connecture, provides health plans with an overview of the individual market and discusses opportunities carriers have for sustainable, profitable growth within this growing market.

Connecture
How Healthy is Your Website?

Optimizing your sales and marketing strategies based on real information from consumers can not only improve the effectiveness of your marketing campaigns, but it can also improve the conversion of those leads into sales.

This white paper, authored by Michael Schenk, VP and Chief Technology Officer at Connecture, explains how health insurance plans can gain insight into their customers' needs, wants, and behaviors when utilizing innovative sales technology underpinned by analytics.

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Upcoming Webinars

Healthcare Reform: Are You Ready?
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

Reducing GASB 45 Liability for Public Employers through Plan Design and Worker Segmentation
Thursday, February 11, 2010
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM ET

Preventing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers
Friday, February 12, 2010
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM ET

Alleviating Your ER through Hybrid Observation Units: A Scalable Solution for the Higher Acuity Patient
Thursday, February 18, 2010
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM ET

2010 E/M Coding Update: Strategies for Safeguarding Consultative Revenue
Monday, February 22, 2010
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET

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Upcoming Conferences

Featured Conference

IT and the Future of Managed Care: The Next Wave
Monday, March 29, 2010 • New York, NY

The Managed Health Care Business Forum
February 24 - 26, 2010 •National Harbor,MD

The 3rd Annual Medicaid Managed Care Summit
February 24 - 26, 2010 •National Harbor,MD

The Disease Management Managed Care Forum
March 23 - 25, 2010 •Orlando,FL

Medicare Marketing & Enrollment Strategies 2010
March 24 - 26, 2010 •Washington,DC

The National Forum on Reducing Hospital Readmissions
April 26 - 28, 2010 •Philadelphia,PA

The Optimizing Health Information Through Claims Data Analysis Summit For Health Plans
April 26 - 28, 2010 •Chicago,

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7th Annual World Health Care Congress