ALSO NOTED: Covered employees choose PPOs; Group Health cuts premiums; and much more...

> The majority of workers with access to health plans are choosing PPO options, according to one industry group. Release

> Seattle,WA-based Group Health Cooperative is cutting member premiums for the state's low-income targeted Basic Health program, 20 to 80 percent. Group Health made the cuts to compete with other Basic Health plans. Release

> Tenet Healthcare has appointed John Landino as VP of physician sales. Article

> Healthcare management services company Ridgecrest Healthcare Group has named Phil Dalton as CEO. Release

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