> It's a rare victory for a Medicaid plan. Rhode Island's Neighborhood Health Plan has been voted the best Medicaid HMO in the country in healthcare quality ratings issued by the NCQA and U.S. News & World Report. Article
> The Wisconsin Hospital Association has added a list of outpatient procedures to its list of hospital prices. Article
> The lifetime cost of treating a patient with HIV, from diagnosis until death now resembles that of caring for heart failure for the same amount of time. Article
> AstraZeneca is making its free-drug program available to the middle class, rather than just those in poverty. Release
> Genetic variation key indicator of diabetes risk. Report
> Insurer launches e-prescribing pilot. Report
> HHS offers preventive care tool for PCPs. Report
> Humana, BCBSFL offer real-time claims adjudication. Report
And Finally… How sweet it...isn't? A California court gives the sugar industry's case against Splenda makers the boot. Release