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Health care savings

Extend Connections — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:52:40 +0000

Study: Healthcare law would save consumers nearly $300 per year.

http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/228079-study-healthcare-law-would-save-consumers-nearly-300-per-year

New plan to fight Alzheimer’s

Extend Connections — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:16:10 +0000

Ambitious new HHS plan to fight Alzheimer’s includes goals for prevention and treatment.

http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2012pres/05/20120515a.html

Towers Watson to Acquire Extend Health

Extend Connections — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:37:52 +0000

Towers Watson, a global professional services company, recently signed an agreement to acquire Extend Health, Inc. We want you to know that nothing is changing for you. Your insurance coverage and the process for filing claims and getting reimbursements will remain exactly the same. Our services will continue to be free. Benefit advisors will continue to be available to help you with enrollment, and customer service representatives will still be there to help you with post-enrollment issues having to do with your claims or HRA administration.

Read the press release

New rules could save health care $5B

Extend Connections — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:43:07 +0000

New rules from HHS cut hospital & health care provider regulations & could save health care system $5B over 5 years.

http://www.cms.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=4362&intNumPerPage=10&checkDate=&checkKey=&srchType=1&numDays=3500&srchOpt=0&srchData=&keywordType=All&chkNewsType=1%2C+2%2C+3%2C+4%2C+5&intPage=&showAll=&pYear=&year=&desc=&cboOrder=date

A Sense of Purpose

Extend Connections — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:39:20 +0000

Experts say a sense of purpose can improve your health. Can it change the course of Alzheimer’s too?

Is access to health care declining?

Extend Connections — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:14:31 +0000

According to new study access to health care is declining for millions of adults.

http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2012/May/07/health-affairs-care-increasingly-out-of-reach-for-millions.aspx

Medicare to cover heart valve replacements

Extend Connections — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:20:21 +0000

CMS to cover heart valve replacements for Medicare patients under certain conditions.

2012 Best of the Best Awards

Extend Connections — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:06:14 +0000

Assisted Living Federation of America releases “2012 Best of the Best Awards” honoring innovations in senior living.

http://www.icontact-archive.com/fzQFR-PMvEQJ-Uc9Gud4gUBWsCg7y3qr?w=3

Extend Health Wins 2 Awards!

Extend Connections — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:52:44 +0000

Extend Health just won two first place awards from Coventry Health Care for efficiency and customer satisfaction, including zero customer complaints in 2011. Here’s a brief snip from the press release.

Extend Health Inc., a leading provider of health benefits management services, including the nation’s largest private Medicare exchange, received two first place awards from Bethesda, Maryland-based Coventry Health Care, Inc. (NYSE:CVH) for exceptional customer service performance by a partner in 2011.

Zero customer complaints reported to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) by seniors signing up for Coventry private Medicare supplement plans through Extend Health;
The lowest 90-day plan cancellation rate — called rapid disenrollment — which, at just 0.5 percent, was far less than the typical rate.

Click here to read the complete news release.

Mark your calendar!

Extend Connections — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:47:48 +0000

Make-A-Wish® Celebrating “World Wish Day®” April 29 by Granting Wishes Across the Globe.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120423005191/en/Make-A-Wish%C2%AE-Celebrating-%E2%80%9CWorld-Day%C2%AE%E2%80%9D-April-29-Granting

http://www.wish.org/