Report card grades 21 health plans
A crediting group released a model report card grading 21 health plans on quality and customer care. The pilot covers about 10 million Americans with HMOs across more than a dozen states led by Kaiser Permanente MetLife Prudential U S Healthcare and Blue Cross plans. The National Committee for Quality Assurance cites 36 measures including hospital stays child immunizations cholesterol checks and patient satisfaction.
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HMO report card grades vary across plans
A group based assessment of HMO performance graded plans and individual profiles from medical charts and records plus a survey of 10 000 patients. The accreditation agency president Margaret O Kane says the model report card could push the health care system toward improvement.
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Ethics complaint targets Gingrich over college course broadcast
Newsday reports Rep. Pat Schroeder and two other lawmakers filed a House Ethics complaint alleging Speaker Newt Gingrich accepted up to 200000 in broadcast time for his Mind Extension University course from Jones Intercable subsidiary Mind Extension University. The complaint cites potential conflicts of interest and lobbying spending by Jones Intercable and notes Gingrich favors privatizing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Temptations Singer Melvin Franklin Dies at 52
Melvin Franklin an original Temptations member died of heart failure at 52 after seizures at a Los Angeles hospital. The Detroit group formed in 1962 scored major hits and headlines. hospital officials provided the update on his condition.
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