Healthcare

Consumers will be able to track prescription medications and health records online using Microsoft HealthVault

WOONSOCKET, R.I. and REDMOND, Wash., June 26, 2008 — CVS Caremark and Microsoft Corp. announced plans to collaborate to offer consumer healthcare solutions to help people manage their health and wellness, and control their health information using Microsoft HealthVault.    » read more »

"WHOSE BODY IS IT ANYWAY? SICK IN AMERICA," WITH JOHN STOSSEL, AIRS ON "20/20," FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 ON ABC

MINNEAPOLIS – Aug. 28, 2007– Medtronic, Inc., (NYSE: MDT), today announced that it will participate in the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 in Boston.

William Hawkins, president and chief executive officer of Medtronic, will deliver the keynote address to attendees of the Thomas Weisel conference at 12:40 p.m. EDT, 11:40 a.m. CDT. Live audio webcast of the presentation will be available to all interested parties at Medtronic’s Investor Relations website at http://investorrelations.medtronic.com/index.cfm.

About Medtronic    » read more »

CHATTANOOGA, TN – August 15, 2007 – CIGNA HealthCare has started a significant recruitment drive in Chattanooga, looking for up to 95 qualified customer service and claims processing professionals, as well as a few qualified supervisors. These team members will join the nearly 2,000 employees located throughout the Chattanooga area, servicing approximately 1.3 million members across the country. Interested candidates may apply for the positions at www.cigna.com.    » read more »

SCRANTON, PA, August 14, 2007 – CIGNA HealthCare, located on Montage Mountain, has begun a significant recruitment drive to hire approximately 110 service specialists to support its call center and claim payment functions, as well as a few experienced managers. Employees at the Scranton Service Center provide member services and process medical, pharmacy and dental claims for CIGNA HealthCare members from across the country. The Scranton Service Center handles an average of 186,000 paper and electronic claims weekly and 60,000 calls per week.    » read more »

Phoenix–August 13, 2007–CIGNA HealthCare and Arizona Heart Hospital announced today that they have signed a three-year agreement to provide CIGNA HealthCare members and their covered dependents in-network access to the Arizona Heart Hospital.

Effective August 15, 2007, the agreement provides CIGNA members in-network access to the Arizona Heart Hospital, a 59-bed hospital dedicated to fighting heart and vascular disease in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area.    » read more »

Students Pursuing Healthcare Degrees Can Apply Now at Tylenol.com

Ft. Washington, PA (August 13, 2007) –McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a division of McNeil-PPC, Inc., the maker of TYLENOL® (acetaminophen), today announced its annual TYLENOL® Scholarship program for secondary education students pursuing careers in healthcare. The 2007
program will award $250,000 in scholarship funding to 170 students in the form of $1,000 and $5,000 grants.    » read more »