FAHP Welcomes
New Associate Member -- SCA Personal
Care
With more than 50 years of
experience, TENA® is the
worldwide leader in the
management of incontinence,
providing products and services
for individuals and healthcare
services throughout 105
countries. TENA® provides a full
range of absorbent products
tailored to the distinct needs
of men and women, including
pantiliners, daytime and
overnight pads, male guards,
protective underwear, briefs,
skin care products, and
underpads. With the TENA® brand,
SCA is at the forefront of
developing products that
minimize the impact of
incontinence and improve the
everyday lives of people living
or working with
bladder weakness or
incontinence. TENA® products
feature innovative technologies,
such as comfortable QuickDry™
topsheets, super-absorbent Lock
Away Core™, and Advanced Odor
Protection, to ensure
protection, comfort and
discretion for wearers. For more
information, please visit:
www.tena.us.
SCA is a global hygiene and
paper company that develops and
produces personal-care products,
tissue, packaging solutions,
publication papers and solid-wood
products. SCA has many well-known
brands, including the global brands
TENA® and Tork® . In 2009 global
sales were $14.5 billion. SCA
conducts sales in 100 countries and
has 45,000 employees. More
information at
www.sca.com
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida and
AmeriHealth Mercy Form Medicaid Joint Venture, Florida True Health
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
–
Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Florida
(BCBSF)
and the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies (AMFC) today announced an
agreement to enter into a joint venture to bring best-in-class Medicaid
managed care and services to Florida beginning in mid-2012.
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Diversified Service
Options of Florida to Acquire Highmark
Medicare
Services
Will Expand Medicare Operations
Jacksonville, FL (Dec. 8, 2011)—
Diversified
Service Options (DSO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue
Shield of Florida Inc. and the holding company for First Coast Service
Options (FCSO), announces its agreement to acquire Highmark Medicare
Services Inc. (HMS), a subsidiary of Highmark Inc. of Pittsburgh, PA.
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UNITEDHEALTHCARE CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION
HOST TAMPA’S ANNUAL OUTBACK BOWL NEW YEAR’S EVE PARADE
TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 31, 2011)
– The Outback
Bowl’s annual New Year’s Eve parade and pep rally, sponsored by the
UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF), kicked off a night of
celebration in historic Ybor City again this year, as tens of thousands came
together to ring in 2012 and welcome one of Tampa’s favorite college
football traditions - the Outback Bowl on January 2nd.
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UNITEDHEALTHCARE, STEP UP FOR
STUDENTS HOLD HEALTHY-COOKING EVENT AT INCARNATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL
TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 2, 2011) —
Incarnation Catholic School’s third
graders today learned how to make healthy snacks from chef Jennifer Lee of
Food for
Thought, Pass a Grille, followed by the students’ own cook-off
competition in a special
event sponsored by UnitedHealthcare and Step Up For Students, a nonprofit
that administers the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship for low-income students.
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TAMPA BOY HONORED BY UNITEDHEALTHCARE
CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION AT BEEF ‘O’ BRADY’S BOWL
TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 21, 2011)
– UnitedHealthcare
Children’s Foundation (UHCCF) honored 6-year-old Tampa resident Caleb
McIntyre, a recipient of a Foundation medical grant, on Tuesday night during
the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg game between Marshall and Florida
International University at Tropicana Field.
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Florida Association of Health Plans,
Inc. 200 West College Ave, Suite 104; P.O. Box 10748 Tallahassee, Fl.
32301 850-386-2904; fax: 850-386-3012
(BCBSF)
and the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies (AMFC) today announced an
agreement to enter into a joint venture to bring best-in-class Medicaid
managed care and services to Florida beginning in mid-2012.
Medicare
Services 
