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updated: October 28, 2008
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF FLORIDA NAMES PRESIDENT AND
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
MIAMI, FLORIDA –
October 15,
2008 – Molina
Healthcare of Florida announced today
that Don Hairston has been named its president
and chief executive officer.
 Dr.
Jose Eulogio Perez has been named its chief
medical officer. Molina Healthcare of Florida
is a licensed health plan subsidiary of Molina
Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:MOH), and was recently
awarded a Medicaid managed care contract in
Florida.
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 Florida
Family Physician Receives National Honor from
the American Academy of Family Physicians
SAN DIEGO - John M.
Montgomery, MD, MPH, FAAFP, a family physician
from Jacksonville, Florida, (BCBSFL) was awarded the 2008
Robert Graham Physician Executive Award
by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
Dr. Montgomery was nominated by his local
chapter, the Florida Academy of Family
Physicians, and received the national award at
the AAFP’s annual meeting this week in San
Diego.
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 WellCare
Participates as Premier Sponsor during The
Family Café 10th Annual Conference
Orlando, Florida – On June 13 to 15, 2008, WellCare Health
Plans, Inc., participated as the premier sponsor
for The Family Café's 10th Annual Conference
which was held at Walt Disney's Coronado Springs
Resort in Orlando, FL. It was the largest
disability conference to date in the state of
Florida with more than 10,000 attendees
participating.
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WellCare Supports Orlando’s
Back-to-School Bash
Orlando, FL. August 2, 2008
WellCare’s Florida teams joined Orlando City
Commissioner Robert Stuart and The Christian
Service Center to host the largest back to
school event in all of Central Florida and the
Space Coast.
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 Aetna Shows
Commitment to Patient Safety with 70 Percent
Reduction in Refills of Duplicate Statin
Prescriptions --
Thursday June 12,
10:50 am ET
-- Successful Patient
Safety Program Expands to Four Widely Used Drug
Classes
HARTFORD,
Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aetna (NYSE:AET
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News) today announced the results of an
internal study which show a 70 percent
reduction in prescription duplication for
members enrolled in its therapeutic
duplication program. Launched in January
2007, the program is available to fully
insured members taking the
cholesterol-lowering statin class of
medications and was designed to improve
patient safety and reduce risk of serious
side effects. Based on the results, Aetna
has expanded the program to include
additional drug classes.
Read more..
 Blue
Foundation launches $8 million Florida study of
child obesity
John Commins, for Florida HealthFlash, May 22,
2008
The Blue Foundation
for a Healthy Florida has launched an $8
million, four-year statewide initiative to
determine what's causing nearly one-third of
Florida's children to be either overweight or
obese.
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