Disease relevance of copper dihydrate

• We evaluated the efficacy and cost savings of the pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine in a retrospective cohort study of 762 vaccinated and 1161 randomly selected unvaccinated age-sex matched persons in Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota using medical and pharmaceutical claims [1].
• METHODS: Iowa Cancer Registry (ICR) and Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Iowa (BC/BS) membership files of women with incident in situ or invasive breast cancer from 1989 to 1996 were linked [2].
• The ability of Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, and Shigella to survive or grow in pesticide solutions (Ambush 240EC, Benlate T-N-G, Bravo 500, Botran 75WP, Captan 80WDG, Parasol, and Vendex 50W) used by the horticultural industry was examined [3].
• The payer perspective: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's approach to the obesity epidemic [4].
• Update: HCFA ESRD managed care demonstration project. Advanced renal options--Blue Cross/Blue Shield [5].

Psychiatry related information on copper dihydrate

• Findings from two studies of the utilization of the mental health benefit under the Washington, D.C., area Blue Cross and Blue Shield Federal Employees Program suggest that diagnostic information submitted to insurance companies on claims forms is often inaccurate and therefore of little use for claims or peer review [6].
• DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of longitudinal administrative claims data from Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Iowa. PARTICIPANTS: Subjects with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (N=1,074), and controls (N=726,262) who filed at least 1 claim for medical services, 1996 to 2001 [7].
• By constructing a weighted least squares regression model using data from the 1980 Hospital Discharge Survey, the authors were able to account for an increased amount of variance in length of stay for the major diagnostic categories of mental disorder and substance abuse for Medicare and Blue Cross/Blue Shield patients [8].

High impact information on copper dihydrate

• In a three-year period in the Washington, DC, area, Blue Shield UCR protocols permitted "customary" allowances for selected surgical procedures to rise 29 to 75 per cent; charges by two physicians increased allowances for coronary-artery bypass from $2000 to $3500 [9].
• DATA SOURCES--The National Prescription Audit (IMS America, Plymouth Meeting, Pa), New York State Medicaid, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield fo the Rochester (NY) Area. RESULTS--From 1988 to 1989, New York State benzodiazepine prescribing decreased by 44%, 60%, and 30% as assessed by IMS America, Medicaid, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield, respectively [10].
• Meta-analysis of 58 controlled studies and analysis of the claims files for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Federal Employees Plan for 1974-1978 provide mutually supporting evidence of the cost-offset effects of outpatient mental health treatment [11].
• A pilot project developed by the Washington Psychiatric Society and Blue Cross and Blue Shield is offered as an example of the kinds of systems that need to be devised [6].
• METHODS: Data from the Virginia Cancer Registry were linked to insurance claims from the Trigon Blue Cross and Blue Shield Company for women with local and regional staged breast cancer from 1989 to 1991 in Virginia. Multivariate analyses and cost studies were performed [12].

Biological context of copper dihydrate

• Blue copper proteins are found in the electron transport chain of prokaryotes and eukaryotes [13].
• Proponent of evidence-based medicine joins Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield [14].

Associations of copper dihydrate with other chemical compounds

• That's not to say, however, that HIPAA hasn't generated benefits while also creating new challenges. "Standards made sense," says Tom Fitzpatrick, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's director of enterprise strategic planning, "but no one ever said it would be fast, cheap, or easy [15].
• Imaging technology puts insurance claims processing in a new time dimension, and Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield has invested in a system it hopes will reshape customers' image of a huge bureaucracy [16].
• Two current cases--Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society (awaiting decision by the Supreme Court) and Kartell v. Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. (pending in the District of Massachusetts)--illustrate the issues raised by efforts to contain health care costs through the setting of maximum fees [17].
• The 3 highest-scoring websites were Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (http://home.anthemhealth.com/topic/drugcenter), U.S. National Library of Medicine (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html), and Healthvision (http://www.yourhealthinformation.com/library/healthguide/en-us/drugguide/default.htm) [18].

Gene context of copper dihydrate

• Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, with the help of agency Age Wave Health Services Inc., develops a program called Ageless Heroes to convey the insurance company's commitment to the concept of healthy aging through National Awards competition and the television program featuring celebrity seniors [19].
• New paradigm for DM. Eric BOOK, M.D., Senior Vice President, Health Care Services, and Chief Medical Officer of Blue Shield of California, is writing a new script for disease management [20].
• Calif. Blue Shield, UniHealth unveil proposal to merge [21].
• The goal of this paper is to review the findings of the 2001 Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association Technology Evaluation Center overview on EPO use in oncology, which served the foundation for the 2002 ASH/ASCO clinical guideline on this subject [22].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of copper dihydrate

• A Maine Blue Cross/Blue Shield (BC/BS) inpatient claims file was used as the reference source to verify self-reported hospitalization data [23].
• Data were obtained from Medicare (part B) parenteral and enteral nutrition workload statistics, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina, and the North American HPEN Patient Registry [24].
• Complementary and alternative medicine use among elderly persons: one-year analysis of a Blue Shield Medicare supplement [25].
• RESULTS: Seven practices were selected as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Bariatric Surgery COE [26].
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield projects take steps to encourage ambulatory surgery expansion [27].

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