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		<title>Wellpoint, Anthem to put higher premium on primary care</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORTH BAY -- WellPoint Inc., the nation's largest health insurance company and parent of Anthem Blue Cross,  said it will pay  physicians a higher reimbursement rate for primary care, a move aimed at reducing overall costs by rewarding preventative and quality care while hopefully addressing a nationwide physician shortage.]]></description>
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		<title>George Petersen Insurance completes move into new quarters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Petersen Insurance Agency completed its move from one College Ave.  location in Santa Rosa to another, at 175 West College Ave. last week, which was the result of the company absorbing NorthWest Insurance in 2010.]]></description>
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		<title>Bills mandating coverage for mental, other illness pass assembly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[oral chemotherapy health insurance coverage - Assembly Bill 1000 - AB 1000]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CALIFORNIA -- Two recently passed state Assembly bills will require private health insures to cover the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses and developmental disorders such as autism]]></description>
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		<title>People: Week of Jan. 30, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here for photo gallery Health Care The Northern California Center for Well-Being has hired Annette Zucconi as its new operations manager as part of its leadership team. Ms. Zucconi has dedicated over 20 years to non-profit community education work and brings a breadth of curriculum development, contract and program management experience to the Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employers urged to prepare in 2012 for health care reform</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/46248/employers-urged-to-prepare-in-2012-for-health-care-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Reiter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edgewood Partners Insurance Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Fradelizio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Bay Business Journal 1-2-2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victor McKnight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo Insurance Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woodruff-Sawyer & Company]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NORTH BAY  -- Nearly two years after its passage, health care reform and much of its measures hang in the balance of what promises to be a politically charged  U.S.  Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the individual mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance. But while politicos and pundits await the decision and its implications, health insurance experts in the North Bay said most of the reforms are here to stay, even in the event that the mandate is struck down.]]></description>
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		<title>Partnership HealthPlan sets big employment push</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/46195/partnership-healthplan-sets-big-employment-push/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FAIRFIELD -- Partnership HealthPlan of California said it is undergoing a significant expansion that includes plans to grow its 280-person workforce by as much as 30 percent through 2014, while having created over 60 jobs in 2011. ]]></description>
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		<title>People news: Week of Jan. 2, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/46099/people-news-week-of-january-2-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News about north San Francisco Bay area professionals]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: Rob Davenport, Wells Fargo Insurance Services</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/44609/qa-rob-davenport-wells-fargo-insurance-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rob Davenport recently joined Wells Fargo Insurance Services as a wellness consultant to its employee benefits offices throughout California. He previously worked on implementing large-scale wellness approaches for employers like the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Olympic Training Center, Pacific Coast Companies, Inc., among many others. Most recently, he was the wellness program manager for NASA at the Johnson Space Center. All told, he's been working in the wellness field for the past 25 years.

Mr. Davenport recently shared his thoughts with the Business Journal, particularly on how wellness can have an impact on employers health insurance rates.]]></description>
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		<title>People: Week of Dec. 12, 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/45201/people-week-of-december-12-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banking and Finance Summit State Bank  hired Britt Cooper as its senior vice president branch relationship manager. Mr. Cooper has 28 years of banking experience in Sonoma County. He has been a branch manager and commercial banker, both with the vice president title. He has his Master’s Degree in organizational development and human resources from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Bay groups among recipients of Kaiser grants</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/44563/kaiser-gives-grants-to-safety-net-health-care-organizations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of an investment of more than $5.1 million by Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Community Benefit, four local organizations received funding to increase access to chronic disease management, enhance health screenings, and improve prevention of heart disease and stroke. ]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Insurance Outlook: Vantreo Insurance Brokerage</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/44602/vantreo-insurance-brokerage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Questions for Pamela Chanter, Vice President, Vantreo Insurance Brokerage: What do you see as the trends in business insurance for 2012? What trends do you see in employee benefits for 2012, in cost and in design? What issues are clients asking about most often and what are you telling them?]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Insurance Outlook: Wells Fargo Insurance Services</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/44605/wells-fargo-insurance-answers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Questions for Mark Stokes, Regional Managing Director, and John Fradelizio, Managing Director, Wells Fargo Insurance Services: What do you see as the trends in business insurance for 2012? What trends do you see in employee benefits for 2012, in cost and in design? What issues are clients asking about most often and what are you telling them?]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Insurance Outlook: George Petersen Insurance</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/44600/geroge-petersen-insurance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Questions for Robb Daer, Principal, George Petersen Insurance: What do you see as the trends in business insurance for 2012? What trends do you see in employee benefits for 2012, in cost and in design? What issues are clients asking about most often and what are you telling them?]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Insurance Outlook: EPIC Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Questions for Bill Merget and Victor McKnight, Principals, EPIC Insurance: What do you see as the trends in business insurance for 2012? What trends do you see in employee benefits for 2012, in cost and in design? What issues are clients asking about most often and what are you telling them?]]></description>
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		<title>Gains seen for both parties in possible Palm pact</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Palm Drive Healthcare District's recent vote to begin exclusive negotiations for affiliating with Marin General Hospital has the potential to help the long-struggling Sebastopol hospital stabilize, while creating an expansive network of alliances between numerous district hospitals across the North Bay that might otherwise struggle for survival.]]></description>
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		<title>Jill Kinney: Health clubs can play an even larger role in wellness</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jill Kinney, the founder and of Club One, Inc. and the managing director of Clubsource, began working in corporate wellness in 1979, for a Marin County cardiologist who she said decided to take a proactive approach to health, particularly executives. She was chief operating officer of Western Athletic Clubs for eight years before  she started Club One.]]></description>
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		<title>Marin-Sonoma IPA, Health Net offering Medicare Advantage plan</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/43244/marin-sonoma-ipa-health-net-offering-medicare-advantage-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SONOMA COUNTY — The Marin-Sonoma IPA has joined with Health Net to provide Medicare Advantage plans for Sonoma County seniors in the wake of a coverage agreement between Sutter Health and UnitedHealthcare.]]></description>
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		<title>Marin-Sonoma IPA, Health Net offer Medicare Plan for Sonoma County residents</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SONOMA COUNTY -- Marin-Sonoma IPA has joined with Health Net to provide Medicare plans for Sonoma County seniors in the wake of a coverage agreement between Sutter Health and UnitedHealthcare.]]></description>
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		<title>Kaiser Medicare plans in California receive top ratings</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/42140/kaiser-medicare-plans-in-california-receive-top-ratings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/42140/kaiser-medicare-plans-in-california-receive-top-ratings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CALIFORNIA -- Kaiser Permanente said today that two of its Medicare plans in California received an overall rating of five stars from the Center for Medicare &#038; Medicaid Services for the year 2012. ]]></description>
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		<title>Sutter, UnitedHealthcare partner on Medicare plan</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/42094/sutter-health-unitedhealthcare-team-up-on-medicare-advantage-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/42094/sutter-health-unitedhealthcare-team-up-on-medicare-advantage-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Sutter Health and Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare have introduced a new Medicare Advantage plan from some 78,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Sonoma County, the two organizations announced this morning.]]></description>
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		<title>ProSight scales back plans for larger Santa Rosa office</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/41163/prosight-scales-back-plans-for-larger-santa-rosa-office/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/41163/prosight-scales-back-plans-for-larger-santa-rosa-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ProSight Specialty Insurance has scaled back plans to further expand its presence in Santa Rosa but will still maintain a presence in the area, a spokesman for the company said.]]></description>
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		<title>Want something  to pass along or sell? You&#8217;d better insure it</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/41162/41162/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Bollinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many business owners consider their biggest assets to include tangible items such as: buildings, inventory, vehicles, etc.  However, it is the owners and key employees that are the most valuable and impactful to the company’s bottom line.  What would happen to the company should an owner employee become disabled, want to retire or have an untimely death?  How can you protect your business’s most valuable asset?   The answers to these questions must be part of your overall risk management.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Warnings arise of sticker shock in &#8217;12 workers comp costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Stokes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORTH BAY -- The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau, the body that oversees and makes recommendations for the workers comp sector, has officially recommended a 1.8 percent decrease in pure premium rates beginning in 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Kaiser survey shows 9% jump in health premiums</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORTH BAY &#8212; Health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored  coverage increased by 9 percent this year, with the average annual cost of family coverage rising to more than $15,000, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research Education and Trust. The increase is steep and comes after several years of “relatively modest” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People: Week of Sept. 26, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brief news about professionals in the north San Francisco Bay area.]]></description>
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