Managed Care: Alternative Healthcare Gets a Boost in Minnesota Responding to growing member demand for alternative healthcare coverage, HealthPartners will become the first health plan in Minnesota to offer access to a broad range of… Continued
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Advocacy Action Plan
January 22nd, 1998 by PRNEWSOften activist groups announce their intentions in advance – especially if they’re seeking media attention. This gives the healthcare organization a chance to gather information from existing sources in the community and develop situation-specific responses.… Continued
AMA Learns Tough Lesson, Treads Carefully Into Corporate Relationships
January 22nd, 1998 by PRNEWSAcutely aware that it went too far, the American Medical Association is in image-repair mode as it clarifies its position on corporate arrangements. For the AMA, the Sunbeam fiasco has become a case study in… Continued
Advocacy Crisis Plan: Surviving Attacks from Community Groups
January 22nd, 1998 by PRNEWS5 Tips For Opposition Damage Control Every organization that provides or deals with healthcare is a potential target of an angry advocacy group – from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to an organization… Continued
Attention All PR NEWS Readers
January 19th, 1998 by PRNEWSNew Workshop Designed To Alleviate Your Crisis Concerns PR NEWS Seminarsc is hosting a one-day Advanced Crisis Management Workshop on Feb. 17 at the Sheraton Washington in D.C. More than 15 industry leaders will offer… Continued
Personifying Corporate America With Community Programs
January 19th, 1998 by PRNEWSCommunicators are more frequently testing the role of community relations – which has historically taken a back seat to high-profile PR such as media and investor relations – as not only an image booster but… Continued
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January 19th, 1998 by PRNEWSWhatever!?! Letter From Disney’s Eisner: Worthy of ‘War and Peace’ Honor Perhaps Walt Disney [DIS] CEO Michael Eisner thought readers would be armed with hankies, but we found his letter for the company’s annual report… Continued
Going ‘Outside the Box’ for Executive Speaking Opportunities
January 19th, 1998 by PRNEWSMaximizing executive speaking engagements is becoming more of a proactive exercise in strategic planning than cherry-picking the plum invitations from organizations that have sought out your CEO or top executives. For targeted executive exposure, this… Continued
Analysts Value MD&A Forecast, According to Potlatch Corp. Report
January 19th, 1998 by PRNEWSAs promised last week by PR NEWS, here are perspectives from analysts about annual reports included in "The Essentials" report by the Potlatch Corp.’s Minnesota Pulp and Paper Division. We’re running the comments verbatim so… Continued
Agency Provides PR Piece of the Puzzle for Federal Health Program
January 19th, 1998 by PRNEWSIn 1990, Congress passed the Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Act to educate women about breast and cervical cancer screenings, but it took five years before that decision filtered down to every state in the… Continued