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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Zero, Zero, Zero Medicare Advantage Health Benefits Plan Offers Economic Relief for Medicare Eligible Population

Zero dollar premiums, zero primary care doctor’s office co-pays, zero dollar

co-pay for preferred generic prescriptions and zero co-pay for preventive

screenings

Louisville, Ky.– November, 10, 2009 – In tough economic times Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky is offering Zero, Zero, Zero Medicare Advantage plans that allow Medicare eligible individuals in metro Louisville to take care of themselves without hurting their wallets.

The Anthem Medicare Advantage health benefits plan offers…

New 21c Museum Hotel to Open in Cincinnati, Ohio

Project Continues Revitalization of City’s Downtown

21c Museum Hotel in Louisville Recently Voted #1 Hotel in U.S. and #6 in the World in Conde Nast Traveler’s 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Building on its mission of engaging the public with contemporary art and supporting the revitalization of American downtowns, 21c Museum Hotels will renovate and restore the former Metropole Hotel — an historic landmark in downtown…

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana Earns NCQA Accreditation Status of ‘Excellent’

INDIANAPOLIS- November 4, 2009 – Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced today that its Indiana plan has maintained the accreditation status of “Excellent” from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

NCQA is an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to assessing and reporting on the quality of managed care plans, managed behavioral healthcare organizations, preferred provider organizations, new health plans, physician organizations, credentials verification organizations, disease management programs and other…

Smoothstone Solution Now Rated ‘Avaya Compliant’

SIP Trunking application is compatible with key Avaya IP telephony solutions

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Leading IP Communications provider, Smoothstone IP Communications, today announced that its SIP Trunking Service is compliant with key Internet protocol (IP) telephony solutions from Avaya, a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services.

Smoothstone’s SIP Trunking service helps businesses maximize IP-PBX functionality by accessing the rich feature set of Smoothstone’s VoIP…

WellPoint Announces Appearances at Upcoming Conferences

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ — WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE:WLP) announced today that senior management is scheduled to present at the following conferences:

–  Oppenheimer 20th Annual Healthcare Conference on November 4, 2009, at

11:25 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (“EST”); and

–  Credit Suisse 18th Healthcare Conference on November 11, 2009, at

11:30 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (1:30 p.m. EST).

All interested parties are invited to listen to the webcasts of the presentations by visiting

Halloween Fears: Ghosts, Goblins and … BlackBerry(R) Blur?

A New WellPoint Survey Looks at Vision Problems in the Office

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Halloween can bring out children’s fears of monsters in the closet and ghosts beneath their bed.  But what do grown-ups fear?

A new WellPoint survey conducted by Opinion Research Corporation finds adults too fear the things they can’t see: difficult to read BlackBerry text and fuzzy caller ID.  And nevermind what could happen as a…

PSMI Opens New Office in Kentucky

ROSWELL, N.M., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ — PrimeSource Mortgage, Inc. (PSMI), a leading mortgage brokerage and banking company, and a wholly owned subsidiary of PSM Holdings, Inc.  (BULLETIN BOARD: PSMH)  today announced the opening of a new office outside of Louisville, Ky. This marks the second new office the Company has opened in October, and the fifth new office the Company has opened in the last 60 days.

“The Kentucky branch…

Neustar to Open Facility in Louisville

Technology company will create 150 new jobs

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (October 29, 2009) – Greater Louisville Inc. – The Metro Chamber of Commerce announced today that Neustar, Inc. will open a new operation in Louisville.  The Sterling, Va.-based company is a leading provider of innovative solutions and directory services that enable trusted communication across networks, applications and enterprises around the world.

The new facility, to be housed…

Petfinder.com Aligns With PetFirst Healthcare to Offer Discounted Pet Health Insurance

Hope is to increase animal adoptions

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Pet insurance provider, PetFirst Healthcare, and popular Internet pet-adoption site, Petfinder (www.petfinder.com), are partnering to increase animal adoptions by providing prospective dog or cat owners protection against unexpected veterinary costs.

The two companies have partnered to offer health-insurance policies to dogs and cats adopted through Petfinder’s database from over 13,000 animal organizations.

Under PetFirst’s Adoption Program, the new pet…

WDRB Helps Louisville Drivers Beat the Traffic(R)

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ — WDRB is happy to announce that they have reached an agreement to work with Beat the Traffic®. Beat the Traffic®’s new and highly innovative traffic reporting system will significantly help Louisville drivers ease their daily commute. The station is the first local television station in Louisville committed to bringing their audience real-time, data-driven traffic reports each week day morning. Beat the Traffic®’s cutting-edge…