Murphy, a veteran of the health care benefits industry, succeeds George Wheeler, who resigned about two months ago.
Based in Kansas City, Coventry Health Care of Kansas covers the national health insurer’s operations throughout Kansas and western Missouri.
Murphy joins Coventry from Mercy Health Plans of Missouri, where he served most recently as CEO.
“We are pleased to [...]
Business groups support the purpose of the law but worry about the unintended consequences that may ensue from the restrictions on information about genetic information. The bill leaves open the possibility that employers can be sued for just receiving — not acting upon — a worker’s genetic information.
The bill President George W. Bush will sign [...]
Who knew? The country’s ferret owners are painfully aware of such laws, consider them groundless and continue to fight them. According to estimates from the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, about 500,000 people own some 2 million ferrets. Ferret folks claim the real numbers are much higher. Given the multitude of [...]
Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center plans to grow into a neighboring condominium complex — sooner or later.
Last fall, the hospital started buying condos in the 6-acre Laurelon Terrace complex, which is in the shadow of Children’s Hospital along Sand Point Way Northeast. So far, the hospital has bought 21 of Laurelon’s 136 units, according [...]
Scottsdale restaurateur Sam Fox uses a dramatically different description to sum up a week that saw sales surge 200 percent at his Olive %26 Ivy and Sauce restaurants at the Scottsdale Waterfront.
“We were ecstatic with the business,” he said. “It blew away our expectations.”
Super bust or super bonanza?
The official Super Bowl [...]
But then the 1985 Chicago Bears came along, and the biggest event in American sports was never the same.
“With all the publicity we got leading into that game, it was just electric,” said Shaun Gayle, a defensive back who spent 11 years in Chicago. “The coverage we got bordered on insanity. When I think back [...]
We considered grading the experiences, but in the premium-ticket world now, there are apples and there are oranges. The experiences range from the typical corporate or private luxury box to giant “party suites” to the new trend in the business - shared suites, in which fans can buy tickets to a box with all-inclusive [...]
