CalPERS Joins CDPH in Promoting Diabetes Prevention

November 1, 2016 Communications & Stakeholder Relations (916) 795-3991 Brad W. Pacheco, Deputy Executive Officer Wayne Davis, Chief, Office of Public Affairs Contact: Bill Madison, Information Officer newsroom@calpers.ca.gov California Department of Public Health (916) 440-7259 Contact: Ali Bay, Deputy Director of Communications CDPHPressOPA@cdph.ca.gov Program designed to prevent type 2 diabetes SACRAMENTO, CA – November is…

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CalPERS Picks OptumRx as New Pharmacy Benefits Manager

May 18, 2016 Communications & Stakeholder Relations (916) 795-3991 Brad W. Pacheco, Deputy Executive Officer Wayne Davis, Chief, Office of Public Affairs Contact: Bill Madison, Information Officer newsroom@calpers.ca.gov SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced that it selected OptumRX as its new Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM). The company will administer prescription…

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Why Long-term Care Insurance Is Becoming a Tougher Call

Barbara Feder Ostrov / Kaiser Health News March, 8, 2016 7:00 AM ET Get Caregiver Certification Here Seniors slammed with big premium increases face hard choices. Mary Julia Klimenko thought she was prudent 20 years ago when she invested in a long-term care insurance policy, one she believed would help pay for the care she’d…

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CalPERS to Recover More than $300 Million from Standard & Poor's in Investment Ratings Settlements

February 3, 2015 SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is poised to receive approximately $301 million in damages from Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and parent company McGraw-Hill Financial, the result of settlements in cases against S&P that stemmed from its rating of mortgage-backed and other securities prior to the financial crisis.…

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