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FANS START BATTLE ON SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
Michael Jackson has launched a new online game which can be played on social networking sites Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, whch involves players mimicking Jackson’s dance moves.
Fans can add the game as an application on the sites, then compete to win prizes including iPod Nanos. The top prize is a pair of round-the-world plane tickets or a plasma TV and Sony Playstation 3.
The Michael Jackson applications will be available from August 22, and will allow users from the rival networks to compete against each other.
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TRIPLE DELUXE ALBUM RELEASE
As previously promised, we can now give you details of the special deluxe triple album set due to be released by SonyBMG on September 22nd.
Included on Disc 3 of the release are many unusual tracks including: ‘Can’t Get Outta The Rain’, ‘On The Line’ and ‘Someone Put Your Hand Out’. The disc also includes a number of extended remixes; ‘Another Part of Me’, ‘Bad’, ‘Smooth Criminal’, ‘The Way You Make Me Feel’, ‘Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’, a C&C mix of ‘Black or White’ and the ‘Thriller’ Megamix.
The full tracklisting of this triple deluxe set is as follows:
DISC 1
1. BILLIE JEAN
2. BAD
3. SMOOTH CRIMINAL
4. THRILLER
5. BLACK OR WHITE
6. BEAT IT
7. WANNA BE STARTIN’ SOMETHIN’
8. DON’T STOP ‘TIL YOU GET ENOUGH
9. THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL
10. ROCK WITH YOU
11. YOU ARE NOT ALONE
12. MAN IN THE MIRROR
13. REMEMBER THE TIME
14. SCREAM
15. YOU ROCK MY WORLD
16. THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT US
17. EARTH SONG
DISC 2
1. DIRTY DIANA
2. SAY SAY SAY
3. OFF THE WALL
4. HUMAN NATURE
5. I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU
6. HEAL THE WORLD
7. WILL YOU BE THERE
8. STRANGER IN MOSCOW
9. SPEECHLESS
10. SHE’S OUT OF MY LIFE
11. THE GIRL IS MINE
12. BUTTERFLIES
13. WHO IS IT
14. GHOST
15. BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR
16. WORKIN’ DAY AND NIGHT
17. HISTORY
18. GIVE IN TO ME
DISC 3
1. CAN’T GET OUTTA THE RAIN (SINGLE VERSION)
2. ON THE LINE
3. SOMEONE PUT YOUR HAND OUT
4. IS IT SCARY (SINGLE RADIO EDIT)
5. SMILE (SHORT VERSION)
6. BILLIE JEAN (ORIGINAL 12′ VERSION)
7. WANNA BE STARTIN’ SOMETHIN’ (EXTENDED 12″ MIX)
8. BAD (DANCE EXTENDED MIX INCLUDES ‘FALSE FADE’)
9. THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL (DANCE EXTENDED MIX)
10. ANOTHER PART OF ME (EXTENDED DANCE MIX)
11. SMOOTH CRIMINAL (EXTENDED DANCE MIX)
12. BLACK OR WHITE (THE CLIVILLES & COLE HOUSE/CLUB MIX)
13. THRILLER MEGAMIX (RADIO EDIT)
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NE-YO TALKS ABOUT MEETING AND WORKING WITH MICHAEL
In a recent interview, singer/songwriter Ne-Yo, talked about his first meeting with the King of Pop and about working on the King's upcoming album.
“It was very exciting. Michael Jackson is one of the reasons why I sing. When we met, he was really cool people. He was really regular people. Everyone expects Michael Jackson to be this weird guy and he's not. He had a regular suit on. There was nothing weird about him. We talked about music, where he wanted to go direction-wise, how we'd get the records to one another. It was a very calm, regular meeting."
Ne-Yo says that, with this new album, he and Michael are trying to shift the focus away from all the rumors in order to remind people why we loved Michael's music in the first place.
"We're trying to get people to ignore the rumors about his personal life and get back to the reason why we loved Michael Jackson in the first place, the entertainment value. We want to get the music right. He's still dancing, doing his thing; it should be good."
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OLYMPIAN LISTENS TO MICHAEL
What are the Olympic athletes listening to?
In a recent interview, US Olympic weightlifter Natalie Woolfork indicated that she listened to Michael Jackson’s 'Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough' before competing in Beijing on August 12, 2008.
Natalie Woolfork finished 11th while North Korean Pak Hyon Suk took home the gold medal in weightlifting.
On wellness's watch
Insurer care-management programs bring new level of oversight into health of at-risk patients
Vital intervention: Michael Jackson, 52, Anderson, is a Medicaid enrollee under the watch of care managers, who offer reminders to keep him on a path to the best health possible. - James Yee / The Star
A middle-aged woman receives a postcard reminding her to get a mammogram. A mother chats with a nurse about how to help her child avoid asthma attacks. An overweight smoker gets an unsolicited call from a nurse saying he's at risk for heart disease.
Welcome to the high-tech world of care management.
Frustrated with the skyrocketing cost of health care, employers and government agencies increasingly are turning to new programs designed to help their sickest or most vulnerable beneficiaries ward off dangerous -- and costly -- health complications.
The goal is early intervention -- to change the behavior of those struggling with common but dangerous health conditions, such as asthma, diabetes, heart failure and coronary artery disease.
Postcards remind patients they're due for a blood test or checkup. Nurses or other medical professionals, usually affiliated with health insurers, call to help ensure patients are following recommended treatments.
It's part friendly reminder, part Big Brother.
And for Michael Jackson, who's part of the Care Select program that the state offers Medicaid recipients, it's working.
Jackson, 52, has a litany of woes: diabetes, anemia, sleep apnea, bad hips, migraines, an enlarged heart. He has been on Medicaid for four years because of his disabilities.
But in recent months, he has spoken at least twice a week with a care manager. The regular phone calls have helped him keep his blood sugar in check and take about 40 pounds off of his 360-pound frame. His care manager also persuaded him to have bariatric surgery later this month and has helped smooth the way.
"Everything that I needed, they were there," the Anderson resident said.
Such programs are expensive to operate -- although with private insurance, they often are built into the premiums -- but they hold the promise of eventual savings by keeping people healthier for longer. However, as with much in health care, it's difficult to determine the financial or health payoff of such interventions.
Indianapolis-based health-benefits giant WellPoint said its ConditionCare program has been shown to produce health-cost savings of $2.80 for every $1 invested.
Old National Bancorp, an Evansville- based bank that provides health insurance to more than 3,000 workers and dependents, has seen a decrease in major claims since it started using a care-management program offered through WellPoint's Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
"We're trying to create a culture of wellness at Old National Bank," said Cy Morris, senior vice president of Total Rewards and Performance Management at Old National.
The state of Indiana is investing about $27 million a year in its care-management programs, run by MDwise and Advantage. The state's Care Select program targets about 70,000 Medicaid recipients who tend to have multiple physical and mental illnesses requiring extensive and expensive care.
When Mitch Roob took over the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration about 31/2 years ago, spending on Medicaid was growing at about 10 percent a year, much of it because of this unhealthy population.
Care management offered an appealing way to intervene -- and perhaps make a critical difference.
But Roob said he is not expecting rapid returns on the program, which began last November. It could take years to realize a benefit.
"The individuals that we're talking about are going to be on our insurance product until they either go onto Medicare or pass away, so increasing the quality of their lives if we make an investment today will have a payback for us down the line," Roob said. "Of all the changes that we've made at FSSA since the governor was elected, in the long run this will be the most important."
ConditionCare, a care-management program used by Old National and other large WellPoint customers, employs nurse-care managers and others to coordinate care for members with specific risks or chronic conditions.
"We are trying to predict when people will become ill," said Dijuana Lewis, chief executive of WellPoint's Comprehensive Health Solutions Business Unit. "We are trying to reach out to them when they are well."
At-risk patients may be flagged to receive calls based on information they provide in health-risk assessments or from their prescription-drug orders and medical claims.
With Old National's program, Morris said, an employee deemed to be at risk of a heart attack would receive a letter or call with recommendations for behavioral changes. He added that employees don't have to take part: "You always have the option to decline it."
But Old National plans to expand its use of ConditionCare next year to include cancer, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and chronic kidney disease. Now the program focuses on diabetes, asthma and pulmonary and heart-related diseases.
Care-management programs may be winning fans among doctors and their staffs, who have been shouldering all of the burden.
Dr. Cheryle Southern, who sees a large Medicaid population in her Near- Northside private practice, often has to handle her patients' nonmedical problems, such as transportation. Turning these problems over to care-management staff gives her the opportunity to concentrate on patients' medical needs.
"If nothing else, it should provide better physician satisfaction in that you don't have as much that you have to do," Southern said.
Whether care-management programs actually save money or improve outcomes, however, is open to debate.
A study last year in the American Journal of Managed Care found spending on such programs is increasing, from $1.2 billion in 2005 to a projected $1.8 billion in 2008. The study also found that while care-management programs seemed to improve the quality of care, their effect on the cost was uncertain.
Researchers at the Regenstrief Institute and Purdue and Indiana universities recently published a study looking at whether care management had an impact on 857 people on Medicaid with congestive heart failure or diabetes.
The study found that the intensified care lowered costs for all patients with congestive heart failure. However, the interventions had a minimal effect on the cost of claims from low- or high-risk patients with diabetes; instead the amount of claims paid actually increased.
Even so, the study's authors were reluctant to dismiss the potential of such health programs.
"There's something about going directly to patients with education and motivational services that may have had an effect on patients' behavior and activities," said Regenstrief president Dr. Thomas Inui, one of the study's authors.
FSSA officials are banking on the fact that the Care Select program will change people's health-related behaviors for the better. But they also recognize that there's only so much they can do.
"At the end of the day, we will do everything we can to provide tools and education for individuals, but it's upon those individuals to take control and responsibility to manage their own health-care conditions," said Dr. Jeffrey Wells, director of Medicaid for FSSA.
Still, said Jackson, for the patient taking part in the Care Select program, having someone there to help can be a prime motivator to improve one's health. Not only does his care manager call him regularly, Jackson said, but he knows he can give her a call if he's struggling with something or has a question.
"They've got so much caring, I can't point out one thing," he said. "When somebody cares about your health as much as you care about your health, it makes a difference."
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