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Private Investment Firm Eigen Capital Unveils Monarch Medical Technologies, New Corporate Entity Behind Market-Leading EndoTool™ Solution

Company Focused on Helping Hospitals and Health Systems Mitigate Risk Associated with Drugs and Processes of Concern Palo Alto, Calif.-based private investment firm Eigen Capital LLC, which acquired the EndoTool business from Hospira Worldwide in September 2012, today unveiled the company’s new identity as Monarch Medical Technologies. The...

HBMA Supports New Healthcare Simplification Programs

Healthcare Billing and Management Association finds ways to eliminate administrative redundancies LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the healthcare industry, saving time means saving money for everyone involved in the lifecycle of a medical claim.  The most influential revenue cycle management association, Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA.o...

Community Oncology Organizations, Clinics and Patients Support the Bipartisan "Preserve Community Cancer Care Act"

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A majority of cancer patients receive their treatment at community clinics. Today, that care is being threatened by a payment calculation in Medicare that has made it increasingly difficult for local clinics to absorb the additional cuts imposed by sequestration. Bipartisan legislation (S. 806) introduced by Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Debbie...

Survey: 85% of Part D Seniors in Preferred Pharmacy Plans are Satisfied With Costs, Pharmacy Choices

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Medicare Part D seniors in plans with preferred pharmacy networks are overwhelmingly satisfied, citing lower costs, convenient access to pharmacies and other benefits, according to a new survey from Hart Research Associates released today by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA). More than 40% of Part D seniors (9.5 million)...

ONC's Mostashari to Open HIMSS ICD-10 Forum with Insights on Interoperability, Testing & Big Data

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, MD, will deliver the opening keynote presentation at the ICD-10 Forum at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Washington D.C., June 17-18. The forum will provide information essential to helping healthcare leaders guide their organizations to ICD-10 compliance by the October 2014 deadli...

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Upgrades Teradata Integrated Data Warehouse to Power Analytics for Healthcare Reform

BOSTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (HPHC), a full-service health benefits company headquartered near Boston has expanded its integrated data warehouse (IDW), Teradata (NYSE: TDC) announced today. This upgrade supports their analytics access to increasing volumes of detail data to fuel improved consumer engagement, cost containment, and a new level of data transpa...

Heritage Woods of Gurnee Affordable Assisted Living Community to Host Breakfast and Bingo

Bradley, Illinois (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Heritage Woods of Gurnee , a BMA affordable assisted living community in Lake County, Illinois, is hosting Breakfast and Bingo at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, May 24. The community, which is located at 3775 Grand...

Kitware Enables Interactive Exploration of CMS Medicare Data

A web-based tool allows the public to explore the relationship between healthcare cost and mortality. (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Kitware, a leader in data visualization, today unveils a new information visualization tool that enables the exploration of hospital costs across the United States. The tool was created in response to the recent release of “Medicare Provider Charge Data,” a dataset of pri...

With Medicare posting hospital charges, are doctors next?

Federal officials highlight significant differences among some facilities' prices but are noncommittal about whether they might do the same reporting of physician charges.

Millions uninsured on patchwork Medicaid expansion map

More than 3 million low-income people are projected to stay without coverage in states not expanding, but primary care access problems could hit expansion states.

Medicare's payment carrots turn to sticks

Connected coverage — selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.

House hearing focuses on quality’s role in SGR reform

Physician witnesses tell lawmakers that stable payments and a commitment of federal resources are needed to move Medicare beyond fee-for-service.

Senators ask Medicare to use bonds to recoup overpayments

MMIS, Inc.'s MediSpend Fully Compliant with CMS Final Templates

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Michaeline Daboul, President & CEO of MMIS, Inc., announced Monday that MediSpend® is fully compliant with the final Physician Ownership, Research, and General Payments templates released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on May 7, 2013. The templates, which are required by the implementing rules under the Physician Pay...

Get Ready For the New Health Insurance Marketplaces

WASHINGTON, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health Insurance Marketplaces are a key provision of the Affordable Care Act that can help you get health insurance regardless of income or health history. You can start exploring your options now, enroll in October, and start taking advantage of the benefits of your state Health Insurance Marketplace beginning in January 2014. People looking f...

U.S. Surgeon General Headlines HOPE Forum in Atlanta During National Women's Health Week

ATLANTA, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recognizing National Women's Health Week, Operation HOPE (HOPE) hosted U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA for a discussion on the relationship between physical and fiscal health in America. The Surgeon General was joined by Chief Medical Officer of Centene Corporation Dr. Mary Mason and Chief Medical Officer of Peach State Health...

ER Docs are Key to Reducing Health Care Costs

ACEP: Emergency Physicians Save More Than Lives WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Emergency physicians are key decisionmakers for nearly half of all hospital admissions, highlighting a critical role they can play in reducing health care costs, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation.  (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100616/DC22034LOGO-d) Hospi...

Southeast Alabama Medical Center Selects BESLER Consulting’s Transfer DRG Revenue Recovery Service

Princeton, NJ (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 BESLER Consulting, a leading provider of comprehensive revenue recovery services to healthcare organizations, is pleased to announce that Southeast Alabama Medical Center of Dothan, Alabama has selected the compa...

Orange Health Solutions Chooses Sandlot Solutions as Its ACO IT Partner for Patient Data Analytics and Care Management Platform

FORT WORTH, TX -- (Marketwired) -- 05/20/13 -- Sandlot Solutions, a healthcare information technology company, and Orange Health Solutions, a national provider of full-service risk contract management services, today announce a long-term healthcare IT partnership that will help physicians treat patients more effectively and efficiently. Orange Accountable Care, an ACO subsidiary of Orange Health...

Pacific Hospital of Long Beach Accredited by NIAHO, Becomes ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Compliant

Pacific Hospital of Long Beach has been recently accredited by NIAHO and designated as ISO 9001:2008 compliant by DNV Healthcare Inc. Long Beach, CA (PRWEB) May 19, 2013 Pacific Hospital of Long Beach has been recently accredited by NIAHO and designated as ISO 9001:2008 compliant by DNV Healthcare Inc. ISO 9001:2008 designation or certification indicates that a medical facility operates under the...

Hospital Use, Costs Not Increased By Massachusetts' Health Care Reform

Massachusetts' healthcare reform didn't result in substantially more hospital use or higher costs, according to data presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. The findings were true...

Feds Make It Easier For States To Enroll Poor Under Health Law

The Obama administration is making it easier for states to sign up the poor for health coverage – and to help those people stay covered. On Friday, it informed state officials that they could simplify enrollment in Medicaid, the federal-state program for the poor, to handle the onslaught of millions of anticipated enrollees next year when the health care law expands coverage.  At least...

D.C. Week: Tavenner OK'd by Senate

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- In an otherwise rough week politically for President Obama, the president did score a victory when his latest nominee to run Medicare, Medicaid, and health reform implementation was confirmed by the Senate.

Metro East Affordable Assisted Living Community to Host Memorial Day Weekend Barbecue

Bradley, Illinois (PRWEB) May 18, 2013 Cambridge House of Maryville , a BMA affordable assisted living community in the St. Louis Metro East area, is hosting a Memorial Day Weekend Barbecue from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, May 24. The communi...

Sen. Coburn warns of 'IPAB-of-One'

A legal analysis released Thursday by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) indicates that if members of Congress fail to confirm members of a controversial Medicare cost-containment board, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius would be empowered to formulate and impl...