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Leading experts in health and health care reform to take part in symposium

With the nation facing a $9 trillion deficit over the next 10 years, according to government estimates, the future of health care reform depends upon a neglected but critical leg of the equation: cost. Some of the nation’s leading experts in health and health care reform will provide insights into this issue when they converge in Nashville Saturday for a nonpartisan public discussion.

29 Aug 2009

Sunlink Health Systems to restate quarterly reports on Form 10-Q due to non-cash accounting errors

SunLink Health Systems, Inc. today announced that it expects its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2008, December 31, 2008 and March 31, 2009, to be restated due to the impact of non-cash accounting errors at the Company’s Carmichael’s Cashway Pharmacy, Inc. subsidiary.

29 Aug 2009

New law passed in Texas governing physician alternative practice sites will continue to help clinics to provide easy access to affordable health care

Legislation passed in Texas this year will, effective September 1, 2009, amend Texas law governing physician alternative practice sites, such as retail-based Convenient Care clinics. SB 532, supported by the Convenient Care Association and the Texas Medical Association, and sponsored by State Senator Dan Patrick (R-Houston) and Representative Garnet Coleman (D-Houston), increases Texans’ access to affordable health care while ensuring high standards for quality of care.

28 Aug 2009

Hospitals could see windfall from overhaul; while Obama calls for doctors' support

Hospitals may get billions of dollars in profit from a health care overhaul deal while President Obama asks doctors to promote health care fix.

28 Aug 2009

Maxim Health Systems' website provides detailed information about flu vaccination

Maxim's dedicated flu Web site provides detailed information about the flu vaccination and allows consumers to locate seasonal flu clinics in their area by searching by zip code. In addition, Maxim is preparing to launch several new online resources for consumers to protect themselves and their families this flu season.

28 Aug 2009

New analysis tool from Sg2 to help hospitals gear up for reform-driven payment changes

To help hospitals and health systems prepare for the impending payment changes associated with health care reform initiatives and a changing incentive structure, Sg2, a future-focused health care intelligence company, has released an innovative new tool -- the Sg2 Reform Readiness Analysis.

27 Aug 2009

Walgreens collaborates with Caterpillar to provide transparent prescription drug pricing for employers

Walgreens today announced an agreement with Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) that establishes a direct relationship for the purchase of prescription drugs using a transparent pricing model.

27 Aug 2009

Premier’s ClinicalAdvisor offers customized benchmarking and regulatory reporting solution for hospitals and health systems

To help hospitals achieve maximum revenue retention as a part of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program, the Premier healthcare alliance has enhanced its quality benchmarking and regulatory reporting solution to include RAC capabilities.

26 Aug 2009

PrimeEnterprise community healthcare IT solution launched by Greenway Medical Technologies

Greenway Medical Technologies Inc. recently announced the launch of its community healthcare IT solution, PrimeEnterprise, which enables a community of Greenway((R)) customers to securely and seamlessly share select clinical, financial and administrative data.

26 Aug 2009

MedAssets to deliver transformational revenue cycle solutions for Saint Barnabas Health Care System

MedAssets, Inc. today announced that it has signed a long-term agreement to deliver its transformational revenue cycle solutions to Saint Barnabas Health Care System (SBHCS), the largest integrated health care delivery system in New Jersey. MedAssets will provide revenue cycle process reengineering services, powered by the continued deployment of web-based software and execution of ongoing primary accounts receivable billing and follow-up services.

26 Aug 2009

University of Kentucky receives grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The University of Kentucky College of Public Health's Center for Public Health Systems and Services Research (CPHSSR) has been awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

26 Aug 2009

Chicago physician segment likely to grow more consolidated in future

HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that while the medical community in Chicago is more consolidated than most large cities, with multiple large physician groups affiliated with health systems, the physician segment is likely to grow even more consolidated in the future.

26 Aug 2009

CPM’s physician relationship management system implemented by Advocate Health Care System

CPM Marketing Group (CPM), the market leader for healthcare customer relationship management (CRM) and strategic marketing solutions, announced today that Advocate Health Care System, the largest health care provider in Illinois, has implemented CPM’s physician relationship management (PRM) system to assist its hospitals in building and maintaining relationships with physicians.

26 Aug 2009

LAF report estimates the total economic burden of new cancer cases at $305 billion in 2009

A landmark report released today by the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) estimates the total economic burden of new cancer cases at $305 billion in 2009. The findings are included in the report, "Breakaway: The Global Burden of Cancer - Challenges and Opportunities," released today in Dublin at the premiere LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit.

25 Aug 2009

Caretech Solutions to implement CareWorks content management system for Blessing Health System

CareTech Solutions, Inc. (www.caretechsolutions.com), an information technology (IT) and Web products and services provider for hospitals and health systems nationwide, announced today it has signed an agreement to provide Web services to Blessing Health System (www.blessinghospital.org), based in Quincy, Ill.

25 Aug 2009

Aetna renews contract with WellStar Health System for three years

Aetna (NYSE: AET) and WellStar Health System in Marietta, Ga., announced today they have reached an agreement on a three-year contract renewal.

25 Aug 2009

The Estate Vault to open a subsidiary in Australia for delivering portable health management solutions

The Estate Vault, Inc.,a leading provider of comprehensive electronic repository services for consolidating and protecting, medical, personal financial, and legal records, announced today that in response to the May 2009 announcement from the Australian National Health & Hospitals Reform Commission, that it will open a wholly owned subsidiary in Australia.

24 Aug 2009

Recent releases: limiting corruption; mental health; U.S. global health policies; non-physician administered ARV; African health ministers

A Lancet Infectious Diseases Reflection and Reaction piece says while PEPFAR's "investment of over US$228 million into Mozambique in 2008 alone" resulted in "an exponential increase in the number of people on" ARVs and boosted prevention programs, "[t]here is more money available for HIV/AIDS than can reasonably be spent, especially given Mozambique's poor infrastructure and large geographical area. Unfortunately, one side-effect has been an associated increase in corruption." To maximize aid money and limit corruption, "careful and creative resource management will be needed," the author concludes (Johnson, 9/09).

24 Aug 2009

'Explosion' of H1N1 cases likely, WHO Says

In the coming months, countries should prepare for an "explosion" in new cases of H1N1 (swine) flu until peak transmission of the virus is reached, WHO Western Pacific Director Shin Young-soo told a symposium of health officials gathered in Beijing Friday, the Associated Press reports.

23 Aug 2009

Brits defend National Health Service against U.S. criticism

The United Kingdom's National Health System enters into the health care debate amid comparisons of the British and American health care systems. Meanwhile, British politicians defend NHS against critics.

23 Aug 2009

Health Systems News and Research

Leading experts in health and health care reform to take part in symposium

Sunlink Health Systems to restate quarterly reports on Form 10-Q due to non-cash accounting errors

New law passed in Texas governing physician alternative practice sites will continue to help clinics to provide easy access to affordable health care

Hospitals could see windfall from overhaul; while Obama calls for doctors' support

Maxim Health Systems' website provides detailed information about flu vaccination

New analysis tool from Sg2 to help hospitals gear up for reform-driven payment changes

Walgreens collaborates with Caterpillar to provide transparent prescription drug pricing for employers

Premier’s ClinicalAdvisor offers customized benchmarking and regulatory reporting solution for hospitals and health systems

PrimeEnterprise community healthcare IT solution launched by Greenway Medical Technologies

MedAssets to deliver transformational revenue cycle solutions for Saint Barnabas Health Care System

University of Kentucky receives grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Chicago physician segment likely to grow more consolidated in future

CPM’s physician relationship management system implemented by Advocate Health Care System

LAF report estimates the total economic burden of new cancer cases at $305 billion in 2009

Caretech Solutions to implement CareWorks content management system for Blessing Health System

Aetna renews contract with WellStar Health System for three years

The Estate Vault to open a subsidiary in Australia for delivering portable health management solutions

Recent releases: limiting corruption; mental health; U.S. global health policies; non-physician administered ARV; African health ministers

'Explosion' of H1N1 cases likely, WHO Says

Brits defend National Health Service against U.S. criticism

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