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Becker's Hospital Review names Virginia Mason as one of 50 Greenest Hospitals in America

Virginia Mason has been named one of the 50 Greenest Hospitals in America for 2013 by Becker's Hospital Review, a leading health care publication.

12 Sep 2013

New analysis finds ASCs provide billions of dollars to Medicare program and its beneficiaries

A new analysis by researchers at the prominent University of California-Berkeley Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare finds that ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) provide billions of dollars in savings to the Medicare program and its beneficiaries.

12 Sep 2013

Wiley to grant access to research via patientACCESS

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has announced it will join patientACCESS, a new program which offers low-cost access to medical and scientific research articles to patients and caregivers.

12 Sep 2013

New Aspen Dental office opens in Venice, FL

A new Aspen Dental office is opening in Venice, FL on Thursday, September 12. Located at 4246 S. Tamiami Trail, the practice will provide dental services that range from dentures and preventive care to general dentistry and restoration.

12 Sep 2013

MacPractice integrates MacPractice MD with OneTouch EMR

MacPractice, Inc., the leading developer of native practice management and clinical software for Mac, iPad and iPhone for doctors, today announced integration of MacPractice MD with OneTouch EMR. With OneTouch, a cloud based EMR/EHR, doctors can easily record and access medical records using any modern browser or OneTouch EMR's native app for iPad.

12 Sep 2013

State highlights: S.F. suing Nevada over 'dumped' patients; feds push Pa. to move kids to Medicaid; Medicaid contractor's lawsuit against La. goes forward

A selection of health policy stories from California, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Georgia and Oregon.

12 Sep 2013

Viewpoints: Hopes for single payer system remain; GOP's move to tie debt ceiling to health law is dangerous; subsidy fraud must be stopped

With the Oct. 1 rollout of a major facet of the Affordable Care Act on the horizon, you'll be hearing a lot about the glitches, loopholes and shortcomings of this most important restructuring of America's healthcare system in our lifetimes.

12 Sep 2013

Telephone delivered program improves health outcomes for people diagnosed with bowel cancer

They say a phone call can change your life and for colorectal or bowel cancer survivors this is true, a new study by a QUT researcher has found.

12 Sep 2013

Some House GOP lawmakers take hard line position against health law funding in debt limit debate

As Republican leaders unveiled a plan to avert a government shutdown, they faced the challenge of building support for the proposal within their own ranks because it does not defund the health law. Some within the caucus reacted with skepticism.

12 Sep 2013

Craneware announces financial results for fiscal year 2013

Craneware, the leader in automated revenue integrity solutions for the U.S. healthcare market, today announced financial results for its fiscal year 2013 that ended June 30, 2013.

12 Sep 2013

Aspen Dental celebrates first location in Texas

Aspen Dental celebrates its first location in Texas on Thursday, September 12 with the opening of a new practice at 6109 Highway 191 in Odessa. The new office in Texas means that Aspen Dental dentists and staff now proudly serve communities in 27 states across the country.

12 Sep 2013

Some big insurers 'MIA' from state-based exchanges

CNN reports that health plans such as Aetna, UnitedHealthcare and Cigna are practicing watchful waiting to see how the launch of these online marketplaces and the 2014 push to expand coverage rolls out. Meanwhile, California's exchange will be ready, according to its executive director, and most uninsured Kentuckians will receive discounts, says the governor.

12 Sep 2013

FDA takes steps to restrict the use of pain meds

The Food and Drug Administration will require a class-wide label change for long-acting opioids aimed at limiting use of these drugs to patients with severe, refractory pain.

12 Sep 2013

Binaytara Foundation, UIC partner to develop Nepal's first blood and marrow transplant unit

The University of Illinois at Chicago and the Binaytara Foundation have partnered to develop Nepal's first blood and marrow transplant unit and to organize the country's first international conference on blood cancers.

12 Sep 2013

Hydroxyurea treatment prevents complications, lowers medical care costs in children sickle cell disease

The benefits of hydroxyurea treatment in people with sickle cell disease are well known -- fewer painful episodes, fewer blood transfusions and fewer hospitalizations. Now new research from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and other institutions reveals that by preventing such complications, the drug can also considerably lower the overall cost of medical care in children with this condition.

12 Sep 2013

ClinicalRM signs contract with NIH to provide broad spectrum of services for STI CTG Program

Clinical Research Management, Inc. (ClinicalRM) – a full-service Contract Research Organization (CRO) providing services for basic and applied research, clinical trials, and regulatory support – announced today it was awarded a contract by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

12 Sep 2013

Federal officials, contractors give health exchange 'data hub' thumbs up

Several contractors gave positive reports about their readiness to launch the health law's new online marketplaces Oct. 1 at a House hearing Tuesday, although one expert predicted a "rocky start," and several Republicans said they were not reassured.

12 Sep 2013

Big changes for addiction treatment predicted under Obamacare

An estimated 40 million people could enter treatment because the health law recognizes drug addiction and alcoholism as chronic diseases that must be covered by insurance plans, according to the California Health Report.

12 Sep 2013

Health IT Now Coalition commends two Congressmen for helping in introducing TELE-MED Act

The Health IT Now Coalition today commended Congressmen Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) for their commitment to the health of America's seniors and the disabled by introducing the TELEmedicine for MEDicare Act, which allows Medicare providers to treat Medicare patients electronically across state lines without the need to obtain multiple state licenses.

12 Sep 2013

Euclid Systems, Wenzhou Medical University Eye Hospital sign cooperation agreement

Euclid Systems Corporation today announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with Wenzhou Medical University Eye Hospital.

12 Sep 2013

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Becker's Hospital Review names Virginia Mason as one of 50 Greenest Hospitals in America

New analysis finds ASCs provide billions of dollars to Medicare program and its beneficiaries

Wiley to grant access to research via patientACCESS

New Aspen Dental office opens in Venice, FL

MacPractice integrates MacPractice MD with OneTouch EMR

State highlights: S.F. suing Nevada over 'dumped' patients; feds push Pa. to move kids to Medicaid; Medicaid contractor's lawsuit against La. goes forward

Viewpoints: Hopes for single payer system remain; GOP's move to tie debt ceiling to health law is dangerous; subsidy fraud must be stopped

Telephone delivered program improves health outcomes for people diagnosed with bowel cancer

Some House GOP lawmakers take hard line position against health law funding in debt limit debate

Craneware announces financial results for fiscal year 2013

Aspen Dental celebrates first location in Texas

Some big insurers 'MIA' from state-based exchanges

FDA takes steps to restrict the use of pain meds

Binaytara Foundation, UIC partner to develop Nepal's first blood and marrow transplant unit

Hydroxyurea treatment prevents complications, lowers medical care costs in children sickle cell disease

ClinicalRM signs contract with NIH to provide broad spectrum of services for STI CTG Program

Federal officials, contractors give health exchange 'data hub' thumbs up

Big changes for addiction treatment predicted under Obamacare

Health IT Now Coalition commends two Congressmen for helping in introducing TELE-MED Act

Euclid Systems, Wenzhou Medical University Eye Hospital sign cooperation agreement

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