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CPR, Promantra to offer revenue cycle management platform for acute care providers

Complete Practice Resources, a leader in ICD-10 transition consulting and medical coding education and Promantra, Inc., a leading revenue cycle management company specializing in business process outsourcing of medical coding, billing and claims management, have joined forces to offer a complete one-stop solution for the revenue cycle management platform for acute care providers.

10 Apr 2013

St. Mary Medical Center completes expansion of Emergency Department and Trauma Center

St. Mary Medical Center has completed Phase 2 of its Emergency Department and Trauma Center expansion. To celebrate this event, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Tuesday, April 9, at 9 a.m., in the newly renovated Emergency Department.

10 Apr 2013

U.S. should continue its investment in global polio eradication efforts

"All Americans should take pride in the fact that the world is on the verge of eradicating polio, and finishing the job for good has never been more achievable," Tufts Health Plan President and CEO James Roosevelt writes in The Hill's "Global Affairs" blog.

10 Apr 2013

Researchers develop verification method to detect software bugs in surgical robots

Surgical robots could make some types of surgery safer and more effective, but proving that the software controlling these machines works as intended is problematic. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have demonstrated that methods for reliably detecting software bugs and ultimately verifying software safety can be applied successfully to this breed of robot.

10 Apr 2013

Missouri GOP state senators poised to nix Medicaid expansion

In addition, reports offer insights into how the debate over the health law's Medicaid expansion is playing out in Tennessee and Ohio.

10 Apr 2013

Viewpoints: Looking for the budget's true bottom line; The debate on Plan B reignited; Medicare cuts have impact

President Obama will release his overdue budget on Wednesday. It will doubtless project a reduction in the federal budget deficit - a projection that journalists, commentators and policy makers should ignore.

10 Apr 2013

State roundup: Ga. smoker surcharge could be working; States clamp down on early deliveries; Calif. groups want Medi-Cal transition pause over coverage concerns

State officials say the number of Georgians in the state employee health plan paying $80 more a month in insurance premiums due to smoking has dropped by 44 percent over the past six years.

10 Apr 2013

Kinetic Concepts' ActiV.A.C. Therapy System now available in Japan for in-patient use

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today announced that its ActiV.A.C. Therapy System is now available for in-patient use in Japan.

10 Apr 2013

President's budget likely to reignite discussions regarding a variety of budget-trimming options

News outlets examine how the budget blueprint could address Medicare payments and also include other trims to the program.

10 Apr 2013

Sebelius: 'Relentless and continuous' politics complicates health law's implementation

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she underestimated how long politics would dog the health law. Meanwhile, a regional official of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services tells The Washington Post what's happening in the field.

10 Apr 2013

Moody's: Sequestration adds on new financial pressures for non-profit hospitals

Also in the news, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun auditing some of the physicians who qualify for a Medicare EHR "meaningful use" bonus before they even receive a check -- a step that has triggered grumbling from organized medicine.

10 Apr 2013

Disinfection intervention highlights effective method in removing antibiotic-resistant bug

With rates and deaths associated with Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) at historically high levels, many hospitals have taken extra steps to reduce these infections. New research finds that a dedicated daily cleaning crew who adequately clean and disinfect rooms contaminated by C. difficile using a standardized process can be more effective than other disinfection interventions.

10 Apr 2013

Mass., Vermont pioneer their own health reforms

Efforts in Massachusetts and Vermont offer insight regarding cost controls and a state initiative to create a single-payer system.

10 Apr 2013

Hospitals, other providers increasingly using 'the cloud' to store images

Health-care providers are starting to embrace the fast-growing area of technology known as cloud services, the model of shared computing in which data is stored on remote servers that hospitals can access via desktop, tablet or smartphone.

10 Apr 2013

More research needed to measure impact of co-infections on hospital admission

A study at Rhode Island Hospital has found that despite complications, patients co-infected with the pandemic 2009-2010 influenza A H1N1 (pH1N1) and a second respiratory virus were not associated with worse outcomes or admission to the hospital's intensive care unit.

10 Apr 2013

Physicians uncertain about hospitalization for PID treatment

A Johns Hopkins Children's Center survey of 102 clinicians who treat teenage girls with pelvic inflammatory disease has found that official guidelines designed to inform decisions about hospitalization versus outpatient care leave some clinicians scratching their heads.

10 Apr 2013

Healthcare News

CPR, Promantra to offer revenue cycle management platform for acute care providers

St. Mary Medical Center completes expansion of Emergency Department and Trauma Center

U.S. should continue its investment in global polio eradication efforts

Researchers develop verification method to detect software bugs in surgical robots

Missouri GOP state senators poised to nix Medicaid expansion

Viewpoints: Looking for the budget's true bottom line; The debate on Plan B reignited; Medicare cuts have impact

State roundup: Ga. smoker surcharge could be working; States clamp down on early deliveries; Calif. groups want Medi-Cal transition pause over coverage concerns

Kinetic Concepts' ActiV.A.C. Therapy System now available in Japan for in-patient use

President's budget likely to reignite discussions regarding a variety of budget-trimming options

Sebelius: 'Relentless and continuous' politics complicates health law's implementation

Moody's: Sequestration adds on new financial pressures for non-profit hospitals

Disinfection intervention highlights effective method in removing antibiotic-resistant bug

Mass., Vermont pioneer their own health reforms

Hospitals, other providers increasingly using 'the cloud' to store images

More research needed to measure impact of co-infections on hospital admission

Physicians uncertain about hospitalization for PID treatment

Adults younger than 65 more likely to skip meds to save money

House GOP leader to introduce Tavenner at nomination hearing

Hydrogen peroxide vapor eradicates multidrug-resistant organisms from unopened supplies

AP analysis reveals big jump in compensation package for insurance exec

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