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MTBC ranked #1976 on 2010 Inc. 5000 fastest growing private companies list

MTBC, a unique healthcare IT company, recently had the honor of being included in Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest growing private companies. The Inc. 5000 list represents one of the most important sectors of the American economy, independent entrepreneurs. MTBC ranked at 1976, with 135% growth in revenue over a span of three years.

27 Aug 2010

Connectyx Technologies expands relationship with MASA for healthcare program

Connectyx Technologies Holdings Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company has expanded its relationship with MASA Assist, one of the country's leading Medical Evacuation Companies with over 500,000 members.

27 Aug 2010

Kaiser Permanente expands health plan availability through healthcompare.com

HealthCompare Insurance Services, Inc., a one-stop online guide to help individuals and families easily research, compare, buy and enroll in the right health insurance plan at the right price, announced today that Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's largest nonprofit health plans serving more than 8.6 million members, is now available to Californians through www.healthcompare.com.

27 Aug 2010

Premier healthcare alliance labor management program helps hospitals save over $120 million

During a period of economic uncertainty, 150 hospitals and healthcare systems saved more than $120 million in labor and supply costs over the past year by participating in LaborConnect®, a Premier healthcare alliance labor management program.

27 Aug 2010

Study evaluates use of drought-tolerant maize in Africa

Reuters reports on a study (.pdf) examining the use of drought-tolerant maize in 13 African countries, which was published on Thursday by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) with input from several other food research institutes (Cocks, 8/26).

27 Aug 2010

Study: One in four kids underinsured before recession

Even prior to the onset of the economic recession in 2008, nearly one in four American parents with health insurance reported that their coverage was so inadequate they were unable to access the medical care their children needed.

27 Aug 2010

Scaled back premium increases allowed for Calif. insurer; Calif. lawmakers pass bills setting up exchange; Alaska approves Abortion Notification Initiative

California insurance regulators cleared the way Wednesday for Anthem Blue Cross to implement scaled-back rate hikes after a previous increase was canceled amid an uproar over its size.

27 Aug 2010

NPR: Some primary care doctors remain in solo practice

In the first of a three-part series on primary care, NPR reports on doctors who choose to stay in solo practice.

27 Aug 2010

Medicare expands coverage for tobacco-related counseling

Previously, Medicare rules allowed the program to cover tobacco-related counseling only for beneficiaries who already suffered from a tobacco-related disease. "Under the new policy, Medicare will cover up to two tobacco-cessation counseling tries each year, including as many as four individual sessions per attempt. ...

27 Aug 2010

81% of physicians visited Health Care Professional content websites in first-quarter 2010

comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, and ImpactRx, a pharmaceutical insights company, today released the first in a series of reports from the comScore/ImpactRx Physician Behavioral Measurement™ solution, a unique digital measurement solution that measures physicians' actual online and mobile behaviors.

27 Aug 2010

Health Law factors into elections, but less than expected

The health care overhaul remains a political weapon for Republicans in the autumn campaigns.

27 Aug 2010

Kiehl's to introduce Photo-Age Corrector for treating UV damage on skin

With Labor Day fast-approaching and the summer sun almost a thing of the past, women and men across the United States will be in search of fall's must-have skin renewal system to repair and reverse UV damage.

27 Aug 2010

Today's Opinions: Sebelius on EMRs, primary care's role in reform and more

Health care providers may agree with the benefits of electronic health records. But they also believed that adopting them was too difficult and expensive. … [T]hat's changing - in large part due to an ambitious investment we made in the Recovery Act to reduce many of the obstacles that limited the spread of electronic health records in the past (HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, 8/26).

27 Aug 2010

Nationwide Children's Hospital designated as Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center

A $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will help researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital translate new scientific findings and technological developments into novel treatments for the muscular dystrophies. The grant designates Nationwide Children's Hospital as a Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center, one of three national award recipients in 2010.

27 Aug 2010

KHN column: The new momentum behind electronic medical records

In this Kaiser Health News column, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius writes that in almost every other sector besides health, electronic information exchange is the way we do business.

27 Aug 2010

KHN column: The medical loss ratio requirements are being carefully crafted

In this Kaiser Health News column, Timothy Jost responds to the August 23 opinion column by Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Michael Ramlet. Jost, a National Association of Insurance Commissioners consumer representative, says the NAIC has been meticulously transparent and participatory in its processes to implement the medical loss ratio requirement (8/25).

27 Aug 2010

Drought-tolerant varieties of maize could boost harvests in 13 African countries: Study

As climate change intensifies drought conditions in Africa and sparks fears of a new cycle of crippling food shortages, a study released today finds widespread adoption of recently developed drought-tolerant varieties of maize could boost harvests in 13 African countries by 10 to 34 percent and generate up to US$1.5 billion in benefits for producers and consumers.

27 Aug 2010

Also in Global Health News: Disaster preparedness in Asian health sector; PEPFAR in Uganda; Malnutrition in Chad

IRIN reports on disaster preparedness in Asian health sectors. According to the news service, nine countries working with Bangkok-based Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) "have emergency preparedness plans in place for their health sectors."

27 Aug 2010

5 years after Katrina, Gulf area still struggles with access to quality health care, mental health counseling

"Finding quality health care continues to be a challenge in the New Orleans area. Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina flooded area hospitals, destroyed buildings and scattered patients. The health care industry has been slow to recover and in some cases, facilities still haven't opened. …

27 Aug 2010

At least 3.5M Pakistanis have no access to clean water, raising risk for waterborne diseases

UNICEF estimates that about 3.5 million Pakistanis only have access to contaminated water, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday in a statement, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. Approximately 2.5 million flood survivors now have access clean water (Gale, 8/26).

27 Aug 2010

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MTBC ranked #1976 on 2010 Inc. 5000 fastest growing private companies list

Connectyx Technologies expands relationship with MASA for healthcare program

Kaiser Permanente expands health plan availability through healthcompare.com

Premier healthcare alliance labor management program helps hospitals save over $120 million

Study evaluates use of drought-tolerant maize in Africa

Study: One in four kids underinsured before recession

Scaled back premium increases allowed for Calif. insurer; Calif. lawmakers pass bills setting up exchange; Alaska approves Abortion Notification Initiative

NPR: Some primary care doctors remain in solo practice

Medicare expands coverage for tobacco-related counseling

81% of physicians visited Health Care Professional content websites in first-quarter 2010

Health Law factors into elections, but less than expected

Kiehl's to introduce Photo-Age Corrector for treating UV damage on skin

Today's Opinions: Sebelius on EMRs, primary care's role in reform and more

Nationwide Children's Hospital designated as Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center

KHN column: The new momentum behind electronic medical records

KHN column: The medical loss ratio requirements are being carefully crafted

Drought-tolerant varieties of maize could boost harvests in 13 African countries: Study

Also in Global Health News: Disaster preparedness in Asian health sector; PEPFAR in Uganda; Malnutrition in Chad

5 years after Katrina, Gulf area still struggles with access to quality health care, mental health counseling

At least 3.5M Pakistanis have no access to clean water, raising risk for waterborne diseases

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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