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White House announces $600 million for community health centers, medical records

The White House announced Wednesday it would spend $600 million to build and enhance community health centers and medical records.

9 Dec 2009

Medicare to pay for HIV testing

Reuters: "Americans enrolled in the U.S. government-run Medicare health insurance program will now be covered for tests that screen for HIV, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees the program for the elderly and disabled, said on Tuesday.

9 Dec 2009

UnitedHealthcare improves access to health care with DocGPS App of Apple’s iPhone

UnitedHealthcare is helping improve access to health care by putting its vast network of doctors, clinics, hospitals and other health care services on a new app just introduced on Apple’s iPhone.

9 Dec 2009

BCBSNC to implement Callidus Software's Monaco Suite

Callidus Software Inc., the leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), today announced that Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC), has selected the Callidus Monaco Suite to manage sales performance and incentive compensation programs. Under the enterprise class SaaS agreement, signed in the third quarter of 2009, BCBSNC will use the Callidus Monaco Suite for its 4,000 brokers.

9 Dec 2009

Joint Commission awards Primary Stroke Certification for TMCA

The Medical Center of Aurora (TMCA) is proud to announce its designation as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission (TJC) effective October 1, 2009. The Disease Specific Certification has been awarded to only seven other hospitals in the state of Colorado.

9 Dec 2009

Syclo develops a mobile field service solution in alignment with SAP CRM

Today, Syclo, a market leader in mobile enterprise platforms and applications, announced the availability of a second mobile product resulting from its co-innovation relationship with SAP AG. The new product, SMART Service Manager, was recently selected by a major medical system supplier to hospitals worldwide, to connect their 400 field service technicians to the SAP® Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) application.

9 Dec 2009

First Edition: December 9, 2009

Today's coverage details last night's tentative agreement struck by Senate Democratic negotiators in an effort to clear the public option impasse, and a vote on an abortion amendment.

9 Dec 2009

Home health care workers’ compensation cases discharged prior to 'order-end date'

Thirty percent of the home health care workers’ compensation cases managed by Total Medical Solutions (TMS) were discharged prior to the “order-end date,” the last date the physician had anticipated that services would be required.

9 Dec 2009

HIPAA Privacy and HIPAA Security Accreditations for MedRisk

MedRisk, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded the HIPAA Privacy and HIPAA Security Accreditations from URAC, a Washington, DC-based health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry.

9 Dec 2009

PSQIA: Ramifications for healthcare organizations

Quantros, a leading software and services provider for the healthcare industry, has published a whitepaper addressing the ramifications for healthcare organizations of The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA), the legislation that authorized the creation of Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs).

9 Dec 2009

Save Flexible Spending Plans praises Sen. Charles E. Schumer for filing FSA protection amendment

Save Flexible Spending Plans, a national grassroots organization dedicated to protecting flexible spending accounts (FSAs), praised Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) for filing an amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that would help protect the future use and value of FSAs.

9 Dec 2009

New survey reveals expansion and safeguard of health coverage for children and parents in CHIP

Despite the deep recession, most states have managed to safeguard and, in some cases, expand health coverage for children and parents in their Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs in 2009, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.

9 Dec 2009

LCA-Vision to provide free corrective vision surgery to U.S. military veterans

LCA-Vision Inc. (Nasdaq: LCAV), a leading provider of laser vision correction services under the LasikPlus® brand, announced today that it has joined forces with the Wounded Warrior Project to provide free LasikPlus® corrective vision surgery to U.S. military veterans and their spouses/caregivers across the nation.

9 Dec 2009

Insurrecta Nex: Will Catholic Bishops truly defend babies?

Beginning Wednesday, December 9, Insurrecta Nex team members will travel to 13 Cathedrals in 9 states to hold vigils and press conferences. The tour will finish at the Boston Cathedral, the seat of Cardinal O'Malley, the site of decades of scandal with the Kennedy and the Kerry families.

9 Dec 2009

Risk of serious injury at summer camps is low compared to other popular youth activities

Although a trip to summer camp is highly anticipated by over 11 million children and adults each year, sending a child off to summer camp can be a source of anxiety for parents. Findings from a new study published in the December issue of Injury Prevention should ease their concerns however.

9 Dec 2009

2009 Ward Burdick Award for UAB Director

The director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center for Metabolic Bone Disease has won the 2009 Ward Burdick Award for Distinguished Service to Clinical Pathology from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).

9 Dec 2009

FRC: Taxpayers to foot the bill for abortion-on-demand

This evening, the Nelson-Hatch abortion anti-funding amendment to the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" was "tabled" by a vote of 54-45, thus killing any hope to make the health care bill abortion neutral. The Nelson-Hatch amendment would have prevented government funding for elective abortion in the public option or subsidies for health plans in the government run exchange that cover elective abortion.

9 Dec 2009

Healthcare News

White House announces $600 million for community health centers, medical records

Medicare to pay for HIV testing

UnitedHealthcare improves access to health care with DocGPS App of Apple’s iPhone

BCBSNC to implement Callidus Software's Monaco Suite

Joint Commission awards Primary Stroke Certification for TMCA

Syclo develops a mobile field service solution in alignment with SAP CRM

First Edition: December 9, 2009

Home health care workers’ compensation cases discharged prior to 'order-end date'

HIPAA Privacy and HIPAA Security Accreditations for MedRisk

PSQIA: Ramifications for healthcare organizations

Save Flexible Spending Plans praises Sen. Charles E. Schumer for filing FSA protection amendment

New survey reveals expansion and safeguard of health coverage for children and parents in CHIP

LCA-Vision to provide free corrective vision surgery to U.S. military veterans

Insurrecta Nex: Will Catholic Bishops truly defend babies?

Risk of serious injury at summer camps is low compared to other popular youth activities

2009 Ward Burdick Award for UAB Director

FRC: Taxpayers to foot the bill for abortion-on-demand

No co-pays for patients enrolled in AstraZeneca's Medicare Part D prescription savings program

Report highlights the state of oral health for children and adults in the United States

New Acesis software platform improves patient safety and quality care

The Proteoform Puzzle: Unlocking the Next Frontier

Synthetic Biology and the Pursuit of Living Diagnostics

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