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Revive releases results of fourth annual National Payor Survey of hospital executives

Revive, a national public relations firm specializing in Health Care and Healthy Living, today released the results of its fourth annual National Payor Survey of hospital executives. The only one of its kind in the country, the survey targeted hospital leaders in the industry who negotiate managed care contracts with national health insurance companies - CEOs, CFOs, and directors of managed care. Participants represent 24% of hospitals in the U.S., up from 18% last year.

1 Apr 2010

Health Policy Experts to comment on topics related to health insurance reform

As the debate over healthcare insurance reform continues, faculty members of The George Washington University Medical Center are available to comment on topics regarding health insurance reform, including: general policy/political analysis, Medicare, Medicaid, compliance, community health centers, state health reform, affordability, finance and health technology information.

1 Apr 2010

Lifetime Television to feature XenaCare Holdings' OTC pain reliever Cobroxin

XenaCare Holdings, Inc., a company specializing in the marketing and retail distribution of consumer healthcare products, has announced today that its over-the-counter (OTC) pain reliever, Cobroxin, will be featured on a segment of The Balancing Act, a morning show that airs on the top-rated women's cable television network, Lifetime Television.

1 Apr 2010

Conventional analgesics to drive acute pain market over the next decade

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, through 2018, the launches and uptake of reformulations of conventional analgesics will drive annual three percent growth in the acute pain drug market in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan.

1 Apr 2010

Chi's management team to complete acquisition from Carilion Clinic

Chi Solutions, Inc. (Chi), a nationally recognized healthcare consultancy focused on diagnostic outreach program management, Lean Six Sigma, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, and operations improvement, announced today that its management team will complete the acquisition of the company from Carilion Clinic on April 1, 2010.

1 Apr 2010

Neurologist develops SAGE tool to diagnose memory disorders

A self-administered test to screen for early dementia could help speed the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of memory disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. It could also provide health care providers and caregivers an earlier indication of life-changing events that could lie ahead.

1 Apr 2010

Market segment winners of seventh annual Best-in-Class Awards announced

GHX today announced the market segment winners of the seventh annual Best-in-Class Awards, recognizing medical-surgical manufacturers that achieved the top-share position in six specific markets: Hospital, Long-Term Care, Treatment Centers, Home Health Care, Physician Office and Clinical Laboratory, which is a new category this year.

1 Apr 2010

Stiffer penalties for assaulting nurses, health care workers: Massachusetts House passes legislation

The Massachusetts House of Representatives cast a unanimous vote today to pass legislation which will stiffen the penalties of those who assault nurses and other health care workers, one of a series of measures the state's nurses are proposing to address the growing problem of workplace violence in health care settings.

1 Apr 2010

Obama signs bill, continues hard sell of health reform law

Politico: "'Today, we mark an important milestone on the road to health insurance reform and higher education reform,' Obama said in a speech on the Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College. 'But more broadly, this day affirms our ability to overcome the challenges of our politics and meet the challenges of our time.' Obama's bill-signings came as he entered the hard-sell phase of his sweeping campaign for heath care reform.

1 Apr 2010

MEDecision to examine patient centered medical home concept in a complimentary webinar

MEDecision, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative healthcare management solutions, will examine the patient centered medical home concept and how it correlates to care management processes that have evolved within the payer space in a complimentary webinar titled "The Patient Centered Medical Home and Evolving Care Management Processes" on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time (9:30 a.m. Pacific Time).

1 Apr 2010

States face health care budget cuts, seek health-related legislation

Parents, caregivers and advocates joined hospital executives and legislators Tuesday to complain about the potential impact of [Louisiana] Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposed budget cuts and privatization initiatives on Louisiana's most vulnerable residents.

1 Apr 2010

Attends completes successful recapitalization: KPS

KPS Capital Partners, LP announced today that its portfolio company Attends Healthcare, Inc. has completed a successful recapitalization. Attends raised $98 million of new financing, including a $20 million asset-based revolving credit facility and $78 million in term loans.

1 Apr 2010

CIA, Justice, other Federal depts. won't get health IT data, Blumenthal says

There's no need to fear that patients' health information will end up in the hands of CIA officers, FBI agents or other federal agencies that deal in security and law enforcement, David Blumenthal, the national coordinator for health information technology, said last week, according to Modern Healthcare. He "denied allegations that a framework for selecting data transmission standards for the proposed national health information network would configure the system to afford federal control over patient data and funnel that information to federal agencies, including the CIA, Justice Department and National Security Agency."

1 Apr 2010

Rochester Endoscopy and Surgery Center selects Wolters Kluwer Health's ProVation EHR

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Rochester Endoscopy and Surgery Center has selected its ProVation® EHR electronic health record and patient charting solution.

1 Apr 2010

Small businesses prepare for health reform changes

As business owners across the country consider the newly enacted health overhaul, "they're looking to Massachusetts for harbingers of things to come. Massachusetts' law, which mandates near-universal coverage and requires that businesses with 11 or more workers offer insurance, provided the blueprint for the health law signed by President Barack Obama.

1 Apr 2010

Synch-Solutions signs agreement to deliver IT systems to healthcare organizations

Synch-Solutions announced today that it has signed an agreement with MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, one of the largest group purchasing organizations serving more than 1,700 hospitals and 40,000 non-acute care providers across the U.S.

1 Apr 2010

Quality Interactions Patient Decision Support Tool to care for diverse patient populations

Manhattan Cross Cultural Group is now offering a special introduction to the Quality Interactions® Patient Decision Support Tool for small healthcare organizations at http://www.qualityinteractions.org/index.new.html. This one-of-a-kind online resource allows healthcare organizations to access valuable information related to cross-cultural care to care for diverse patient populations at time of service.

1 Apr 2010

Physicians face pressures from increased patient loads, looming payment cuts

Two provisions of the new health overhaul law "may accelerate a trend" of doctors leaving their profession. It points to parts of the legislation that would ask physicians to accept new administrative chores and standards, although some of them might result in better reimbursement rates from insurers and the government.

1 Apr 2010

Personalized online resource to help Canadians achieve healthy weight loss

A Heart and Stroke Foundation survey of almost 2,000 Canadians found that 62% reported intentionally losing five or more pounds over the past five years but failed to keep the weight off. And 70% of those who were overweight or obese regained all or even more pounds after their weight-loss efforts.

1 Apr 2010