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TSYS to process healthcare benefit cards for U.S. Bank

 Richard Pizzi January 28, 2010
U.S. Bank has signed a long-term agreement with TSYS that will allow the company to provide card processing services for the bank's consumer-directed healthcare benefit cards.
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Obama attacks health reform stalemate with targeted solutions

 Diana Manos January 28, 2010
After facing a tough year with his healthcare reform agenda, President Barack Obama urged bipartisan cooperation during his State of the Union speech Wednesday night.
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Kaiser offers $1.3M in scholarships, forgiveness loans

 Chelsey Ledue January 27, 2010
Kaiser Permanente is offering more than $300,000 in scholarships and $1 million in forgiveness loans to high school, college and medical and nursing students to finance their higher education.
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Are healthcare workers paid too much?

 Richard Pizzi January 27, 2010
Healthcare in the United States is becoming increasingly unaffordable, and one of the contributing factors may be the high salaries earned by healthcare employees.
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Drexel opens walk-in health center in Philadelphia

 Chelsey Ledue January 27, 2010
Drexel University College of Medicine and the College of Nursing & Health Professions have opened the Drexel Convenient Care Center at the Shops at Liberty Place in Philadelphia.
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Mayo Clinic raises $1.35B in fundraising campaign

 Richard Pizzi January 27, 2010
The Mayo Clinic has raised $1.35 billion in its first comprehensive fundraising campaign, surpassing its initial goal of $1.25 billion.
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Physician-owned hospital opens in south Texas

 Richard Pizzi January 26, 2010
National Surgical Hospitals, an owner of surgical hospitals and surgery centers in partnership with local physicians, has opened its newest facility in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Membership continues to fall for top health plans

 Chelsey Ledue January 26, 2010
Between September 2008 and September 2009 the nation's top eight health insurance plans saw membership decline by 1.7 million.
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Study: Top hospitals have 29 percent lower mortality rates

 Richard Pizzi January 26, 2010
Hospitals rated in the top 5 percent in the nation have a 29 percent lower risk-adjusted mortality rate and are improving their clinical quality at a faster pace than other hospitals, according to a study issued Tuesday.
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HealthWare rolls out self-service kiosk

 Eric Wicklund January 26, 2010
A developer of software solutions designed to help hospitals manage their revenue cycle operations is turning its attention to the consumer with the release of a self-service kiosk.
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Vendor Notebook: MRO Corporation launches audit tracking at new locations

 Eric Wicklund January 25, 2010
The MRO Corporation, a King of Prussia, Pa.-based provider of release-of-information, audit tracking and document management applications and services, has announced that DeKalb Medical in Decatur, Ga., and St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network in Bethlehem, Pa., will; implement the company’s Audit Tracker Online solution.
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Detroit area doctor convicted in $4.2M Medicare fraud conspiracy

 Chelsey Ledue January 25, 2010
A Detroit jury has convicted Troy, Mich., physician Toe Myint of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in a $4.2 million Medicare fraud scheme.
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Stakeholders urge Congress for more Medicaid funding

 Diana Manos January 25, 2010
Hundreds of federal and state stakeholders are urging Congressional leaders to extend Medicaid funding established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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'Meaningful use' rules for incentives pose hurdles for small practices

 Chelsey Ledue January 25, 2010
The American Academy of Family Physicians says that proposed meaningful use regulations would pose hurdles that challenge small- and medium-size medical practices’ ability to achieve incentive payments for the use of electronic health records.
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West coast health system signs deal for revenue cycle services

 Richard Pizzi January 25, 2010
Providence Health & Services, a 27-hospital non-profit health system, based in Renton, Wash., has selected a vendor to provide primary early placement outsourced revenue cycle services for its California facilities.
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Four more states get federal matching funds for EHRs

 Diana Manos January 22, 2010
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will grant Alaska, Kentucky, South Carolina and Wisconsin federal matching funds for EHR implementations.
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Healthcare investment outpaces IT investment for the first time


 Mike Miliard January 22, 2010
Venture capital investment in healthcare has exceeded that for information technology for the first time, according to new statistics released Friday.
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St. Luke's uses renewable energy to reduce electricity costs by more than $1M

Chelsey Ledue January 22, 2010
St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network has purchased 10 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources, avoiding more than $1 million in annual electricity purchase costs through a competitive electronic procurement process run on the World Energy Exchange.
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'Strategic framework' necessary to boost hospital revenue cycle yield

 Richard Pizzi January 22, 2010
Through focused attention to the revenue cycle, healthcare organizations can add 2 percent to 4 percent to their bottom lines, according to an expert in hospital business planning.
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Alliance names 10 best hospitals for medical travel

 Richard Pizzi January 22, 2010
The Medical Travel and Health Tourism Quality Alliance has listed the 10 best hospitals in the world for medical travel.
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