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Seattle-area hospital enjoys bond rating boost

 Richard Pizzi February 15, 2010
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has revised the underlying rating outlook from stable to positive for the Washington Health Care Facilities Authority's $82.4 million hospital revenue bonds issued for the Overlake Hospital Association.
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SUNRx help Northwest health centers launch and manage 340B programs

 Industry News Release December 11, 2009
Northwest Regional Primary Care Association welcomes SUNRx as an association member, a relationship that will enhance the delivery of services to NWRPCA members and expand access to affordable medications in the Northwest.
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Study: Hospitals are getting doctors to participate in quality programs

 Diana Manos October 15, 2009
A study released Thursday by the Center for Studying Health System Change shows that some hospitals have found ways to urge community physicians to engage in quality improvement and reporting programs.
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Seattle hospital deal

 Healthcare Finance News Staff October 02, 2009
Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, a 281-bed acute care hospital, has agreed to an expanded affiliation with the University of Washington Medicine health system.
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Study touts medical home benefits

 Kyle Hardy October 02, 2009
A study done by the Group Health Cooperative indicates the "patient-centered medical home" model could reduce the cost of care for patients and help solve the nation’s primary care physician shortage.
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Critics say government-run co-op proposal is unmanageable

 Patty Enrado October 02, 2009
The health reform proposal introduced last month by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, includes a nonprofit health insurance co-op component. There is precious little detail of what the co-op policy would look like, but the concept is drawing just as much strong opinion as the public option.
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Gates Foundation touts success of U.S. global health investments

 Industry News Release September 24, 2009
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched the Living Proof Project: U.S. Investments in Global Health are Working, a multi-year awareness campaign to highlight the extraordinary success of the U.S. government's efforts to improve health around the world.
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Vendor Notebook - MEDai Pinpoint Review installed at nine-hospital health system

 Eric Wicklund September 21, 2009
MEDai, Inc., an Elsevier subsidiary, has announced that Novant Health, a nine-hospital system serving North and South Carolina and Virginia, has rolled out the company's Pinpoint Review solution.
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Study: Medical home model increases quality of care, reduces cost

 Kyle Hardy September 01, 2009
A study done by the Group Health Cooperative indicates the "patient-centered medical home" model could reduce the cost of care for patients and help solve the nation’s primary care physician shortage.
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Vendor Notebook - Perot Systems to provide IT services to Community Health Plan

 Eric Wicklund August 24, 2009
The Perot Systems Corporation of Plano, Texas, has announcement a five-year agreement with Community Health Plan of Washington to provide technology and business process services to improve the Seattle-based health plan’s back-office functions.
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Puget Sound Health Alliance updates report card on local healthcare providers

 Diana Manos July 17, 2009
The Puget Sound Health Alliance in Washington has unveiled an expanded and updated report card comparing area doctors and hospitals and highlighting where improvement is needed.
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Washington state healthcare model secures $7.5M in venture capital funding

 Chelsey Ledue July 07, 2009
Qliance Medical Management, Inc., in Washington, has closed a $4 million funding round from three institutional venture capital firms, bringing total capital raised to approximately $7.5 million.
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Revised Form 990 still confusing

 Chelsey Ledue July 06, 2009
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Reform takes center stage at HFMA-ANI, AHIP

 Chelsey Ledue July 02, 2009
Two topics dominated the conversation at last month’s Healthcare Financial Management Association’s ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference. One was Seattle’s surprisingly sunny weather; the other, of course, was healthcare reform.
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Reform takes center stage at HFMA-ANI, AHIP

 Eric Wicklund July 02, 2009
Two topics dominated the conversation at last month’s Healthcare Financial Management Association’s ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference. One was Seattle’s surprisingly sunny weather; the other, of course, was healthcare reform.
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RAC Record Requests Alone Can Bury You

Ernie De Los Santos June 23, 2009
Get your RAC teams ready now, because the medical record requests alone can bury you. That's the message I took from the Healthcare Financial Management Association's ANI conference in Seattle.
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Broadlane announces new supply chain contract at HFMA's ANI conference

 Eric Wicklund June 19, 2009
Supply chain management might not be the hot topic of discussion in the hospital setting, but healthcare administrators looking to cut costs in this economy would do well to look at how their supplies are procured, stored and distributed.
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Experts identify ways to avoid hospital fraud, embezzlement

 Chelsey Ledue June 17, 2009
Women over the age of 45 are most likely to commit inter-office fraud and embezzlement that can plague hospitals, according to Ellen E. Stewart, partner at Berenbaum Weinshienk and Eason PC of Colorado.
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Perot's new Xcelys platform outsources RCM duties for providers

 Eric Wicklund June 17, 2009
Perot Systems has announced its entry into revenue cycle management outsourcing at this year's Healthcare Financial Management Association ANI conference with the launch of Xcelys.
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Study: Doctors aren't ready to help patients determine expenses

 Eric Wicklund June 17, 2009
Almost half of the healthcare providers in a recent survey say they can't calculate a patient's financial responsibility until claims are submitted and processed - a serious hindrance to point-of-care services that patients are seeking these days.
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