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Massachusetts physicians deploy MedAptus for charge capture automation

 Industry News Release March 17, 2010
MedAptus, the market leader for charge capture technologies, today announced that providers across multiple specialties at Jordan Physician Associates, located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, are using the MedAptus Inpatient Edition to capture and submit professional charges while on service at Jordan Hospital.
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Vendor Notebook: Craneware, Inc., signs contract to deploy new toolkit

 Eric Wicklund March 15, 2010
Craneware, Inc., based in Orlando, Fla., has signed multi-year contracts with the North Shore-LIJ Health System on Long Island, N.Y., and the HealthEast Care System in Minnesota to implement the Chargemaster Corporate Toolkit, Online Reference Toolkit and Bill Analyzer solutions.
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Mass. data drives delivery system improvements

 Chelsey Ledue February 26, 2010
Primary care physicians in Massachusetts are seeing measurable improvements in important aspects of healthcare quality, according to Massachusetts Health Quality Partners.
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Disgraceful patient care is never acceptable

 Mike Daly February 24, 2010
My wife is a cancer patient and what happened to her recently should be a lesson to all caregivers.
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Massachusetts performance data drives delivery system improvements

 Chelsey Ledue February 11, 2010
Primary care physicians in Massachusetts are seeing measurable improvements in important aspects of healthcare quality, according to Massachusetts Health Quality Partners.
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VHA Regional Network helps New England hospitals save over $1M on medications

 Industry News Release February 03, 2010
Working with VHA Inc., the national healthcare network, and its regional office near Boston, 11 hospitals in Connecticut and Massachusetts hired a consultant to coordinate their efforts to cut pharmacy costs, without compromising patient care.
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Slimy bribes make Americans skeptical about health reform

Mike Stephens February 03, 2010
If you want to understand why voters in the recent Massachusetts Senate election were so angry, here’s your answer.
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Massachusetts AG report criticizes healthcare cost disparities

 Richard Pizzi February 01, 2010
The Massachusetts Attorney General's office has released a report noting serious system-wide failings in the state's commercial healthcare marketplace that threaten access to affordable, quality healthcare.
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New York cancer care center uses automation to handle coding, reimbursement

 Chelsey Ledue January 29, 2010
Reimbursement has many practices in a tight spot, but one cancer care center in New York City has learned to control it using Waltham, Mass.-based IntrinsiQ’s IntelliDose and IntelliCharge.
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State of the Union reactions show support for healthcare reform

 Diana Manos January 28, 2010
Reactions to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on Wednesday night were varied in support for Democratic proposals, but stakeholders are in agreement that America needs healthcare reform.
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Is there a 'Plan B' for healthcare reform?

 Robert Laszewski January 27, 2010
As the State of the Union approaches, there are lots of reports about a healthcare reform “Plan B” — pushing through the Senate bill with a parallel corrections bill that could be passed in the Senate using reconciliation rules.
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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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Massachusetts senate election may hurt chances for health reform

Diana Manos January 20, 2010
Republican Scott Brown's defeat of Democrat Martha Coakley for a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts will figure prominently in the healthcare reform battle on Capitol Hill.
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Walgreens to stop filling Medicaid prescriptions at 64 Washington pharmacies

 Chelsey Ledue January 15, 2010
Citing reimbursement cuts in Washington's Medicaid program, Walgreens will withdraw 64 of its pharmacies from the state’s program as of Feb. 15.
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BCBS Massachusetts Foundation awards $2.22M to 56 community health organizations

 Chelsey Ledue January 08, 2010
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation has awarded $2.22 million to 56 community health organizations around the state to assist residents in obtaining healthcare.
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Picis touts surge in ED revenue management software contracts

 Industry News Release December 16, 2009
Picis today announced that during the past two quarters 67 healthcare facilities, representing more than 2.5 million annual emergency department patient visits, have selected Picis LYNX E/Point, the market-leading healthcare revenue management solution.
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Vendor Notebook - Healthpac to offer Alpha II's claims scrubber application to customer base

 Eric Wicklund December 11, 2009
Alpha II has announced that Healthpac Computer Systems will add Alpha II's ClaimStaker claims scrubber application to its customer base, which includes radiology, cardiology, neurology and other office-based healthcare providers.
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Massachusetts healthcare plan in trouble

 Mike Daly December 10, 2009
When enacted, MassHealth was touted as the answer to correcting the problem of the uninsured in Massachusetts. Today we find that earlier assumptions about cost and utilization were wrong and that enrollee benefits have to be reduced and providers have to take further cuts.
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$600M in ARRA funding to give 85 community health centers a boost

 Molly Merrill December 09, 2009
Nearly $600 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding has been earmarked for community health center construction and renovation projects and to help networks of health centers adopt electronic healthcare records and other health IT systems.
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$600M in ARRA funding to give 85 community health centers a boost

 Diana Manos December 09, 2009
Nearly $600 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding has been earmarked for community health center construction and renovation projects and to help networks of health centers adopt electronic healthcare records and other health IT systems.
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