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P4P models could improve medical professionalism

 Chelsey Ledue March 16, 2010
Properly designed pay-for-performance programs can strengthen the relationship between physicians and patients and increase the likelihood that physicians will deliver the best possible care, according to a panel convened by the American College of Physicians.
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Aetna wins contract for Pennsylvania Medicaid program

 Industry News Release March 08, 2010
The State of Pennsylvania has awarded a Medicaid managed care contract to Aetna Better Health, Aetna's Medicaid business.
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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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InstaMed releases integrated interface for healthcare payment transactions

 Industry News Release January 14, 2010
InstaMed announced today the release of InstaMed Connect, the healthcare industry’s first fully integrated and open Application Programming Interface (API) enabling healthcare systems of all kinds to integrate with InstaMed’s industry leading platform and network.
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Random sampling of claims misses millions of wasted dollars, study says

Diana Manos January 12, 2010
A new study of random-sample auditing of health plans says the method doesn't detect hundreds of millions of wasted dollars.
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Nurse-managed health centers could ease primary care shortage

 Patty Enrado December 23, 2009
Healthcare reform is trying to address the expansion of, and greater access to, healthcare services. But experts say adding demand to an industry that already faces a growing primary care shortage, requires new delivery models.
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QuadraMed announces Quantim Workflow solution

 Industry News Release December 18, 2009
QuadraMed Corporation, a provider of healthcare information technologies and services, has announced the general availability of Quantim Workflow, the newest addition to its suite of Quantim Health Information Management solutions.
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Esperanza Health Center Receives $6.5 Million in Stimulus Funds

 Industry News Release December 10, 2009
President Obama announced yesterday nearly $600 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant awards to fund major construction and renovation projects at a total of 85 community health centers nationwide, including a $6.5 million award to Esperanza Health Center in North Philadelphia. Esperanza, a faith-based, bilingual, primary health care center, will use the award to establish a new health and wellness facility in the Hunting Park community.
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Vendor Notebook - Verisk Health releases new version of risk adjustment tool

 Eric Wicklund December 07, 2009
Verisk Health, Inc., a Waltham, Mass.-based developer of healthcare data analytics, has released DxCG Risk Solutions 3.0, a suite of risk adjustment and predictive modeling products designed to help healthcare organizations analyze, predict, manage and minimize healthcare risk and costs associated with commercial, Medicare and Medicaid populations.
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New health system to serve three Pennsylvania counties

 Chelsey Ledue December 03, 2009
Abington Health, a not-for-profit, regional healthcare system, has been formed to serve the Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia counties of Pennsylvania.
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Independence Blue Cross Secures All-Blue Contract with Lincoln Financial Group

 Industry News Release December 02, 2009
Independence Blue Cross (IBC) today announced its new health benefits contract with Lincoln Financial Group. IBC will be the primary provider of health insurance for approximately 10,000 Lincoln Financial Group employees, retirees, and their dependents across the nation. The Lincoln plan offerings will include the PPO option and Comprehensive Major Medical plans.
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InstaMed surpasses $5B in healthcare payments processed

 Industry News Release October 23, 2009
InstaMed announced that it has processed over five billion dollars in healthcare payments since its inception five years ago.
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Portico Systems: Health plans will be affected by reforms

 Chelsey Ledue October 22, 2009
Three quarters of health plan attendees at Portico System’s third Annual Integrated Provider Management Symposium said provider reimbursement and network access would be affected by industry reforms.
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Pennsylvania hospital gears up for RAC

 Richard Pizzi October 02, 2009
Doylestown Hospital, a 210-bed acute care facility near Philadelphia, has signed a contract with clinical documentation vendor MedQuist to use the company’s Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) consulting services and software.
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Vendor Notebook - MRO launches Document Management Solutions group

 Eric Wicklund September 28, 2009
The MRO Corporation has launched its Document Management Solutions group, which offers Chart Online, Filing Cabinet Online and Business Documents Online.
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CIGNA taps vendor for Integrated Provider Management services

 Industry News Release September 16, 2009
Global health service company CIGNA has selected Portico System’s Integrated Provider Management (IPM) solutions to automate selection and create a single source of data for CIGNA's 573,000 contracted healthcare professionals.
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Economist says healthcare reform bill will raise spending to 20 percent GDP ‘much before 2017’

 Industry News Release August 06, 2009
Kerry Anne McGeary, assistant professor of economics at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, says the current version of the healthcare reform bill in the House of Representatives will raise healthcare spending to 20 percent GDP more quickly than the proposed date of 2017.
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Middle-class incomes to be hit hard by post-recession healthcare spending

 Chelsey Ledue August 03, 2009
In a post-recession America, even though overall income levels may rise, middle class families still won't be shielded from the crushing burden of healthcare costs, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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State lawmakers don't want bill for federal expansion of Medicaid

 Diana Manos July 24, 2009
As Congress works to hammer out a nearly trillion dollar health reform overhaul, state lawmakers are urging the federal government not to place the burden on states already hit hard by the recession.
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Philadelphia health system signs supply chain management deal

 Richard Pizzi July 14, 2009
Temple University Health System in Philadelphia has selected a new provider of supply chain management and procurement services to help manage approximately $150 million in annual spending.
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