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Poll: Physicians up in arms against Medicare cuts

 Kyle Hardy March 03, 2010
The results of a poll of nearly 1,500 physicians found 84 percent saying they will be forced to cut back the number of patients admitted, if the Medicare cuts scheduled to take effect March 3, hold.
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NaviNet offers end-to-end healthcare communications and bill-pay platform

 Industry News Release February 25, 2010
NaviNet, America’s largest real-time healthcare communications network, today revealed its end-to-end healthcare communications solution that allows healthcare providers to interact with health insurers and patients electronically from a single Web portal.
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Survey: Over 26 percent of solo docs may close their practices

 Chelsey Ledue February 18, 2010
Over 26 percent of respondents to a poll on Sermo, the world’s largest online community for physicians, have admitted they had been forced to close, or are considering closing, their solo practice.
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Sermo physicians stunned by FTC complaint over IPA's refusal to accept Medicare

 Industry News Release February 10, 2010
Sermo, the world's largest online community for physicians, today announced its weekly hot topic. More than 500 physicians participated in a Sermo post "FTC - Refusal to accept Medicare pricing = Price Fixing."
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Physicians on Sermo admire Mayo Clinic of Arizona for dropping Medicare

 Industry News Release January 13, 2010
Sermo, the world's largest online community for physicians, said 850 physicians participated in a Sermo post about the Mayo Clinic of Arizona's plan to drop Medicare as a third-party payer for primary care in 2010.
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Vendor Notebook - Meta Health Technology wins software contract with Premier member hospitals

Eric Wicklund November 25, 2009
Meta Health Technology has been awarded a 36-month contract by Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, to provide Premier's more than 2,200 member hospitals and 63,0000 additional healthcare sites with access to pre-negotiated pricing and terms for Meta's patient chart abstracting and electronic physician query software.
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Vendor Notebook - MedAssets hosts Technology and Innovation Forum

 Eric Wicklund November 16, 2009
MedAssets, Inc., an Atlanta-based group purchasing organization and developer of spend management and revenue cycle solutions, recently hosted more than 60 suppliers and 250 healthcare provider representatives at its eighth annual Technology and Innovation Forum in St. Louis.
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Medical, nursing schools need to work together

 Patty Enrado November 11, 2009
Medical and nursing schools should collaborate and evolve their curricula to promote team-based care, according to stakeholders at a summit sponsored by the New England Healthcare Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Consultant: Healthcare IT market to grow 11 percent per year through 2013

 Bernie Monegain November 10, 2009
Health information technology is the fastest growing segment of the $1 trillion global healthcare marketplace, and the "impressive" 11 percent combined annual growth rate is likely to continue through 2013, according to a Scientia Advisors global review released Tuesday.
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Drug delivery device companies will need new strategies, Scientia Advisors finds

 Industry News Release October 29, 2009
With increasing decentralization, new cell, gene and RNAI therapies, and a growing emphasis on patient self-care, many drug delivery device companies will need to rethink their strategies in order to remain competitive.
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Study: 45,000 deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage

 Chelsey Ledue September 17, 2009
Nearly 45,000 annual deaths are associated with a lack of health insurance, according to the American Journal of Public Health.
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Harvard: Taxing job-based health benefits would hit working families hardest

Chelsey Ledue August 21, 2009
A new study by two Harvard researchers has found that taxing job-based health benefits would heavily penalize insured, working families.
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NEHI calls for wellness campaign to curb chronic illness and lower costs in Massachusetts

 Chelsey Ledue July 01, 2009
As Massachusetts faces rising healthcare costs driven by sharp increases in costly, preventable chronic illnesses, the New England Healthcare Institute and the Boston Foundation have released new research highlighting the “vital importance” of improving wellness in the commonwealth.
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Economic productivity in healthcare means eliminating middle managers

 Chip Means July 01, 2009
Cutting administrative work out of the healthcare system is the first step to increasing the industry's economic productivity, said David Cutler, a Harvard University economics professor and campaign advisor to President Barack Obama.
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Primary care provider shortage requires innovative solutions

 Patty Enrado June 10, 2009
The New England Healthcare Institute's recently released report, "Remaking Primary Care: From Crisis to Opportunity," highlights the issues surrounding the primary care physician shortage and offers recommendations to alleviate the problem.
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NaviNet debuts two new products for health plans

 Eric Wicklund June 09, 2009
NaviNet has launched two new online solutions designed to help health plans improve their relationship with providers.
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Vendor Notebook - Emdeon partners with Bloodhound Technologies on claims processing

 Eric Wicklund June 08, 2009
Emdeon, a Nashville, Tenn.-based provider of revenue and payment cycle solutions, is partnering with Bloodhound Technologies, a Durham, N.C.-based provider of claims editing and analytics, to deliver a new claims processing model.
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Health, life insurers still hold large stock in tobacco companies

 Chelsey Ledue June 03, 2009
U.S., Canadian, and U.K.-based insurance firms hold at least $4.4 billion of investments in companies whose subsidiaries manufacture cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, and related products, according to a new article on insurance company holdings, published in the June 4th edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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NEHI research identifies new approaches to primary care shortage

 Chelsey Ledue May 26, 2009
According to The New England Healthcare Institute, the primary care crisis is the "confluence of a rising demand for primary care and a decreasing supply of professionals providing these services."
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Vendor Notebook - GE Healthcare of Illinois has signed multi-million-dollar agreement

 Eric Wicklund May 21, 2009
GE Healthcare of Barrington, Ill., has signed a multi-million-dollar agreement with Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Wash., for the Centricity suite of solutions for EMR, HIE, patient portal and financial management.
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