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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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National hospice provider upgrades revenue cycle capability

 Richard Pizzi March 10, 2010
Odyssey HealthCare, a large national hospice care provider, has signed a multi-year agreement to implement Web-based revenue cycle management technology at its facilities in 30 states.
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Tort reform not a cure for defensive medicine

 Chelsey Ledue March 04, 2010
Some Texas physicians report that tort reform has not decreased their defensive medicine practices, according to an online poll conducted by Jackson Healthcare.
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COBRAGuard partners with Texas Hospital Association to offer COBRA relief

 Industry News Release February 28, 2010
COBRAGuard Inc. has been endorsed by the Texas Hospital Association (THA) to offer Texas hospitals an affordable and efficient COBRA administration solution.
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Heart of Texas clinic grew tenfold with an EHR

 Chelsey Ledue February 26, 2010
Since implementing an electronic health record system in 1997, Heart of Texas Community Health Center has tripled the number of its patients, expanded from a single location to 10 sites, and shown improvement in important quality indicators.
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Texas health system enhances business processes

 Richard Pizzi February 26, 2010
Children’s Health Care System of Forth Worth, Texas, has signed a deal to implement multiple supply chain, human resources and contract management software applications in an effort to improve its business processes.
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Hospitals outsourcing business office duties

 Richard Pizzi February 26, 2010
In these days of increasing bad debt, depleted cash-on-hand and narrow margins, health systems need to streamline their revenue cycle operations, and that often means outsourcing services or automating processes that were previously done by hand.
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Seven hospitals and health systems deploy API Healthcare’s human capital management solutions

 Industry News Release February 26, 2010
API Healthcare, the leading provider of human capital management solutions to the healthcare industry, today announced that seven healthcare providers have implemented its solutions to better manage labor costs, increase staff productivity and streamline workflow throughout their organizations.
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HealthGrades names America's 50 best hospitals for 2010

 Chelsey Ledue February 24, 2010
The Golden, Colo.-based healthcare ratings organization examined objective patient outcomes over three years at all 5,000 of the nation’s non-federal hospitals.
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Texas hospital deploys 'unique' revenue cycle model

 Richard Pizzi February 24, 2010
The CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System, a five-hospital health system based in San Antonio, Texas, is implementing what it calls a “unique” revenue cycle management model.
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Inflationary prices challenge hospital supply chain in 2010

 Richard Pizzi February 22, 2010
Hospital inpatient and outpatient services encountered inflation rates around 8 percent in the past 12 months, which is 2 percent higher compared to the previous year, according to a new report.
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Preferred Health Technology chooses Companion Data Services for data hosting

 Industry News Release February 16, 2010
Preferred Health Technology Inc. has selected Companion Data Services to provide data center hosting and related services for PHT’s A-Claim healthcare and payments-transaction gateway and processing system.
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Texas hospital signs anesthesia services deal

 Industry News Release February 15, 2010
Huntsville Memorial Hospital, a 123-bed hospital in east Texas, has contracted with Atlanta-based Premier Anesthesia to manage the anesthesia services for its hospital and surgery center.
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Vendor Notebook: American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine sponsors A-Claim medical payment solutions

 Eric Wicklund February 15, 2010
Preferred Health Technology, Inc., headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, has announced that the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine has begun a sponsorship of the company’s A-Claim medical payment solutions that includes discounts for all AAUCM members.
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Texas health system enhances HR management and business processes

 Richard Pizzi February 10, 2010
The Cook Children's Health Care System of Forth Worth, Texas, has signed a deal to implement supply chain, human resources and contract management software applications in an effort to improve its business processes.
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MEDHOST launches executive decision support tool for hospital operations

 Industry News Release February 09, 2010
MEDHOST, provider of leading EDIS and healthcare throughput solutions, today announced the launch of OpCenter, its new executive decision support software solutions.
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Vendor Notebook: RevenueMed launches EMR/EHR services

 Eric Wicklund February 08, 2010
RevenueMed, an Atlanta-based provider of business process outsourcing solutions, has launched RevAbstract Services for EMR/EHR implementations. The new service will leverage the company’s experience in medical records coding and data extraction to help providers in deploying EMRs and/or EHRs.
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Concuity wins new revenue cycle management customer

 Industry News Release February 03, 2010
Concuity, a Healthcare Division of Trintech, Inc., and a leading provider of Revenue Cycle Management technology and services, has secured a contract to provide its Revenue Recovery Services to one of East Texas' preferred healthcare providers.
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Vendor Notebook - Fifth Third Securities provides advising on VA medical center bond deal

 Eric Wicklund February 01, 2010
Fifth Third Securities, Inc., recently served as financial advisor and structuring agent for the $115 million bond deal to renovate and expand the Louis Stokes Veterans Administration Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio’s largest VA hospital and the fifth largest in the country.
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VITAS Innovative Hospice Care signs national agreement with American CareSource

 Industry News Release January 29, 2010
VITAS Innovative Hospice Care announced an agreement with American CareSource that will provide their members access to comprehensive hospice services in every market in which VITAS operates.
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