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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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Midwest health centers to use GE's practice management software

 Eric Wicklund March 09, 2010
A network of community health centers serving more than 75,000 underserved and migrant workers in Iowa and Nebraska will be implementing a new practice management system from GE Healthcare.
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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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AMA, Grassley put heat on insurance companies

 Diana Manos February 24, 2010
Health plans are taking the heat this week with Sen. Charles Grassley's (R-Iowa) demand for an explanation for Wellmark's rate hike in Iowa and the American Medical Association's new report showing health plans face too little competition nationwide.
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Hospitals using Lean and Six Sigma

 Richard Pizzi January 13, 2010
James Levett, MD, is chairman of the American Society for Quality's healthcare division and chief medical officer for The Physicians' Clinic of Iowa. In this interview with Healthcare Finance News Editor Richard Pizzi, Levett discusses how U.S. hospitals are beginning to embrace Lean and Six Sigma business management strategies to reduce costs and improve productivity.
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Tennessee, Pennsylvania to get federal matching funds for EHRs

 Chelsey Ledue January 05, 2010
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that Medicaid programs in Tennessee and Pennsylvania will receive federal matching funds for state planning activities to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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RegionalCare Hospital Partners acquires Iowa health center

 Richard Pizzi December 15, 2009
The Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa, Iowa, has signed a Letter of Intent to be acquired by RegionalCare Hospital Partners, a for-profit company focused on the operation of community hospitals.
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Skilled Healthcare Group acquires its 100th facility

 Industry News Release December 14, 2009
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. has announced that its wholly owned company, St. Mary Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, LLC, has completed the acquisition of a 118-bed, skilled nursing facility located in Davenport, Iowa.
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Senate GOP wants lawmakers to enroll in public option, should it pass

 Diana Manos December 08, 2009
As the Senate continues to debate its healthcare reform bill, Senate minority leaders Tom Coburn, MD (R-Okla.), Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and David Vitter (R-La.) filed an amendment this week that would call on the president, his administration, White House staff, members of Congress and their staff to enroll in the government-run public option, should it pass.
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Campaign finance watchdog blasts senators on healthcare

 Diana Manos December 03, 2009
The Public Campaign Action Fund has named Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as "insurance puppets" for their stances on healthcare reform.
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Iowa first to receive matching funds for EHR incentive program

 Molly Merrill November 24, 2009
Iowa is the first state to receive federal matching funds for its plans to use Medicaid incentive payments for meaningful use of electronic health records.
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Senate proposal could delay Medicare payments to providers

 Diana Manos November 17, 2009
Sen. Charles Grassley (D-Iowa) has introduced legislation that would allow the government to delay payments to Medicare providers until suspected instances of waste, fraud or abuse are cleared.
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Study names top 100 hospitals for cardiovascular care

 Richard Pizzi November 17, 2009
Thomson Reuters has released its annual study identifying the 100 U.S. hospitals that deliver significantly better outcomes and lower costs for inpatient cardiovascular care.
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Seventy-five hospitals win 'best value' award in national study

 Richard Pizzi November 03, 2009
The business intelligence firm Data Advantage has released a list of 75 hospitals receiving a "Best in Value: Superior Quality Merit Award" from the 2009-2010 Hospital Value Index, a national study on U.S. hospitals and the value of care they provide.
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Senate panel approves Benjamin for Surgeon General

 Diana Manos October 08, 2009
Regina Benjamin, MD, of Alabama, is one step closer to becoming the nation's new Surgeon General.
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Grassley: Last-minute changes to health bill undermine seniors, veterans and workers

 Chelsey Ledue October 05, 2009
During final hours of work on healthcare reform legislation, the Senate Finance Committee agreed to changes that are bad for seniors, veterans and workers, according to Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member on the committee.
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HHS releases $7.6M for health professionals in "high need" areas

 Richard Pizzi October 01, 2009
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced 63 awards totaling more than $7.6 million to help states recruit healthcare clinicians and alleviate their debt burden.
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Amerinet renews affiliate agreement with Shared Health Services

 Industry News Release September 17, 2009
Shared Health Services Corporation of LaCrosse, Wis., has renewed their affiliate agreement to strategically partner with Amerinet Inc., a leading national healthcare group purchasing organization.
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The ass is Grassley

 Effect Measure September 08, 2009
We've said both nice things and not so nice things about Finance Committee ranking Republican on healthcare, Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), most recently not-so-nice things. Things like calling him morally corrupt, a liar and a gold-plated hypocrite.
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Iowa medical center to pay $4.5M to resolve False Claims Act allegations

 Industry News Release August 26, 2009
Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa has agreed to pay the United States $4.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act.
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