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Emergency Department Practice Management Association prepares for June summit

 Industry News Release March 16, 2010
The Emergency Department Practice Management Association [EDPMA] is now accepting attendee registration for its thirteenth annual solutions summit 2010, held June 21-23 at the Ritz Carlton in Key Biscayne, Fla.
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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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Pranagy partners with Pacific Ventures for medical billing services

 Industry News Release March 10, 2010
Pranagy Unlimited LLC partners with leading business process outsourcing firm, Pacific Ventures to provide affordable medical billing, coding and transcription services to small to medium sized healthcare providers nationwide.
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Florida medical center implements labor management system

 Richard Pizzi March 03, 2010
Lakeland Regional Medical Center, an 851-bed facility based in Lakeland, Fla., is adding time and attendance technology in an attempt to increase operational efficiencies.
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Building efficiencies into the payment process

 Richard Pizzi February 26, 2010
Healthcare providers and payers don’t often see eye-to-eye on reimbursement issues. But that’s ever the more reason to get them together in the same room, better yet at the same table.
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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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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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Georgia health system implements revenue cycle management solution

Richard Pizzi February 17, 2010
The Gwinnett Health System, a three-hospital integrated delivery network in Lawrenceville, Ga., plans to implement a new revenue cycle management solution in part to help detect errors made during the patient registration process.
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MBF Healthcare Partners announces $50M equity investment in managed care

 Industry News Release February 17, 2010
MBF Healthcare Partners, L.P., a healthcare services focused private equity firm, announced its plans to invest up to $50 million of equity capital to support Simply Healthcare Plans of Florida, Inc., an HMO based in Coral Gables, Florida.
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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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How the legit get hit

 Nancy Beckley February 10, 2010
Providers in Florida have gotten used to all the jokes about our fine state, and in particular the one about the city of Miami being the epicenter, or ground zero, of Medicare fraud.
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Orlando Health enhances technology for RAC audits

 Richard Pizzi February 09, 2010
Orlando Health, a not-for-profit network of hospitals and clinical care centers in central Florida, has upgraded its financial and compliance technology in preparation for Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits.
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National Health Investors buys Florida nursing homes for $67M

 Richard Pizzi February 03, 2010
The healthcare real estate investment trust National Health Investors, Inc., has purchased six Florida skilled nursing facilities from the Care Foundation of America, Inc., for $67 million.
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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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Mayo Clinic raises $1.35B in fundraising campaign

 Richard Pizzi January 27, 2010
The Mayo Clinic has raised $1.35 billion in its first comprehensive fundraising campaign, surpassing its initial goal of $1.25 billion.
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Vendor Notebook - IncentOne completes Camden Partners financing

 Eric Wicklund January 18, 2010
IncentOne, a Lyndhurst, N.J.-based provider in integrated incentive solutions, has completed a second round of financing from Camden Partners Holdings, LLC, a Baltimore-based private equity firm. The money will be used to expand the company’s position in healthcare incentives.
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Companion Life Insurance acquires Summit Reinsurance

 Chelsey Ledue January 13, 2010
Columbia, S.C.-based Companion Life Insurance has purchased Indiana-based Summit Reinsurance Services, a re-insurer of HMOs and insurance companies and managing general underwriter of stop loss coverage for employer health plans.
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Med-Vison helps business cut healthcare costs through Verisk Health

 Chelsey Ledue January 11, 2010
Med-Vision, a Tampa, Fla.-based healthcare planning, risk management and wellness consulting consulting company, has reportedly helped clients reduce healthcare costs by 10 percent to 12 percent over the past two years by using Verisk Health’s Explorer solution.
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Vendor Notebook - TransUnion buys MedData

 Eric Wicklund January 11, 2010
TransUnion has acquired MedData, a Charlotte, N.C.-based provider of healthcare insurance information and data solutions for hospitals, physician practices and major healthcare insurance companies.
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