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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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Mayo Clinic’s debt rating improves

 Richard Pizzi March 15, 2010
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has revised its rating outlook to positive from stable and affirmed a 'AA-' rating on debt issued for the world-renowned Mayo Clinic.
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NHI announces $29.7M of purchase/leaseback transactions with four healthcare facilities

 Industry News Release March 12, 2010
National Health Investors, Inc. announced today a total of $29.7 million in purchase/leaseback transactions.
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Creative payment reform initiatives abound nationwide

 Patty Enrado March 12, 2010
Innovative programs, such as tying the payment system to the delivery system, could help bend the healthcare cost curve, according to Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund.
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Recession hurts, but pharmacists are still in demand

 Richard Pizzi March 10, 2010
More U.S. pharmacists are working past retirement age to lessen the impact of the bad economy on their families, according to a new workforce report, although job opportunities are still expanding.
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American Well brings online care platform to New York

 Eric Wicklund March 10, 2010
American Well, which offers Web-based physician visits for members of health plans in Hawaii and Minnesota, has landed another contract closer to home.
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Health Reform Could Harm Medicaid Patients

 Edward Miller March 08, 2010
Both the House and Senate health-care reform bills call for a large increase in Medicaid—about 18 million more people will begin enrolling in Medicaid under the House bill starting in 2013, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Actuary Richard Foster estimates.
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Study puts Mayo Clinic's economic impact at $22B

 Chelsey Ledue February 17, 2010
The Mayo Clinic is responsible for $22 billion in healthcare spending nationwide, according to a study conducted by the Battelle Memorial Institute.
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Minnesota hospitals criticize governor's budget proposals

 Richard Pizzi February 16, 2010
The president of the Minnesota Hospital Association said Monday that the state budget proposed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty would, if passed, harm Minnesota hospitals and unravel the state's healthcare safety net.
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Minnesota, Wisconsin businesses say healthcare is greatest obstacle to expansion

 Chelsey Ledue February 09, 2010
In a survey of 178 companies in Minnesota and western Wisconsin, employers identified affordable healthcare as the greatest obstacle to business expansion.
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N.C. hospitals automate financials, supply chain

 Eric Wicklund February 03, 2010
Three regional hospitals in North Carolina are using newly installed software to automate their supply chain and financial operations and improve human resources capabilities.
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Lawson adds integration capabilities with Healthvision deal

 Eric Wicklund January 08, 2010
Lawson Software is looking to push its business intelligence to more areas of the healthcare setting with the acquisition of Healthvision.
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Minnesota, Texas hospitals settle allegations of Medicare fraud

 Chelsey Ledue January 05, 2010
Nearly $2 million will be paid by hospitals in Minnesota and Texas to settle allegations of False Claim Act violations, according to the Justice Department.
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Health systems aim for efficient project management in tough times

 Richard Pizzi December 07, 2009
How healthcare organizations improve project management in a time of limited financial resources was a hot topic last week at the World Health Care Leadership Summit on Project and Portfolio Management for Healthcare Executives in Boston.
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Leapfrog adds new efficiency criteria to requirements for top hospitals list

 Bernie Monegain December 04, 2009
Leapfrog added a new efficiency standard to its quality criteria and introduced a category for best rural hospitals on its annual list of the top 45 hospitals in the nation.
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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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Ingenix boosts RCM platform with CareMedic acquisition

 Eric Wicklund November 11, 2009
Ingenix officials say they’re making the revenue cycle management puzzle a little easier to solve for healthcare providers with the acquisition of CareMedic Services, Inc.
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Minnesota hospital's revenue bonds stabilize

 Industry News Release November 05, 2009
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services revised its outlook to stable from negative and affirmed its 'BB+' long-term and underlying rating on the City of Hastings, Minn.'s series 1998 healthcare facility revenue bonds, issued on behalf of Regina Medical Center.
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Vendor Notebook - Perot Systems expands billing services with Mass. state health insurance program

 Eric Wicklund November 02, 2009
The Perot Systems Corp. has expanded a relationship with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Health Insurance Connector Authority, in which Perot will use its Xcelys health plan administration software solutions to provide additional premium billing and enrollment services to the state health insurance program.
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Alternative medicine could help cut childhood healthcare costs

 Chelsey Ledue October 16, 2009
A new survey indicates 12 percent of parents with children under the age of 18 have spoken to their child's doctor about complementary and integrative approaches to medicine, yet nearly 90 percent say they want to know more.
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