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Medicaid patients 5.5 times more likely to get cataract surgery than VA patients, study finds

 Industry News Release March 18, 2010
Patients seen at private facilities reimbursed by Medicare were more than 550 percent more likely to have routine cataract surgery than those who received their care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, a strong indication that the frequency of cataract surgery may be responsive to financial incentives to either or both the medical facility and the physicians who perform the procedure.
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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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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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Vendor Notebook: McKesson announces collaboration with Emergency Nurses Association

 Eric Wicklund February 22, 2010
The McKesson Corporation of Atlanta has announced an ED Benchmarks Collaborative with the Emergency Nurses Association.
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Indiana hospital upgrades asset tracking capability

 Richard Pizzi February 16, 2010
Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Ind., has deployed enterprise asset tracking to better manage its equipment resources, including maintenance, storage and deployment.
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CVS agrees to $1.95M settlement for using unlicensed pharmacists, overbilling Medicaid

 Richard Pizzi February 12, 2010
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has reached a $1.95 million settlement with CVS over the state's complaint that two pharmacists with expired licenses dispensed prescription drugs at CVS pharmacies.
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Medicare demonstrations in North Carolina, Indiana to address quality issues

 Chelsey Ledue February 01, 2010
Two demonstrations – a community-wide health information exchange in Indiana and an association of community care physician networks in North Carolina – are being implemented to encourage the delivery of improved care to an estimated 130,000 beneficiaries.
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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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Picis touts surge in ED revenue management software contracts

 Industry News Release December 16, 2009
Picis today announced that during the past two quarters 67 healthcare facilities, representing more than 2.5 million annual emergency department patient visits, have selected Picis LYNX E/Point, the market-leading healthcare revenue management solution.
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Indiana research institute gets boost with federal grants

 Industry News Release December 01, 2009
The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute has received four supplemental grants totaling nearly $2.5 million that will strengthen its efforts to move laboratory discoveries by Indiana scientists to the bedside and the marketplace.
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Indiana cuts Medicaid provider payments

 Richard Pizzi November 11, 2009
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced a $10.6 million Medicaid provider payment cut Tuesday.
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Nurses, doctors go door-to-door for health reform

 Diana Manos October 12, 2009
Nurses and doctors from nine healthcare battleground states canvassed for health reform on Saturday.
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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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Indiana, Alabama hospitals to pay more than $8M to settle Medicare fraud allegations

 Chelsey Ledue October 01, 2009
Six hospitals in Indiana and Alabama have agreed to pay more than $8 million to settle allegations of Medicare fraud, according to the Department of Justice.
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CDC awards $4.37M to improve public health informatics

 Chelsey Ledue September 28, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded $4.37 million in competitive grants to enhance healthcare information management and improve the detection of and response to emerging public health threats.
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Survey: Americans divided on government involvement in health insurance

 Richard Pizzi August 11, 2009
Researchers at Indiana University have found that support for government-sponsored health insurance for individuals under age 65 remains virtually the same regardless of how the plan is described or how involved the government would be.
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Report: Investment in community health centers can save states millions

 Richard Pizzi July 29, 2009
Investment in community-based health centers could save states millions of dollars a year, according to a study conducted by The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.
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Bond issue approved for Indiana hospital

 Richard Pizzi July 15, 2009
The Clark County (Ind.) Council approved a $52 million bond agreement with Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, Ind., this week that will allow the hospital to sell bonds for the value of the property and buy them back over time.
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Indianapolis hospital construction project requires $703M in bonds

 Chelsey Ledue July 14, 2009
Wishard Health Services has announced that as much as $703 million in low-interest public bonds is needed to build a new $754 million Wishard Hospital campus.
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Lower-cost credit enhancement ... locally

 Healthcare Finance News Staff July 02, 2009
At a time when national banks are loath to lend, borrowers are turning to a recently-created financing option that lets smaller local banks participate in debt structures usually available only from much larger institutions.
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