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Fringe Benefit Group announces new expense incurred limited medical benefit program

Fringe Benefit Group, an industry leader in limited medical benefit plans and health benefits administration, today announced the availability of its new expense incurred (EI) limited medical benefit program, the Framework Health Plan EI Series.

8 Oct 2009

Utah Drug Card statewide prescription assistance program to commence

Utah residents will have access to a new statewide prescription assistance program starting tomorrow. The Utah Drug Card is a free discount prescription drug card program that will offer residents savings of up to 75% on prescription drugs at retail pharmacies.

8 Oct 2009

Medsphere Systems urges hospitals to meet EHR implementation deadline to avail maximum federal funding

Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of open source healthcare IT solutions, today announced that hospitals that sign a contract before December 31, 2009 to implement the OpenVista open source electronic health record (EHR) are guaranteed to achieve full implementation and meet federal meaningful use standards by January 31, 2011.

8 Oct 2009

New entitlement is not a viable health care reform, says Concord Coalition

As House and Senate leaders negotiate the final details of their respective health care reforms bills, The Concord Coalition warned today that one provision under consideration, the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, is structurally unsound and fiscally irresponsible.

8 Oct 2009

eHealth Ontario take steps to regain public's trust

eHealth Ontario today pledged that the agency will regain the public's trust by delivering concrete results and ensuring that the issues of procurement and governance reported by the Auditor General will not be repeated.

8 Oct 2009

While some votes are still in play, other lawmakers vie for audience with Reid

Members are fighting for a seat at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's table as he merges the Senate's two versions of health legislation in order to bring the measure to the floor.

8 Oct 2009

Lifeline Vascular Access receives re-accreditation from Joint Commission

Lifeline Vascular AccessSM, the nation’s leading provider of vascular access management services, announced today that it has been re-accredited by the Joint Commission - demonstrating compliance with the Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety.

8 Oct 2009

Senate Finance health reform bill still facing challenges from Committee Democrats

Chairman Max Baucus is trying to hold his own party together on the health reform package soon to be considered by the Senate Finance Committee even as the impact on the deficit and taxes make some Democrats question the measure.

8 Oct 2009

Precautionary measures being taken at Texas hospitals for combating flu

Precautionary measures are being taken at hospital ERs across Texas in order to deal with record numbers of flu cases this season. According to a recent article on NBCDFW.com, hospital emergency rooms, including the one at Children's Medical Center of Dallas, are screening visitors for flu symptoms and not allowing children under 12 to be in the patient areas unless they are being treated.

8 Oct 2009

ignite09 symposiums to focus on convergence of behavioral economics and healthcare

Express Scripts Center for Cost-Effective Consumerism, the American Benefits Council and Hewitt Associates along with other leading health and policy organizations are bringing the ignite09 symposium, a groundbreaking series of symposiums on the convergence of behavioral economics and healthcare, to San Francisco.

8 Oct 2009

Workplace wellness programs: Good for health costs?

Some companies offer discounts to healthy employees, but patient advocates fear such wellness programs could be unfair.

8 Oct 2009

Swine flu may levy higher toll on minorities

Swine flu may have an 'outsized' impact on minorities, the New York Daily News reports. "The Centers for Disease Control [and Prevention] alluded to the problem in a small Sept. 4 report, but only in a passing mention." The report showed that 12 of the first 36 deaths of U.S. children related to H1N1 were among Hispanics. Hispanics and blacks made up half of all children's deaths due to the new flu strain between April and August.

8 Oct 2009

Healthcare providers to incorporate new technologies to improve their business and patient care

Healthcare providers realize that new technologies have to be adopted to improve their business, but the medical benefits of technology also are clearly in their sights, according to CompTIA’s Healthcare IT Market: Insights and Opportunities study.

8 Oct 2009

Forum created to help transform health care for individuals and families throughout the world

The 2009 National Summit on Personalized Health Care: "Fostering Transformative Innovation," marked the formation of the Forum on Personalized Health Care, a collaborative community committed to the development and utilization of transformative innovations in science, technology and health care delivery for the benefit of individuals and families throughout the world.

8 Oct 2009

User's guide to refocus and reform American health care

Health Care Will Not Reform Itself: A User's Guide to Refocusing and Reforming American Health Care, is the latest installment from acclaimed author and health care industry power George C. Halvorson.

8 Oct 2009

Annual benefits open enrollment period for AvMed Health Plans begins

It's that time of year again. The annual benefits open enrollment period for the majority of AvMed Health Plans' large group clients, (50 or more eligible employees), began September 1 and will continue through mid-December 2009.

8 Oct 2009

RWJF selects Sonith Peou to receive Community Health Leaders Award

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced its selection of Sonith Peou, program director of the Metta Health Center in Lowell, Mass., to receive a Community Health Leaders Award. He is one of 10 extraordinary Americans who will receive the RWJF honor for 2009 at a ceremony this evening at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

8 Oct 2009

Morehouse School of Medicine to receive nearly $500,000 as grant from Kaiser Permanente Of Georgia

On Oct. 8, 2009, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia will present a grant for nearly $500,000 to the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine to support the development and implementation of a workforce leadership program that will reduce health disparities by creating an integrated approach to primary care and mental health.

8 Oct 2009

Sebelius defends policy on insurers' politically oriented letters

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius defends a government memo telling insurers to stop sending letters to seniors about the effects of health reform legislation on Medicare Advantage programs.

8 Oct 2009

House Democratic caucus considers larger Medicaid expansion, public option

House Democrats emerged from a caucus meeting Wednesday without a clear sense of how they will tackle the remaining problem of a public option, but may push a larger Medicaid expansion than initially proposed.

8 Oct 2009

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Fringe Benefit Group announces new expense incurred limited medical benefit program

Utah Drug Card statewide prescription assistance program to commence

Medsphere Systems urges hospitals to meet EHR implementation deadline to avail maximum federal funding

New entitlement is not a viable health care reform, says Concord Coalition

eHealth Ontario take steps to regain public's trust

While some votes are still in play, other lawmakers vie for audience with Reid

Lifeline Vascular Access receives re-accreditation from Joint Commission

Senate Finance health reform bill still facing challenges from Committee Democrats

Precautionary measures being taken at Texas hospitals for combating flu

ignite09 symposiums to focus on convergence of behavioral economics and healthcare

Workplace wellness programs: Good for health costs?

Swine flu may levy higher toll on minorities

Healthcare providers to incorporate new technologies to improve their business and patient care

Forum created to help transform health care for individuals and families throughout the world

User's guide to refocus and reform American health care

Annual benefits open enrollment period for AvMed Health Plans begins

RWJF selects Sonith Peou to receive Community Health Leaders Award

Morehouse School of Medicine to receive nearly $500,000 as grant from Kaiser Permanente Of Georgia

Sebelius defends policy on insurers' politically oriented letters

House Democratic caucus considers larger Medicaid expansion, public option

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