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Health care reform legislation will increase premiums for New Yorkers

Mark Wagar, President and CEO of Empire BlueCross BlueShield urged further improvement to the federal health care reform legislation that today does little to control the rising costs of health care and will increase premiums for too many New Yorkers and too many across the nation.

22 Dec 2009

Cinergy Health expresses concern over Senate healthcare vote

Cinergy Health, a nationwide provider of guaranteed issue health insurance benefit programs for the consumer market, expressed its concern for the ongoing healthcare debate and vote in the Senate, which passed early this morning.

22 Dec 2009

US Family Health Plan achieves 2009 member satisfaction

One might call it “the little healthcare plan that could.” While the debate over healthcare reform rages, the US Family Health Plan, a Department of Defense-sponsored healthcare plan administered by CHRISTUS Health of Houston for about 11,000 military family members in southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana, has achieved a 2009 member satisfaction rating 44.5 percent above the national average.

22 Dec 2009

School intervention programs may promote psychological well-being among adolescents

A new study which has been conducted at the University of Bologna shows that brief psychological interventions in school may increase well-being among adolescents and these results persist after 6 months

22 Dec 2009

ONE launches clinical software and business services for medical billing companies and physician groups

The Power of One (ONE) today announced simple but powerful clinical software and business services for radiology, anesthesiology, cardiology, pathology and multi-specialty physician groups. ONE offers its software and services to medical billing companies, academic hospitals, and an array of hospital and office-based practices, including individual and group practices in the Northeast. ONE's purpose is to allow physicians, practices and medical billing companies to take control of their increasingly adverse environment.

22 Dec 2009

DMC launches Dental Optimizer, a free online application connected to Microsoft HealthVault

While politicians and pundits continue to arm wrestle the minutiae of health reform, more and more Americans are stepping up to take charge of their own health.

22 Dec 2009

Persistent disparities exist in melanoma diagnosis

White and Hispanic individuals are being diagnosed with melanoma more frequently in recent years, whereas Hispanic and black patients continue to have advanced skin cancer at diagnosis, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

22 Dec 2009

Revel Consulting launches Healthcare Practice to improve healthcare quality

Revel Consulting, a Kirkland, Washington-based business management consulting firm, today announced the launch of its Healthcare Practice to help providers, payers and life sciences organizations improve healthcare quality and safety, increase efficiencies, and maintain compliance in the face of ever-evolving regulatory requirements.

22 Dec 2009

Medical students from TCOM offer health screening for homeless

Medical students from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) offered a health screening for the homeless Friday, Dec. 11, in an effort to give back to the people of Tarrant County.

22 Dec 2009

Rural Health Institute receives funds to expand telemedicine in rural Alabama

The University of Alabama's Rural Health Institute for Clinical and Translational Science has received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program to expand telemedicine efforts in rural Alabama.

22 Dec 2009

Amedisys recognized as top investment pick by Fortune magazine

Amedisys, Inc., one of America's leading home health nursing companies, today announced that Fortune magazine named Amedisys on its list of the 10 Best Stocks for 2010 in its issue dated December 21, 2009.

22 Dec 2009

US Family Health Plan receives Dr. Lowell G. Daun Award

The US Family Health Plan, a Department of Defense-sponsored healthcare plan serving military family members in six areas across America, has been honored with the Dr. Lowell G. Daun Award for its contributions to the mission of the National Military Family Association.

22 Dec 2009

IBM announces new Research collaboratory in Taiwan

IBM today announced a new Research collaboratory, located in Taipei, Taiwan. The collaboratory will focus on using technologies -- including cloud computing, analytics and mobile devices -- to advance wellness-centric healthcare that manages diseases more efficiently and effectively to keep people healthier.

22 Dec 2009

Garcia Research and Santiago ROI launch ongoing tracking service for Hispanic community

Garcia Research and Santiago ROI, two long-standing leaders in the US Hispanic marketing community, launched LATINOMICS(SM), The Hispanic Market Index(TM), an ongoing tracking service to monitor consumer sentiment, economic activity, political perspectives and other issues of the day within the burgeoning US Hispanic community.

22 Dec 2009

HQP enters into agreement with Aetna to provide nurse care management services

Health Quality Partners (HQP) has entered into a three-year agreement with Aetna to provide nurse care management services to Aetna Medicare Advantage Plan members with certain chronic health conditions who receive their care at participating practices in Bucks, Montgomery, Lehigh and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania.

22 Dec 2009

U.S. Senate's vote on health care reform would end costs and discriminatory insurance company practices

This morning, the U.S. Senate voted to move forward with health care reforms that will begin to bring needed relief to millions of Americans struggling with high costs and discriminatory insurance company practices.

22 Dec 2009

Gilbert Hospital conducts gift-giving drive for employees and community residents

Gilbert Hospital is holding a holiday gift giving and gift card drive to help support employees of the hospital as well as community residents who are in need this holiday season. In order to make the donation process easier for the many generous businesses, charities and individuals in the community, the drive will continue through December 23rd at the main entrance of the hospital.

22 Dec 2009

CHG Healthcare Services placed among global elite corporate training programs

CHG Healthcare Services, one of the oldest and largest healthcare staffing firms in the U.S., has once again placed among the most elite corporate training programs in the world, according to Training Magazine.

22 Dec 2009

Transport medicine service reaches agreement with paramedics' union

Ornge, Ontario's transport medicine service provider, and the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW), have successfully ratified their collective agreement on behalf of the organization's 180 flight and land paramedics.

22 Dec 2009

AMA supports amended Senate health system reform bill

The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced its support for passage of the amended Senate health system reform bill (H.R. 3590). Passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by the Senate will bring our nation close to the finish line on health system reform.

22 Dec 2009