Managed Care Weekly articles from May 2003

Managed Care Weekly archives from May 2003

Increased mortality linked to lower state subsidies of uninsured in New Jersey.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The introduction of market-based competition to New Jersey's hospitals and the state's reduction in subsidies for uninsured medical care have been linked to a relative increase in mortality rates among...

New report shows current patterns of hospitalization in the U.S.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The 32.7 million patients in the nation's hospitals in 2001 had a much shorter stay on average (4.9 days) than patients hospitalized in 1970 (7.8 days). Over the past 3 decades, the average length...

Clinicians should view ADEs as both problem and opportunity.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The likelihood of adverse drug reactions is on the rise as individuals live longer and take more medications during the course of their lifetimes. William Tierney, MD, professor of medicine at the...

Universal consent forms may improve the process for critically ill patients.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Providing a universal consent form to patients or the patient representatives and health care clinicians may increase the frequency with which informed consent is obtained for procedures performed in...

Do electronic medical records systems save money?
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Can a health care organization save money by using electronic medical records? In a cost-benefit study, researchers evaluated the financial impact of installing an EMR system in an ambulatory primary...

Economic review shows high cost of eating right.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Economic and social changes have altered the relative cost of eating, contributing to the problem of obesity in America over the past half century, according to new research. John Cawley, PhD, of...

URAC board approves HIPAA privacy accreditation standards.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- URAC announced that its board of directors has approved the nation's first independent Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy accreditation program for covered entities and...

Study highlights value of nurses for identifying problems.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Authors of a research letter highlight the important role that nurses can play in detecting adverse drug reactions (ADR). Policies vary across countries in authorizing nurses to report ADR; the...

Society of Hospital Medicine elects new officers, board members.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) recently elected new officers and new board members for 2003. The organization, formerly known as the National Association of Inpatient Physicians (NAIP),...

UMMS selects ABL700 analyzers for lab and point-of-care testing sites.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radiometer America, Inc., has signed a 5-year agreement to supply its ABL700 Series blood gas analyzers and related products to the University of Maryland Medical Center, a University of Maryland...

Patients receiving a Gliadel wafer have a higher incidence of infection.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients receiving a Gliadel wafer for treatment of brain tumors have a higher incidence of infection. "Gliadel wafers (1,3-bis [2-chloroethyl]-1-nitrosourea Guilford Pharmaceuticals) are approved...

US Oncology opens new facility in Dayton, Ohio area.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- US Oncology, Inc., (USON) has opened a new cancer-care facility in the Dayton, Ohio, area as part of its nationwide network of community-based, outpatient cancer centers. The center, part of the...

NDCHealth, P5, and Zions BanCorp. to provide funding service for pharmacies.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NDCHealth Corp. (NDC) announced an agreement with P5, Inc., and Zions First National Bank, a subsidiary of Zions BanCorp. (ZION), under which Zions Bank will provide pharmacies with next-day funding of...

PracticeWorks and WebMD to launch real-time dental transaction processing.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PracticeWorks, Inc., (PRWK) and WebMD Corp. (HLTH) announced that PracticeWorks has selected WebMD Envoy as its clearinghouse for real-time dental transaction processing. This expanded agreement...

Partnership designed to educate providers on technology for patient care.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- 4Medica, Inc., and The IPA Association of America (TIPAAA) announced a partnership focused on educating TIPAAA's 300,000+ healthcare providers on how 4Medica technology can help improve patient care and...

Strategic relationship to broaden HIPAA privacy training options.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Healthcare Training Strategies, LLC, announced a strategic and collaborative business relationship with Train for HIPAA, Seattle, Washington. Both organizations bring significant distribution...

Strategic alliance; offers consumer resources to health plans.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CareGain and The American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) announced that CareGain will offer consumer-directed tools and resources to AAHP member health plans. CareGain will offer its...

Humana selects Protocol Driven Healthcare for online programs.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Protocol Driven Healthcare, Inc., (PDHI) announced that Humana, Inc., (HUM) has integrated several PDHI disease modules for use online by approximately 6.6 million Humana members. Humana has...

Program helps Medicare+Choice members manage health risks.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aetna has announced an effort to identify health risks among Medicare+Choice members and to help manage those risks through targeted case management, disease management, and educational programs. ...

New practice management tool launched.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MyDocOnline, a subsidiary of Aventis, released MyDocOnline Practice Solutions, a suite of web-based practice management and clinical tools intended to help enhance practice efficiency and patient care....

VHA renews agreement with GE Medical Systems.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VHA, Inc., has renewed an agreement with GE Medical Systems to offer clinical equipment maintenance services to its nationwide network of 2200 community-owned healthcare organizations. The services...

MedAire to open new medical clinic in China.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Global health and security assistance provider MedAire, Inc., has entered into an agreement with the Ford Motor Co. and Ford Motor (China), Ltd., to open a new 24-hour medical clinic in Chongqing,...

Hospital operator HCA warns earnings will miss target.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HCA, Inc., the nation's largest hospital operator, has warned that its first-quarter earnings will fall far below expectations, citing a mild flu season and the closure of several obstetrics and skilled...

Manor Care to refinance credit facility and issue notes.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Manor Care, Inc., (HCR) has arranged for a refinancing package to replace its $500 million credit facility due to expire in September 2003. A new 3-year, $200 million bank credit commitment has been...

Quality of Life Health retains KCIA to provide $59 million in new financing.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quality of Life Health Corp. (QLHC) announced it has retained KCIA Management, Inc., as its consultant and advisor, to introduce up to $59 million in debt and equity financing. The company's...

Prescription exercise is effective.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advising patients in general practice on exercise (known as the green prescription program) is effective in increasing physical activity and improving quality of life over 12 months, without evidence of...

Reimbursement coverage expanded for the Lap-Band system.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inamed Corp. (IMDC) has announced that Humana, Inc. has expanded its coverage guidelines to include the Lap-Band System as a covered benefit for the treatment of morbid obesity. Headquartered in...

Florida insurance company implements expanded federal privacy rules.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) is notifying approximately 6 million people who are served by BCBSF and its family of subsidiaries of new policies designed to meet federal guidelines for...

Mennonite Mutual Aid using Vitria to streamline healthcare claims processing.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitria (VITR), a provider of business process integration solutions, announced that Mennonite Mutual Aid (MMA) is using Vitria's Collaborative Application (VCA) for Health Insurance Portability and...

Consumer-driven health plan reduces costs, preserves choice.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genalco, a supplier of specialized equipment for the construction industry based in Needham, Massachusetts, near Boston, faced a forbidding $40,000 hike in health insurance premiums from its HMO this...

Study of southeast Michigan employers released.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Employers are continuing to struggle under the weight of double-digit increases in health-care costs, according to the American Society of Employers' 2003 Health Care Insurance Benefits Survey. ...

Medical liability crisis for neurosurgeons worsening.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new national analysis conducted by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), and the American Medical Association (AMA), shows that the...

Uninsured cancer patients pay more, get less care.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Uninsured cancer patients pay more than twice as much out of pocket for their medical care than insured patients, but end up receiving half as much care, according to a new report. Hispanic cancer...

Simple screening methods in primary care setting may aid elderly.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Simple screening methods can detect treatable hearing loss in older adults, according to a new study. Hearing loss is the third most prevalent chronic condition in older Americans, after...

ReDvolution deploys employee portal at Miami Children's Hospital.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ReDvolution Technologies announced the unveiling of Miami Children's Hospital's (MCH) web-based employee portal. The portal, which aims to improve internal communication and reduce the clutter of...

iCAD system from Instrumentarium Imaging awarded Premier's group buy.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Instrumentarium Corp. and iCAD, Inc., (ICAD) announced that the group purchasing arm of the healthcare alliance, Premier, Inc., has designated Instrumentarium Imaging as one of the suppliers for its CAD...

iBX Group to acquire distribution rights to RoboMassage.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- iBX Group, Inc., (IBXG), a publicly held Florida corporation specializing in financial, administrative, and technology services for the healthcare industry, announced it has agreed on terms to acquire...

California Department of Health Services selects EDS for contract.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- EDS has been awarded a $407 million, 4-year contract by the California Department of Health Services to continue to manage Medi-Cal, the California Medicaid program, which pays for medical services for...

Study finds benefits in patients doing their own home care hiring.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People with disabilities who rely on Medicaid to pay for help bathing, eating, and housecleaning were much happier under an experimental program that let them hire the helpers, a study concludes. ...

Insurance company works on HIPAA compliance.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Just as the April 14 deadline passed for meeting privacy requirements in the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network...

Sentaur begins receiving payments from insurers.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Accessity Corp. (ACTY) announced that Sentaur, its medical subrogation business, has signed its third hospital contract and has now begun receiving money from insurers on behalf of its first hospital...

New regulation helps strengthen beneficiaries' access to appeal rights.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AAHP president and CEO Karen Ignagni made the following statement regarding the final regulation issued by the administration containing new Medicare+Choice (M+C) requirements for notice and independent...

Psychiatric Solutions to acquire Ramsay Youth Services.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., (PSYS) and Ramsay Youth Services, Inc., (Ramsay) (RYOU) announced the signing of a definitive agreement whereby Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., (PSI) will acquire Ramsay in a...

Report: Treatment for ICU newborns varies, often unsupported by literature.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new nationwide review of more than 13,000 premature and other medically complex newborns reveals a dramatic variation of care in the neonatal intensive care unit, with treatment often deviating from...

United Hospital announces plans for Neuroscience Institute.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, has unveiled plans for a new state-of-the-art Neuroscience Institute, one of only a few nationwide that will offer a collaborative and coordinated approach to...

Information can encourage or limit choice.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients have a right to information about their care. Good patient information should describe what will happen, explain why, and highlight possible choices with risks and benefits. Yet, a new study...

Web site allows members to rate care by doctors, hospitals.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) has launched an innovative healthcare quality information service through DoctorQuality's MyQualityCoach, making it the first health insurer...

Cindy K. Schamp named president and CEO, Alle-Kiski Medical Center.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cindy K. Schamp has been appointed president and CEO of Alle-Kiski Medical Center, effective May 1, 2003. "We were very impressed with the number of quality candidates interested in this position,"...

Glogowski joins research company as VP, Market Research.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ImpactRx, Inc., the pioneering force in measuring the impact of pharmaceutical promotion on physicians' prescribing behavior, announced that Martin S. Glogowski, PhD, has joined the company as VP,...

Omnicell appoints Sara J. White to board of directors.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sara J. White, who has an extensive background as a director and professor of pharmacy, has been appointed to the board of directors of Omnicell, Inc. White most recently served as director of...

Regence Group picks Mark B. Ganz as president, COO.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Regence Group announced that Mark B. Ganz has been named the company's next president and chief operating officer. "Our board of directors has chosen Mark because of his demonstrated business...

Stuart Heap joins Cholestech board of directors.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cholestech Corp. (CTEC) announced that Stuart Heap has been elected to Cholestech's board of directors. The addition of Heap increases the number of directors on Cholestech's board to seven. ...

VHA names two new board members.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two new members have been elected to the board of directors for VHA, Inc.: Edwin E. Dahlberg, president and chief executive officer of St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, and Gerald...

Patient satisfaction is influenced by effectiveness of medication.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patient satisfaction is influenced by effectiveness of medication in relieving postoperative pain. "Though many studies have measured patient satisfaction with pain management using the American...

Amicore selected by Colorado Springs Health Partners.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Colorado Springs Health Partners, PC (CSHP), the largest physician-owned multispecialty practice in the Pikes Peak Region, announced that it has selected Amicore, Inc., a practice improvement company,...

Half of Internet pharmacies not licensed.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PharmacyChecker.com, a new website that evaluates online pharmacies and compares their prices, finds that only 50% of the pharmacy sites it has evaluated dispense through a licensed pharmacy. The...

Paragon Technologies' SI/BAKER joint venture awarded a $3.5 million contract.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Paragon Technologies, Inc., (PTG), a supplier of "smart" material handling solutions, including systems, technologies, products, and services, announced that its SI/BAKER joint venture was awarded a...

Health care groups sue to overturn new rules.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health care professionals and patient advocates have sued to overturn new medical privacy rules that took effect April 14, claiming the regulations do more harm than good. The suit, filed in...

Bioterrorism preparedness guide for Texas hospitals released, training begins.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Texas Institute for Health Policy Research announced the release of Disaster Preparedness and Response in Texas Hospitals: Part I, Bioterrorism. Developed by more than 100 experts in emergency...

Elderly, disabled smokers report poorer health.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elderly and disabled Medicare patients who smoke say that they are in worse physical and mental health than Medicare patients who have never smoked, according to new research. Elderly smokers in...

Nicotine replacement cost drop might encourage use.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More smokers would use nicotine replacement products if the products were cheaper, according to a new study, the first to examine the economics behind the demand for nicotine replacement therapy. ...

Displaced, overworked employees find support.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- To help employees cope with job-related stress and job loss, and to help employers better handle the personnel implications of job transition situations, LifeCare, Inc., a privately owned employee...

One hour with the doctor can prevent diabetes.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It's possible to prevent diabetes by one consultation, if the doctor takes the time to reason with the patient about his/her special health statistics and life situation, according to general...

Insurers exclude virus from coverage.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Insurers have begun excluding SARS virus coverage from policies written for sponsors of special events such as concerts, trade shows, and conventions because they know too little about the disease and...

Final security standards are released.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 was enacted as a part of a congressional healthcare reform. In February 2003, a final ruling was made regarding the...

Report: Recent premium increases exceed healthcare cost growth.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recent increases in health insurance premiums have exceeded the growth in healthcare costs, according to a new report released by the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Federation of American...

CMS approves expansion of coverage for PET.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc., (CTMI), a provider of positron emission tomography (PET) equipment, molecular probes, and services, commented on the announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

56.3M U.S. adults finding freedom from chronic health conditions online.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Manhattan Research, a healthcare marketing information and services firm, announced the release of its newest data and insight solution, ePharma AIM (Analytical Insight Module). Extracting from...

European studies highlight value of screening.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two European studies show that the introduction of mammography screening in Sweden and The Netherlands has contributed to a decrease in deaths from breast cancer. The long-term value of mammography...

Screening is working well, but is labor-intensive.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The British National Health Service cervical screening program is working well and preventing deaths, but is labor- and resource-intensive: around 1,000 women need to be screened for 35 years to...

Healthcare IT company chooses marketing partner.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CareMedic Systems, Inc., a St. Petersburg, Florida-based healthcare information technology company, has selected Kupper Parker Communications, Inc., (KPCG) to create a comprehensive communications plan...

New websites launched for patients to rate care by doctors, hospitals.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) announced it has launched an innovative healthcare quality information service through DoctorQuality's MyQualityCoach, making it the first...

HealthMarket wins award at industry conference.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HealthMarket, Inc., a provider of Consumer Driven Health Plans to small and mid-sized businesses, is pleased to announce that the company was awarded the Pinnacle Award for Best Practices by the...

Income level tied to mortality.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The risk of death from cystic fibrosis (CF) is related to the income level of the family, according to New England medical researchers. Their study, published in Pediatrics, reports those living...

Online medical records company expands advisory board.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedStrong International Corp. (Bulletin Board: MSRG and MSRGW), a provider of emergency preparedness online medical records, announced it has been successful in attracting five new physicians to its...

Network expands with fourth comprehensive center in Indianapolis area.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- US Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ:USON) has opened a new cancer-care facility in East Indianapolis, Indiana. The center is part of the Central Indiana Cancer Centers (CICC) practice managed by US...

Arizona's five biggest HMOs made more money in '02.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Enrollments in Arizona's five largest HMOs declined by up to 23% last year compared to the year before, but they were still more profitable than in 2001. Year-end reports from the Arizona...

Blues cut staff benefits.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan plans to scale back healthcare benefits for about 4000 salaried employees. Executives say the cuts - despite the health plan earning $161 million in net income...

HCA expects first quarter results to be below expectations.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HCA announced net income, including gains on sales of facilities and investigation-related costs, is expected to be approximately $465 million to $475 million, or $0.89 to $0.91 per diluted share, for...

Healthcare IT company reports $0.15 earnings per share.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cerner Corporation (CERN) announced results for the first quarter ended March 29, 2003. Diluted earnings per share were $0.15, compared to $0.26 in the year-ago quarter. These results are in-line...

MedAbiliti used for medical records privacy compliance.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedAbiliti has been chosen to conduct all Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance auditing, analysis, and training for Exemplar International, Inc., MedAbiliti...

Physician practices reminded that privacy regulation deadline has passed.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PMSCO Healthcare Consulting, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Medical Society, is reminding physicians that the compliance deadline for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)...

Federal waiver allows Rhode Island to expand prenatal care.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rhode Island is one of the first two states that will use federal money to provide prenatal care to low-income pregnant women. Waiving current federal regulations, the U.S. Department of Health...

Governor considers separate TennCare plan for cities, rural areas.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TennCare providers in cities and rural areas would be paid through different structures under a "working hypothesis" being explored by Gov. Phil Bredesen. After a speech in April to the Tennessee...