Premier Healthcare Alliance Recognizes Rep. Sue Myrick for Efforts to Improve Patient Care, Safely Reduce Hospital Costs
Posted on: Thursday, 29 May 2008, 18:00 CDT
The Premier healthcare alliance today honored U.S. Representative Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) for her outstanding leadership in advancing legislation to improve the quality of healthcare and supporting non-profit hospitals.
Blair Childs, senior vice president of public affairs for Premier, presented the Healthcare Transformation Award to Rep. Myrick in Charlotte, N.C. The award recognizes members of Congress for their efforts to advance legislation to improve healthcare quality while safely reducing costs in North Carolina.
Rep. Myrick co-authored legislation (H.R. 3533) to extend the moratorium on the implementation of several Medicaid rules that would adversely impact patients, mobilizing widespread congressional support for the effort. Rep. Myrick has also led efforts to communicate to the administration the importance of a competitive healthcare marketplace to reduce the costs of drugs for patients. In supporting numerous measures to improve the quality and access of cancer screenings and treatment, Rep. Myrick has been a champion of healthcare for women.
"Representative Myrick has been a true leader in advancing legislation to improve the quality of healthcare for patients while safely reducing costs," said Childs. "As a result of Representative Myrick's work, Congress and the administration are addressing many issues that are critical to our hospitals' ability to provide the care that patients in North Carolina deserve."
About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Serving more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals and 50,000 other healthcare sites, the Premier healthcare alliance and its members are transforming healthcare together. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier operates one of the leading healthcare purchasing networks and the nation's most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information. A subsidiary operates one of the nation's largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability risk-retention groups. A world leader in helping healthcare providers deliver dramatic improvements in care, Premier is working with the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com.
Source: Business Wire
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