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Heritage Provider Network President & CEO, Dr. Richard Merkin, will speak on two different panels at the annual Milken Institute Global Conference running from April 28-May 1, 2013 MARINA DEL REY, Calif., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Richard Merkin, President and CEO of Heritage Provider Network, (HPN) will speak on two different panel discussions at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday, April 29, 2013, and Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at the Beverly Hilton in Los...
Competition aims to develop more efficient treatment strategies for breast cancer patients SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Provider Network (HPN), The National Cancer Institute, Sage Bionetworks and DREAM today announced the Heritage-DREAM Breast Cancer Network Inference Challenge. The prize contest uses big data to develop more effective treatments for breast cancer, and was featured at the Sage Bionetworks Commons Congress in San Francisco, California....
National Contest Calls on Health Care Organizations to Identify Roadblocks to Implementing New Care Models WASHINGTON, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), Heritage Provider Network (HPN), and The Advisory Board Company launched the Care Transformation Prize Series, a national contest to address the most daunting data problems U.S. health care organizations face as they implement new delivery system and payment reforms. (Logo:...
Global data mining competition aims to save U.S. health care system tens of billions annually MARINA DEL REY, Calif., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Provider Network (HPN) today announced the end of submissions in its two-year, $3 million Heritage Health Prize competition, the largest predictive modeling competition of its kind. The winner of the competition will be announced by HPN at the Health Datapalooza Forum in Washington, DC in June 2013. (www.heritagehealthprize.com)...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Provider Network, Inc., The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and Open mHealth today announced the launch of a $100,000 mobile apps health prize challenge. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120418/LA89605LOGO-a) The Heritage Open mHealth challenge will encourage teams to create mobile applications using the Open mHealth architecture. The use of an open architecture overcomes inherent limitations created by...
MARINA DEL REY, Calif., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "HealthLeaders Media" Magazine has named Dr. Richard Merkin, President and CEO, Heritage Provider Network, one of the top 20 healthcare leaders for 2012. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121219/LA32083) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120418/LA89605LOGO-a) In the annual "HealthLeaders 20" profiling individuals who are playing a critical role in improving healthcare, Dr. Merkin was recognized for his...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Provider Network awarded checks totaling $100,000 to the two teams leading the $3million Heritage Health Prize competition (www.heritagehealthprize.com) announced at the CrowdConf in San Francisco, California. (www.CrowdConf.com) The global competition is now at the 18 month mark. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120418/LA89605LOGO-a) Taking the lead after their previous second place finishes at both the 6 and 12...
MARINA DEL REY, Calif., Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Richard Merkin, President and CEO of Heritage Provider Network, recently named one of the global 10 most innovative companies in healthcare for 2012 by "Fast Company Magazine," will announce the winners of the $100,000 third progress prize in the $3million Heritage Health Prize (www.heritagehealthprize.com) on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at the CrowdConf in San Francisco, California.(www.crowdconf.com) The Heritage Health...
MARINA DEL REY, Calif., July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Supreme Court ruling on the healthcare reform bill has little impact on the country's pressing need to pursue innovative ways to fix the Country's ailing healthcare delivery system. "The Supreme Court decision does not change the need to disrupt the status quo and create a healthcare delivery system driven by innovation and new ideas that will improve the quality of care while cutting costs," said Dr. Richard Merkin,...
MARINA DEL REY, Calif., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The third National Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Summit in Washington, DC, will feature healthcare leader Dr. Richard Merkin, President and CEO of Heritage California ACO, discussing Early Experiences in Medicare: Pioneer ACOs and the Medicare Shared Savings Program on June 7, 2012 at 10:30 am est. Heritage California ACO is the largest of the 32 Pioneer ACO's in the country selected by the Centers for Medicare &...
