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Oklahoma family physician and educator will deploy multidisciplinary expertise in support of practice transformation to new Patient-Centered Medical Home model LEAWOOD, Kan. (PRWEB) March 06, 2013 Dr. Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, will lead the Centers of Excellence at TransforMED, a nonprofit, wholly owned subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) that facilitates implementation of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care delivery. As Medical Director,...

DALLAS, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Meridian Healthcare Intelligence, a Dallas-based healthcare software company, signed a deal with Ethicus Healthcare for its latest suite of analytical programs designed to help improve cost management and operational performance. Ethicus Healthcare operates a long-term acute care hospital in Grapevine, Texas. Pinpoint(TM) allows hospital administrators to compare physician performance, identify wasteful spending, and track costs down to the...

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Natasha Deonarain, physician and author of The 7 Principles of Health, announced today a cutting-edge concept of healthcare delivery called the health-centric™ model. Delivered via a social media platform, health information is shared directly between collaborative health professionals and individuals who seek to learn more and connect with other organizations that are based in this same paradigm. Chandler, AZ (PRWEB) February 27, 2013 Natasha Deonarain, MD, MBA, author of The 7...

PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The health care landscape continues to evolve as employers, insurers and providers look for ways to educate consumers about their health care choices, and empower them to make informed medical decisions. As a featured speaker at the 6(th) Annual Consumer-Directed Healthcare Forum, Scott Decker, President of Consumer Transparency at Cambia Health Solutions, will discuss how transparency capabilities and strategies are driving consumer...

DALLAS, Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Freedom Home Healthcare announced today that its Pennsylvania operations as well as its private duty nursing services in New Jersey have merged with its sister company and will now be known as Epic Health Services. Freedom Home Healthcare, however, will retain its name for its concierge-level services for older adults in New Jersey. Although new to the northeastern U.S., Epic is not new to home health care. The company has been a leading...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Geneia and ConnectedHealth jointly announce a strategic partnership to help health insurers, employers, and consumers navigate the shifting benefits market and the changes coming as a result of national health care reform. Geneia has agreed to invest in ConnectedHealth and market their state-of-the-art private exchange and shopping platform to clients and prospects. "The Geneia ConnectedHealth deal is a win-win-win. A win for Geneia in...

Innovative tech firm partners with data-driven providers to expand and develop new information discovery applications for healthcare. Yorba Linda, CA (PRWEB) February 15, 2013 SpeedTrack Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Tri-City Medical Center to license the public and non-public versions of its California Universal Patient Information Discovery (CUPID) application for hospital discharges. In addition, Tri-City and SpeedTrack are actively engaged in...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A new review of public data finds the average net profit margin for California's commercial managed care health plans was 3.6 percent in 2011, far less than the national averages for a host of medical-related industries, Patrick Johnston, president and CEO of the California Association of Health Plans (CAHP), announced today. Other sectors of health care benefitted from net profit margins of up to 16.7 percent, according to Yahoo...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. and GREENVILLE, S.C., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MinuteClinic, the retail health care division of CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS), and Greenville Hospital System (GHS) - South Carolina's largest health system, with five medical campuses, outpatient and specialty centers and a large network of physician practices - have entered into a clinical affiliation to enhance access to high quality, affordable healthcare services in the Upstate. MinuteClinic has 11 walk-in...