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Alcatel-Lucent 7950 XRS core router and 100G solutions to enable UPMC to deliver critical data, video and voice services to more than 20 hospitals, 3,400 doctors and over 55,000 employees NEW ORLEANS, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- HIMSS 2013 -- Almost no other industry uses data like healthcare and the evolution to 'Big Data' has prompted UPMC, the top ranked healthcare provider in Western Pennsylvania in the United States, to apply IP and optical networking technology from...

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Connected Care - a program developed by Community Care Behavioral Health Organization and UPMC for You - has resulted in significant reductions in the use of behavioral and physical health services by their members and is influencing other community-based programs that provide Medicaid services for individuals with serious mental illness. Connected Care, which Pittsburgh-based Community Care and UPMC for You started in 2009 as a two-year...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UPMC for You, the top-ranked Medical Assistance program in Pennsylvania, is also the resounding top choice of Medical Assistance recipients living in northwest Pennsylvania. Beginning Oct. 1, 2012, Medical Assistance recipients in 13 northwest Pennsylvania counties were able to select from four available managed care organizations (MCOs) as part of an expansion of HealthChoices, Pennsylvania's mandatory Medical Assistance program. Of the...

In one of the most comprehensive analyses to date of the cost of robotic-assisted, laparoscopic surgery for prostate cancer, researchers at UPMC found that this now-dominant surgical approach is significantly more costly than standard open surgery, despite little scientific evidence of long-term improved patient outcomes. The results of the study are available online and will appear in the July issue of the journal Urology. In one of the first studies based on actual direct and indirect...

PITTSBURGH, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UPMC for You, a nonprofit Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) of the UPMC Insurance Services Division, today was awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to develop a new pathway for Medicaid payment reform designed to improve the coordination and quality of care for children with complex medical conditions while also reducing the cost of care. The grant, in excess of $440,000, provides funding for three years. The...

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today announced that Highmark and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have reached an agreement through the end of 2014, promising continuity of coverage for patients and their families throughout western Pennsylvania. The agreement will provide in-network access to all UPMC hospitals and physicians for Highmark Commercial and Medicare Advantage members. "Both UPMC and Highmark worked...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the Medicaid population, John Lovelace, President of UPMC for You, has been awarded the Joy Wheeler Leadership Award by the Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA). UPMC for You is the fastest growing Medical Assistance program in western Pennsylvania and was ranked the No. 1 Medicaid plan in Pennsylvania and No. 10 in the nation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)....

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- An online tool that has been proven to help treat depression and anxiety is now available to help patients in the United States through U(2) Interactive -- a new Pittsburgh-based company formed by the UPMC Insurance Services Division and the British company Ultrasis. U(2) Interactive (www.u2interactive.com) will market the software "Beating the BluesUS," an American-specific version of Beating the Blues®, a computer-based cognitive behavioral...

PITTSBURGH, April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UPMC WorkPartners, part of the world-renowned UPMC global health enterprise, announces a major expansion of its integrated health and productivity services to companies in Western Pennsylvania and across the country. Highlighting the expansion are on-site clinics and mobile health management, as well as state-of-the-art health and wellness product lines, and an enhanced website. The new www.workpartners.com includes downloadable product brochures...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) today unveiled a new strategic brand platform "UPMC: Life Changing Medicine" and logo, unifying its clinical, insurance and international and commercial services activities with one consistent message. The brand showcases UPMC as a world-class health care organization and creates a broader regional and national awareness of UPMC and its commitment to passionate patient care, medical advances and breakthroughs...