Featured Report: A new idea for extending the reach of a care team: Hiring & training ‘grandparents’

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Reuters
Doctor appointment availability varies by insurance type
Apr,07,2014
by+ANDREW M. SEAMAN
(Reuters Health) - People's chances of getting a new primary care doctor vary depending on their insurance, according to a new study. Researchers calling doctors' offices and claiming to be a patient with private insurance had about an 85 percent success rate for getting appointments. Their success rate was about 58 percent when they claimed to have Medicaid, the government insurance for the poor.
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HealthDataManagent
Patient Collections: How I.T. Helps Sort Out the Mess
Apr,08,2014
by:+Gary Baldwin
In the era of high-deductible plans, managing patient collections is sure to become one of the biggest revenue cycle challenges. Now, providers must do far more than establish insurance eligibility or qualify patients for charity care. Below, two providers describe their use of niche revenue cycle applications and how they plan to address these challenges.
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Med City News
A new idea for extending the reach of a care team: Hiring & training ‘grandparents’
Apr,08,2014
by:+Deanna Pogorelc
A colleague’s comment some 15 years ago sparked Dr. Tim Garson’s grand idea for a way to expand access to affordable healthcare while lowering costs to the system. “He came up to me and said, you know, 50 percent of my patients could be taken care of by a good grandmother,” recalled Garson, now the director of the Center for Health Policy at University of Virginia.
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HealthDataManagement
10 Top Drugs Now or Soon With Generic Equivalents
Apr,09,2014
by:+Staff
Overall spending on traditional prescription drugs -- mostly pills used to treat common conditions such as high cholesterol and depression -- will decline 4% by the end of 2015, largely because of the availability of generic medications, according Express Scripts. Here are 10 of the top brand-name drugs that had generic equivalents become available in 2013 or are expected to have generics available this year, courtesy of Express Scripts.
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Featured Report: Patients are actually customers … Who knew?

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HealthDataManagement
FDA Opens Public Comment Period for New HIT Strategy
Apr,06,2014
by+Greg Slabodkin
The public will get a chance to comment on a proposed risk-based regulatory framework for health information technology developed by the Food and Drug Administration in coordination with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and Federal Communications Commission.
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Med City News
Patients are actually customers … Who knew?
Apr,02,2014
by:+Lisa Suennen
I was finally getting to my giant pile of reading this week when I saw an article in Health Care Information Week that included the following sentence:
As consumer satisfaction begins to have a bigger impact on the bottom line, more hospitals are hiring a chief patient experience officer (CXO) to treat patients like valued customers.
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FierceHealthIT
Is the health IT market on the brink of a bubble?
Apr,04,2014
by:+Ashley Gold
Two health IT companies that did particularly well in their initial public offerings (IPO)--IMS Health, seeking to raise $1.4 billion and Castlight Health, valued at more than $3 billion--highlight a booming sector. But could it all burst? Paul Teitelbaum, managing director and medical device/healthcare IT mergers & acquisitions expert at Mesirow Financial, a Chicago-based investment banking firm, said healthcare reform is driving the high IPOs and HIT companies have strong potential for growth, Healthcare Informatics reported.
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FierceHealthPayer
Lingering exchange glitches could spark lawsuits
Apr,03,2014
by:+Alicia Caramenico
Thousands of Nevadans may have paid for exchange plans but remain uninsured because of problems with the state's online marketplace, alleges a class-action lawsuit filed against Nevada, Xerox and the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, which runs Nevada Health Link, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
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Featured Report: Eight Secrets of Success With LinkedIn PPC Ads

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Marketing Profs
Eight Secrets of Success With LinkedIn PPC Ads
Apr,02,2014
by+Elaine Marquis
If your B2B marketing department is like most others nowadays, you are engaged in blogging, social media, SEO, email marketing, and much more; the sales department requires an ideal number of quality leads, after all. But limited resources and tight budgets in today's economy can make that a challenge for any marketing department.
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Business News Daily
Understanding Small Business Administration (SBA) Loan Types
Apr,03,2014
by:+Elizabeth Palermo
Considered by many to be the most affordable loan option available to small business owners, loans guaranteed by the Small Business Association (SBA) are in high demand. With reasonable monthly payments and low interest rates, these loans are an excellent choice for small businesses in need of funding.
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Mobile Marketing Watch
5 Tips for Mobile User Acquisition
Apr,03,2014
by:+michael
On Thursday morning, Appia – a leading mobile user acquisition network – shared with Mobile Marketing Watch a new report probing the most effective tactics in mobile user acquisition.
According to the data presented, by 2017, spending on location-targeting for mobile ads will reach $10.8 billion. All told, it’s a lot of money to waste if you’re not getting it right.
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SocialMediolopis
3 Ways Your Mom is Better Than You at Facebook
Apr,01,2014
by:+Evan LePage
In their third quarter report this past October, Facebook admitted that they had seen a decline in daily teenage users in the U.S. This admission confirmed a recent Piper Jaffray report that showed how Twitter had surpassed Facebook as the most important social network among teens. So what happened?
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