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2010-09-03
Athenahealth’s Lunchtime Webinar
See More Patients While Reducing Cost and Hassle with Patient Communication Technologies Athenahealth’s Lunchtime Webinar on Thursday, September 9, 2010, 12:15 PM Is your practice is overwhelmed with frustrating phone traffic and unwieldy, paper-driven administrative tasks? Patients

2010-09-03
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION FEE INCREASE
COMMENTS OF MSSNY PRESIDENT LEAH MCCORMACK, MD, REGARDING ANNOUNCEMENT OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION FEE INCREASE “We applaud Governor Paterson and Workers Compensation Board Chair Robert Beloten for their announcement that the Board will be proposing a 30% increase in certain fees

2010-08-27
Insurance Department Announces HMO Prompt Payment Fines
The New York State Insurance Department announced this week that 20 health insurance companies were fined a total of $716,800 for violating New York's Prompt Pay Law. The violations and subsequent fines stemmed from complaint files that were closed by the Insurance Department between Oct.1,

2010-08-27
Learn Sarver Heart Center's Continuous Chest Compression CPR
Every three days, more Americans die from sudden cardiac arrest than the number who died in the 9-11 attacks. You can lessen this recurring loss by learning Continuous Chest Compression CPR, a hands-only CPR method that doubles a person’s chance of surviving cardiac arrest. It’s

2010-08-27
New York Consumer Guide To Health Insurers
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2010-08-27
WHO: H1N1 Flu Pandemic Officially Over
On August 10, the World Health Organization officially declared that the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic is over. WHO’s Emergency Committee based its decision on global surveillance reports, which indicate that the number of flu cases and proportion of flu cases attributable to the H1N1

2010-08-24
Alert: Workers Comp Guidelines Changing on October 10
Alert: Workers Comp Guidelines Changing on October 10 The Workers’ Compensation Board is preparing to implement a major change in how medical care is provided to injured workers. New Medical Treatment Guidelines are anticipated to become the mandatory standard of care for the back, neck,

2010-08-09
We Are Not in Mayberry Anymore
Colleagues, HHS recently launched a $700,000 enrollment campaign ad to educate seniors about the new benefits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act (PPACA). The ad stars the former sheriff of Mayberry before he attended law school and changed his name to Matlock. The 84-year-old

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