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Encore Health Resources is an Epic certified partner so this makes sense since the hospital is using Epic and last year went full force with the Epic Revenue cycle Suite. Computerized Physician Order Entry is the tricky or complex part of the solution. When you look at the career page of...
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This is getting a bit gutsy to say the least. If you have not seen the activity on this the link below will get you caught up with the unsolicited take over which Community seems to be diligently working at. Community Health Offers $3.3 Billion With A Non Solicited Bid for Tenet Healthcare...
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Fri, Jan 14 2011
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If the Tenet Board were to accept the offer then the combined group would stand to be the largest for profit hospital company in the US, behind HCA. The offer went public after the board at Tenet rejected the bid amount earlier this week. What is also interesting is the comment in this article...
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Thu, Dec 9 2010
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The joint venture with Tenet was announced in May of 2009. You can also read more on the Med3000 website here with their activities with Tenet. This involved a medical records system as well as practice management software and below is a short quote on how they are successfully managing...
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Tue, Oct 19 2010
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Here we go once more, it’s all about those algorithms and if the payer side of this was not so profitable, hospitals wouldn’t be messing around here, it’s all in those transaction fees that go cha ching, cha ching. MediHealth is not a large company and I read where they have 12 employees, but if...
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Tue, Sep 28 2010
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More new trending with predictive behavior software in the news today with utilizing software to predict from one’s behavior whether or not you may be a good candidate for a nursing job when applying. Data analytics are once more on steroids and here’s the latest. When you look and see the client...
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Mon, Sep 27 2010
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In the first quarter of this year, admissions were also down which is good news if you are talking to Medicare or an insurance company but may put hospitals on the short end of meeting revenue goals to stay out of the danger zones financially. Tenet Commercial Hospital Admissions Down Over 5% – More...
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Tue, Aug 3 2010
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Why are we seeing more diverse contracts with hospitals, well the link below might give a hint as to why and the agreement will allow Tenet facilities to cash in on some pay for performance money if the costs are kept inline. Tenet Healthcare 1st Quarter Income Drops by 51% Compared to Same...
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Tue, Jun 29 2010
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Tenet has been doing some different things today, such as putting a medical clinic in a bank in Florida for one. In January they announced the roll out of Cerner medical records products being implemented along with their own MED3000 group products that give hospitals a line into business intelligence...
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Tue, Jun 1 2010
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The one eye catching issue here is that admissions are down and the link below from February of this year somewhat tells the story as a light flu season, combined with people that can’t afford healthcare today with uninsured leading the way to more debt. Tenet Commercial Hospital Admissions Down Over...
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Wed, May 5 2010
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It has been a few years since United Healthcare purchased Pacificare, thus the name still exists and in some areas consumers have already been shifted to new types of policies. This conflict with St. Joseph has been ongoing for quite some time. Many others are also dropping HMO type contracts...
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Sun, Apr 18 2010
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The clinic is to offer care to employees only. We don’t want employees overworked and neglecting their healthcare. Is this a sign of the times and perhaps something we can soon see on Wall Street? We have all probably read by now how heart attacks are on the rise with some of their...
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Mon, Mar 29 2010
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Hospitals continue to struggle with the balance of commercially insured patients with those who are under or not insured. The 2 recent posts are examples of how hospitals are working to further efficiencies and maintain lower costs. Hospitals have fixed costs in many areas, some of which...
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Wed, Feb 24 2010
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As announced profits continue to grow for a Health Insurer who is creating more profits these days from some of their technology interests than they do from policies. The Ingenix subsidiary has been mentioned many times as being one of the profit arms of the company. The agreement entails...
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Thu, Jan 21 2010
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Back in May of 2009 Tenet made the announcement at the link below with their own MED3000 group. I’m not sure how all of this comes together but this could be further integration of multiple systems with adding Cerner to the ranks. Some of their facilities as I have mentioned before use some...
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Tue, Jan 5 2010
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