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Steve Claypool, MD, is vice president of clinical development and informatics, and Allison Errickson, CPC-H, is director of coding compliance and content, Clinical Solutions Division, for ProVation Medical.

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TAMPA, Fla. – April 21, 2011 – HealthPlan Services (HPS), the nation’s leading technology and administrative services provider for the insurance and managed care markets, has appointed James Vertino as chief information officer (CIO) and executive vice president of technology.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN –April 18, 2011 – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Nathan Littauer Hospital has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, as the hospital’s electronic order set solution.

COSTA MESA, Calif. – (April, 15, 2011) – As part of its commitment to providing children with positive influences beyond the classroom, CardFlex, Inc., a financial services and payment solution company, is sponsoring the American Camp Association (ACA) Southern California/Hawaii Spring Leadership Conference, which will take place in Palm Springs, Calif., April 12-15. The company also sponsored the ACA National Conference, which took place in San Diego in February.

After two decades of critical nurse and physician shortages, an economic climate of high unemployment would seem to be the antidote for the healthcare sector. Yet those same economic forces are preventing hospitals and health centers from hiring enough people to satisfy demand, labor specialists say.

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN — April 13, 2011— Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Advanced Endoscopy & Surgical Center has selected its ProVation® MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

Besides requiring computerized physician order entry (CPOE), meaningful use criteria specify that providers who want to qualify for federal financial incentives implement clinical decision support (CDS) in the form of drug-drug, drug-allergy, and drug-formulary checks as well as five CDS rules relevant to specialty or high clinical priority, including rules for diagnostic test ordering. Providers will also need to demonstrate the ability to track compliance with those rules.

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On April 1, the Department of Health and Human Services released the much-anticipated ACO (accountable care organization) guidelines – to a degree of hype that one health IT executive said “could begin the redefinition of our nation’s healthcare system.” Along with such glowing remarks, however, are a handful of shortcomings that others would like to see addressed.

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Palmetto Physician Connections, LLC has successfully launched a new Medicaid managed care health plan in South Carolina's Healthy Connections Choices program. Under a contract with the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS), Palmetto Physician Connections is providing healthcare services through a medical homes network to beneficiaries in 39 counties.

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Doctors Administrative Solutions (DAS) announced on March 22, 2011 that it has been named a qualified electronic health record (EHR) vendor by the Paperfree Florida Collaborative, a regional extension center (REC) established to assist Florida healthcare providers in the selection and meaningful use of health IT systems.

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Waltham, Mass. (April 1, 2011) — UpToDate, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, announced today that it is providing free access to its online medical content to all users in Japan. This decision was made by the company immediately following the recent earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country’s northeast coast. In addition, individuals and organizations worldwide now have free access to UpToDate’s radiation exposure resources.

COLUMBIA, S.C. – (April 1, 2011) – Palmetto Physician Connections, LLC (www.PalmettoPhysicianConnections.com) has successfully launched a new Medicaid managed care health plan in South Carolina’s Healthy Connections Choices program. Under a contract with the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS), Palmetto Physician Connections is providing healthcare services through a medical homes network to beneficiaries in 39 counties.

COLUMBIA, SC – Palmetto Physician Connections, a new government-sponsored health plan, is launching a medical home care model as it looks to build its managed care business with South Carolina’s Healthy Connections Choices Medicaid program.

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TAMPA, Fla. – (March 29, 2011) – HealthPlan Services (HPS) will feature its proven processes for managing medical loss ratios (MLR) and expanding sales channels that enable carriers to survive – and thrive – in today’s post-healthcare reform environment at the World Health Care Congress (WHCC). HPS, the nation’s leading technology and administrative services provider for the insurance and managed care markets, will be featured in Booth #318 at the conference, which takes place April 4-6, 2011 in Washington, D.C.