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NewsCleveland Clinic mandates healthy employees to cut costs
While other institutions are cutting costs in just about every way they can to promote patient health, leading system Cleveland Clinic is taking an alternative approach in requiring that its Read more...
Hospital employees unhealthy, have high healthcare costs
Call it irony or call it questionable. A new report from Thomson Reuters indicates that hospital employees have 10 percent higher healthcare costs than the general population and are less healthy. Read more...
Improved employee health saves Sentara $3.4M
Sentara Healthcare has saved $3.4 million in healthcare costs by improving employee health, the company announced. Essentially, for every dollar put into its employee wellness program, the healthcare Read more...
Whistleblower accuses Commmunity Health Systems of making illegal donations
A former employee of Community Health Systems has filed a whistleblower suit alleging that the healthcare company made illegal donations to New Mexico counties that contain three of the chain's Read more...
NM ranks last for employer health plans
A new study has found that when it comes to employer-backed health plans, New Mexico sits at the bottom of the list. The study, by the nonpartisan think tank the Economic Policy Institute, found that Read more...
| Press ReleasesRedBrick Health and The Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM) Announce the Formation of a First-of-its-Kind WoMINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RedBrick Health, a leader in consumer health engagement technology and The Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM), a global non-profit Read more >> Paladina Health Announces the Acquisition of ModernMedModernMed Clinics in 12 States Provide Innovative Model of Direct Primary Care DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Paladina Health, LLC., a direct primary care health services company, today announced the Read more >> Axion Health's ReadySet Software Provides Robust Vaccination Management to Meet Government Recommendations for Computerized SoluDENVER, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a recently published Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on immunization recommendations for health-care personnel (HCP), MMWR states, "HICPAC { Read more >> Healthy Transformation to use VitalHealth EHR to Support Advanced Employee Health and Wellness Coaching OfferingsVitalHealth EHR, Designed with Mayo Clinic, to Enable Seamless and Efficient Preventative Health and Wellness Programs MILWAUKEE & TYLER, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- VitalHealth Software, a leading Read more >> Funding Local Government Health Care is Getting TougherNational Study Tracks Ongoing Efforts to Trim Employee and Retirees Costs LANSING, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- About 42 percent of the nations’ cities, counties and townships expect their revenue to Read more >> |
