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**Sending sick undocumented immigrants back home**

By Judith Graham

It\'s a last resort.

That\'s how Chicago\'s Mount Sinai Hospital describes its practice of sending undocumented immigrants back to their country of origin.

Cara Pacione, director of social services, spoke to me about the hospital\'s experience as I was preparing a story for Wednesday\'s paper.

The New York Times wrote an extensive piece about the controversial practice two weeks ago, thrusting it into the national spotlight.

The Tribune also examined the topic in articles about a stroke survivor sent to the Philippines by a Des Plaines nursing home because he was uninsured. Orlando Lopez, an undocumented Filipino alien, was afraid he\'d die after the Nov. 2005 transfer – and he did.

Pacione says that hasn\'t happened to Mount Sinai former patients. Over the last six years, the hospital has return]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:41:50 +0000 add http://billing.pbwiki.com/Billing+Compliance email.hidden@example.com (mila) mila edited Billing Compliance Sending sick undocumented immigrants back home
By Judith Graham
Chicago Tribune - August 20, 2008
'Never events': Utah hospitals saw nearly 60 serious errors in 2007
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Chicago Tribune - August 20, 2008
'Never events': Utah hospitals saw nearly 60 serious errors in 2007
By Heather May
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**\'Never events\': Utah hospitals saw nearly 60 serious errors in 2007**

By Heather May

Last December, a man entered Uintah Basin Medical Center\'s emergency room feeling weak, tired and out of breath. He was severely anemic and needed a blood transfusion.

Staff started a unit of A+ blood at noon. Seven hours later the man, whose blood type was O+, was dead. He had been given blood meant for another patient with a similar sounding name.

The hospital blamed complacency: Staff didn\'t match the blood\'s label with the patient\'s name at the hospital blood bank or when they brought it to his room, according to a state health department review.

Tragedies like that are never supposed to happen. But these so-called \"never events,\" the most serious medical errors, occurred - at least - an average of once every six days in Utah hospitals and surgical centers, with 57 reported last year.

And what happened t]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:25:13 +0000 add http://billing.pbwiki.com/Billing+Compliance email.hidden@example.com (mila) mila edited Billing Compliance \"Never events\":'Never events': Utah hospitals saw nearly 60 serious errors in 2007
By Heather May
Salt Lake Tribune - August 19, 2008
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By Heather May
Salt Lake Tribune - August 19, 2008
New PhRMA Code Bans Meals, Pens, Mugs and Other Common Gifts to Physicians
By Nina Youngstrom
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By Helen Altonn
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - August 18, 2008
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**Dearth of dialysis beds ‘serious’**
\'\'A hospital limits care, bringing other facilities more kidney patients\'\'

By Helen Altonn

Hawaii hospitals have been hit with an expected kidney dialysis crunch resulting in part from reduced service at Hawaii Medical Center-East in Liliha.

The hospital, formerly St. Francis Medical Center, usually had 20 to 30 dialysis patients in acute care at any one time but now has only five beds devoted to dialysis.

The change comes as Hawaii shows an increasing incidence of kidney disease related to high rates of diabetes and obesity, experts say. And patients often have costly complications.

\"Dialysis patients have become disenfranchised, discriminated against,\" said Dr. Jared Sugihara, a kidney specialist. \"No one wants to admit them.\"

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By Helen Altonn
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - August 18, 2008
U.S. Renal Care Appoints Chief Medical Officer
Market Watch - August 7, 2008
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Oakland Tribune - January 1, 2008
Four Surgeons to Repay U.S. $2.5 Million
By Don Jacobs
InjuryBoard.com - December 31, 2007
Martinez case has another day in court
By Leah Beth Ward
Yakima Herald-Republic - December 30, 2007
Surgeons cut deal in billing fraud case
By Tim Christie
The Register-Guard - December 29, 2007
Stokes sent to prison, restitution to be later
By Ryan Jeltema
Greenville Daily News - December 28, 2007
Audits: NYS Health Plan Overpaid Providers Millions
North Country Gazette - December 28, 2007
Another Chan lawsuit
By Warren Watkins
Searcy Daily Citizen - December 27, 2007
Stokes sentenced to less than maximum
By Chronicle News Service
mlive.com - December 27, 2007
'Recalcitrant' doctor's sentencing is Thursday
By Ryan Jeltema
Greenville Daily News - December 26, 2007
He faked brain surgery to get insurance moneyCity worker faces fine and prison term for health care fraud
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DMX Works, Inc. Offers Sophisticated Digital Motion X-Ray Report Writer as ACOM Healthcare Business Division Reseller Partner
2008 � -- DMX Works, Inc., the inventor of the DMX Digital Motion X-Ray System and a referral partner of the ACOM Healthcare Business Division, has now been named a reseller partner as well, offering the sophisticated, ACOM-developed iDMX report writer either as a component of its total solution or as a post-sale option, it was announced today by Founder/President Dr. John Postlethwaite and Gregory T. Church, vice president and general manager of the Healthcare Business Division.
"The iDMX report writer adds significant value to the DMX solution, supporting doctors both in the diagnoses made using the system and in communicating those results to the appropriate parties," said Dr. Postlethwaite. "Digital Motion X-ray goes well beyond static x-ray examinations, sequentially capturing 30 images per s]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:12:11 +0000 mod http://billing.pbwiki.com/Chiropractic-Imaging-X-Ray-Software-August142008PRLeap email.hidden@example.com (mila) mila added Chiropractic-Imaging-X-Ray-Software-August142008PRLeap Press Release - August 14, 2008 - [http://www.prleap.com/pr/124525/ | PR Leap]

**DMX Works, Inc. Offers Sophisticated Digital Motion X-Ray Report Writer as ACOM Healthcare Business Division Reseller Partner**

(PRLEAP.COM) JACKSONVILLE, Florida, August 14, 2008 � DMX Works, Inc., the inventor of the DMX Digital Motion X-Ray System and a referral partner of the ACOM Healthcare Business Division, has now been named a reseller partner as well, offering the sophisticated, ACOM-developed iDMX report writer either as a component of its total solution or as a post-sale option, it was announced today by Founder/President Dr. John Postlethwaite and Gregory T. Church, vice president and general manager of the Healthcare Business Division.

\"The iDMX report writer adds significant value to the DMX solution, supporting doctors both in the diagnoses made using the system and in communicating those results to the appropriate parties,\" said Dr. Postlethwaite. \"Digital Motion X-ray goes well beyond static x-ray e]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:11:56 +0000 add http://billing.pbwiki.com/Chiropractic+Billing email.hidden@example.com (mila) mila edited Chiropractic Billing DMX Works, Inc. Offers Sophisticated Digital Motion X-Ray Report Writer as ACOM Healthcare Business Division Reseller Partner
PR Leap - August 14, 2008
Forte Systems Announces the Release of the Latest Chiro8000 Software, Version 12
Earthtimes - August 12, 2008
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***CentreCentre Partners Announces Investment in Covenant Care LLC*** LLC
LOS ANGELES, July 22, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Centre Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles, today announced it has completed its investment in Covenant Care LLC. The investment was concluded in partnership with Covenant Care's senior management team who will retain a significant stake in the business and continue in the same executive capacities with the company.
Covenant Care, founded in 1994 and based in Aliso Viejo, California, is an operator of long-term care centers through its network of facilities, with over 5,000 licensed beds located throughout seven states. The company's 43 skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and three residential care facilities (RCFs) provide nursing, rehabilitative, and health-related services 24 hours-a-day with an emphasis placed on rehabilitative ]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:05:42 +0000 mod http://billing.pbwiki.com/Nephrology-Dialysis-Renal-Care-July222008MarketWatch email.hidden@example.com (mila) mila added Nephrology-Dialysis-Renal-Care-July222008MarketWatch Press Release - July 22, 2008 - [http://www.marketwatch.com | MarketWatch]

***Centre Partners Announces Investment in Covenant Care LLC***

LOS ANGELES, July 22, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Centre Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles, today announced it has completed its investment in Covenant Care LLC. The investment was concluded in partnership with Covenant Care\'s senior management team who will retain a significant stake in the business and continue in the same executive capacities with the company.

Covenant Care, founded in 1994 and based in Aliso Viejo, California, is an operator of long-term care centers through its network of facilities, with over 5,000 licensed beds located throughout seven states. The company\'s 43 skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and three residential care facilities (RCFs) provide nursing, rehabilitative, and health-related services 24 hours-a-day with an emphasis placed on rehabilitative therapies.
Covenant ]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:05:27 +0000 add http://billing.pbwiki.com/Nephrology+Renal+Billing email.hidden@example.com (mila) mila edited Nephrology Renal Billing BioTrends Releases Quarterly TreatmentTrends(TM): Nephrology Report Highlighting Market Trends for Renal Anemia, Hyperphosphatemia, and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
Earthtimes - July 25, 2008
Centre Partners Announces Investment in Covenant Care LLC
Market Watch - July 22, 2008
National Renal Alliance Finds Solution To Backup Corporate Data Center
Data Storage Connection - July 17, 2008
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**Forte Systems Announces the Release of the Latest Chiro8000 Software, Version 12**

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - (Business Wire) Forté Systems, a leading provider of healthcare software solutions in the United States, has released version 12 of their Chiro8000 series, for use in chiropractic offices nationwide.

This latest product release from the Forté family of office automation solutions is a completely new development effort as it embarks on a altogether new type of software: Patient Relationship Software. The varying levels of version 12 make it the first software to offer a true connection for the areas of billing, scheduling, office management, marketing, EMR/EHR, communication, patient education, collections, and employee management. It has been developed entirely from the Microsoft® (Nasdaq:MSFT) .NET® Framework. In partnership with Microsoft, Forté Sys]]> Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:58:59 +0000 add http://billing.pbwiki.com/Chiropractic+Billing email.hidden@example.com (mila) mila edited Chiropractic Billing Forte Systems Announces the Release of the Latest Chiro8000 Software, Version 12
Earthtimes - August 12, 2008
Chart Links and mBox to Develop Appointment Reminder System
By Calvin Azuri
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**Chart Links and mBox to Develop Appointment Reminder System**

By Calvin Azuri

Chart Links has signed an agreement with mBox USA to develop an integrated appointment reminder system for Chart Links Rehabilitation Software. This solution will help in reducing therapy appointment no-shows by sending text message (SMS), voice call and e-mail reminders to patients based on their communication preferences. Chart Links provides scheduling and documentation software for medical rehabilitation facilities.

According to Ron Miller, M.D., president and chief medical officer of Chart Links: “An integrated and automated solution for therapy appointment reminders will help the rehabilitation facility decrease missed appointments while eliminating the high cost of manual processes. The solution will integra]]> Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:52:38 +0000 add http://billing.pbwiki.com/Chiropractic+Billing email.hidden@example.com (mila) mila edited Chiropractic Billing Chart Links and mBox to Develop Appointment Reminder System
By Calvin Azuri
TMCnet - August 11, 2008
Chiropractor to seek damages after court decision
By Bob Jordan
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