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Managed Healthcare Executive (MHE) is the number 1 read business journal serving senior-level decision makers (non-clinical and clinical) in health plan, payor, provider, employer groups, and government organizations who make purchasing and policy decisions about products, services and technologies for large member/patient populations. Specifically, MHE’s 41,000+ targeted readers include; CEO, COO, CFO, VPs, Medical Directors, and Pharmacy Directors.
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AAHAM is the premier association for patient accounting and administrative management professionals. AAHAM offers certification, education, networking and government relations to over 2500 members and 38 chapters. AAHAM is renowned for its certification programs; the Certified Patient Account Manager (CPAM), The Certified Clinic Account Manager (CCAM), The Certified Patient Account Technician (CPAT) and The Certified Clinic Account Technician (CCAT). Visit our website at www.aaham.org or call 703/281-4043 for additional information.

The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) represents medical groups, including some of the nation’s largest, most prestigious integrated healthcare delivery systems. AMGA advocates for the multispecialty medical group model of healthcare delivery and for the patients served by medical groups through innovation and information sharing, benchmarking, leadership development, and continuous striving to improve patient care. The members of AMGA deliver health care to more than 50 million patients in 42 states, including 15 million capitated lives. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, AMGA is the strategic partner for medical groups providing a comprehensive package of benefits, including political advocacy, educational and networking programs and publications, benchmarking data services, and financial and operations assistance.Please visit www.amga.org for more information.

AMDIS, the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems, is the premier non profit physician membership organization dedicated to advance the field of applied medical informatics and improve the practice of medicine by the direct physician use of information technology. AMDIS is the home for the “connected” CMIO. Over 1200 AMDIS physician members and 100 non physician associate members participate in the many AMDIS sponsored programs throughout the year. For information visit www.amdis.org or email [email protected].

Briefings on Patient Safety answers your most important patient safety questions with tips, field-tested training, and compliance strategies. This 12-page monthly newsletter ensures your patient safety efforts measure up to the JCAHO, IHI, the 2006 Patient Safety goals, and other regulatory mandates and best practices. Briefings on Patient Safety provides guidance to help you comply with regulatory changes whenever they occur, and to continuously improve patient safety at your facility. Go to www.hcmarketplace.com or call 800/650-6787 to start your subscription today or for a free sample.

Subscribe to Briefings on Quality Improvement and Data Reporting: Strategies to improve patient outcomes and compliance to receive all the hands-on advice, tools (including data collection forms), and best practices you need to make sure your hospital achieves high scores on its quality measures and receives every penny of the Medicare reimbursement it deserves. It takes just 30 minutes to read this quality resource, while the rewards last all month. We've priced this monthly resource with your budget in mind - about $100 less than other quality newsletters! Go to www.hcmarketplace.com or call 800/650-6787 to start your subscription or request a free sample.

This conference is supported by Consumer Driven Healthcare, the dramatic monthly newsletter designed to help health care organizations respond effectively to the shift in market power, become consumer-centric, and position themselves for long-term success in the new consumer-driven marketplace. For a free trial subscription or for more information, call toll-free 1-800-597-6300 or visit www.nhionline.net.

Published by Cambridge Healthtech Institute., Digital HealthCare & Productivity is a weekly electronic publication that delivers authoritative information on the adoption of digital technology in healthcare and how digital technologies can boost productivity. Digital HealthCare & Productivity will cover the technologies with a focus on selecting from among available technology solutions; a heavy emphasis on implementation methods; and the clear linking these two former activities have to achieving ROI. The accompanying website, www.health-Itworld.com offers news and commentary to the health-IT community.

eHealth Insider - the newsletter for people who know that a judicious investment in information can pay a many-fold return - is a complete intelligence service that offers tough talk about real contenders, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, new ventures, and cockeyed business plans in the ever-evolving eHealth industry and the world of managed care IT. And the exciting news is that we just relaunched eHealth Insider to offer the inside scoop on the technological advances health plans are forging to speed up the EDI highway, as well as case studies on how businesses have implemented business process applications to increase efficiencies. With weekly email updates and monthly printed newsletters, EHI also keeps you informed on new cutting-edge technologies relating to consumer driven healthcare. eHealth Insider is the solution to all your health information technology needs – to keep you in front of the competition. To subscribe: www.corporateresearchgroup.com/pub/ehealth

HCPro is pleased to introduce Electronic Health Records Briefings, a monthly 12-page newsletter designed to help ease the transition from paper to electronic records. Electronic Health Records Briefings offers HIM supervisors, directors, and managers practical advice on legal concerns, testing and training, physician buy-in, return on investment, change management, and every other topic related to the electronic record transition. Go to www.hcmarketplace.com to place an order.

This conference is supported by EMR Advisor, an affordable yet invaluable monthly guide that will give you the practical information, advice, and real-world strategies you’ll need to ensure a smoothly operating system and a return well beyond your considerable investment. For a free trial subscription or for more information, call toll-free 1-800-597-6300 or visit www.nhionline.net.

Future Healthcare provides an invaluable service to the physicians and healthcare professionals by evaluating the new and emerging technologies and therapies, whilst examining how these innovations will impact the end-users who are committed to increasing levels of patient care.

The quarterly journal combines the resources of Analysts in Media , with the leading medical associations, and world-class editorial from the key opinion leaders who are shaping the future of the medical industry, to deliver an informed and concise guide on purchasing choices to the healthcare decision-maker. Future Healthcare is essential reading for its 35,000 physicians, senior executives, hospitals, and clinics throughout the US, that are at the forefront of purchasing decisions in healthcare. www.futurehealthcareus.com

Government Health IT is the definitive source for news and information on how government is driving the adoption of information technology in health care. Our print, online, event, custom media and research products uniquely integrate coverage of government, technology and health care issues to help health IT decision-makers improve the way health care is managed and delivered. Government Health IT’s integrated media platform serves the information needs of members of the entire health IT buying team, across public and private health systems, as well as industry.

The flagship publication of the American Medical Group Association, the Group Practice Journal offers dynamic business solutions to physician leaders and administrators at medical groups around the world. Penned by health care professionals, articles give a view from the trenches of modern medicine on a wide variety of topics, from contracting strategies and compensation issues to regulatory compliance, groundbreaking technology, and innovative disease management. For more than 50 years, the Group Practice Journal has been helping medical groups become financially successful while delivering the highest quality health care to their communities.

Modern Healthcare is the industry’s leading source of healthcare business news. In addition to our weekly magazine, we provide executives with the most up-to-date and valuable information through two websites, modernhealthcare.com and modernphysician.com; two daily e-newsletters, Daily Dose and Health IT Strategist; breaking news email service, Modern Healthcare Alert; and monthly e-zine, Modern Physician.

We examine the most pressing healthcare issues and provide readers with the type of information they need to make the most informed business decisions and to lead their organizations to success. It’s for this reason that Modern Healthcare is ranked number one in readership among healthcare executives* and deemed a "must-read publication" by the who's who in healthcare.

To subscribe, please call Modern Healthcare at 888-446-1422 or email us at [email protected].

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Healthcare Finance News is the business newspaper for healthcare financial managers. Our award-winning editorial staff provides comprehensive coverage of the unprecedented financial challenges faced by healthcare providers and payers in light of skyrocketing healthcare costs and an aging population. As the costs of providing the world’s best healthcare system rise, Healthcare Finance News chronicles the tools, techniques and strategies used to address the industry’s pressing financial imperatives. Subscribers can also opt-in to our weekly e-newsletter, HealthcareFinanceNewsweek and find daily news on our website at HealthcareFinanceNews.com.

Healthcare IT News , the news source for healthcare information technology, is published monthly in partnership with HIMSS. In language that emphasizes reader value and economizes reader time, our award-winning editorial staff provides comprehensive coverage of all major industry segments - hospitals and IDNs; physician practices and ambulatory care; payers; and vendors. Subscribers can also opt-in to our weekly e-newsletter: HealthcareITNewsweek and find daily news at HealthcareITNewsday on our website. For more information please visit: www.healthcareitnews.com

HSA Market News promises to get behind the press releases to provide you with real data on HSA adoption, plan design, membership growth and pricing. We’ll keep you in the loop on the latest partnerships and competitive threats. We’ll also address critical customer service and technology issues – all in one easy-to-access format. HSA Market News is the first newsletter devoted exclusively to the burgeoning market for health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans. With weekly email updates and monthly printed newsletters, HSA Market News offers exclusive coverage that quickly alerts you to: HSA enrollment and adoption trends; product launches and competitive efforts among health plans; interest rates and fees among banks and financial institutions; partnerships, mergers and acquisitions; and employer views and initiatives around HSAs and HDHPs. To subscribe: www.corporateresearchgroup.com/pub/hsa/

These are wildly changing times for managed care. States are vigorously enforcing countless conflicting laws, providers are joining forces for more bargaining power than ever before, HMOs are taking a beating in the court of public opinion, and medical costs are skyrocketing. But you can see it all coming while you still have time to react with the Managed Care Report, a biweekly update on managed care from the health policy and business experts at Medicine & Health.

Managed Healthcare Market Report is the only newsletter in America to focus exclusively on the competitive and financial aspects of managed care and the economic interplay between the providers of managed care organizations and the Fortune 500 purchasers. With weekly e-mail updates and bi-monthly newsletters, Managed Healthcare Market Report exclusive features quickly alert you to: industry trends and current news, recent mergers and acquisitions, new products and services from specialty companies, regional roundups that may presage national trends, employer/purchaser initiatives and policy innovations and highlights of related national industry conferences.

To subscribe: www.corporateresearchgroup.com/pub/healthcare/

Medical Records Briefing is a respected monthly newsletter that provides the best new ideas in health information management, plus a whole set of professional resources to benefit the medical records department. Each issue is full of crucial information such as the latest Medicare changes; practical advice on tough legal, financial, privacy, and human resource issues; as well as real-life success stories from other managers. Go to www.hcmarketplace.com to place an order.

Medicare Legislation and Regulation is your one-stop shop for the latest news and analysis on where it's at and where things are heading in the complicated world of Medicare policy making. From new bills on Capitol Hill to CMS program directives that could change the way you do business, our editors will give you the straight scoop on the latest Medicare developments - 45 times a year.

For more than 50 years, health care leaders and executives have turned to Medicine & Health for insight and analysis on the world of health care policy. These are turbulent times for health policy, with budgets tight at the federal, state and local levels. Health insurance costs are rising, medical errors are in the spotlight, and an aging baby boom generation is destined to strain, and ultimately transform, the health care system in this country. As policymakers wrangle with these long-simmering crises, they must also confront bioterrorism response plans and the dangerously withering public health infrastructure.

Modern Healthcare is the industry's only healthcare business news weekly, providing healthcare executives the most reliable, up-to-date and comprehensive business news and information. We also provide news online at www.modernhealthcare.com and via our daily e-newsletter, the Daily Dose. With this three-tiered approach, our award-winning editorial staff delivers information that enables healthcare leaders to take constructive action and improve performance.

Modern Healthcare is the industry’s leading source of healthcare business news. In addition to our weekly magazine, we provide executives with the most up-to-date and valuable information through two websites, modernhealthcare.com and modernphysician.com; two daily e-newsletters, Daily Dose and Health IT Strategist; breaking news email service, Modern Healthcare Alert; and monthly e-zine, Modern Physician.

We examine the most pressing healthcare issues and provide readers with the type of information they need to make the most informed business decisions and to lead their organizations to success. It’s for this reason that Modern Healthcare is ranked number one in readership among healthcare executives* and deemed a "must-read publication" by the who's who in healthcare.

To subscribe, please call Modern Healthcare at 888-446-1422 or email us at [email protected].

To advertise, please contact Ilana Klein at 312.649.5311 or [email protected].

Performance Improvement Advisor is a must-have monthly tool guaranteed to help healthcare organizations like yours boost performance and enhance quality. Each month you’ll uncover real-life case studies, data gathering and analysis strategies, physician profiling and performance enhancement methods, and specific critical paths, care plans, clinical algorithms, performance benchmarks, and other QI tools that you can adapt and use in your organization immediately. Simply put, our experts provide a detailed roadmap leading you toward higher quality and a healthier balance sheet. To request a free trial, order online at www.nhionline.net/products/pia.htm or call 800-597-6300. 12 monthly issues, 12 pages each: $399

PharmaVOICE is the executive forum that allows business leaders to engage in a candid dialogue on the myriad challenges and trends impacting the life-sciences industry. PharmaVOICE reaches more than 17,000 U.S.-based executives who influence business strategies and affect change. Published monthly, PharmaVOICE provides readers with insightful and thought-provoking commentary in a multiple-perspective format through its forums, topics, and articles that cover a range of issues from molecule through market. To Raise Your VOICE, contact [email protected].

The Public Health Informatics Institute is a program of the Task Force for Child Survival and Development, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The mission of the Task Force is to help public and private organizations promote health and human development by building coalitions, forging consensus, and leveraging scarce resources. Visit us at www.phii.org/default.html

The Smart Card Alliance is a not-for-profit, multi-industry association working to stimulate the understanding, adoption, use and widespread application of smart card technology. Through specific projects such as education programs, market research, advocacy, industry relations and open forums, the Alliance keeps its members connected to industry leaders and innovative thought. The Alliance is the single industry voice for smart cards, leading industry discussion on the impact and value of smart cards in the U.S. and Latin America. For more information please visit www.smartcardalliance.org.

The Informatics Review is an electronic serial designed to allow busy medical and information system professionals interested in the latest academic developments in clinical informatics and computing to stay abreast of this rapidly evolving field. It seeks to promote the science of clinical informatics by publishing concise reviews of well-documented, peer-reviewed articles on a diverse range of clinical informatics topics from the leading medical and informatics journals. Visit us at www.informatics-review.com/index.html