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HHS 'Preparing Revised Rule' On HIV-Positive Visitors To U.S., Letter To Editor Says
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0700
A recent Washington Post editorial "incorrectly asserted" that HHS "still has to decide" to modify regulations "so that HIV-positive noncitizens may be admitted to the United States," CDC Director Julie Gerberding writes in a Post letter to the editor.
CQ's Carey Discusses Passage Of Mental Health Parity Legislation, Veterans' Bills, Other Extensions Of Health Programs
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0700
Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, discusses passage of mental health parity legislation as part of the financial bailout of Wall Street firms, President Bush's approval of a stopgap resolution to keep the government operating and a wide-ranging package of veterans' health bills in this week's "Health on the Hill from kaisernetwork.org and CQ.
Study Finds No Income Level Differences In Children Receiving Free Drug Samples, Indicates Samples Could Increase Children's Health Risks
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0700
Children from low-income families are no more likely to receive no-cost prescription drug samples than children in families with higher incomes, but no-cost samples that children do receive could put them at risk, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, the New York Times reports (Harris, New York Times, 10/6).

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Permanent Internal Medicine Job in Not Disclosed Florida with Locum Medical Group
Our client in Fort Lauderdale is seeking 1 BE/BC physician to join their organization. The hired physician will work along with 1 Pediatrician. The office offers an X-ray machine and physical therapy
Permanent Internal Medicine Job in Not Disclosed Oregon with Locum Medical Group
Locum Medical has an excellent Internal Medicine/Hospitalist opportunity in north central Oregon. The hospital is looking for a physician to join their existing Hospitalist group starting in early 2008.
Permanent Internal Medicine Job in Not Disclosed Indiana with Locum Medical Group
Prefer a few years experience or chief resident Must be BE/BC. This is not a Visa opportunity. This is a lead physician for a new satellite clinic. Ground breaking expected in September 2007, opportunity

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Permanent Hospitalist Job in Not Disclosed Oregon with Locum Medical Group
Locum Medical has an Internal Medicine/Hospitalist opportunity in Oregon from April to June, 2008. The hospital is looking for part-time and full-time coverage. The Emergency Department offers 32 licensed
Permanent Hospitalist Job in Not Disclosed Massachusetts with Locum Medical Group
Our client located in eastern Massachusetts is seeking Hospitalist locum tenens for both weekend and weekday coverage. This need is starting as soon as possible and will continue throughout 2008. For
Permanent Hospitalist Job in Not Disclosed Washington with Locum Medical Group
LLocum Medical Group has a locum tenens Hospitalist position in Seattle, Washington starting in March or April of 2008. This full-time assignment is available for a few months. Currently, the hospital

 

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Associates - Provider of managed healthcare and nursing services for over 10 years, including temporary staffing, consultation, continuing education, and other professional services throughout California, Nevada, and Arizona.

QA Consultancy - Assists medical device manufacturers achieve European and/or FDA regulatory compliance; services encompass authorized representative issues.
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Managed Care Contract Reviews and Consulting - One owner consulting business for hospital and physicians located in Arizona who need healthcare contract reviews, recommendations, negotiations, and other financial services.
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500 Management and Practice Assessments - Provides consulting assistance in JCAHO/AAAHC accreditation for surgery centers and ambulatory clinics; services including surgery outsourcing, managed care contract negotiation and medical records audit.
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Managing Managed Care, SMG - Nationally known change agents serving the entire spectrum of the managed healthcare industry with an online question and answer forum for health professionals, news headlines, articles written by experts in the field.

Manuel Lipson Medical Consulting - Dr. Lipson has been CEO and Chief Physician of the Spaulding Hospital, VP at the MGH, and leader of Rehabilitation development at Harvard. He offers Medical Consulting Services.
Meta Description: [ My name is Manuel Lipson and I offer medical consulting services. Please view my resume and other articles above. ]

Margaret Risk, Consultant - Provides consulting assistancde and nursing leadership training; services include professional regulation, policy development, legislative drategy, concensus building and stakeholder outreach.
Meta Description: [ Margaret's consulting and facilitation draws on her special expertise in professional regulation, her broad knowledge of nursing and health care, and her extensive experience in practice, education and management. As Executive Director of the College of Nurses of Ontario for almost two decades, s... ]

MargretA Consulting, LLC - Provides healthcare information and management systems consulting, freelance writing, and educational programming for hospitals, clinics, integrated delivery networks, vendors, professional associations, and government agencies. Services include electronic medical records, HIPAA, and transactions consulting.
Meta Description: [ Margret\A Consulting, LLC, Schaumburg, IL, provides information management and systems consulting, freelance writing, and educational programming to healthcare providers, vendors, and suppliers. Margret Amatayakul, RHIA, FHIMSS has over 25 years of healthcare experience, and is a leading author... ]

Marketing Healthcare Products - ebsa, a Swiss-based firm which offers a line of healthcare, nutrition and dermacosmetic products. Will make its network of international distributors available to companies wishing to extend related sales internationally and/or will provide their products for sale through domestic companies.
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Marketing Plastic Surgery - Providing internet marketing consulting to medical practices and cosmetic surgeons.
Meta Description: [ Doctor Advertising & Doctor Marketing for Plastic Surgery Clinic and Search Engine Optimization and Ranking for Cosmetic Surgeons and plastic surgery practices internet marketing web marketing online web site marketing search engine marketing marketing consulting marketing research E-MARKETING,... ]

MC Partners Inc. - Provides managed healthcare consulting, regulatory compliance and strategic planning services.
Meta Description: [ By developing a consulting team of experts, MCPartners Inc. has redefined the term ]

Mco Financing Consulting - Expert assistance for the healthcare industry: complete financial turnarounds, crisis management, operation improvement, consulting and financing services.

MD IntelliNet - Assists health care employers and individual physicians in the development and strategic management of physician human capital; services include executive search, coaching, and physician placement.

MD Resources Health Care Consultants - Assists physicians, health care professionals and health care organizations in meeting strategic challenges and economic pressures. Programs include health care consulting, outpatient support services, and a provider resources network.
Meta Description: [ MD Resources provides medical and healthcare professional consulting and management improvement services ]

MDIConsultants, Inc. - Provides strategic planning, market evaluations, acquisition assistance, and assistance with partnering. Located in Great Neck, NY.
Meta Description: [ A quality assurance, regulatory, clinical consulting firm, mdi consultants provides services to the medical device industry, pharmaceutical industry and food industry and provider of services for U.S. Agent, CE mark, ISO 9000, FDA, Pharmaceutical and quality assurance ]

Med Advantage - Performs credentials verification from provider applications. Provides national credentialing services to HMO's, PPO's, Managed Care Organizations and Managed Behavioral Healthcare Organizations.
Meta Description: [ Med Advantage, a certified Credentials Verification Organization (CVO), provides nationwide credentialing services to HMO's, PPO's and other types of Managed Care Organizations (MCO's) and Managed Behavioral Healthcare Organizations (MBHO's). Outsourcing credentialing will assist managed care or... ]

500 Med Directions - A national healthcare consulting firm specializing in innovative strategies for hospitals and health systems, physician organization restructuring, interim management, and operational solutions.

MedCath Cardiology Business Consulting - Provides operational and financial assistance to cardiology physician practices. Services include diagnostic assessment, coding and documentation education, marketing, strategic planning, mergers, IT assessment, and partnership planning.
Meta Description: [ MedCath Incorporated is a national provider of cardiovascular services with a focused mission: to fundamentally redefine the way cardiovascular care is rendered in the United States. The result is a unique mix of quality healthcare, greater patient satisfaction, and more efficient operations. ]

MEDCO Healthcare Consulting - Provides healthcare management consulting services for the healthcare industry; resources include performance improvement and operations assessment.
Meta Description: [ Healthcare consulting firm specializing in enterprise-wide and department operations improvement, change implementation with manager coaching/mentoring, cost reduction, benchmarking and productivity measurement. ]

MedComp Alliance - Offers services to physicians and healthcare providers, including risk assessment, compliance education and training, practice management, operational analysis, and credentialing solutions.

MeddiQuest - Assists the medical device industry by managing their international regulatory compliance activities

Medical Affairs Consultancy - Consultancy providing clinical trials monitoring, report writing, training and medical affairs consulting.

Medical Architecture - Provides medical facilities programming, planning, and design consulting services to healthcare clients and architects worldwide.
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Medical Association of Billers - National ICD CPT Medical Billing trade Association of home-based and office-based electronic medical billers. We provide medical coding education, training and motivational support. Our November Annual Conference Turning Compliance Fears into Effective Business Tools is scheduled for November in Las Vegas, NV.
Meta Description: [ Medical Association of Billers - Medical billing and coding support plus ICD, CPT, HCPCS Education and Training ]

Medical Audit Consultants - Provides coding services, performs CBI audits and offers training; services include on-site compliance audits, on-site mock insurance audits, and employee compliance training.

Medical Coding Consultants - Provides chart audits, on-site training seminars and contract coding and chart audits for physician practices.
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Medical Consulting Group, Inc. - A medical consulting firm specializing in ophthalmology, optometry and cosmetic surgery practices; developing growth and profitability through management, marketing and advertising strategies; and the development of ambulatory surgical centers and refractive laser centers.
Meta Description: [ Medical Consulting Group or MCG is a national firm that provides medical consulting,marketing and advertising,ASC Development and educational services on both the practice and corporate level. ]

Medical Device Manufacturers' Consulting and Marketing Service - Relamatrix offers turn-key services and assistance to foreign medical device manufacturers planning to enter the United States healthcare market. Market research,strategic partnering, ISO/CE mark, designated agent services.
Meta Description: [ A medical Device Manufacturers consulting and marketing service, Relamatrix offers turn-key services for foreign medical device manufacturers to enter the United States healthcare market. ]

Medical Device Safety Service - European regulatory affairs company for ce mark and ISO services, an authorized european address, an authorized responsible person and authorized representative in the medical device industry.
Meta Description: [ Authorized Representative, CE Mark, MDD, IVDD, AIMDD and European regulatory affairs: MDSS an authorized european address and authorized representative in the medical device industry ]

Medical Equipment Planners-US - Advises healthcare clients on selection of medical equipment and technology to meet both patient care and budgetary objectives; services include technology assessment, transition management and automated equipment tracking.

Medical Growth Partners - Provides consulting assistance to pharmaceutical, biotech and medical Device industries; partnering services include mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, RD partnerships, joint ventures, and licensing.

Medical Licensing Consultants - Medical Licensing Consultants provides assistance to physicians seeking licensure, health plan credentialing, hospital privileges, Medicare enrollment, and DEA registration.
Meta Description: [ Medical Licensing Consultants (MLC) ]

Medical Management Associates, Inc. - Consultants providing strategic planning, practice management, reimbursement and coding, physician compensation and contracting and space planning services. Located in Atlanta, Georgia.
Meta Description: [ Leading edge consultants for physicians and related healthcare organizations since 1982. Providing strategic planning, complete practice management, reimbursement and coding, practice re-engineering, physician compensation and contracting, managed care consulting, and medical space planning servi... ]

Medical Research - Analyzes client needs and develops solutions for third party administrators, insurance companies and self-funded plans to maximize savings and promote quality.

Medical Staff Services Registry - Medical Staff Services Registry, Inc. for temporary medical staff and credentialing services.
Meta Description: [ Medical Staff Services Registry, the nation's foremost placement registry for temporary medical staff and credentialing professionals. ]

Medicalaw by Allan Tobias - Provides legal and medical consulting to physicians, physician groups, and hospital medical staffs. Services include Medical Staff by-laws review and patient advocacy.

500 MedicareGuru! - A site dedicated to providing comprehensive information about the Medicare and Medicaid data. Provides help developing study methodologies including the selection of data sources and content.

MediCo Unlimited, LLC - Provides healthcare consulting for physician practices, specializing in practices with ten physicians or less. Services include practice management assessment, contract review, revenue enhancement, overhead improvement, and compliance.

Medicultura - Offers marketing communication support to pharmaceutical and medical organizations; services include strategic planning, meeting organization, educational workshops, and clinical report preparation.

Medikaloka Health Care - Offers individual and corporate health care services to Indonesia area; resources include primary and specialist clinicians.

MediMark Europe - Serves as authorized representative for non-European manufacturers of medical devices; provides tools and procedures for product notification, incident reporting and recall organization.
Meta Description: [ MEDIMARK EUROPE is a leading European authorized representative for manufacturers of medical devices and In Vitro Diagnostic MD. MediMark Europe is the first company certified to ISO 9001:2000 specifically for European Authorized Representative services ]

Medius Associates - Provides business development services to pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations; resources include on-site consulting, audits, training, and publications.
Meta Description: [ Medius Associates Limited, an independent business development consultancy company serving the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors providing a full range of business development services. ]

MedLicense.com - Provides medical licensure services to physicians seeking a license to practice medicine in the United States.
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500 MedSave - Offers international and domestic health care providers, insurers, and patients with cost containment and third party administration services.

MedSolutions Inc. - Offers data, utilization, network and claims management to meet cost, utilization, and quality goals for medical imaging services. Customer service orientation includes custom tailoring programs and quick response time.
Meta Description: [ Established in 1992, MedSolutions partners with national and local managed care organizations, providing proven radiology management products for millions of members, ensuring quality patient care and effective imaging cost management. Our programs are customized to meet each customer's specific ... ]

MedTalks, inc. - Custom presentations and consulting for health care leaders; also provides organizational assessments and development of performance management systems.
Meta Description: [ Offers information on custom presentations and consulting options for Health Care Leaders ]

Meissner Consulting - Provides facility engineering and process development services to users of particle accelerators; services include design, operations, and development of food and medical device sterilization applications.

Meridian Healthcare Finance - Provides operating, expansion, and acquisition capital for small and middle market healthcare services and manufacturing companies in the United States.
Meta Description: [ Meridian Healthcare Finance is a leading source of small business credit and financing specifically for the medical and healthcare industry. Acquisition capital for medical equipment leasing. ]

Metis Advisory Group - Provides consulting assistance in architectural programming and planning for hospitals and health systems. Services include space programming, capacity analysis, business support, feasibility studies, needs assessments, care delivery model development, and work process design.
Meta Description: [ Health Care Strategic Facility Planning Consultants ]

Midwest Radiation Consultants - Offers physics and technology consulting for healthcare providers; services include radiology, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy and radiation safety.

500 Miles Technologies Group - Quality and regulatory validation and compliance consulting.
Meta Description: [ Quality & regulatory validation & compliance consulting. We are a consulting firm to biomedical, medical device & pharmaceutical industries. We specialize in FDA GLP, GMP, ISO 9000 compliance & more. ]

Millennium Behavioral Health Care - Provides consultant services for health care agencies seeking national accreditation and regulatory compliance from the JCAHO, CARF, CHAP, AAAHC, Medicare and other federal and state regulatory agencies.
Meta Description: [ We provide technical expertise, inspiration, guidance and motivation to health care agencies seeking national accreditation and regulatory compliance from the JCAHO, CARF, CHAP, AAAHC and Medicare. ]

Millennium Healthcare Consulting Inc. - Provides consulting services to physicians, healthcare executives, health systems and other healthcare professionals; resources focus on physician compliance, coding, billing and reimbursement issues.
Meta Description: [ National healthcare consulting firm, assisting physicians, executives and health systems in managing the business side of medicine. Provides coding compliance practice management services. ]

Missoula-Ravalli Individual Practice Association (MRIPA) - An association of approximately 125 independent western Montana physicians offering peer review services. Use our physician directory to find a doctor
Meta Description: [ Missoula Ravalli Individual Practice Association (MRIPA), an association of approximately 125 independent western Montana physicians offering education peer review service, managed care contract review, managed care integration negotiations and buy group services. Find a doctor using our list of ... ]

Mobile Doctors - Provides consulting and physician practice management services for practitioners who make house calls.
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Mobile Health Consultants - Offers consulting assistance in developing mobile healthcare programs and mobile clinics; site includes links to telemedicine and teledentistry resources.
Meta Description: [ Today, medical and dental healthcare providers turn increasingly to the adoption of Mobile Health clinics to reach consumers in both rural areas and urban centers. ]

500 Moore Consulting Group - Provides services for the healthcare industry designed to accelerate cash flow, reduce costs, improve productivity, maximize efficiency through technology, and enhance compliance.

500 MPM Associates - Offers practice management services, coding, compliance, assessments and cost sharing to maximize revenue and lower overhead. Includes newsletter and webrarian hotline.

MRC Consulting Group - Provides management consulting for hospitals, physicians, and integrated delivery networks. Assists healthcare organizations maximize value from information technology investments; facilitates HIPAA compliance.
Meta Description: [ MRC Consulting Group (MRC CG) specializes in providing information technology management services to health care providers and the suppliers that serve them. Formed by Mike Cohen, MRC CG is based on experience that has enabled scores of his healthcare clients to make good decisions, with widespr... ]

Murer Consultants - Provides oversight and management services, including facility design, business development, clinical program design, regulatory and reimbursement compliance, to post acute care programs and facilities. Includes links to relevant resources, e-learning, publications, and presentations.
Meta Description: [ A legal based healthcare management consulting firm informs, educates and develops innovative solutions for Health Care Industry based on sound pragmatic reasoning and experience that can be implemented within a given time frame. ]

The Medstat Group - An information company that helps manage the cost, quality, and delivery of healthcare services and benefits.
Meta Description: [ Thomson Healthcare is uniquely positioned to meet employers' healthcare information needs. Through our data assets, healthcare business analytics, clinical expertise and access to the expansive information resources of the Thomson Corporation we provide management with the insights to make better... ]