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• A Matter of Scale

  - 2007-03-15

  You are a successful mid-market CIO who is ready to apply your IT leadership talents on a larger stage. But before you start sending your résumé to the Fortune 10, you may want to ask yourself a critical question: How scalable are my skills? As anyone...

  Tags: CIO, HEALTHCARE, hospital, JetBlue Airways Corp., Strategy, Sutter Health

• Company Profile for Picis

  - 2005-01-21

  Picis delivers proven information systems for high-acuity care - the emergency department, the operating room and intensive care. Picis systems are installed in more than 900 medical centers and IDNs worldwide, automating more surgical procedures, emergency visits and intensive care stays than any other system in the world. Clients include...

  Tags: Benefits, FINANCE, HCA Inc., HEALTHCARE, IDX Systems Corp., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., SOFTWARE, Strategy, Sutter Health

• California Public Pension System Gave Boot to Top-Rated Hospitals, Study Shows.

  - 2004-06-15

  The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Confidential records used by CalPERS in its controversial decision last month to drop 38 hospitals from its health plan show that many of the facilities targeted for high cost were also rated among the...

  Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, CalPERS, HEALTHCARE, hospital, quality, Sacramento, Sutter Health

• CalPERS drops Eden Medical Center

  - 2004-05-21

  The state's largest purchaser of health care Wednesday approved a plan to exclude 38 hospitals -- including 10 in the Bay Area -- from its provider network, citing soaring costs. The board of the California Public Employees' Retirement System, in a 10-1 vote, adopted recommendations from its...

  Tags: CalPERS, HEALTHCARE, hospital, Sutter Health

• California Public Employees' Retirement System Drops 38 Hospitals from Network.

  - 2004-05-20

  The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 20--CalPERS' decision to drop 38 high-cost hospitals from its statewide network left many wondering Wednesday how the health care system will respond to the unprecedented change. At least 53,000 patients statewide --...

  Tags: CalPERS, HEALTHCARE, hospital, network, patient, physician, Sacramento, Sutter Health

• California Public Employees' Retirement System to Drop 38 Hospitals from HMO.

  - 2004-05-20

  By Joe Goldeen, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 20--The California Public Employees' Retirement System board voted 10-1 Wednesday to exclude 38 hospitals and some medical groups statewide from its Blue Shield HMO network, citing their higher costs...

  Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, CalPERS, HEALTHCARE, HMO, hospital, physician, Sutter Health

• CalPERS likely to drop Sutter

  - 2004-05-19

  The state's largest pension plan moved one step forward toward dropping most Sutter Health hospitals from its network Tuesday -- a move that would affect about 53,000 patients in Northern California. The Health Benefits Committee of the California Public Employees' Retirement System, or CalPERS, voted 7 to...

  Tags: CalPERS, HEALTHCARE, hospital, Sutter Health

• California Public Employees' Pension System Drops 36 Hospitals from HMO Plan.

  - 2004-05-19

  By Gilbert Chan, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the state's largest buyer of health care, took a dramatic stand Tuesday against rising hospital costs as it moved to drop 36 hospitals ...

  Tags: Benefits, CalPERS, HEALTHCARE, hospital, pension, SOFTWARE, Sutter Health

• California Pension Firm to Further Study Plan to Drop High-Cost Hospitals.

  - 2004-04-21

  By Dale Kasler, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 21--CalPERS officials continued blasting Sutter Health over its prices Tuesday but postponed voting on a plan to eliminate 15 Sutter hospitals from its HMO network as a means of cutting...

  Tags: CalPERS, HEALTHCARE, hospital, pension, Sutter Health

• California Pension System Pushes Reforms to Cut Hospital Costs.

  - 2004-04-20

  By Lisa Rapaport, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 20--CalPERS charged ahead Monday with its crusade to curb health spending by cutting hospital costs, unveiling a bill that could address many of its financial disputes with Sutter Health while...

  Tags: Benefits, CalPERS, HEALTHCARE, HMO, hospital, SOFTWARE, Sutter Health