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		<title><![CDATA[Management and Vestar Capital Partners Acquire MediMedia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Sept_11/ai_n16715160]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK & LONDON & PARIS -- Vestar Capital Partners together with members of MediMedia management announced today that they will acquire MediMedia, an innovative specialty healthcare communications, publishing and patient education company, from Cinven, The Carlyle Group and Apax Partners.  As a nationwide leader in healthcare communications, MediMedia...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vestar Capital Partners Acquires MediMedia from Cinven, The Carlyle Group and Apax Partners.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5570/is_200609/ai_n23559278]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK and LONDON and PARIS, September 11 /PRNewswire/ --    Vestar Capital Partners together with members of MediMedia  management announced today that they will acquire MediMedia, an  innovative specialty healthcare communications, publishing and patient  education company, from Cinven, The Carlyle Group and Apax Partners....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The New Consensus Favoring IOM's Definition Of Quality]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=93229]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: ‘Quality, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. The word is ubiquitous in health care, but what does it mean to health plan leaders, providers, patients, and payers? Is quality a process, a tactic, or just an aspiration?' The paper examines the definition of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/quality.html"><![CDATA[Quality]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/health+care.html"><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/medimedia.html"><![CDATA[MediMedia]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will Pay For Performance Programs Introduce A New Set Of Problems?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=90695]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: ‘About 40 pay-for-performance programs are being implemented or developed by health plans and employer coalitions, so paying incentives to physicians to practice evidence-based medicine appears to be an idea whose time has come. Such programs, even if successful, may create a new set of problems.' The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/pay-for-performance.html"><![CDATA[Pay-for-performance]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/medimedia.html"><![CDATA[MediMedia]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Case Study Of A Failed Merger Of Hospital Systems]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=93228]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The process of merger ushers in consolidation of industry, economies of scale, and productivity. However, several issues have to be kept in mind before going ahead with the merger deal. Failure to do so can result in the failure of the mergers. The case study examines one such failed merger...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/merger.html"><![CDATA[Merger]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/medimedia.html"><![CDATA[MediMedia]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Balancing The Health Care Scorecard]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=90505]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: ‘During the 21st century, successful health care management will depend on organizations and top executives balancing quality and customer satisfaction with adequate financing and long-range goals. Long past are the days of fee-for-service and indemnity insurance policies. Today's health care organizations must deal with managed care,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/health+care.html"><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/medimedia.html"><![CDATA[MediMedia]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bigger Is Not Always Better]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=57809]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[People talk of mergers as if they were all done when the ink dries. But the real secret to a successful merger comes afterward. Everyone hears about the people who are thinking about putting a merger together, and they get all kinds of kudos when they sign the papers to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/merger.html"><![CDATA[Merger]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/medimedia.html"><![CDATA[MediMedia]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sept. 11's Lessons In Disaster Care]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=102423]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: ‘It has been observed that people plan for emergencies or disasters at the local level, where they are more likely to occur. In fact, one of the most effective uses of technology for emergencies has been the 911 emergency systems. During the 1990s, many 911 systems...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mergers, Acquisitions Afoot In Disease Management Industry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=57807]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The issue raised in the article is that within a few years, there may be only 30 DM companies left. HMO customers want vendors to handle more than one condition. While most of the DM specialists started by working with health plans and physician groups on a single disease, HMOs...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Avoid Common Problems In Risk-Sharing Contracts]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=95937]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: ‘Most difficulties emerge during implementation of a contract. For instance, many health plans build provisions into an agreement that require adjustments to accounting systems and that of the physicians. The provisions require administrative oversight, but are often addressed after the contract is signed instead of during...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2000 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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