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- Tufts Medical Vs. Blue Cross: The Hospital/Health Insurance Wars Get Nasty
- Tufts Medical Center has thrown down the gauntlet to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts by refusing to accept coverage unless the Blue agrees to hike reimbursement rates for Tufts doctors and the hospital itself. It's the latest acrimonious battle between insurance companies and hospitals -- but also a sign...
- Blog posts 2009-01-15
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- Tufts Medical-Blue Cross Ceasefire: A Grand Bargain on Quality and Cost?
- The big standoff between Tufts Medical Center and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, in which Tufts threatened to cut off patients insured by the Blue unless the health-insurance outfit agreed to pay it more, is over. But the most interesting thing here may be the new contract Tufts has...
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- American Shared Hospital Services Agrees to Provide a Clinatron-250 Proton Beam Radiation Therapy System to Tufts-New England Medical Center
- SAN FRANCISCO -- AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES (AMEX:AMS) (PCX:AMS), a leading provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy services, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to provide a Clinatron-250[TM] proton beam radiation therapy PBRT system to Tufts-New England Medical Center (TUFTS-NEMC). Subject to...
- Research articles 2006-11-08
- American Shared Hospital Services Enters into Definitive Agreement to Provide Radiation Oncology Department Upgrade to Tufts-New England Medical Center
- SAN FRANCISCO -- AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES (AMEX:AMS)(PCX:AMS), a leading provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy services, announced today that it has finalized terms of its previously announced agreement to provide an image-guided radiation therapy IGRT system, a CT Simulator, and related service, support and...
- Research articles 2006-10-09
- American Shared Hospital Services Will Provide Latest Image-Guided Radiation Therapy System to Tufts-New England Medical Center as Part of a Complete Radiation Therapy Department Upgrade
- SAN FRANCISCO -- American Shared Hospital Services (AMEX:AMS)(PCX:AMS), a leading provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy services, announced today that it has entered into a letter of understanding to provide an image-guided radiation therapy IGRT system, a CT Simulator, and related service, support and maintenance...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- American Shared Hospital Services Announces Issuance of Determination of Need for Proton Beam Radiation Therapy System Planned for Tufts-New England Medical Center
- SAN FRANCISCO -- AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES (AMEX:AMS), a leading provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy services, announced today that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has issued a Determination of Need for the Clinatron-250[TM] proton beam radiation therapy PBRT system that AMS has previously agreed to...
- Research articles 2007-02-27
- American Shared Hospital Services Announces New England Medical Center Gamma Knife Contract
- SAN FRANCISCO--BW HealthWire--Oct. 14, 1998--American Shared Hospital Services (AMEX,PCX:AMS for common stock) Wednesday said that New England Medical Center has entered into a Gamma Knife services contract with GK Financing, LLC, a subsidiary of American Shared. Ernest A. Bates, M.D., Chairman and CEO of American Shared, said, "We are...
- Research articles 1998-10-14
- Lawson Signs Multi-Suite Contract with Tufts-New England Medical Center
- ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Academic Medical Center Chose Lawson's Comprehensive Set of Applications to Help Drive Business Process Improvements and Timelier Decision-Making
- Research articles 2005-04-05
- ORLive Presents: Patello Femoral Replacement Surgery, Treatment for Knee Arthritis Without Full Knee Replacement
- Tufts Medical Center and OR-Live will conduct a live Webcast of a patello femoral replacement operation on Monday, June 9 at 5:30 p.m. Orthopedic surgeon Eric Smith, MD, Director of Arthroplasty at Tufts Medical Center, will perform the procedure, heading up a highly trained orthopedic surgical OR...
- Research articles 2008-05-30
- REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Patello Femoral Replacement Surgery, Treatment for Knee Arthritis Without Full Knee Replacement
- Tufts Medical Center and OR-Live will conduct a live Webcast of a patello femoral replacement operation on Monday, June 9 at 5:30 p.m. Orthopedic surgeon Eric Smith, MD, Director of Arthroplasty at Tufts Medical Center, will perform the procedure, heading up a highly trained orthopedic surgical OR...
- Research articles 2008-06-09
- UnumProvident Suggests Key Strategic Steps for FMLA Benefits Management
- In terms of the movement of presenteeism to absenteeism, depression is estimated to be a primary factor in about 6% to 7% of UnumProvident's short-term disability STD claims. Depression also shows up as a strong determining factor for job performance. It also was described as causing the highest average self-reported...
- White papers 2005-10-11
- ORLive Presents: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery Minimally Invasive Operation to Treat Morbid Obesity
- Surgeons at Tufts-New England Medical Center will perform the "gold standard" for treating obesity during a live Webcast ( www.or-live.com ) December 6th, at 6:30 PM EST. Dr. Scott Shikora, Chief of Bariatric Surgery at Tufts-NEMC and Surgical Director of the Medical Center's comprehensive Obesity Consultation Center, along with...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery Minimally Invasive Operation to Treat Morbid Obesity
- Surgeons at Tufts-New England Medical Center will perform the "gold standard" for treating obesity during a live Webcast ( www.or-live.com ) December 6th, at 6:30 PM EST. Dr. Scott Shikora, Chief of Bariatric Surgery at Tufts-NEMC and Surgical Director of the Medical Center's comprehensive Obesity Consultation Center, along with...
- Research articles 2006-12-06
- Floating Hospital to Expand Services to Boston's Dorchester Neighborhood.
- By Liz Kowalczyk, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 20--Tufts-New England Medical Center will expand its Floating Hospital for Children to Carney Hospital in Dorchester, which has hired Tufts-NEMC pediatricians to oversee and revitalize its children's medical services....
- Research articles 2002-09-20
- ORLive Presents: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure, a Bi-Ventricular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Implant
- Tufts-New England Medical Center will conduct a live Webcast of a bi-ventricular defibrillator implant on Wednesday, March 7, at 6 PM EST on www.OR-Live.com . The surgical procedure will be performed by cardiac electrophysiologist Jonathan Weinstock, MD, and moderated by N.A. Mark Estes, MD, Director of...
- Research articles 2007-02-22
- REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure, a Bi-Ventricular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Implant
- Tufts-New England Medical Center will conduct a live Webcast of a bi-ventricular defibrillator implant on Wednesday, March 7, at 6 PM EST on www.OR-Live.com . The surgical procedure will be performed by cardiac electrophysiologist Jonathan Weinstock, MD, and moderated by N.A. Mark Estes, MD, Director of...
- Research articles 2007-03-07
- Nymox's AlzheimAlert Test to be Used in Tufts University Study on Alzheimer's Disease
- Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers MAYWOOD, N.J.--BW HealthWire--March 14, 2002 Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ: NYMX) announced today that the Company's AlzheimAlertTM urine test will be used in a study on nutrition, cognitive functioning, dementia and Alzheimer's disease being conducted by researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition...
- Research articles 2002-03-14
- Curves Fitness Centers to Give Discounts to Tufts Health Plan Members
- Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers WALTHAM, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 28, 2004 Additional Value and Opportunity for Tufts Health Plan Members to Get Healthy Tufts Health Plan announced today that it will be offering its members discounted membership to Curves, the nation's hottest new fitness center, at participating locations in...
- Research articles 2004-04-28
- Hospital executive hopes to right struggling Boston institution.
- By Liz Kowalczyk, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 24--For 10 years, Ellen Zane oversaw community doctors for Partners HealthCare, the parent organization of Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's hospitals and the biggest and most profitable hospital and...
- Research articles 2004-10-24
- Study finds fad diets have only limited success
- WASHINGTON AFP — US researchers have found that four fashionable diets -- including the Atkins low carb eating regime and the Ornish vegetarian diet -- have only limited success in reducing weight, a top medical journal reported. Weight loss depends more on sticking with a diet than the type...
- Research articles 2005-01-05
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