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• VHA Inc. Signs Contract With Shared Medical Services

  - 2009-03-18

  VHA Inc., the national healthcare alliance, announced that it has signed a contract with Shared Medical Services SMS, a nationwide supplier of specialized medical imaging services based in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin. SMS owns and operates more than 130 mobile, interim and stationary medical imaging systems including MRIs, CT and...

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• As Orthopedic Prices Skyrocket, Hospitals Seek New Ways to Save Money

  - 2009-03-10

  Hospitals across the country are struggling to cope with the growing cost of orthopedic implants -- especially when money is tight. Now, VHA Inc., the national health care alliance, has further expanded its proprietary OrthoSourceTM database tool that helps track utilization of these high-cost orthopedic devices to improve both patient...

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• New VHA Inc. RAC Readiness Assessment Program Mitigates Risk and Helps Members Better Prepare for Audit

  - 2009-03-02

  Strengthening its efforts to help hospitals prepare for the national recovery audit contractor RAC program, VHA Inc.'s new RAC Readiness Assessment identifies potential problems in hospitals' high-risk areas, including coding and indications for medical necessity. "Hospitals are concerned about the RAC program and its potential financial impact on...

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• VHA Inc. Promotes Nik Fincher to Vice President of Purchased Services

  - 2009-02-25

  Emphasizing the increasing relevance to hospitals of both the purchased services and capital assets sectors, VHA Inc., the national health care alliance, has promoted Nik Fincher to vice president of purchased services and capital asset sales. In this new role, Fincher assumes responsibility for the management of the...

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• VHA Inc. Promotes David Gillan to Vice President of Purchased Services

  - 2009-02-18

  Realizing the growing volume of purchased services for hospitals nationwide, VHA Inc., the national healthcare alliance, recently promoted David Gillan to vice president of purchased services. In his new role, Gillan will provide strategic and operational leadership for VHA's contracting initiatives for purchased services,...

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• Spheris Renews Transcription Agreement with VHA Inc

  - 2009-01-13

  FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Spheris announced today that it has renewed its agreement with VHA Inc., the national health care alliance, to provide VHA members with a full range of clinical documentation technologies and industry-leading outsource services. Spheris has been a VHA contracted supplier for clinical documentation services since 2002....

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• VHA Members Launch Mid-America Consolidated Services Center

  - 2009-01-12

  VHA Inc., the national health care alliance, today announced the formation of Mid-America Service Solutions LLC, a Consolidated Services Center owned by and serving six hospital groups in Kansas and Missouri. The CSC is designed to advance supply chain efficiency, decrease costs, streamline operations and help hospitals elevate supply chain...

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• Transcend Awarded VHA Inc. Contract

  - 2008-12-08

  ATLANTA -- TRANSCEND SERVICES, INC. (NASDAQ: TRCR) announced today that it has entered into a three-year contract with VHA Inc., the national health care alliance, to offer medical transcription services to more than 1,400 not-for-profit hospitals and other healthcare organizations in the VHA alliance. "With a focus on delivering...

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• Clinical integration, round two: finding success with economic coordination: the healthcare industry has resurrected the term clinical integration, and it is a concept that may be well suited for today's economic climate

  - 2008-12-01

  When the current global economic crisis first struck, the healthcare industry was in the midst of a rapidly accelerating trend: Hospitals and physicians had been increasingly working closely together for improved continuity in the continuum of care. This trend continues today, and represents the revitalization of an idea the healthcare...

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• VHA Inc. launches first real-time monitoring application for hospital cardiac programs

  - 2008-10-01

  VHA Inc. has launched its Cardiac Performance Dashboard, a management tool that enables hospital administrators and clinicians to monitor, manage and forecast their cardiac department's clinical, financial and operational performance in real-time. The dashboard's large, color-coded dials enable administrators to more rapidly detect and respond to trends and events using...

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