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Temple University Looks to change:healthcare for Support

change:healthcare has been chosen by GeneSyn IP Ventures, LLC, a partner of the Keystone Institute for Translational Medicine in Philadelphia, Penn., to support a national translational medicine technology consortium, officials announced today.
The move is intended to help the Keystone Institute for Translational Medicine more quickly reach their goal of increasing the speed with which medical [...]

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Healthcare Consumerism Index in Chiropractic News

change:healthcare’s Healthcare Consumerism Index (HCI) has been featured in Chiropractic New! Check out the article online at Chiropractic News Online or download the PDF here.
Highlights:
“Just launched by healthcare consumerism company change:healthcare, the Healthcare Consumerism Index gives employers and employees a wealth of information so both can improve the cost-effectiveness of their healthcare purchases.
Nashville, Tenn. [...]

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Robert, Kansas, and Twitter

change:healthcare’s COO Robert Hendrick has been featured  in several stories (practically across the country) for tweeting his outpatient surgery last October. Recently the Kansas City Star plublished a story about ‘Twitter’ titled “More people flock to Twitter as a conduit for information.”
Highlight: “Hendrick is a co-founder of Change:Healthcare, a business that helps clients save money [...]

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Some Doctors Trying to Silence Patient Feedback with Waivers

As online physician rating sites become more and more prevalent, some doctors are asking their patients to sign waivers (provided by a NC based company – Medical Justice) to prevent them from providing online feedback without prior consent from the physician.
change:healthcare CEO Christopher Parks, shared his opinion on the matter with Getahn Ward of the [...]

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change:healthcare Helps Displaced Employees Immobilized by the High Cost of Healthcare

NASHVILLE, Tenn., (March 10, 2009) – The disappearance of 3.6 million jobs since December 2007 — and more than 1.7 million in the last three months– is enough to make anyone ill.  But the additional loss of healthcare coverage and the unpredictable cost of medical care can not only make you sick, it can put [...]

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13 Million Uninsured 20-Somethings

Just saw the CNN report on 13 million uninsured 20-somethings in this country. New to the job force and turning down their health insurance.
What are they thinking?!?! Do they believe that they can just go out and buy what they need in terms of medical goods and services on the free market? Good grief! This [...]

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change:healthcare on CNN

Thanks to Elizabeth Cohen for the mention on CNN. As we continue to promote transparency and support consumers, employers and their employees, the recognition is greatly appreciated.
You can view the clip below, which ran on Monday March 2nd.

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Wisdom Beyond Years

I’m privileged to be part of the change:healthcare team. It’s been almost 8 months since I started and a day has yet to go by that I’ve not learned something new from this dynamic team. I think very highly of the group … and because I know she won’t call attention to herself, I just [...]

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Herman Trend Alert Reports on change:healthcare

Herman Trend Alert: Consumer-Driven to Save Money  – March 4, 2009
“change:healthcare” is a leading edge informatics company created to help individuals and employers save money on healthcare expenses. If you knew you could get the same procedure or service for hundreds or perhaps thousands of dollars less than what your physician or hospital charges, you [...]

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CNN Twitter Story Features change:healthcare Founders

It seems that everyone is taking note of the live surgeries being reported via Twitter.  Elizabeth Cohen reported today on CNN (Surgeons send ‘tweets’ from operating room) that for the second time a surgery was tweeted live on Feb. 9, which doctors, medical students, and other twitter uses followed.
As social networking continues to make an [...]

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