Incentives

CBI Announces the Agenda for Their Upcoming Access Federal Stimulus Incentives for Electronic Health Records Conference

BOSTON, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Business Intelligence (CBI), a division of Advanstar Communications, is pleased to announce their full agenda which includes Dr. Paul Tang, Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, as the keynote spe...

MedAptus Customers Capitalizing on P4P Incentives via Intelligent Charge Capture

BOSTON, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- MedAptus(R), market leader for charge capture technologies, today announced enthusiastic adoption of its P4P component across the company's Professional Intelligent Charge Capture user-base. MedAptus P4P is widely used for capture of quality measure data f...

Organizations Have Federal Government Tax Incentives to Purchase Remstar Automated Systems for 2009

WESTBROOK, Maine, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The federal government has made tax incentives accessible for the remainder of 2009 to assist companies with the implementation of simple automation into new or existing facilities during these economic times. These tax incentives will have a positive impact...

Health-care reform should start with paying evidence-based financial incentives to doctors

Healthcare Reform should start with "evidence-based reimbursement", structuring physician payment incentives around existing empirical evidence of clinical benefit, which would improve quality and reduce the cost of healthcare, says a commentary written by two cardiologists and published in Circu...

Massachusetts Studies Reveal Importance of Incentives in Healthcare Technology Adoption

State Leads the Way in Healthcare IT, Showcases Best Practices for Hospitals Nationwide FALLS CHURCH, Va., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The success of Massachusetts hospitals and physicians to incorporate information technology (IT) into healthcare demonstrates the importance of incentives, accor...

'Alternatives' Program Offers Incentives for Using First-Time Egg Donors

CHICAGO, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Alternative Reproductive Resources (ARR) today announced a new program that responds to the current economic realities given the investment required for assisted reproduction approaches. Called " Alternatives ," it offers incentive pricing to intended parent...

Allscripts Applauds Economic Stimulus Incentives Rewarding Physicians for Using Electronic Health Records

CHICAGO, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In letters sent today to President Obama and members of the United States Congress, Allscripts congratulated the President and the leadership of Congress on the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which for the first time ...

National Federation of the Blind Praises Bill to Create Work Incentives and Opportunity

Blind Persons Return to Work Act of 2009 Introduced by Congressman Lewis WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) has introduced legislation designed to help blind persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) to return to work. The Blind Pe...

LifeMasters Offers Financial Incentives to Florida Physicians for Participation in Disease Management Programs

Contracts with Health Network One, Inc. of Hallandale, FL Irvine, CA (Vocus) January 29, 2008 -- In an effort to further integrate physicians into large- scale health improvement programs in a meaningful way, LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc. has contracted with a pr...

MVP Health Care and IncentOne Partner to Provide Member Incentives for MVP and Preferred Care 'WellStyle Extras' Program

SCHENECTADY, N.Y., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- MVP Health Care, a leading regional not-for-profit health insurer with more than 700,000 subscribers in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire, has selected IncentOne, the leading provider of integrated incentive solutions to provide incentives to MVP and...

Incentives in Medical Technology

Lexicon's Drug Candidate LX1032 for Carcinoid Syndrome Receives Orphan Drug Designation From EMEA

... for the prevention or treatment of life-threatening or chronically debilitating conditions that affect no more than five in 10,000 people in the EU. incentives for developing new drugs under orphan drug designation in the EU include 10 years of marketing exclusivity, regulatory assistance, reduced regulatory ...

Results From Drug Trials and New Risk Factors Announced at International Alzheimer's Conference

... studies, researchers found that having a relative with the disease, use of minority study personnel, and monetary compensation were the most powerful incentives for participation in research. The researchers found that large percentages of African Americans are willing participants for Alzheimer's genetic stud...

Commonwealth Fund Case Study Points to 'Continuous Innovation' at Group Health Cooperative

...und case study notes that Group Health Cooperative is structured with incentives aligned "to launch innovations and organize services in ways that make the ...oup Health President and CEO Scott Armstrong. "Most important is setting up incentives that pay for quality care and keeping patients healthy rather than paying f...

One Step Closer: Novel Opioid Receptor Compound in Phase I Clinical Trials

...ng universities to keep discoveries disclosed using federal grants instead of returning them to the government, often to languish. The law brought new incentives to commercialize discoveries, along with bragging rights and, in a few cases, big money. University discoveries -- in the United States, Canada, and a...

EntreMed Presents Initial Clinical Results for ENMD-2076

... affect fewer than 200,000 persons in the United States. Sponsors of drugs granted orphan designation qualify for tax credit and marketing exclusivity incentives of the Orphan Drug Act. EntreMed Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Carolyn F. Sidor, M.D., M.B.A., commented, "The clinical program for ...

Vical Announces Breakthrough for Pandemic Influenza DNA Vaccines With Preliminary Human Data

...rtnering options. Second, they support advancement of additional Vaxfectin(R)-formulated DNA vaccines toward clinical testing. Third, they provide new incentives for potential commercial partners and collaborators to explore additional applications for our Vaxfectin(R) adjuvant for DNA vaccines as well as prote...

Results Published in the Journal 'Cancer' Demonstrate that Oral Talactoferrin Alfa is Active as Monotherapy in Previously Treated Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

...us adverse events. About EMEA Orphan Medicinal Product Designation The Regulation on Orphan Medicinal Products in the European Union (EU) provides incentives for companies developing and marketing therapies for rare diseases, defined as those affecting fewer than five in 10,000 people in the EU. The Regulat...

Revolution Health and EmergingMed Launch Cancer Clinical Trial Matching and Referral Service

...rvices that enable companies to provide health content and customized online tools to their employees, including customized portals, employee wellness incentives and telephonic services. EmergingMed ( http://www.EmergingMed.com ). EmergingMed provides personalized matching, education, and navigation services ...

Major Deficiencies in Design; Funding of Clinical Trials Affects Future of Scientific Innovation

..., minorities, and rural populations into research studies are needed to ensure the generalization of results. This will entail creating new regulatory incentives for pharmaceutical industry trials to include underrepresented populations, as well as imposing penalties for non-compliance with federal policy on ap...

Pharmion and MethylGene Announce U.S. Orphan Drug Designation Granted for MGCD0103 for the Treatment of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

...tates, and the application must include a rationale for the use of the drug in the rare disease or condition. Orphan Drug Designation allows special incentives for sponsors planning to test a product for use in a rare disease or condition. These incentives include, tax credits, research and development grant ...

Incentives in Medical Definition

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...very system. Access to information on conditions, treatments, quality and pricing greatly affects the choice by patients / consumers and therefore the incentives of medical professionals. While US health care system has come under fire for lack of openness , new legislation may encourage greater openness. Ther...

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Incentives in Biological News

Urban water ecology at the ESA annual meeting

...rstand what implementing these greenroofs at the whole watershed scale can do," she says. "Getting people to learn about this technology and providing incentives is the first step." ...

Global curbs on overfishing are beginning to work

...s included catch quotas coupled with strategically placed fishing closures, ocean zoning, selective fishing gear, community co-management and economic incentives (such as individual transferable quotas). "Exploitation rates have more than halved since the early 1990s," Dr Fulton says. "This means that manage...

American Chemical Society weekly presspac -- June 10, 2009

...nd for more durable and cost-effective materials. Although buildings clad in nearly invisible solar cells are mostly visions of the future, government incentives and ongoing technology improvements could combine to make this dream a widespread reality, the article suggests. ARTICLE #5 EMBARGOED FOR 9 A.M., E...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- June 3, 2009

...cle and use the metal content. Other solutions involve encouraging companies to adapt more efficient recycling strategies and providing more financial incentives to encourage people to recycle. Other possibilities include mining new sources of metals, such as those found in metal sulfide deposits near deep-sea ...

NIH announces new program to develop therapeutics for rare and neglected diseases

...tor of the NIH Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR). "While Congress has previously taken important steps to help these patients, such as providing incentives for drug companies under the Orphan Drug Act, this is the first time it is providing support for specific preclinical research and product development...

ACLU -- Myriad Genetics lawsuit will become landmark case

...arch and potentially harm the health of thousands of patients. On the other side are biotech companies who maintain that without gene patents research incentives are seriously diminished and innovation is smothered." Kenneth I. Berns, M.D., Ph.D., Editor in Chief of the peer reviewed journal, Genetic Testin...

Scientists urge world leaders to respond cooperatively to Pacific Ocean threats

... applied and tested at various scales throughout the region. Examples include the establishment of marine protected areas and the creation of economic incentives for activities that promote rather than degrade ecosystem health. "These efforts have shown remarkable success at local scales in maintaining biologic...

Seven recommendations from Aarhus to COP15

...e COP15 should include the commitments of the Aarhus Convention and include incentives for empowering participation of the citizens The Arctic: Ensure a sustai...key mitigation, it is absolutely crucial that economic structures providing incentives for forest conservation are implemented. Key point: Biodiversity needs to...

Defying the disaster: Researcher explores resilient housing

... to and mitigating mold-related problems; Providing new materials and retrofitting homes to make them resilient; Providing homeowners and builders incentives tax breaks, insurance premium discounts, etc. to build or retrofit homes or build resilient homes; Providing education and outreach for new and exi...

Biofuels boom could fuel rainforest destruction, Stanford researcher warns

...nesia and in the United States are providing added incentives to increase production of these crops." "The cr...is is challenging without new policies or economic incentives to encourage establishing crops on these lands," G...tification schemes or carbon markets could provide incentives to grow crops on degraded rather than forest lands...

Incentives in Biological Technology

Fertility Agency Sweetens Incentives to Gestational Surrogates; Finds Interest Up

CHICAGO, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- A Chicago fertility solutions agency believes it has a win/win proposition for women of child-bearing age trying to cope with the effects of a free-falling economy: If you otherwise meet the requirements to serve as a gestational surrogate, are not on public ai...

State investment incentives aimed at luring angels to start-up companies

MADISON Like most states, Wisconsin has long offered specialized tax credits to expand or lure traditional businesses, but it has lacked credit programs aimed at leveraging seed capital for the states technology start-ups. Thats about to change. Act 255, a tax-credit package that passed the Leg...

Experts spar over incentives for health-care providers

This kicks off WTN's coverage of the Digital Healthcare Conference 2005 . Wednesday's panel was part of the complimentary reception. Madison, Wis. An executive panel on Wednesday night told health-care providers, vendors and decision-makers that agreeing on standard performance measurements a...

Act 255 clean-up law makes incentives work for VC funds

Tax-credit legislation for venture and angel investors has been "cleaned up" to make it more closely follow the original intent. Act 255 is an incentives package for investors in early-stage companies. Both venture and angel investors can apply for tax credits of 25 percent of their investment...

Synthetech Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results

...al costs on certain projects; and low margins on material purchased for direct resell. The first quarter of fiscal 2010 includes $224,000 of employee incentives compared to $41,000 in the comparable period of fiscal 2009. As a cautionary measure, in May 2009, Synthetech implemented a reduction in force and mo...

Micromet Receives European Orphan Drug Designation for Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with BiTE Antibody Blinatumomab

...aim of the EU legislative framework for orphan medicines is to stimulate research and development of medicinal products for rare diseases by providing incentives to the pharmaceutical industry such as simplified access to EMEA's scientific consulting resources. This initiative helps to give patients suffering ...

American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Submits Comments to Hit Policy Committee About Meaningful Use and Electronic Health Record Certification

...Committee added that, "The work of the HIT Policy Committee is increasingly critical as more and more providers respond to the financial pressures and incentives to adopt electronic health records. AMIA and its members are especially interested in helping assure that the Committee considers the increasing body...

BIO Ventures for Global Health Announces Management Changes

...dustry can play in addressing the urgent medical needs of developing countries," says Robert B. Chess, Chairman of BVGH. "From promoting new financial incentives that reward companies for investing in global health R&D, to creating Innovation Maps that define a path toward making new breakthrough therapies,...

Expanding Indiana's Breakthroughs in Health Information Technology (Exibhit Indiana): Initiative to Advance the State's Health IT National Leadership and Assets Launched to Bring More Awareness to Sector

...hould be able to share in the benefits from "meaningful use" of electronic health information by 2014. "The ARRA offers a series of grants and incentives to further this ambitious goal. As activity accelerates, Indiana really can serve as an 'exhibit' of the best possibilities for our national HIT futu...

Government Mandates Create Guaranteed Market for Bio-Fuel, Says Frost & Sullivan

...ng bio-diesel blends. Also, unimaginable feedstock prices and lack of government initiatives in some countries, in terms of establishing favorable tax incentives for bio-diesel supply and uptake, is restraining market growth," she added. In 2008, SEA countries had a total production capacity of above 2.6 m...