Health Care Management Science

Health Care Management Science publishes important articles that promote systems thinking, offer rigorous scientific approaches for solving tough health care problems, and address policy implications. The journal uses an interdisciplinary approach, covering such topics as productivity and operations analysis, information systems, financial management, strategic management, managed care, and systems dynamics.

Providing a single forum for researchers and practitioners of health care services and management, the journal fosters the development and exchange of new ideas and the discussion of important findings in the field. Moreover, it disseminates knowledge rapidly across traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Health Care Quotes

    * Individual Health Insurance This is the main type of medical insurance purchased by people that do not have access to a group health plan through an employer. We help you find individual health insurance coverage at a price you can afford.
    * Group Health Insurance Despite increases in costs and the cutback of health-related benefits in recent years, close to 60% of Americans who have health insurance receive employer-based group medical benefits. Learn what to look for.
    * Student Health Insurance If you are a fulltime student between the ages of 17 and 29, this type of policy may be right for you. We provide health insurance quotes so that you can get decide what best fits your needs.
    * Medicare Supplemental Insurance This type of product is also known as Medigap insurance, it is a private health plan option designed to provide additional benefits above those offered through Medicare Part A and Part B.
    * Short-Term Health Insurance For those times when you are in transition, there is no need to put yourself or your family at risk. Acquiring this type of policy will help you be covered and provide you with the support needed should something unexpected happens.
    * Dental Insurance Dental plans are available for individuals, small businesses, and families. There are two main types of dental insurance: indemnity plans and managed care plans.

Handicap on Gathering the Local Public health Data

Health is something real important. That is why; we need to maintain it well, or if it was possible, we should be able to improve it. For some reasons, some of us want to improve the lever of the local health.

Surely, to be able to improve it, we should make sure that we could get many kinds of information about the local public health. But somehow, that efforts might not as smooth as it was planned.

There are some handicaps on the field. Gathering the local public health data wasn’t as easy as it was planned. In facts, for some privacy reasons, the local community prefers the keep the information.

State guides to health plans and health care quality

You'll also find information on the quality of health care in individual states. Each guide also gives you the opportunity to receive free, no-obligation health insurance quotes, complete with health insurance rates and plan details from competing health insurance companies.

Many states are seeking ways to tackle the problem of access to affordable health insurance plans on their own, and we look to health care reform initiatives on our state pages. We also have links to the contact forms for your elected officials, so you can easily lend your support, or offer alternative ideas.

FSB: Best Lawyers in America 2011

Below is a list of all the 2011 FSB honorees:


    * Mike Bonasso - Commercial Litigation
    * Stephen Brooks - Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation
    * Bob Coffield - Health Care Law
    * Tom Flaherty - Personal Injury Litigation
    * David Givens - Medical Malpractice Law
    * Ted Martin - Medical Malpractice Law
    * Mark Robinson - Medical Malpractice Law
    * Don Sensabaugh - Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation
    * Jeff Wakefield - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice

Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

CMS Awards WV Medicaid $945K Federal Matching Funds for EHR Incentive Programs

iHealthBeat reports that West Virginia Medicaid along with five other states will receive federal matching funds from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)to help implement electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs.


West Virginia Medicaid will receive $945,000 in federal matching funds. The CMS press release indicates that West Virginia will use the funds for planning activities that include conducting a comprehensive analysis to determine the current status of HIT activities in the state. The funds will be used to gather information on issues such as existing barriers to its use of EHRs, provider eligibility for EHR incentive payments, and the creation of a State Medicaid HIT Plan.


The CMS press release states:

    WEST VIRGINIA TO RECEIVE FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS FOR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD INCENTIVES PROGRAM

    In another key step to further states’ role in developing a robust U.S. health information technology (HIT) infrastructure, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that West Virginia’s Medicaid program will receive federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record (EHR) incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). West Virginia will receive approximately $945,000 in federal matching funds.

    EHRs will improve the quality of health care for the citizens of West Virginia and make their care more efficient. The records make it easier for the many providers who may be treating a Medicaid patient to coordinate care. Additionally, EHRs make it easier for patients to access the information they need to make decisions about their health care.

    The Recovery Act provides a 90 percent federal match for state planning activities to administer the incentive payments to Medicaid providers, to ensure their proper payments through audits and to participate in statewide efforts to promote interoperability and meaningful use of EHR technology statewide and, eventually, across the nation.

    “We congratulate West Virginia for qualifying for these federal matching funds to assist its plan for implementing the Recovery Act’s EHR incentive program,” said Cindy Mann, director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations at CMS. “Meaningful and interoperable use of EHRs in Medicaid will increase health care efficiency, reduce medical errors and improve quality-outcomes and patient satisfaction within and across the states.”

    West Virginia will use its federal matching funds for planning activities that include conducting a comprehensive analysis to determine the current status of HIT activities in the state. As part of that process, West Virginia will gather information on issues such as existing barriers to its use of EHRs, provider eligibility for EHR incentive payments, and the creation of a State Medicaid HIT Plan, which will define the state’s vision for its long-term HIT use.

WVHCA: Proposed CON Standards for Megavoltage Radiation Therapy Services/Units

The West Virginia Health Care Authority has issued a Notice of Public Comment Period on a new Proposed Certificate of Need Standard for Megavoltage Radiation Therapy Services/Unit.


Written comments on the proposed Certificate of Need Standard must be filed with the Authority on or before July 30, 2010. Written comments should be directed to Timothy E. Adkins, Director of Certificate of Need Division.