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Guardian Examines U.K. Offer To Help Provide Free Healthcare In 'World's Poorest Countries'
The Guardian examines British Prime Minister Gordon Brown"s offer "to help some of the world"s poorest countries to make healthcare free - starting with pregnant women and children - in a push to widen access to doctors across Africa and Asia." According to the newspaper, the "Department for International Development (DfID) is among the largest donors to many developing countries, and has pledged to spend 6 billion pounds [about $10.2 billion] on health by 2015. Brown hopes to use an expanding aid budget to influence the way public services are delivered on the ground."
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Improved Communication Encourages Patients To Seek Colorectal Cancer Screening, Study Finds
Improved communication among patients and primary care physicians increases the chances those due for colorectal cancer screening will follow their doctors" advice and complete the procedure, a University at Buffalo study has found.
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World's First Cardiac Adult Stem Cell Patient Receives Infusion
Michael (Mike) Jones has become the world"s first recipient of adult cardiac stem cells to treat congestive heart failure. Jones" infusion on July 17 marks the world"s first phase-one FDA-approved clinical trial using adult cardiac stem cells to treat heart disease. The clinical trial is being conducted by a team of University of Louisville physicians at Jewish Hospital.
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CSC Offers Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting To Health Plans

CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced that it has expanded its FirstPortfolio solution"s business process outsourcing (BPO) capabilities to include fully integrated Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) reporting for healthcare payers. FirstPortfolio provides users with a collection of applications hosted and maintained by CSC. MSP status reporting, which requires the identification and reporting of all potential Medicare beneficiaries within commercial health plans to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), becomes mandatory for a wide variety of insurers and plan administrators in October 2009. With CSC"s MSP reporting capability, health plan organizations can expand BPO application portfolios to meet implementation timelines and address gaps that may impede compliance with new CMS regulations. "We are pleased to present this timely business capability to the health plan market," said Deward Watts, president of CSC"s Healthcare Group. "This addition to FirstPortfolio provides an end-to-end solution that allows our customers to meet CMS deadlines as well as leverage CSC"s health plan domain knowledge and regulatory and compliance experience." CSC"s Healthcare Group, which serves healthcare providers, health plans, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, and allied industries around the world, is a global leader in transforming the healthcare industry through the effective use of information to improve healthcare outcomes, decision-making and operating efficiency. About CSC CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services through three primary lines of business. These include Business Solutions & Services, Managed Services Sector and the North American Public Sector. CSC"s advanced capabilities include systems design and integration, information technology and business process outsourcing, applications software development, Web and application hosting, mission support and management consulting. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 92,000 employees and reported revenue of $16.74 billion for the 12 months ended April 3, 2009. CSC


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