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isPermaLink="false">http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/?p=2043</guid> <description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, ME, September 21, 2011 – Veteran healthcare industry executives Hud Connery, Tom Day, LeeAnne Denney, and John R. Morrow today announced that they have combined their respective companies (Performance Management Institute, LLC, of Portland, ME; The Healthcare Management Council, Inc., of Needham, MA; Health InfoTechnics, LLC, of Nashville, TN; and The Ratings Guy, LLC, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2011/10/hospital-industry-veterans-launch-ivantage-health-analytics-inc-to-help-providers-meet-the-demands-of-the-new-healthcare/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HMC&#8217;s OPPE Component &#8211; Now Available!</title><link>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2011/01/hmcs-oppe-component-now-available/</link> <comments>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2011/01/hmcs-oppe-component-now-available/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:47:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[HMC News]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/?p=1821</guid> <description><![CDATA[The KnowledgeWeb expands and changes with clients&#8217; needs NEEDHAM, MASS. &#8211; September 24, 2010 &#8211; The Healthcare Management Council, Inc. this month has marked the addition of the 8,550th solution to its KnowledgeWeb portal. While HMC is the leading provider of actionable benchmarks and dashboards, it offers clients even more. It delivers an online platform [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/09/knowledgeweb-offers-over-8000-solutions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HMC names six Top Quality hospitals</title><link>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/07/hmc-names-six-top-quality-hospitals/</link> <comments>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/07/hmc-names-six-top-quality-hospitals/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:43:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[HMC News]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/?p=1246</guid> <description><![CDATA[Physicians drive cost without performance feedback NEEDHAM, MASS. –  June 9, 2010 – The Healthcare Management Council, Inc. (HMC) is creating a new cutting-edge physician scorecard tool. Given that physicians drive most healthcare costs, it’s crucial for hospital managers to better understand their performance. In turn, managers must communicate with the doctors about their performance, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/06/hmc-creating-physician-scorecard/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hospitals need to evaluate break-even point for Medicare</title><link>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/05/hospitals-need-to-evaluate-break-even-point-for-medicare/</link> <comments>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/05/hospitals-need-to-evaluate-break-even-point-for-medicare/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 16:31:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[HMC News]]></category><guid
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