AllMed Healthcare Management, an Independent Review Organization (IRO) providing medical review and peer review services to healthcare payers, providers, claims managers, and hospital groups, has released its Winter 2004/2005 edition of Medical Review News.
How AllMed Healthcare's independent medical reviews helped Q-elements ensure contract guideline compliance and medical necessity on its processed medical pre-authorizations.
The Board of Directors of the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) has named Anne Flanagan as Executive Director. Ms. Flanagan will have financial and operational responsibility for the AAPCC, a not-for-profit membership organization comprised of the 61 U.S. poison centers, and individuals and groups with an interest in reducing poison-related injuries and deaths.