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19961007 FIRM OPENS STATE AFFAIRS UNIT October 7, 1996 FIRM OPENS STATE AFFAIRS UNIT October 7, 1996 The Hawthorn Group P.C., a PR firm in Rosslyn, Va., created The Public Affairs Network, to gather and… Continued

Being able to provide your patients with hassle-free, paper-free admissions could be the new wave in marketing. United Payors and United Providers (UP&UP), a new company based in Rockville, Md., will act as an intermediary… Continued

Covenant Health System Inc. and Family Health Systems Inc. in Brooksfield, Wis., began a $500,000 advertising campaign last week to promote their new health insurance plan, the product of a joint venture announced earlier this… Continued

With the theme "Healthcare has never worked like this before", Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.’s [COL] new national advertising campaign has "worked" to bring it an unsightly lawsuit. Columbia University, which operates Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New… Continued

Nov. 6-8 Managed Care Backlash, Strategies to Overcome Negative Perceptions of Managed Care, sponsored by the International Quality & Productivity Center. Boston. Fees: $1295, Fees plus workshop: $1695. 800/882-8684. Nov. 10-12 First Annual Healthcare Marketing… Continued

ATLANTA_ In response to power struggles from managed care organizations, many hospitals are creating primary care networks (PCN) to give them stronger leverage over HMOs. The topic of PCNs was discussed last week at the… Continued

Even with football season upon us, there’s more talk around the coffee machine on how to open new markets than there is about Monday-morning quarterbacking. While I’d rather criticize the blundering of NFL officials and… Continued

While marketers at Wishard Memorial were careful not to misrepresent themselves or their survey results in their ads –hospitals across the country should be cautious as well. Recently, the American Hospital Association issued guidelines on… Continued

Once shunned by some as simply a hospital for the indigent, Wishard Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis has attracted a bevy of managed care contracts with access to hundreds of thousands of paying patients thanks to… Continued

This week’s Colleague to Colleague talks with Julie Wang, CEO and founder of Wang Associates, one of the nation’s largest healthcare PR firms, based in New York City. Wang has a wide array of experience,… Continued