Reed Group

Westminster, CO (PRWEB) October 14, 2010

Reed Group, Ltd. (reedgroup.com), publisher of the industrys leading clinical case management and treatment guidelines, MDGuidelines, announced today its development and release of new content and tools that will help stakeholders navigate and comply with the recently announced New York State Workers Compensation Board (WCB) medical treatment guidelines.

The New York WCBs new regulations require stakeholders to incorporate new state-specific medical treatment guidelines into their policies, procedures and practices. Carriers, self-insured employers, third party administrators, payers and other stakeholders all are required to incorporate the New York guidelines in their daily activities within 120 days of December 1, 2010 -- and to certify their on-going compliance thereafter.

Reed Group shares the New York WCBs commitment to expediting claimant access to quality health care and improving outcomes, says Jon Seymour, M.D., Reed Groups president, Guidelines. Its clear that the key to successful state guidelines adoption is the availability of tools that allow easy and efficient navigation between guidelines language, treatment and procedures. MDGuidelines is uniquely designed to deliver that ease of navigation, and were looking forward to helping stakeholders in the New York workers compensation system achieve full compliance more easily.

Reed Groups NY Guidelines solution is a suite of tools available through a standalone website or simple integration with existing software applications such as claims systems, case management software, or utilization review and physician management programs.

The suite of tools will include the core New York Guidelines, which presents specific, proprietary treatment material by ACOEM (American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine), a tool to help align diagnosis and procedure codes more efficiently, and payment tables and other critical decision support and process efficiency tools. Additional MDGuidelines content will be available on an a la carte basis.

The Reed Group team will be providing extensive training in Guidelines tool use throughout the state in the near future.

An overview of the New York WCB announcement can be found at wcb.state.ny.us/content/main/hcpp/MedicalTreatmentGuidelines/MTGOverview.jsp. Complete text of the regulations is available at wcb.state.ny.us/content/main/wclaws/RecentlyAdopted/Adopted_MedTreatGuidelines.jsp. Additional information is available from the WCB website at wcb.state.ny.us/.

For further information or a demonstration of the MDGuidelines New York Treatment Guidelines tools, contact Reed Groups Keith Mayers at 800-347-7443 or kmayers@reedgroup.com. Interested parties also can follow new developments and find tips on adopting the NY guidelines on Reed Groups blog Solutions at Work as well as on Twitter at @ReedGrp and @MDGuidelines.

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StudentListings.com, The Student Textbook Marketplace, expands to support all U.S. Colleges and Unversities.

(PRWEB) November 3, 2003

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San Diego, CA - November 3, 2003 - studentListings.com expands their textbook marketplace to support all national colleges and universities. This provides a wider market for students to buy and sell their books, increasing the likelihood that a "match" will be found. Students have the option to choose their shipping options when they list a book: available for pickup on campus and/or through the mail. In this way, the only search results displayed are textbooks either available for pickup at your selected college or available elsewhere through the mail. This makes vastly reduces the effort required to determine if the desired textbook your looking for is available for purchase. The site's unique streamlined design eliminates the need to search through traditional classified ads, or being forced to always pay shipping, regardless if the person is located in your area, which occurs in some national systems.

About studentListings.com

Founded in 2001 by two students from the University of California at San Diego, studentListings.com has provided students with a more economical solution to selling their used textbooks than their campus bookstore offers them.

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Mind Commerce Announces Availability of Stimulus Grant Support Package

Denver, CO (PRWEB) June 11, 2009

Mind Commerce LLC and WMX Systems announced today the release of the first in a series of Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) Grant Application Support Packages. The BTOP was created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment (Stimulus) Act of 2009 (ARRA 2009) to expand broadband internet access in unserved, underserved or rural markets of the US supporting education, healthcare, public safety and job creation. The program provides almost $ 4 billion for service providers, state and municipal governments and non-profits to build broadband networks. This is arguably the largest infusion of funding, public or private, for telecommunications in the US since the telecom boom of the late 1990's.

The 380-page package offers exceptional value to anyone seeking to write a BTOP grant application. The BTOP grant application, per the ARRA 2009, shall consist of a) a business plan b) an engineering plan and c) a cost estimate. Washington insiders point to a need for grant applicants to provide specific details as to what broadband technology will be deployed, how it will serve the unserved or underserved community, and what measurable outcomes will be produced with the grant funding. Grant applicants can expect a good deal of scrutiny before and after the any grant and should be adequately prepared.

The Mind Commerce BTOP Grant Application Support Package is not a specific engineering plan or cost estimate. Instead, it provides the following highly valuable documents and representative WiMAX application scenarios:

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ECS Refining Works with US Electronics Recycling Leaders to Support Critical Legislation for Safe, Domestic Electronics Waste Recycling

Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) November 02, 2011

ECS Refining, the industry leader in electronic recycling and end-of-life services, is proud to announce its work with the Coalition for American Electronics Recycling. The Coalition is supporting proposed federal legislation to restrict the export of toxic electronic waste (e-waste), as well as help spur expansion of the domestic recycling industry. The result of this legislation will ensure our e-waste is not sent to third world countries, as well as create of tens of thousands of new domestic jobs.

ECS Refining is an active founding member of this important organization. The U.S. lacks a robust domestic e-waste recycling industry and the quality jobs that come with it because our laws promote unrestricted, unfair and unethical trade in toxic electronic scrap, said Jim Taggart, Chief Executive Officer of ECS Refining. E-waste exports not only poison the environment and people in developing countries across Asia and Africa, they limit the ability of responsible recyclers to expand our businesses and build our workforce in the U.S.

The Responsible Electronics Recycling Act, introduced in June, would restrict toxic e-waste exports to developing countries that lack adequate safeguards for the environment and workers. The House bill is co-sponsored by Gene Green (D-TX), Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Steve LaTourette (R-OH). In the Senate, similar legislation is co-sponsored by U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).

The Coalition for American Electronics Recycling includes 29 U.S. companies involved in all aspects of the domestic electronics recycling and disposition industry, with 74 recycling operations in 34 states. The legislation is also supported by major electronics manufacturers and retailers, including Hewlett Packard, Dell, Apple, Samsung and Best Buy, as well as the Electronics Takeback Coalition, an environmental organization.

The U.S. generated more than 3.1 million tons of e-waste in 2009, according to U.S. EPA statistics. Electronic scrap contains high concentrations of toxic materials such as lead and cadmium and is classified as hazardous by the U.S. EPA and many states. However, a large percentage of e-waste collected for recycling is actually exported to developing countries that lack environmental and worker safeguards.

We need to stop exporting American jobs along with toxic e-waste, said Robert Houghton, President of Redemtech. For each job in exporting electronics, we can create seven good-paying jobs in our domestic recycling industry. However, domestic recyclers are at a substantial financial disadvantage to overseas recyclers with few restrictions on worker and environmental safety. By creating a level playing field, this legislation will unleash investment and job creation in our industry.

The legislation promotes business expansion and job growth through free trade of tested, working electronics and parts; separated and properly labeled commodities recovered from electronics, such as copper, steel and aluminum; and manufacturer warranty returns for repair within the original supply chain.

While taking action against unregulated export of hazardous materials, this legislation promotes free trade in value-added products that are critical to global success and creating jobs here in America, said Wendy Neu, Executive Vice President of Hugo Neu Corporation. By promoting responsible recycling, the proposed legislation will position U.S. companies as leaders in global markets.

Current government policies are distorting the marketplace and preventing U.S. companies from meeting market demand for responsible, domestic recycling services. With growing awareness of the environmental risks, a majority of large U.S. companies and many consumers are asking for no export e-waste services. However, due to unregulated exports, few qualified facilities exist in the U.S., said Neil Peters-Michaud, Chief Executive Officer of Cascade Asset Management. The Responsible Electronics Recycling Act will enable American recyclers to rationalize investments in plant and personnel necessary to provide the services people and businesses want.

The Coalition is actively working with both the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which have jurisdiction over the bills as well as other Congressional offices who would benefit from the job creation from this legislation.

About ECS Refining

ECS Refining is a national electronic waste recycling and end-of-life services company with locations in Santa Clara, Stockton, and Gardena, California; Medford, Oregon; and Mesquite and Terrell, Texas. For over 30 years, ECS has provided recovery and refining, asset management, and resale services to attain maximum recovery value for clients, while maintaining environmentally sustainable results. We provide recycling solutions for a wide variety of electronic, industrial and hazardous materials, and are committed to applying smart and planet-friendly solutions for our customers. For more information about our operations, and the latest news from ECS Refining, visit http://www.ecsrefining.com.

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