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2006-06-20
Geisinger Health Plan will post quality ratings for docs online
The Citizen's Voice, PA - Jun 14, 2006 Danville-based Geisinger Health Plan has posted quality ratings for more than 900 doctors� offices in northeastern and central Pennsylvania online at www

2006-06-19
Geisinger Health System Receives Two Prestigious Awards for IT
Finanzen.net, Germany - May 17, 2006 For the second time in three years, Geisinger HealthSystem, the leading physician-led healthcare system in Pennsylvania,received a Best Practices Award from
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2006-06-18
RSA Security Launches RSA Access Manager 6.0 To Address Worldwide
The IT Shield (press release), UK - Jun 13, 2006 Geisinger Health System, a physician-led health care system that serves more than 2 million people in forty Pennsylvania counties, uses RSA Access Manager

2006-06-16
Geisinger Health Plan
Milton Daily Standard, PA - Jun 6, 2006 DANVILLE � Martin Geliebter of Danville has been named director of network development for Geisinger Health Plan. Geliebter has
Geliebter has more than 25 years in health care and network development. Geliebter spent 10 years with the Health Care Financing Administration as a Project Officer administering $100 million in contracts to physician peer review organizations. He then became the deputy director for Empire State Medical Foundation, where he helped establish the first statewide Quality Improvement Organization for New York and negotiated $60 million in Federal funding over five years. Geliebter moved to New Jersey-based MediChoice Network, Inc. (currently Beech Street Corp.) a regional managed care organization where he was the vice president of development. He was responsible for building a multi-state network with over 250 hospitals, 38,000 physicians and ancillary providers.

2006-06-15
Putting IT all together
ModernHealthcare.com, IL - Jun 5, 2006 And making Geisinger Health System one of the most effective users of healthcare information technology in the US For this accomplishment, he's the winner of
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2006-06-14
Rattlesnake handler's condition improves
Elmira Star-Gazette, NY - Jun 12, 2006 bitten by a large rattlesnake during the 51st Annual Morris Rattlesnake Roundup on Saturday, was listed in good condition today at Geisinger Medical Center in
He was trying to pin a rattlesnake in the snake pit at about 4 p.m. Saturday when the rattler pulled his head free and bit him on the hand. Three punctures indicate that the snake struck Osborn twice, Morris Fire Chief Dean Kreger said.

2006-06-13
Geisinger stations helicopter in Schuylkill County
Sunbury Daily Item, PA - May 12, 2006 full-time medical helicopter stationed in the Schuylkill County area through the establishment of a fifth LifeFlight helicopter by Geisinger Medical Center.
�As the LifeFlight program celebrates 25 years of outstanding service, it gives Geisinger great pleasure to add a helicopter that will be permanently stationed in this region,� said Dr. John Skiendzielewski, director of the emergency medicine at Geisinger. �The LifeFlight program has proven itself as a valuable tool for saving lives. Having a medical helicopter conveniently located in this region is a tremendous asset. This expansion of the program will shorten response times, get patients to the hospital faster and improve services in this area.�

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5. Geisinger, Howard "Howie"
Geisinger, Howard "Howie" Found his peace Fri., Oct. 22, 2004, age 80. Loving father of Mark (fiancee Susan Larson) Geisinger, Christie (fiance Glen Szwalkiewicz) Davidson and Beth Hoppe. Dear