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Health: Addiction

Annual Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit Returns for 2nd Year

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MALVERN, Pa. (PRWEB)

HMP, a leader in healthcare events and education, announces the annual Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit returns for its second year, November 8-10, in Miami, Florida. The Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit is the only educational event providing clinical, law enforcement, and public safety professionals with practical strategies and solutions to address the country’s stimulant crisis, an often underrecognized emergency compounding the opioid epidemic.

The 2019 summit features a clinical track as well as a law enforcement and public safety track. Attendees can earn up to 16 CE/CMEs, plus an additional 3 ethics credits.

What: Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit

When: November 8-10, 2019

Following an introduction from Jorge Colina, Chief of Police at the Miami Police Department, the Summit will kick off with a keynote address from John L. Eadie, MPA, a coordinator with the National Emerging Threats Initiative, administered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy on November 8, 2019 at 9:00 AM EST. With 44 years’ experience within the public health field, Eadie has served in management, executive, and consulting capacities, directing the New York State Department of Health’s pharmaceutical diversion program from 1985 to 1995. Eadie will present the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Initiative’s (HIDTA) latest findings to be used by clinicians, law enforcement, and public safety personnel to design appropriate interdiction, prevention, and treatment programs.

Sheriff Mark Lamb, Pinal County, Arizona will speak on November 9, 2019 at 4:00 PM EST. Elected in 2017, Sheriff Lamb leads initiatives to address the stimulant crisis by developing relationships with mental and behavioral health providers throughout the county. In addition to its specialized narcotics and anti-smuggling teams, the Sheriff’s office works with federal partners to combat human and drug trafficking in Pinal County. Sheriff Lamb has appeared on A&E Network’s Live PD and 60 Days In.

Where: Hyatt Regency Miami, 400 South East Second Ave, Miami, FL 33131

Why:

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), roughly 14,000 cocaine users and 10,000 meth users died in the United States in 2017, an increase of more than a third compared with 2016 and triple the number of deaths in 2012. That puts stimulant deaths on par with the opioid depressant heroin, which was involved in 15,000 overdose deaths in 2017. The Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit brings together law enforcement and treatment providers to discuss strategies and find solutions.

For press access, please contact Kelly McCurdy at pr@hmpglobal.com

For more information, visit http://www.stimulantsummit.com.

About HMP:

HMP is the force behind Healthcare Made Practical – and is a multichannel leader in health care events and education, with a mission to improve patient care. The company produces accredited medical education events and clinically relevant, evidence-based content for the global health care community across a range of therapeutic areas. Its brands include Consultant360, the year-round, award-winning platform relied upon by primary care providers and other specialists; Psych Congress, the largest independent mental health meeting in the U.S.; Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit, the largest annual gathering on the opioid crisis; EMS World Expo, North America’s largest EMT and paramedic event; and the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC), the largest wound care meeting in the world. For more information, visit hmpglobal.com.

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Health

Lumicell Initiates Pivotal Trial for Breast Cancer Surgical Guidance Solution

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The Lumicell Imaging Systems reaches major milestone toward FDA submission for approval.

Lumicell has begun its pivotal trial of the Lumicell Imaging System for breast cancer.

With this pivotal trial, the system gets an important step closer to FDA approval, but more importantly, patients and physicians are one step closer to having an innovative technology available for care.


NEWTON, Mass. (PRWEB)

Lumicell, Inc., an innovation leader in image guided cancer surgery, today announced it has begun its pivotal trial of the Lumicell Imaging System for breast cancer — a major milestone on its path toward FDA submission for approval. The two-arm, randomized pivotal study follows completion of our feasibility clinical study of 234 patients at 16 sites. In the pivotal study, the technology will be used on 170 patients at up to 20 large academic centers and community breast cancer centers for intraoperative detection and removal of residual cancer in breast conserving surgery.

“This is an exciting moment for breast cancer patients and their physicians. Since the very beginning, I’ve been encouraged by the results generated using the Lumicell System,” said Barbara Smith, MD, PhD, lead investigator of the Lumicell breast cancer trials. Dr. Smith, Director of the Breast Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, also shared, “with this pivotal trial, the system gets an important step closer to FDA approval, but more importantly, patients and physicians are one step closer to having an innovative technology available for care.”

Breast-conserving surgery is a critical first step in the treatment for many women with breast cancer with the goal of removing all cancer cells while minimizing the removal of healthy tissue. However, today, surgeons do not have adequate tools to determine in real-time if all the cancer has been removed during the initial surgery; instead, patients must wait multiple days after surgery to find out if all the cancer has been completely removed. Unfortunately, for 1 in 4 breast cancer patients, cancer cells are found at the margins of the removed tissue, suggesting cancer cells may remain in the cavity, typically requiring patients to undergo a second surgery to remove the remaining cancer.

The Lumicell System was developed to enable surgeons to see and remove residual cancer in real-time, in vivo, during the initial surgery — with the goal of reducing the risk of second surgeries and cancer recurrence. The system is designed to minimize healthy tissue removal while integrating easily into the surgical workflow.

“We are very excited to move into the pivotal trial stage for the Lumicell System,” said Andrey Zarur, PhD, Executive Chairman at Lumicell. “We believe we have developed a trial design which will be compelling to patients and surgeons, demonstrate the clinical benefit of using the system in the treatment of breast cancer and generate data to submit for FDA approval.”

The Lumicell System is potentially useful for surgical guidance in the removal of numerous other cancer types, and it is currently being tested in feasibility trials for treatment of prostate, brain, colorectal, esophageal and pancreatic cancers, as well as peritoneal metastases from primary ovarian and colon cancers.

For more information about Lumicell’s clinical trials, visit http://www.lumicell.com/clinical-trials/clinical-trials.php.

About Lumicell, Inc.

Lumicell is a technology leader in the field of image-guided cancer surgery. The company is developing a novel system that enables real-time detection of tumor tissue in patients so that no cancer cells are left behind during surgery. The company’s Lumicell System has unprecedented ability to see and guide removal of cancer cells remaining in the surgical cavity – beyond the margin of the specimen – and has the potential to significantly improve surgical outcomes and reduce healthcare costs by eliminating the need for repeat surgeries. Lumicell is investigating the Lumicell System in patients undergoing surgery for breast cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, brain cancer, colorectal, esophageal and pancreatic cancers. Additional future indications are planned to include perfusion, wound care and infection, and surgeries for lung, and liver cancers. For more information, please visit http://www.lumicell.com.

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Society: Christianity

Author Neal R. Mercier’s newly released “Jesus, The Gate Keeper” is a thought-provoking and moving tale about the role of faith in overcoming loss

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MEADVILLE, Pa. (PRWEB)

“Jesus, The Gate Keeper”: a comforting and consoling story about the power of prayer and faith. “Jesus, The Gate Keeper” is the creation of published author, Neal R. Mercier.

“This book will introduce your child to God, love, hope, faith and death. And if you believe in Jesus, nothing is impossible for him.”

Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Neal R. Mercier’s new book is the tale of a lifelong friendship between a boy and a dog named Rocky.

When tragedy strikes, a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger leads the boy out of despair by teaching that, with faith and prayer, anything is possible.

View a synopsis of “Jesus, The Gate Keeper” on YouTube.

Consumers can purchase “Jesus, The Gate Keeper” at traditional brick & mortar bookstores, or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries about “Jesus, The Gate Keeper”, contact the Christian Faith Publishing media department at 866-554-0919.

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Technology: Computer

LogRhythm Offers Migration Service to Splunk Customers to Address Ongoing Security Challenges Without the Financial Burden

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“With this pricing offer, companies can immediately utilize the LogRhythm Platform to protect unlimited amounts of data,” said Mark Logan, CEO, LogRhythm.


BOULDER, Colo. (PRWEB)

LogRhythm, the company powering the world’s enterprise security operations centers (SOCs), today announced a migration offer for current Splunk customers to easily transition to the LogRhythm Platform. By offering a 100 percent trade-in credit for up to a year of remaining time on their current Splunk subscription, this limited-time Splunk migration offer helps eligible organizations alleviate any added financial burden from unpredictable pricing by migrating to the LogRhythm True Unlimited Data Plan.

To make the migration process even easier, LogRhythm is offering a tailored migration service to Splunk customers — enabling customers to save time and resources when deploying the LogRhythm Platform. With the assistance of experts familiar with both platforms, new LogRhythm customers can be assured they will be up and running on the platform, and ready to face security challenges as quickly as possible.

“Oftentimes, companies are forced to continue a relationship with a vendor until their contract ends or risk incurring financial penalties and the added expenses of a technology transition,” said Mark Logan, CEO, LogRhythm. “With this pricing offer, companies can immediately utilize the LogRhythm Platform to protect unlimited amounts of data. Customers should not be forced to choose what data to monitor and protect due to vendor licensing constraints. With this offering, we are ensuring that CISOs are empowered to achieve their goals without sacrifice.”

Announced on October 1, 2019, LogRhythm delivered the industry’s first unlimited capacity licensing model for its NextGen SIEM, giving customers the opportunity to protect all of their data at one flat rate. This offer is available to customers who decide to switch to LogRhythm between now and December 31, 2019. More information can be found at:

About LogRhythm

LogRhythm is a world leader in NextGen SIEM, empowering thousands of enterprises on six continents to successfully reduce cyber and operational risk by rapidly detecting, responding to and neutralizing damaging cyberthreats. The LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform combines advanced security analytics; user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA); network detection and response (NDR); and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) in a single end-to-end solution. LogRhythm’s technology serves as the foundation for the world’s most modern enterprise security operations centers (SOCs), helping customers measurably secure their cloud, physical, and virtual infrastructures for both IT and OT environments. Built for security professionals by security professionals, the LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform has won countless customer and industry accolades. For more information, visit logrhythm.com.

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Technology: Electronics

AIM to Participate at SMTA Space Coast Expo & Tech Forum

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CRANSTON, R.I. (PRWEB)

AIM Solder, a leading global manufacturer of solder assembly materials for the electronics industry, is pleased to announce their participation in the upcoming SMTA Space Coast Expo and Tech Forum taking place on November 20, 2019 at the Melbourne Auditorium in Melbourne, FL. AIM Solder will highlight its REL electronic solders and its new RX18 and CX18 cored solder wire.

REL22™ is an award-winning, high reliability alloy developed to address reliability and production quality issues common to similar multi-element alloys. Both internal and customer testing has proven that REL22 improves product survival in extreme thermal exposure operating environments such as under-hood automotive, avionics/aerospace and LED lighting. REL61™ is ideally suited for industries which require a cost effective alternative to SAC305 with no loss of processing performance or durability. REL61 provides significant advantages over other no-low silver alloys by offering better flow characteristics at lower temperatures, thus reducing PCB damage and assembly costs.

AIM will also feature its new cored wire solders, RX18 and CX18. The award-winning RX18 is engineered for automated soldering and promotes thermal transfer, fast wetting and reduces voids/skips. With an operator friendly, low odor/smoke formula, CX18 extends the solder tip life and leaves clear, minimal residues.

To discover all of AIM’s products and services, visit the company at the SMTA Space Coast Expo and Tech Forum for more information and to speak with one of AIM’s knowledgeable staff members.

About AIM

Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, AIM Solder is a leading global manufacturer of assembly materials for the electronics industry with manufacturing, distribution and support facilities located throughout the world. AIM produces advanced solder products such as solder paste, liquid flux, cored wire, bar solder, epoxies, lead-free and halogen-free solder products, and specialty alloys such as indium and gold for a broad range of industries. A recipient of many prestigious SMT industry awards, AIM is strongly committed to innovative research and development of product and process improvement as well as providing customers with superior technical support, service and training. For more information about AIM, visit http://www.aimsolder.com.

Upcoming Events:

November 12-15, 2019 – Productronica, Messe München, Munich, Germany

December 4, 2019 – SMTA Silicon Valley, Bestronics Incorporated, San Jose, CA

February 4-6, 2020 – IPC APEX Expo, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA

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health and fitness

Fitness Machine Technicians Opens in Washington’s Greater Puget Sound Area

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The Pacific Northwest is leading the trend in prescribing fitness as part of promoting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. We’re excited to provide a service that helps people stay active, even during our rainy winters.


BELLINGHAM, Wash. (PRWEB)

Fitness Machine Technicians, specialists in the maintenance and repair of exercise equipment for commercial and residential customers, announced it will open its first location in Washington today. Michael and Dawn Lee of Mount Vernon will own and manage the local office.

Headquartered in Philadelphia, Fitness Machine Technicians operates in more than 70 markets across the country and offers service/repair and maintenance on a variety of exercise equipment in fitness centers, universities, high schools, hotels, apartment complexes, corporate gyms and private residences.

Michael and Dawn began their first foray into entrepreneurship by flipping houses – it was a part-time project that would eventually inspire their interest in opening their own business full-time.

A board member and coach for the Washington State Student Cycling League, Michael states, “The Pacific Northwest is leading the trend in prescribing fitness as part of promoting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. We’re excited to provide a service that helps people stay active, even during our rainy winters.”

After studying Aerospace Engineering at Embry Riddle University and receiving his Master’s in Business from Pepperdine University, Michael began his career as a Design Engineer with McDonnell Douglass, and later with Boeing as a Technical Sales Engineer. With his background in both engineering and business, he and Dawn explored franchising opportunities and found Fitness Machine Technicians to be the perfect combination of their strengths and passion for fitness and nutrition.

Dawn studied Nutrition at Cornell University and continued her education at Bastyr University in Kenmore. For the past 12 years, she has run a part-time business teaching nutrition, yoga, and reiki. She and Michael are also trail-building advocates.

“Health and fitness have always been priorities in our lives,” says Dawn. “We’ve taught our kids the importance of staying active and couldn’t think of a better way to share our passion than by opening a business that allows us to help our very active community stay fit,” she adds.

Since its inception, Fitness Machine Technicians has been committed to delivering reliable service/repair and preventive maintenance services to customers across the nation. With more than 35 years’ experience in the fitness industry, Chief Executive and Founder Don Powers created a company that puts its customers first.

Powers notes, “We’re so excited to continue expanding into the Pacific Northwest and are thrilled to welcome Michael and Dawn to the Fitness Machine Technicians family – they both bring great experience to our team and a passion for serving their active community.”

In the coming months, Michael and Dawn will expand their territory to Seattle and Olympia.

For more information about having a fitness machine or exercise facility serviced, please contact Michael and Dawn Lee at 425-330-5613 or visit http://www.FitnessMachineTechnicians.com/PNW.

About Fitness Machine Technicians

Fitness Machine Technicians specializes in the maintenance and repair of equipment for commercial and home exercise facilities. Clients include health clubs, corporations, hotels, condos, education, government and residential homes across the United States. Fitness Machine Technicians also offers franchise opportunities to individuals with an interest in fitness and looking to run a service-based business based on a proven operating model. For more information, visit the website at http://www.FitnessMachineTechnicians.com or call 844-FMT-FIXX.

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Industry: Healthcare

symplr Provides Hands-On Educational Workshops for Customers at Final engage 2019 Regional User Conference

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symplr engage Regional User Conference

symplr engage Regional User Conference

Planning for the 2020 regional user conferences is underway. We can’t wait to reveal the dates and locations soon.


HOUSTON (PRWEB)

symplr®, a leading healthcare governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) software as a service (SaaS) platform, today announced that the final symplr engage™ Regional User Conference of 2019 will be held in Nashville, December 12-13, 2019, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Nashville Downtown. Customers can attend this free, two-day event featuring more than 30 sessions hosted by the provider management industry’s best and brightest educators.

“The engage user conference is a win-win for both the symplr team, who has the pleasure of meeting many of our customers in-person, and for our customers who get face-to-face time with symplr experts, free NAMSS CEUs, and are the first to learn what’s new with their symplr solutions,” said Amie Teske, Vice President and General Manager, Provider Management at symplr. “Planning for the 2020 regional user conferences is underway. We can’t wait to reveal the dates and locations soon.”

This year, attendees can select from more than 30 session topics such as “FPPE Refresh,” “What’s New in the Cactus Provider Management Platform,” “Documenting Provider Competency for Low and No Volume Practitioners,” and more. Registration has been simplified, allowing attendees to both pre-select sessions and register multiple team members at once. Check out the complete agenda.

Registration for the two-day conference is free to symplr clients and $500 for non-clients. To learn more and register, visit https://www.symplr.com/engage2019

About symplr

Founded in 2006, symplr is an industry leader in governance, risk management and compliance SaaS solutions that help healthcare organizations mitigate risk and ensure compliance. symplr has a single mission: to make healthcare GRC simpler for all constituents of the healthcare community. More information is available at http://www.symplr.com.

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Business: Insurance

First-in-Industry IoT Platform Changing Open Enrollment for Bewildered Seniors

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John Clifford, COO of Ensurem, discusses how their IoT solutions are helping simplify the complex Medicare process.

John Clifford, COO of Ensurem, discusses how their IoT solutions are helping simplify the complex Medicare process.

“What seniors need is a clear, reliable way to winnow through the available offerings and find the plan that best suits their needs and budget.”


CLEARWATER, Fla. (PRWEB)

Every day, 10,000 baby boomers turn 65, making Medicare plans the fastest-growing segment of the health insurance market. Insurance carriers are responding to the opportunity; since the 2019 open enrollment period, there has been a 32 percent increase in the number of available Medicare Advantage plans [1].

“The stakes are high—making the wrong choice can have serious consequences in terms of financial exposure—and there is a very broad range of options,” says John Clifford, COO, Ensurem LLC, an online, multi-carrier insurance brokerage and technology firm at the very forefront of innovation within the marketplace. “What seniors need is a clear, reliable way to winnow through the available offerings and find the plan that best suits their needs and budget.”

To help consumers and insurance carriers navigate this crowded landscape, Clifford defines what is needed:

1. A platform serving as an insurance broker on one side and;

2. A provider of tailored product information and purchasing opportunities on the other

Ensurem, conceived as such a platform, is an online consumer marketplace designed to educate visitors and rapidly match customer to product, simplify application, automate underwriting and instantly provide finished documents. They now offer services of Aetna, Humana, Ameritas, Cigna, Mutual of Omaha, Anthem, Catholic Life Insurance and more.

To complement their online platform, the company recently launched 4,500 first-in-industry kiosks in pharmacies and retail locations throughout the nation using their innovative IoT software to simplify the process for seniors as well as assist the inundated agencies.

“We log 2,000+ calls per day in our call centers from bewildered senior citizens,” Clifford says. Some of the complexity of today’s marketplace, he notes, stems from insurers’ need to balance attractiveness to consumers (there are Medicare Advantage plans with zero-dollar monthly premiums) with risk. Some of it, however, is due to the government’s Medicare rules themselves. Enrollees, for example, are required to sign up during a seven-month period surrounding their 65th birthday. Failure to do so leads to stiff late enrollment penalties that continue for life [2].

But that is not all that is confusing. The varying names given to Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) and Open Enrollment Period (OEP) in the media–which are different animals and different time frames—is just one tiny example as to its confusion. Here are a few ways AEP is referred to in recent news stories:

  • “Annual Open Enrollment Season”

  • “Do-Over Window”—referring to OEP

  • “Annual Open Enrollment Period”

  • “Annual Medicare Open Enrollment Period”


Another point to compound the misunderstanding:

  • News reports state that people who are still employed at 65 and want to defer Medicare enrollment to continue with their employer-provided coverage may do so, as long as they are working. If they leave their job and continue private coverage through COBRA; however, they become late enrollees, which means they must wait for a General Enrollment Period that runs from January 1 to March 31—with Medicare coverage not beginning until July 1 [3].

  • Yet Ensurem explains that People over 65 whom have missed their IEP (Initial Enrollment Period) do still receive a special enrollment period after losing group coverage, regardless of if they enroll in COBRA. They can also technically be enrolled in COBRA & Medicare at the same time.


“These rules are specific to Original Medicare (government funded) Parts A & B. Medicare Advantage and Medicare supplement insurance—both provided by private insurance companies—have their own set of enrollment regulations,” says Clifford.

On top of narrow enrollment windows, there are limited periods of time when enrollees can make any changes to their coverage. One of those being Medicare Annual Enrollment Period from October 15 – December 7, during which Medicare beneficiaries can switch from Original Medicare to Medicare Advantage, or vice-versa, as well as switch Medicare Advantage plans.

Meanwhile, there are now 22 million people enrolled in managed-care Medicare Advantage plans [4], which continue to change in ways that encourage both increasing enrollment and greater complexity. These include loosened marketing restrictions, increased use of telehealth, the elimination of “meaningful difference” tests limiting the number of plans offered in a given market and additional time for plan sponsors to secure a provider network [5].

Confused much? That’s the point.

“The Medicare solutions market today, including both Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement insurance,” Clifford says, “has a lot of room for improvement in the way of decreasing costs, providing easier-to-understand consumer information, and increasing efficiency in the buying process.”

He points out that Ensurem’s technology solutions have been a welcome advancement in facilitating the roll of the agents.

In 2019, Ensurem will have tripled its business from 2018, its first year of full-scale operation, scaling up from three to 90 employees since its launch and expecting to almost double in size next year. The company’s goal is basically to make insurance into a 21st-century industry.

About Ensurem:

Ensurem, headquartered in Clearwater, FL, is a leading technology and product distribution company serving carriers and consumers within the massive U.S. senior market. The company provides end-to-end solutions for carriers, including product development, digital marketing, and consumer-centric front ends and back end. For more information, please visit http://www.Ensurem.com.

1. Coombs, Bertha, “The 2020 Medicare enrollment season brings fierce competition for baby boomers among insurers,” CNBC, October 16, 2019.

2. “Part B late enrollment penalty,” Centers for Medical and Medicaid Services, October 2019.

3. Miller, Mark, “If You Do Medicare Sign-Up Wrong, It Will Cost You,” New York Times, January 31, 2019.

4. “Medicare Advantage/Part D Contract and Enrollment Data,” Centers for Medical and Medicaid Services, December 31, 2018.

5. Adelberg, Michael, and Rodriguez, Kristin, “Medicare Advantage is nudging aside ‘old Medicare’ with a free ride, a warm meal, and a handyman,” Stat News, April 3, 2019.

Business: Executives

Jenny Vance Joins Curvo Labs as New Chief Revenue Officer

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Her experience, track record, and unique skill as both an entrepreneur and a sales and marketing leader are a perfect fit. Jenny will keep us laser-focused on our customers’ success as we grow and meet our mission to drive costs out of healthcare.


EVANSVILLE, Ind. (PRWEB)

Curvo Labs, Inc., a technology platform for strategic clinical spend management, announced today the addition of Jenny Vance to the company’s executive leadership team as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO).

Vance is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and growth acceleration expert who has helped businesses spanning from Fortune 50 companies to pre-raise startups develop revenue and go-to-market strategies. She brings to Curvo extensive experience building and scaling teams and processes to help companies generate leads, build out sales funnels, and consistently grow revenue. She also has deep entrepreneurial experience, having started and run a successful growth strategy firm.

“We were thrilled and honored that Jenny agreed to join our leadership team,” says Andy Perry, CEO and co-founder of Curvo. “Her experience, track record, and unique skill as both an entrepreneur and a sales and marketing leader are a perfect fit. Jenny will keep us laser-focused on our customers’ success as we grow and meet our mission to drive costs out of healthcare.”

As CRO, Vance will be responsible for growth and revenue strategies and processes, as well as integration and alignment between operations, marketing, sales, and customer support. She describes her skills as highly complementary to those of Perry and Chief Customer Officer Steve Suhrheinrich, Curvo Labs’ other co-founder, and Nic Sagez, Chief Technology Officer. Perry and Suhrheinrich bring expertise in hospital supply chain, healthcare strategic sourcing, value analysis, and clinical spend management. Meanwhile, Sagez brings nearly two decades of experience building highly scalable, secure, and innovative technology platforms.

“Andy and Steve have really grown the company through a strong customer focus,” Vance said. “That’s why they have retained a strong customer base. People absolutely stick with Curvo. The cornerstones are all in place. We have a strong foundation and a unique and exciting opportunity to scale and continue to grow.”

Vance has been honored by the Sales Lead Management Association (SLMA) as one of the 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management and one of 20 “Women to Watch.” She has also been recognized in a variety of national and regional publications’ “40 Under 40” lists. In 2013, Vance was the recipient of the McDermond Medal for Excellence in Entrepreneurship. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from DePauw University, where she was a Management Fellow.

About Curvo Labs

Curvo is a Software-as-a-Service company focused exclusively on the healthcare supply chain. With deep domain expertise and agile development practices, we build the analytics, the workflow, and the automation to make spend management in healthcare faster and easier. Find out what Curvo can do for your organization today, and visit curvolabs.com.

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Health: Addiction

Kolmac Outpatient Recovery Centers Opens New Frederick Addiction Treatment Center

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Wayne Sensor, CEO at Kolmac

Wayne Sensor, CEO at Kolmac

Our team is excited to expand our reach into Frederick and Western Maryland. We believe that the people in this community can benefit from highly effective outpatient addiction treatment that allows them to continue living at home and going to work.


BURTONSVILLE, Md. (PRWEB)

Kolmac Outpatient Recovery Centers continues to expand its network of addiction treatment locations with a new center in Frederick, Maryland. The new Frederick addiction treatment center opened on October 23rd and provides comprehensive treatment services, including an intensive outpatient (IOP) program.

Founder and Chief Innovation Officer George Kolodner MD developed IOP and established Kolmac in 1973. Since then, the team has provided flexible and effective treatment that has helped more than 30,000 men and women recover from addiction.

Exploring Kolmac’s new location in Frederick

This new clinic location will first offer an evening IOP program. Due to the program’s flexibility, it is the most popular offering for patients. The Frederick addiction treatment center will also later offer a daytime IOP program for patients who would prefer to attend treatment during the day.

The public can also expect the Frederick location to soon launch a continuing care program to serve the first group of patients completing the eight-week IOP program. In keeping with its roots, Kolmac will provide family support resources and develop specific continuing care groups to meet the needs of the patient populations in the area.

Kolmac will staff this new location with licensed and experienced addiction treatment professionals. To meet the needs of patients with coexisting mental health issues, the Frederick addiction treatment center will have a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner onsite.

According to Kolmac CEO Wayne Sensor, “Our team is excited to expand our reach into Frederick and Western Maryland to help even more patients recover from addiction. We believe that the people in this community can benefit from highly effective outpatient addiction treatment that allows them to continue living at home and going to work.”

Kolmac expands to meet a growing need

Frederick is a growing community, and like all areas of the country, has addiction treatment needs. Kolmac selected this location because it saw an opportunity to make a difference for the residents. “Addiction continues to be a problem across the United States. Our goal is to expand into growing and vibrant communities like Frederick. This will allow us to reach even more men and women as they fight to take their lives back from addiction,” Sensor explains.

About Kolmac

Kolmac Outpatient Recovery Centers is a network of intensive outpatient (IOP) addiction treatment centers in Washington D.C., Maryland and Pennsylvania. Utilizing a treatment method that was developed by George Kolodner, M.D., more than 45 years ago, the Kolmac model provides easier access to treatment, greater program flexibility and dramatically lower costs, while offering the same effectiveness as traditional inpatient programs. In addition to providing all three phases of treatment, including outpatient detoxification, rehabilitation and continuing care, Kolmac also offers treatment for co-occurring psychiatric disorders, as well as education and resources for family members and referring professionals. For more information about Kolmac Outpatient Recovery Centers, please visit http://www.kolmac.com.

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