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Tim Healy
Tim Healy, a 39 year veteran of the mailing industry, has been named Vice President and Public Sector Leader for Pitney Bowes Management Services (PBMS).
Tim joins PBMS from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), where he most recently led the Retail Products and Services business. In this capacity, Timothy drove ...
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Tight budgets and cost cutting make print outsourcing critical for government today
Contrary to popular belief, print is not dead. Although many people predicted that the physical printing of content would give way to the digitization and digital delivery of content, government agencies, and other organizations, still find themselves printing materials and distributing them via traditional mail. This is especially true for the federal government, which needs …
February 19, 2013
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State of Indiana takes simple steps for significant savings
It’s no secret that these are difficult financial times for most Americans. And when the economy is down, state governments find themselves with less tax revenue and more constituents in need of important services. The end result is a state government that is forced to do more with fewer resources and a serious budget deficit …
October 18, 2012
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Embracing digital delivery of digital documents for government cost savings
An associate at Pitney Bowes, Nestor Kassaraba, recently authored a short series of posts that I thought was very interesting. Nestor leads public sector marketing for the Pitney Bowes Software division of Pitney Bowes, and he raised some interesting points about how much the government could save by embracing electronic communications. In his first post, …
October 12, 2012
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Healthcare initiatives create records management and communications challenges for healthcare companies and government agencies
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that was championed by President Obama was intended to do a lot more than expand access to healthcare insurance to all Americans. It was also intended to identify new technologies that could improve the healthcare system and eliminate operational inefficiencies that were plaguing the system and raising healthcare …
October 5, 2012
Tagged Accountable Care Organizations, ACO, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, document management, EHRs, electronic health records, health insurance reform, mailroom efficiency, mailroom operations, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, PPACA, President Obama, record digitization, records management, SBC, Summary of Benefits and Coverage Leave a comment
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White House gets serious about digital records
On the heels of recent press coverage about the Department of Veterans Affairs and the crush of paper records that was impacting the structural integrity of their offices, the White House has released a new directive to federal agencies that looks to alleviate the paper record problem. According to a recent Federal News Radio article, …
August 29, 2012
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Paper claims bringing down the house at Veterans Affairs
In previous posts, we’ve discussed the government’s seemingly endless sea of paper records, claims, files, reports and applications. This sea of paper has accumulated over decades as citizens apply for services, file claims, request documents or otherwise interact with their government. However, unlike many private companies, the federal government hasn’t been able to keep the …
August 15, 2012
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Want to increase mobility in your agency? Be like the Pentagon!
In 2012, Congress passed a piece of legislation called the Telework Enhancement Act. This act was intended to move government agencies towards telework adoption, which could increase agency flexibility, cut costs, increase employee productivity and benefit agencies in a wide range of other areas, such as improving employee recruitment and retention. To accomplish this goal, …
August 8, 2012
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Supreme Court decision makes health insurance exchanges a reality for states
In a previous post, we discussed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was backed by President Obama and passed by Congress. PACA was created to accomplish many things, such as improve access to health insurance for all Americans, improve healthcare services and cut healthcare costs. However, due to questions about whether it was …
August 2, 2012
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