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Quality Systems third quarter revenues decrease 5% to $108.9 million

Quality Systems, Inc. announced today results for its fiscal 2014 third quarter ended December 31, 2013.

23 Jan 2014

UC Santa Barbara professor finds method for measuring cellular forces that shape tissues, organs

Like tiny construction workers, cells sculpt embryonic tissues and organs in 3D space. This task is complicated and requires constant communication between cells to coordinate their actions and generate the forces that will shape their environment into complex tissue morphologies.

10 Dec 2013

Medicaid signups may be affected by website glitches

The federal government has been unable to transfer full Medicaid applications to the 36 states participating in healthcare.gov, potentially leaving some who sign up for Medicaid without coverage.

5 Dec 2013

Newly identified protein could prove promising new drug target for AIDS

Researchers have identified a protein that causes loss of function in immune cells combatting HIV. The scientists report in a paper appearing online Dec. 2 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation that the protein, Sprouty-2, is a promising target for future HIV drug development, since disabling it could help restore the cells' ability to combat the virus that causes AIDS.

2 Dec 2013

Jousting over Medicaid expansion

In Alaska, Gov. Sean Parnell said Friday his state will not expand Medicaid under the health law, while reports from Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Maine assess the decisions -- and, in some cases, continued lobbying -- in those states.

20 Nov 2013

AUXILIO reports financial results for third quarter 2013

AUXILIO, Inc., the nation's pioneer and leading Managed Print Services (MPS) company for health care, today reported financial results for its quarter ended September 30, 2013.

15 Nov 2013

AdCare Health Systems third quarter 2013 revenues up 5%

AdCare Health Systems, Inc., a leading long-term care provider, reported results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013.

15 Nov 2013

Some Democrats supporting GOP bill allowing Americans to keep canceled health plans

Democrats consider or profess their support for a Republican plan that would allow Americans to keep their canceled health insurance plans. In the meantime, fights continue to rage over the health law's navigators, and in political races.

14 Nov 2013

Brookdale Senior Living's total revenue increases $32.9 million in third quarter 2013

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. today reported financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2013.

6 Nov 2013

Delaying coverage mandate not a simple idea

News outlets examine the political and policy issues involved in delaying the health law's requirement that almost everyone have health insurance.

29 Oct 2013

Ohio board OKs Medicaid expansion, lawsuits loom

The state Controlling Board agreed Monday to Republican Gov. John Kasich's proposal to accept federal money to expand Medicaid to more than 275,000 Ohioans. Conservatives, however, are planning lawsuits over Kasich's circumvention of state lawmakers.

23 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 22, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about the Obama administration's plans to address the problems with healthcare.gov.

22 Oct 2013

Alimera Sciences receives Complete Response Letter for New Drug Application from FDA

Alimera Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development and commercialization of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, today announced that it has received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) for the New Drug Application (NDA) for ILUVIEN® from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

19 Oct 2013

pSivida reports that Alimera Sciences gets FDA Complete Response Letter for ILUVIEN NDA

pSivida Corp., a specialty pharmaceutical company that is a leader in developing sustained release drugs for treatment of back-of-the-eye diseases, today announced that its licensee Alimera Sciences, Inc. has received a Complete Response Letter for the New Drug Application for ILUVIEN from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

18 Oct 2013

Data suggest state-run online insurance marketplaces making progress -- 38,000 people have signed up; 100,000 have completed applications

Meanwhile, headlines across the country offer updates on specific state exchanges in California, Florida, Michigan, Oregon, Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota and Colorado.

16 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 15, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about how the budget deal taking shape in the Senate would not derail the health law, but would include some tweaks.

15 Oct 2013

Medical device tax gets attention in budget fight

Opponents of the tax, which helps fund the health law, have proposed killing it to help defuse the current standoff, but there is not yet consensus on that effort.

11 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 10, 2013

Today's headlines include a new Associated Press poll that offers the public's early reviews of the first days of the health law's online insurance marketplaces.

10 Oct 2013

Allegro receives FDA IND approval to initiate Phase II clinical studies of ALG-1001 in AMD, VMT patients

Allegro Ophthalmics, LLC, a company dedicated to establishing Integrin Peptide Therapy as the next-generation pharmaceutical category for the treatment of vascular eye diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application to begin two Phase II clinical studies of ALG-1001.