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Baptist Health System implements eGuardian eICU Program from Philips VISICU

Baptist Health System completes final steps to become the first in South Central Texas to implement an eICU® program designed to improve critical care delivery and save lives. "eGuardian" utilizes the eICU® Program from Philips VISICU, that combines early warning software and remote monitoring to connect off-site critical care physicians and nurses to ICU patients around the clock.

18 May 2010

CMS selects Northrop Grumman to develop National Level Repository task order

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop a National Level Repository for accurate electronic health record incentive payment processing transactions to healthcare professionals, agencies and institutions.

18 May 2010

Teva agrees to settle patent litigation regarding generic version of AstraZeneca's Entocort EC capsules

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced today that it has entered into an agreement with AstraZeneca to settle patent litigation regarding Teva's U.S. generic version of AstraZeneca's Entocort EC (budesonide) capsules.

18 May 2010

Phase II ALSTAR trial: Talampanel is safe for ALS patients

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. today announced results from the Phase II ALSTAR trial. The trial was designed to assess efficacy, safety and tolerability of Talampanel (a selective AMPA antagonist) in reducing disease-related functional deterioration in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis patients.

18 May 2010

Investigators pursue N.Y. leads on hospital corruption; Crack down in Fla. fraud probe

A New York hospital system has become entwined in a corruption scandal that sent a state lawmaker to prison for six years, The Wall Street Journal reports. "Former trustees of one of the hospitals operated by MediSys Health Network, speaking for the first time, say MediSys executives kept board members in the dark about business dealings between company management and Anthony Seminerio, the former lawmaker who pleaded guilty to a federal corruption charge."

18 May 2010

Employer-provided health insurance to remain dominant under health law

News outlets report on employer-provided health insurance and suggest that the overall number of Americans who are insured through their workplace is unlikely to change substantially under the health law.

18 May 2010

152 research and training grants awarded to researchers at 93 institutions nationwide

The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 152 new national research and training grants totaling $50,717,000 in the first of two grants cycles for 2010. The grants, primarily to early career researchers, cover a broad range of investigator-initiated ideas at 93 institutions nationwide, from whether cadmium exposure increases the risk of endometrial cancer, to studies of plant and bacterial-bourne compounds, to a study on a protein called survivin that could lead to novel drugs targeting prostate cancer.

18 May 2010

Democrats strategize by touting early benefits but in some areas party is facing tough fight

Democrats enlisted a reliable strategy by "front-loading their legislation with consumer-friendly, insurance industry reforms and other fixes they hope will generate support for the new law in the run-up to the pivotal midterm elections." Democrats are hoping that a skeptical public will come around to their side of the equation, but Republicans say voters will remember all the legislation, not just part of it, when they vote in November.

18 May 2010

Medicare cuts for physicians loom, yet again

A 21 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursements that has loomed over physicians all year will go into effect on June 1, unless Congress acts to further delay the cuts, CNNMoney reports. "If the proposed cuts go through, physicians are worried their practices will be so strapped that they'll have to drop some of the 43 million Americans who are covered under Medicare."

17 May 2010

Health law's affect on ERs, doctors' panel, young adults examined

Officials and stakeholders are examining the new health reform law for changes that the reform will mean for their organizations and industries.

17 May 2010

Today's Opinions and Editorials: Support for Berwick and health reform's next tests

He is well-qualified to make the many crucial decisions surrounding Medicare and Medicaid, and could end up being one of the most significant appointees in the administration (5/17).

17 May 2010

Hospitals to get more bargaining clout for medical devices

The Wall Street Journal: "Hospitals lack leverage when negotiating prices for high-cost implants like defibrillators and replacement hips because individual doctors, rather than hospitals, typically select the products they use in their patients. Since these doctors often aren't hospital employees, they have little incentive to bargain-hunt.

17 May 2010

Hemispherx Biopharma to conduct study of Ampligen antiviral in China

As part of its expanding international program Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc., announced an agreement with Fountain Medical Development Ltd., a leading Chinese clinical research organization (CRO) to prepare, file and gain approval from the authorities in China to conduct a study of Ampligen, an investigational therapeutic.

17 May 2010

First Edition: May 17, 2010

Today's headlines highlight stories about efforts to advance the implementation of federal health reforms as well as the sweeping measure's political impact in primary races across the country.

17 May 2010

Do Something World Festival wraps up week-long campaign of volunteer service

California Pastor Miles McPherson returned to the Caribbean this week with a large team of volunteers to "do something" for the region. McPherson, a former NFL Player, Senior Pastor of the Rock Church, San Diego and founder of Miles Ahead has produced the Cayman Islands "Do Something World Festival," to take place May 14-15.

15 May 2010

New 2010 Cumulative Supplement to Managed Care Litigation for practitioners who handle disputes

The new 2010 Cumulative Supplement to Managed Care Litigation is a practical reference written specifically for practitioners who handle managed care disputes to help them rapidly focus on key issues and expertly advise their clients. The supplement and its main volume are published by BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, in conjunction with the American Bar Association Health Law Section.

15 May 2010

Medco Health Solutions donates $125,000 to U.S. Red Cross for Tennessee flood relief efforts

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.,, on behalf of its affiliated companies and the Medco Foundation, has donated $125,000 to the U.S. Red Cross for relief efforts targeted at victims of recent flooding in Tennessee and other affected areas.

15 May 2010

Court approves Chem Rx's first-day motions, allows normal business operations

Chem Rx Corporation, the third largest long term care pharmacy in the United States, along with certain operating subsidiaries today announced that it has received Court approval for all of its first-day motions, allowing normal business operations, including the purchase and distribution of all drugs and services to its clients.

15 May 2010

Miami-area resident charged in $23M HIV infusion Medicare fraud scheme

A Miami-area resident who owned and operated an HIV infusion clinic was arrested today and charged for her alleged participation in a $23 million HIV infusion Medicare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced.

15 May 2010

Hospira's I.V. administration set product line to be standardized to non-DEHP

Hospira, Inc., a leading global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, will expand its commitment to non-DEHP products by transitioning customers to its portfolio of non-DEHP intravenous administration sets.

15 May 2010

Medicare News and Research

Baptist Health System implements eGuardian eICU Program from Philips VISICU

CMS selects Northrop Grumman to develop National Level Repository task order

Teva agrees to settle patent litigation regarding generic version of AstraZeneca's Entocort EC capsules

Phase II ALSTAR trial: Talampanel is safe for ALS patients

Investigators pursue N.Y. leads on hospital corruption; Crack down in Fla. fraud probe

Employer-provided health insurance to remain dominant under health law

152 research and training grants awarded to researchers at 93 institutions nationwide

Democrats strategize by touting early benefits but in some areas party is facing tough fight

Medicare cuts for physicians loom, yet again

Health law's affect on ERs, doctors' panel, young adults examined

Today's Opinions and Editorials: Support for Berwick and health reform's next tests

Hospitals to get more bargaining clout for medical devices

Hemispherx Biopharma to conduct study of Ampligen antiviral in China

First Edition: May 17, 2010

Do Something World Festival wraps up week-long campaign of volunteer service

New 2010 Cumulative Supplement to Managed Care Litigation for practitioners who handle disputes

Medco Health Solutions donates $125,000 to U.S. Red Cross for Tennessee flood relief efforts

Court approves Chem Rx's first-day motions, allows normal business operations

Miami-area resident charged in $23M HIV infusion Medicare fraud scheme

Hospira's I.V. administration set product line to be standardized to non-DEHP

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