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DJOFL net sales increases 10.3% to $240.1 million for first-quarter 2010

DJO Incorporated a global provider of medical device solutions for musculoskeletal health, vascular health and pain management, today announced financial results for its operating subsidiary, DJO Finance LLC ("DJOFL"), for the first quarter of 2010, ended April 3, 2010.

6 May 2010

Gentiva Health Services first-quarter total net revenues up 7.5% to $297.1 million

Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a leading provider of home health and hospice services, today reported first quarter 2010 results.

6 May 2010

Biovail reports 27% increase in first-quarter 2010 total revenues

Biovail Corporation today announced its financial results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2010.

6 May 2010

PTNS performed using Urgent PC Neuromodulation System to receive category 1 CPT reimbursement code

Uroplasty, Inc., a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative proprietary products to treat voiding dysfunctions, announced today that it has been informed that percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS), the procedure performed using the Uroplasty Urgent PC Neuromodulation System, will receive a category 1 CPT reimbursement code. This is expected to occur when those codes are published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which is expected in October 2010.

6 May 2010

MRO releases software upgrades for Audit Tracker Online

MRO Corp., a leading provider of disclosure management applications and services for healthcare organizations, today announced the launch of software upgrades for Audit Tracker Online. The upgrades to MRO's request management program offer hospitals and health systems enhanced performance and functionality in effectively managing payer audits and denials from initial medical records request through appeals and payment resolution.

6 May 2010

Three more people plead guilty in Onward durable medical equipment Medicare fraud scheme

Houston-area residents Basil Kalu and Ju-Ying Qian, and Louisiana resident Darnell Willis pleaded guilty today in connection with their roles in a durable medical equipment Medicare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced.

6 May 2010

Premier healthcare alliance to host series of Healthcare Reform Executive Briefings

To prepare healthcare providers for the strategic implications of reform and the tools needed for future success, the Premier healthcare alliance will host a series of Healthcare Reform Executive Briefings.

6 May 2010

Urgent changes needed to ‘prep’ doctors to care for aging America

Leading physician policy experts are calling for changes in medical education policy at multiple levels to ensure that doctors are prepared to treat the country's aging adult population.

6 May 2010

WWP applauds President Obama for signing new law to care for wounded warriors

Wounded Warrior Project applauds President Obama for signing into law a measure that, for the first time, will ensure that families of veterans severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan receive comprehensive, coordinated financial and other support that will enable them to provide these warriors with needed home-care.

6 May 2010

Study: Hospital follow up can curb readmission rate for heart patients

"Hospitals can slow the revolving door that shuttles heart failure patients back into bed within a month of going home by following up promptly to ensure patients get the right outpatient care, a study shows," USA Today reports.

6 May 2010

Experts propose policy solutions to help the U.S. prepare for increasing number of geriatric patients

Leading physician policy experts are calling for changes in medical education policy at multiple levels to ensure that doctors are prepared to treat the country's aging adult population.

6 May 2010

Watson Laboratories files raloxifene hydrochloride tablet ANDA

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today confirmed that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc. filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to market a raloxifene hydrochloride tablet. Watson's raloxifene hydrochloride tablet is a generic version of Eli Lilly's EVISTA®.

6 May 2010

Omega Healthcare Investors reports $21.0 million net income for first-quarter 2010

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. today announced its results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. The Company also reported Funds From Operations ("FFO") available to common stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2010 of $33.4 million or $0.38 per common share.

6 May 2010

BioScrip, drugstore.com form strategic partnership

drugstore.com, inc., a leading online retailer of health, beauty, vision and pharmacy products, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with BioScrip, Inc. (BIOS), through its BioScrip Pharmacy Services subsidiary, to sell the assets of its pharmacy subsidiary and to have BioScrip provide, through a strategic partnership, pharmacy services to drugstore.com customers. drugstore.com expects its customers' transition to the new platform to be seamless.

6 May 2010

Cardiogenesis reports 13% increase in first-quarter 2010 revenue

Cardiogenesis Corporation, a leading developer of surgical products used in the treatment of cardiac patients suffering from severe angina, today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

6 May 2010

White House unveils subsidies to preserve early-retiree coverage

A federal program that was authorized in the new health law will help companies pay for as much as $5 billion worth of medical bills of early retirees that they continue to insure, The New York Times reports.

6 May 2010

Forbidding ambulance costs deter heart attack victims from calling ‘000’: National Heart Foundation

According to a new survey conducted by The National Heart Foundation, the forbidding ambulance costs are preventing timely calls to the emergency by at least one in 10 heart attack victims. The Foundation also released a discussion paper released during Heart Week urging free universal ambulance services in all states and territories. Dr Bill Coote in the paper entitled Universal Ambulance Cover has also said that this would prevent many heart attack deaths.

5 May 2010

Triple-S Management first-quarter total consolidated operating revenues increase 9.8% to $519.1 million

Triple-S Management Corporation, the largest managed care company in Puerto Rico, today announced consolidated operating revenues of $519.1 million and operating income of $16.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Net income of $11.2 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, includes an after tax net gain of $0.4 million, or $0.01 per share, in net realized and unrealized gains on investments and derivatives.

5 May 2010

Continucare reports 6% increase in third-quarter fiscal 2010 total revenues

Continucare Corporation today reported financial results for its third quarter of fiscal 2010.

5 May 2010

Researchers analyze spine surgery patients' existing comorbdities in relationship to hospital stay, costs

It is estimated that between 75 and 85 percent of all Americans will suffer from low back pain and/or neck pain at some point in their lives. An estimated 12 million Americans suffer from degenerative disc disease, with over one million patients undergoing surgery each year. The cost of treating back pain is currently estimated at more than $100 billion annually in the U.S. Many patients with back pain have comorbidities that impact spine surgery.

5 May 2010

Medicare News and Research

DJOFL net sales increases 10.3% to $240.1 million for first-quarter 2010

Gentiva Health Services first-quarter total net revenues up 7.5% to $297.1 million

Biovail reports 27% increase in first-quarter 2010 total revenues

PTNS performed using Urgent PC Neuromodulation System to receive category 1 CPT reimbursement code

MRO releases software upgrades for Audit Tracker Online

Three more people plead guilty in Onward durable medical equipment Medicare fraud scheme

Premier healthcare alliance to host series of Healthcare Reform Executive Briefings

Urgent changes needed to ‘prep’ doctors to care for aging America

WWP applauds President Obama for signing new law to care for wounded warriors

Study: Hospital follow up can curb readmission rate for heart patients

Experts propose policy solutions to help the U.S. prepare for increasing number of geriatric patients

Watson Laboratories files raloxifene hydrochloride tablet ANDA

Omega Healthcare Investors reports $21.0 million net income for first-quarter 2010

BioScrip, drugstore.com form strategic partnership

Cardiogenesis reports 13% increase in first-quarter 2010 revenue

White House unveils subsidies to preserve early-retiree coverage

Forbidding ambulance costs deter heart attack victims from calling ‘000’: National Heart Foundation

Triple-S Management first-quarter total consolidated operating revenues increase 9.8% to $519.1 million

Continucare reports 6% increase in third-quarter fiscal 2010 total revenues

Researchers analyze spine surgery patients' existing comorbdities in relationship to hospital stay, costs

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