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Hybrid concierge practice models stress prevention and wellness

The nation's leading provider of hybrid concierge medicine, Concierge Choice Physicians, sees historic opportunities for patients and physicians under the recently enacted healthcare law. Hybrid concierge practice models emphasize prevention and wellness and give physicians a way to offer a concierge option while continuing to care for all of their patients.

1 Apr 2010

Derma Sciences reports 69% increase in Advanced Wound Care sales for fourth-quarter 2009

Derma Sciences, Inc., a specialty medical device/pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, reported financial and operating results today for the three months and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.

1 Apr 2010

Soligenix's revenues for 2009 increase by 22%

Soligenix, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced its financial results for 2009.

1 Apr 2010

Americans looking more closely at health-care reform

Health care is on the minds of most Americans today. And according to Euro RSCG Worldwide's Spring 2010 "U.S. Mind and Mood Report," 67.6 percent of men and 61.5 percent of women are more interested in the subject than they were during the previous 12 to 18 months.

1 Apr 2010

First Edition: April 1, 2010

According to today's headlines, President Obama will head to Maine to continue efforts to sell the new health reform law. Meanwhile, his administration is ramping up education plans and efforts to smooth the shift.

1 Apr 2010

Health care law: Planned, well-financed lobbying strategy leads to impressive list of wins for U.S. drug industry

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc.. The U.S. drug industry fended off price curbs and other hefty restrictions in The President's health care law even as it prepares for plenty of new business when an estimated 32 million uninsured Americans gain health coverage. Lobbyists beat back proposals to allow importation of low-cost medicines and to have Medicare negotiate drug prices with companies.

1 Apr 2010

Advocates urge Representatives to support Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment Act

On March 30-31, 2010, advocates from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico called their Representatives in Congress, urging them to support the Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment Act (H.R. 1189) during the annual Congressional Butt-In.

1 Apr 2010

Pramipexole ER uptake to be inhibited by availability of generic version

HealthLeaders-InterStudy and Fingertip Formulary find that the uptake of Boehringer Ingelheim's pramipexole ER, the once-daily formulation of its market leading dopamine agonist Mirapex that was approved earlier this month, will be inhibited by competition from generic pramipexole which became available earlier this year.

1 Apr 2010

Health Policy Experts to comment on topics related to health insurance reform

As the debate over healthcare insurance reform continues, faculty members of The George Washington University Medical Center are available to comment on topics regarding health insurance reform, including: general policy/political analysis, Medicare, Medicaid, compliance, community health centers, state health reform, affordability, finance and health technology information.

1 Apr 2010

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries settles generic eloxatin patent infringement litigation

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced today that patent infringement litigation pertaining to Teva's generic version of sanofi-aventis and Debiopharm's Eloxatin (oxaliplatin injection) has been dismissed by the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey pursuant to a settlement between the parties.

1 Apr 2010

Thomson Reuters selects Rush University Medical Center as one of 100 Top Hospitals in the U.S.

Rush University Medical Center was selected as one of the 100 Top Hospitals in the United States by Thomson Reuters. The annual Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmarks study identifies the 100 best U.S. hospitals based on their overall organizational performance. Rush was one of only 15 major teaching hospitals in the country to be named.

1 Apr 2010

New health care reform law includes patient safety provisions

While most of the attention surrounding the landmark health care reform measure just signed into law has focused on how it expands access to affordable insurance coverage, it also enacts important initiatives that will improve patient safety, according to Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports.

1 Apr 2010

Likely CMS pick Berwick has advised governments around the world

The Boston Globe explores the background of President Barack Obama's likely pick for head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. "Governments around the world have long sought Donald Berwick's expertise to help solve stubborn health care problems — from hospital-acquired infections to medication errors."

1 Apr 2010

Rochester Endoscopy and Surgery Center selects Wolters Kluwer Health's ProVation EHR

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Rochester Endoscopy and Surgery Center has selected its ProVation® EHR electronic health record and patient charting solution.

1 Apr 2010

Health dept. IG says six Medicare Advantage insurers broke rules

Health New Florida: "A multinational company and two members of the Fortune 500 were named among six insurers found in violation of Medicare marketing rules when federal inspectors checked their books and sat in on presentations as 'secret shoppers,' documents show." The three big firms were Aetna, Universal American Corp and Munich American Holding Corp.'s Sterling Insurance.

1 Apr 2010

Physicians face pressures from increased patient loads, looming payment cuts

Two provisions of the new health overhaul law "may accelerate a trend" of doctors leaving their profession. It points to parts of the legislation that would ask physicians to accept new administrative chores and standards, although some of them might result in better reimbursement rates from insurers and the government.

1 Apr 2010

Obama's gamble on a health care overhaul

Bloomberg BusinessWeek examines President Obama's long push for health care reform. "That Obama chose to stake his presidency on the U.S. health overhaul will define his legacy even as he risked the careers of many fellow Democrats in doing so. ... Obama's pursuit of health care reflected his desire to succeed where no other president had, as much as a determination to seize the chance to fix a broken system, according to [former Sen. Tom] Daschle.

1 Apr 2010

A roundup of health overhaul fack-checking

Will all Americans get health coverage as good as lawmakers' insurance under the overhaul, as Democrats pledged? Apparently so. Even though most federal workers will maintain their federally employee's benefits, lawmakers will have to sign up for insurance plans through the new, state-run exchanges offered through the health legislation (Barry, 3/31).

1 Apr 2010

Omega Healthcare Investors agrees to sell common stock under equity distribution agreement with BofA Merrill Lynch

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. today announced that it has agreed to sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of $33.3 million pursuant to a terms agreement entered into under the equity distribution agreement, dated June 12, 2009, between the Company and BofA Merrill Lynch in connection with the company's previously reported $100 million Equity Shelf Program.

31 Mar 2010

MSCHIE launches Phase 2 of HIE deployment

The Mississippi Coastal Health Information Exchange (MSCHIE) has launched Phase 2 of its HIE deployment - which will expand its services to four additional health systems, launch a community outreach training program, and integrate with additional EHR vendors throughout the community - marking a major milestone in its efforts to improve patient care coordination and clinical outcomes in the Mississippi counties hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina.

31 Mar 2010

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Hybrid concierge practice models stress prevention and wellness

Derma Sciences reports 69% increase in Advanced Wound Care sales for fourth-quarter 2009

Soligenix's revenues for 2009 increase by 22%

Americans looking more closely at health-care reform

First Edition: April 1, 2010

Health care law: Planned, well-financed lobbying strategy leads to impressive list of wins for U.S. drug industry

Advocates urge Representatives to support Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment Act

Pramipexole ER uptake to be inhibited by availability of generic version

Health Policy Experts to comment on topics related to health insurance reform

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries settles generic eloxatin patent infringement litigation

Thomson Reuters selects Rush University Medical Center as one of 100 Top Hospitals in the U.S.

New health care reform law includes patient safety provisions

Likely CMS pick Berwick has advised governments around the world

Rochester Endoscopy and Surgery Center selects Wolters Kluwer Health's ProVation EHR

Health dept. IG says six Medicare Advantage insurers broke rules

Physicians face pressures from increased patient loads, looming payment cuts

Obama's gamble on a health care overhaul

A roundup of health overhaul fack-checking

Omega Healthcare Investors agrees to sell common stock under equity distribution agreement with BofA Merrill Lynch

MSCHIE launches Phase 2 of HIE deployment

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