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Endocrine Society publishes Clinical Practice Guideline on diabetes and pregnancy

The Endocrine Society today issued a Clinical Practice Guideline to help health care professionals provide the best care to pregnant women who have diabetes.

6 Nov 2013

AANP survey shows national support for proposals that give patients access to NP services

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the largest professional membership organization for nurse practitioners in the world, today released survey results that show widespread, national support among the general public for legislative and policy proposals that give patients access to NP care and services.

6 Nov 2013

Viewpoints: Law is not the fault of health system's 'age-old woes;' Obama's 'empty pledge;' dysfunctional website was inevitable

The angst over the Obamacare rollout has obscured two truths: First, the computer glitches -- while deeply embarrassing -- are a tech problem that is fixable. Second, the cancellation of some Americans' insurance policies and premium hikes for others reflect longstanding problems in the health care system that weren't suddenly caused by the Affordable Care Act. The great advancement in Obamacare is that it finally provides a framework to address these flaws (11/5).

6 Nov 2013

AMGA honors Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group with Acclaim Award

The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group is the Honoree the American Medical Group Association's Acclaim Award.

6 Nov 2013

Anesthesia Touch V4 now compliant with ONC-ACB 2014 Edition criteria

Plexus Information Systems, a leading anesthesia information management system provider, announced today that Anesthesia Touch V4 is compliant with the ONC-ACB 2014 Edition criteria and was certified as a Complete EHR on October 10, 2013 under the Drummond Group's Electronic Health Records Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Certification Body program.

6 Nov 2013

DaVita HealthCare announces results for third quarter 2013

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA) today announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. Adjusted income from continuing operations attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $211.0 million and $605.3 million, or $0.98 and $2.82 per share, respectively, excluding a loss contingency reserve. In addition, adjusted income from continuing operations attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 excluded a contingent earn-out obligation adjustment. Income from continuing operations attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 including these items was $136.6 million and $407.9 million, or $0.64 per share and $1.90 per share, respectively.

6 Nov 2013

Johnson & Johnson to pay $2.2 billion fine to resolve drug marketing case

The government alleged that the drug company and its subsidiaries promoted psychiatric medications for uses that had not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

6 Nov 2013

Benaissance hosts open house on November 8th

Benaissance announced it will host an open house Friday, November 8th from 4:30-6:30 pm as it expands its Omaha presence to a new 31,000 square foot facility.

6 Nov 2013

State highlights: Calif. hospital chain settles anesthesia billing suit; study shows graduate medical education funding imbalance

A major California hospital chain, Sutter Health, agreed to pay $46 million and disclose more pricing information to consumers to resolve a whistle-blower complaint alleging false and misleading charges for anesthesia. Sutter Health, which runs 24 acute-care hospitals in Northern California, said it reached the settlement Monday just prior to a trial starting this month over the allegations that it added thousands of dollars for "Code 37x" anesthesia charges that were already covered by other billing for the hospital operating room (Terhune, 11/4).

6 Nov 2013

Physicians' Education Resource to host 11th Annual School of Breast Oncology in Atlanta, GA

The go-to source for excellence in continuing medical education, Physicians' Education Resource®, LLC, will host the 11th Annual School of Breast Oncology November 7-10 at the Emory University Conference Center in Atlanta, GA.

6 Nov 2013

Obama administration worried over paper applications when healthcare.gov problems persisted

A myriad of issues related to enrolling people in the health law's insurance marketplaces include new revelations that officials worried that allowing people to fill out paper applications for coverage on the federal marketplace would bring its own problems.

6 Nov 2013

Tavenner to testify before Senate panel today on website problems

In prepared testimony, she says improvements are being made each day to the site and she still thinks it will be working by the end of the month.

6 Nov 2013

American Dryer unveils new product with Cold Plasma Clean technology

American Dryer recently unveiled a new product that incorporates cold plasma, a natural occurring phenomenon, into its market-leading hand dryers.

6 Nov 2013

Two Calif. residents file suit against Anthem Blue Cross over policy cancellations

In California and nationwide, millions of people have received insurance cancellation notices of their individual health plans, triggering new criticism of the health law. Kaiser Health News reports that Blue Shield will delay cancellations for some policy holders. Meanwhile, The Fiscal Times attempt to explain why insurance companies are cancelling plans.

6 Nov 2013

Obama pledges campaign to make sure health law works

As part of an effort to reframe the national discussion, President Barack Obama appeared before health law supporters at an Organizing For Action summit, asking them to help spread the word "far and wide" about the overhaul's good news.

6 Nov 2013

Treadmill training improves functional recovery, neural plasticity after incomplete spinal cord injury

A large body of evidence shows that spinal circuits are significantly affected by training, and that intrinsic circuits that drive locomotor tasks are located in lumbosacral spinal segments in rats with complete spinal cord transection.

6 Nov 2013

Olympic gold medallist opens new Leicester Diabetes Centre

Five-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave will officially open the new Leicester Diabetes Centre on Thursday 7 November 2013.

6 Nov 2013

SCOTUS won't hear appeal seeking to reinstate Okla. abortion law

The U.S. Supreme Court is refusing to hear an appeal seeking to reinstate an Oklahoma law that would effectively ban abortion-inducing drugs. In Texas, opponents of an abortion law are appealing to the Supreme Court to reinstate their injunction against the law that requires those performing the procedure have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

6 Nov 2013

CHPA lends support for Restoring Access to Medication Act

The Consumer Healthcare Products Association is pleased to lend its support for the Restoring Access to Medication Act (S. 1647) introduced by U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.).

6 Nov 2013

Duke Cancer Institute is one among 41 cancer centers in U.S to hold distinction

Established and designated by the National Cancer Institute as one of eight original comprehensive cancer centers in 1973, the Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) is now among just 41 cancer centers in the United States to hold that distinction.

6 Nov 2013

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Endocrine Society publishes Clinical Practice Guideline on diabetes and pregnancy

AANP survey shows national support for proposals that give patients access to NP services

Viewpoints: Law is not the fault of health system's 'age-old woes;' Obama's 'empty pledge;' dysfunctional website was inevitable

AMGA honors Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group with Acclaim Award

Anesthesia Touch V4 now compliant with ONC-ACB 2014 Edition criteria

DaVita HealthCare announces results for third quarter 2013

Johnson & Johnson to pay $2.2 billion fine to resolve drug marketing case

Benaissance hosts open house on November 8th

State highlights: Calif. hospital chain settles anesthesia billing suit; study shows graduate medical education funding imbalance

Physicians' Education Resource to host 11th Annual School of Breast Oncology in Atlanta, GA

Obama administration worried over paper applications when healthcare.gov problems persisted

Tavenner to testify before Senate panel today on website problems

American Dryer unveils new product with Cold Plasma Clean technology

Two Calif. residents file suit against Anthem Blue Cross over policy cancellations

Obama pledges campaign to make sure health law works

Treadmill training improves functional recovery, neural plasticity after incomplete spinal cord injury

Olympic gold medallist opens new Leicester Diabetes Centre

SCOTUS won't hear appeal seeking to reinstate Okla. abortion law

CHPA lends support for Restoring Access to Medication Act

Duke Cancer Institute is one among 41 cancer centers in U.S to hold distinction

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