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HealthTrust renews contract with McKesson Automation for pharmacy automation solutions

HealthTrust, a group purchasing and total cost management solutions company representing more than 1,400 acute-care facilities, has renewed its contract with McKesson Automation, ensuring that its member hospitals and health systems have continued access to a full portfolio of central pharmacy and point-of-care pharmacy automation solutions and services.

20 Jul 2013

Health law implementation continues to trigger friction across party lines, and among Democrats

After a weekend of high-profile action related to the health law, news outlets note that polls indicate the it remains a divisive issue -- a point that was evident with this week's House vote to delay the employer and individual mandates, as well as Democrats' reactions to it.

20 Jul 2013

Community health faces new subpoena into Medicare admissions practices

Community Health has received a subpoena for two executives to testify in an investigation into its Medicare admissions. The hospital operator also reports its income fell 57 percent on weak patient volume and debt.

20 Jul 2013

Texas Gov. Perry signs abortion restrictions into law; fights still likely

Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed controversial abortion restrictions into law Thursday, even as abortion-rights supporters readied challenges and said the law will force all five of the state's abortion providers to close. Reuters, in the meantime, reports why that might not be true.

20 Jul 2013

Saint Luke's Health System opens new free-standing, in-patient hospice facility

Saint Luke's Health System's new free-standing hospice facility, Saint Luke's Hospice House, opens its doors on Friday, July 19, 2013 with a grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony and plan to begin admitting patients July 24.

20 Jul 2013

FDA approves Astellas' ASTAGRAF XL for prophylaxis of organ rejection in kidney transplant patients

Astellas Pharma US, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc., announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved ASTAGRAF XLTM (tacrolimus extended-release capsules) for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in patients receiving a kidney transplant with mycophenolate mofetil and corticosteroids, with or without basiliximab induction.

20 Jul 2013

Whittier IPA signs agreement with Alere Accountable Care Solutions to build community-wide HIE

Whittier Independent Practice Association, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, announced that it has signed an agreement with Alere Accountable Care Solutions to build a community-wide health information exchange.

20 Jul 2013

HHS funds $12M to support primary care residency programs in Teaching Health Centers

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced $12 million in Affordable Care Act funding to support primary care residency programs in 32 Teaching Health Centers across the nation.

20 Jul 2013

Study reveals that nondrinkers have higher mortality risk than light drinkers

As a class, people who don't drink at all have a higher mortality risk than light drinkers. But nondrinkers are a diverse bunch, and the reasons people have for abstaining affects their individual mortality risk, in some cases lowering it on par with the risk for light drinkers, according to a University of Colorado study.

19 Jul 2013

Cancer prehabilitation has potential to reduce problems, improve physical and mental health outcomes

For patients with cancer, "prehabilitation"— interventions given between the time of diagnosis and the start of treatment—has the potential to reduce complications from treatments and improve physical and mental health outcomes, according to a report in the August American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

19 Jul 2013

First Edition: July 19, 2013

Today's headlines include coverage of President Barack Obama's Thursday speech pitching the positives of the health law.

19 Jul 2013

EHRA, AEPC release joint consensus statement on treatment of paediatric arrhythmias

A joint consensus statement on the treatment of paediatric arrhythmias has been released by the European Heart Rhythm Association of the European Society of Cardiology and the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology.

19 Jul 2013

Viewpoints: Baucus applauds 'listening to customers' on employer mandate delay; Unions 'wake up' to problems with health law; Medicare's 'two midnights' rule

Any successful business leader will tell you the importance of listening to customers, gathering their input and suggestions and always putting them first. That lesson was not lost on the Obama administration earlier this month when it correctly decided to push back the implementation of the Affordable Care Act's employer responsibility provision - the employer mandate - until 2015. I'm sure this was a tough call, but it was the right one. It shows the administration is listening to the business community and working to address its concerns, as well as the concerns of Congress (Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., 7/17).

19 Jul 2013

Elekta gets CE Mark approval for Clarity 4D Monitoring system

Elekta has received CE marking for its Clarity 4D Monitoring system permitting European clinics to implement this new way of reducing the uncertainty caused by prostate motion during radiation treatment. Physicians will be able to monitor the motion of the prostate with sub millimeter accuracy during the delivery of therapeutic radiation beams.

From Elekta 19 Jul 2013

Funding for Native Americans' mental health services hit hard by sequestration

Centuries ago, tribes gave up much of their land to the federal government in exchange for promises of funded health care, education and housing. Time and time again those funds have been cut. The sequestration has been no exception.

19 Jul 2013

Michigan Senate leader says Medicaid expansion vote could come in August

Republican Randy Richardville says the debate will have to wait until a group of senators studying the issue submit their proposal.

19 Jul 2013

Small business owners anxious about health law, Chamber survey finds

Small business owners are increasingly concerned about the law's impact, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, while Karen Ignagni of the nation's biggest trade group of insurers says the nation's focus must move to reducing the cost of health care.

19 Jul 2013

State highlights: D.C. health care providers continue wait for payments; Ga. plans Medicaid managed care for kids; Hospital chain seeks insurer license in Calif.

A selection of health policy stories from Virginia, the District of Columbia, California, Wisconsin, Georgia, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Washington.

19 Jul 2013

Study finds simple action to reduce healthcare costs

A study led by a Loyola University Medical Center ENT physician provides a case study of a simple action that can reduce healthcare costs without compromising care.

19 Jul 2013

Testing requirements could delay launch of state health exchanges

Government officials said Wednesday during a Capitol Hill hearing that the Oct. 1 deadline may not allow enough time to test the systems that are being put in place to run these online insurance marketplaces.

19 Jul 2013

Healthcare News

HealthTrust renews contract with McKesson Automation for pharmacy automation solutions

Health law implementation continues to trigger friction across party lines, and among Democrats

Community health faces new subpoena into Medicare admissions practices

Texas Gov. Perry signs abortion restrictions into law; fights still likely

Saint Luke's Health System opens new free-standing, in-patient hospice facility

FDA approves Astellas' ASTAGRAF XL for prophylaxis of organ rejection in kidney transplant patients

Whittier IPA signs agreement with Alere Accountable Care Solutions to build community-wide HIE

HHS funds $12M to support primary care residency programs in Teaching Health Centers

Study reveals that nondrinkers have higher mortality risk than light drinkers

Cancer prehabilitation has potential to reduce problems, improve physical and mental health outcomes

First Edition: July 19, 2013

EHRA, AEPC release joint consensus statement on treatment of paediatric arrhythmias

Viewpoints: Baucus applauds 'listening to customers' on employer mandate delay; Unions 'wake up' to problems with health law; Medicare's 'two midnights' rule

Elekta gets CE Mark approval for Clarity 4D Monitoring system

Funding for Native Americans' mental health services hit hard by sequestration

Michigan Senate leader says Medicaid expansion vote could come in August

Small business owners anxious about health law, Chamber survey finds

State highlights: D.C. health care providers continue wait for payments; Ga. plans Medicaid managed care for kids; Hospital chain seeks insurer license in Calif.

Study finds simple action to reduce healthcare costs

Testing requirements could delay launch of state health exchanges

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