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IBA offers full line of Proton Therapy solutions for cancer specialty centers

IBA Particle Therapy now offers a range of Proton Therapy solutions for cancer specialty centers planning to treat from 250 to 2,000 patients annually with protons.

From Elekta 3 Oct 2011

MercyCare Health Plans provides new Medicare Advantage product

MercyCare Health Plans, headquartered in Janesville, is happy to announce it now offers Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans for health care coverage starting January 1, 2012.

3 Oct 2011

Allied Health Professionals, RNs ratify new three-year contract agreement

More than 3,000 Registered Nurses and Allied Health Professionals working in 10 of Ontario's Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) have voted to ratify a new three-year contract.

3 Oct 2011

FDA releases new PSA on safe medication use

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Women's Health today released a new public service announcement (PSA) titled, "Use Medicines Wisely," to help raise awareness about safe medication use.

3 Oct 2011

Health costs rising next year

Health care costs rose faster than inflation and wages this year - a trend that will hit home for many workers in the next several weeks as employers offer open enrollment. Employers usually pick up much of the tab for health insurance, but many are expected to shift more of this growing burden onto workers next year. That means employees are likely to see higher premiums and deductibles. And a growing number will be required to pay more up front, as more companies are adding so-called consumer-driven plans.

3 Oct 2011

Women's Care Florida chooses eClinicalWorks comprehensive EHR solution

eClinicalWorks, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Women's Care Florida, one of the largest independent, fully integrated OB/GYN groups in the United States, has chosen the eClinicalWorks comprehensive electronic health records (EHR) solution for its 165 providers across 52 locations.

3 Oct 2011

Supreme Court's decision on health law likely to affect 2012 election

The Obama administration's request last week that the justices resolve whether the health care law is constitutional makes it more likely than not that they will deliver their verdict by June 2012, just as Obama and his Republican opponent charge toward the fall campaign. ... Their decision could rank as the court's most significant since the December 2000 ruling that effectively sealed George W. Bush's election as president.

3 Oct 2011

SANNI Foundation commits to finance education centre for HIV/AIDS affected children in Southern India

The parents of Susanne Schroff, Gunther and Ingrid Schroff, created the Schroff Foundation out of their private fortune in 1984. Their declared aim was to exploit entrepreneurial success for socially important scientific causes and in the interests of society.

1 Oct 2011

MEP wins first hospital contract to manage and staff an ED outside of Maryland

Medical Emergency Professionals (MEP), an emergency physician partnership and management group based in Germantown, announced Thursday it has won its first hospital contract to manage and staff an emergency department (ED) outside of Maryland.

1 Oct 2011

Palmetto establishes formal coverage policy for all Medicare patients

Genomic Health, Inc. today announced that Palmetto GBA, the designated national contractor for its Oncotype DX colon cancer test, has established a formal coverage policy for all Medicare patients.

1 Oct 2011

Ikamva Labantu to launch health and education development centers in South Africa

At the Clinton Global Initiative 2011, Ikamva Labantu, one of South Africa's longest-standing social development organizations, announced that it will be launching a Health and Wellness Center and an Early Childhood Development Training & Resource Center in the Khayelitsha township outside Cape Town by the end of 2011.

1 Oct 2011

AHF protests J&J over AIDS drug prices

A group of committed AIDS activists and advocates are expected to participate in a protest and "die-in" hosted by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Friday, September 30th at 12:30 pm near the New Brunswick headquarters of Johnson & Johnson to protest the company's pricing of its HIV/AIDS medications.

1 Oct 2011

HealthSpring announces its 2012 Medicare offerings

HealthSpring, a leading Medicare Advantage plan, today announced its 2012 Medicare offerings, which include a range of health and prescription drug plans, as well as special needs plans.

1 Oct 2011

H.I.M. ON CALL releases AVIANCE DNFB Management solution at AHIMA Convention and Exhibit

H.I.M. ON CALL, a technology and outsourcing services company for health information management, coding and revenue cycle, announced the availability of its latest AVIANCEHealth technology solution, AVIANCE DNFB Management today at the American Health Information Management Association Convention and Exhibit at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

1 Oct 2011

Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care President expresses concern over job instability

Pointing to new job losses at a Nebraska nursing home attributed to a new federal Medicare regulation reducing funding by 11.1 percent, the President of the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care today expressed concern that the Nebraska job loss example represents the leading edge of additional job losses and layoffs at skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) throughout the nation, as facilities, care staff and patients struggle with an accumulation of Medicare and Medicaid funding reductions.

1 Oct 2011

Third Annual Walk for Lupus Now! to take place in Richmond on Oct. 29

Purple passion will cap a month of pink ribbons—raising funds and awareness for people with lupus, a still-unknown disease. More than 1,000 people with lupus, their families, friends and co-workers dressed in purple will carry butterflies in the Third Annual Walk for Lupus Now! Richmond on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 3:00 p.m.

1 Oct 2011

Dade Medical College to Go Pink once again in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Once again this October, Dade Medical College will "Go Pink" in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In an effort to increase awareness and preventative care for this disease, the college will be donating 500 mammography screenings to benefit low-income and uninsured women in the community, a private investment of more than $50,000.00.

1 Oct 2011

Uganda cannot achieve development without increased investment in maternal health

In this Daily Monitor opinion piece, Anthony Masake of the Uganda Law Society stresses the importance of addressing maternal mortality in Uganda and asserts that the country cannot achieve development without increased efforts to meet national maternal health targets.

1 Oct 2011

Statement in response to sentencing of former workers of Salmaniya Medical Complex released

Doctors and other medical professionals had their sentences reviewed on Thursday. After consideration by authorities, the charges and sentences were handed down following the forcible occupation of Salmaniya Medical Complex, unlawfully controlling the entrances and exits of all divisions and departments, using force and threats, and other actions.

1 Oct 2011

Five reasons to support the Global Fund

Based on a report released last week by a high-level independent review panel on fiduciary controls and oversight mechanisms at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, "the changes needed at the Fund are clearly substantial," according to a Lancet editorial.

1 Oct 2011