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Administration reverses course on proposed Medicare drug changes

After advancing a number of changes to the Medicare Part D program earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services withdrew its plan, which had drawn significant opposition from patients, drug companies and lawmakers in both parties.

11 Mar 2014

Synta Pharmaceuticals' Hsp90 inhibitor ganetespib selected for study in I-SPY 2 TRIAL

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. and QuantumLeap Healthcare Collaborative today announced that Synta's lead drug candidate, the Hsp90 inhibitor ganetespib, has been selected for study in the I-SPY 2 TRIAL (Investigation of Serial Studies to Predict Your Therapeutic Response with Imaging And moLecular Analysis 2).

11 Mar 2014

New version of QuadraMed Computerized Patient Record now available

QuadraMed Corporation is pleased to announce the General Availability of the next major version of its enterprise EHR solution, QuadraMed Computerized Patient Record. QCPR version 6.0 provides key capabilities and improvements that help organizations provide high-quality and efficient care; meet pressing Canadian, as well as U.S. governmental and industry regulations; and deliver better patient safety, patient engagement, data security, and privacy while being fully interoperable.

11 Mar 2014

NextImage completes acquisition of WorkWell

NextImage Medical, a leading provider of specialized cost containment services to the workers' compensation industry, today announced that it has completed the purchase of WorkWell, Inc. The individual company product lines will continue to operate under their respective names. Liz Griggs, Chairman and CEO of NextImage Medical, will become the CEO of the combined entity. The financial terms of the acquisition were not made public.

11 Mar 2014

Almost Family reports record net service revenues of $96.3 million in Q4 2013

Almost Family, Inc., a leading regional provider of home health nursing and personal care services, announced today its financial results for the three months and full year ended December 31, 2013.

11 Mar 2014

Kindred Healthcare intends to undertake refinancing of existing secured indebtedness

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. today announced that it intends to undertake a refinancing of its existing secured indebtedness. The proposed refinancing would extend the maturity profile of the Company's long-term debt, increase total availability under the Company's secured facilities, improve pricing and provide additional covenant flexibility.

11 Mar 2014

Quest Diagnostics enters into definitive purchase agreement to acquire Summit Health

Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement under which Quest will acquire Summit Health.

From Quest Diagnostics 11 Mar 2014

MedVantx MedStart Connect program increases patient initiation of new prescriptions

New research presented today at the World Congress Summit to Improve Adherence and Enhance Patient Engagement by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, finds that a unique generic medication sampling program, the MedVantx MedStart™ Connect program, implemented in the primary care physicians' office, led to significantly increased patient initiation of new prescriptions (primary adherence) as well as continued use of the medications (secondary adherence), and could possibly lead to savings for health plans.

11 Mar 2014

First Edition: March 11, 2014

Today's headlines include reports that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is stepping back from proposed changes to the Medicare drug program.

11 Mar 2014

DaVita to host Google+ Hangout on Air to global kidney disease awareness on World Kidney Day

DaVita, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. and a leading provider of kidney care services, will host a Google+ Hangout on Air dedicated to global kidney disease awareness on World Kidney Day.

11 Mar 2014

Bayer and Onyx announce Phase 3 trial evaluating use of NEXAVAR for patients with HCC after local ablation

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an Amgen subsidiary (Nasdaq: AMGN), today announced that a Phase 3 trial evaluating the investigational use of NEXAVAR® (sorafenib) tablets as an adjuvant treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, who had no detectable disease after surgical resection or local ablation, did not meet its primary endpoint of improving recurrence-free survival.

11 Mar 2014

Highlights: Mental health problems in Va.; Kan. autism coverage mandate; device-makers' new disclosures

After the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007, Virginia lawmakers injected tens of millions of dollars into the state's mental-health system, including local mental-health agencies that are the first stop for people in crisis.

11 Mar 2014

Viewpoints: No reason to delay health law; GOP may need an alternative message; shrinking abortion options

HealthCare.gov is working better, so the technical barriers to pushing people into new plans aren't as high. The law, meanwhile, attempts to establish a norm that all Americans should have coverage of a certain quality and comprehensiveness. In general and over time, this is good for them and for the system as a whole.

11 Mar 2014

HHS extends contract with company hosting healthcare.gov through March 31

The contract with Verizon Communications Inc.'s Terremark subsidiary, which hosts healthcare.gov, had been set to expire March 30, the day before the end of open enrollment.

11 Mar 2014

With three weeks to go, Obama administration pulls out all the stops in sign up efforts

News outlets report on the creative outreach efforts, including those geared to moms, young people and Latinos, to increase the number of newly insured people before March 31. Even prison inmates are signing up.

11 Mar 2014

Survey: Most physicians face uncertainty in ordering, interpreting clinical laboratory tests

A survey of primary care physicians suggests they often face uncertainty in ordering and interpreting clinical laboratory tests, and would welcome better electronic clinical decision support tools.

11 Mar 2014

Lawmakers ready minor changes to Obamacare amid bipartisan support

Also on Capitol Hill, doctor groups oppose tying a fix to how Medicare pays them to a repeal of the health law, and Republicans look to use the law -- as well as the law's changes to Medicare -- to their advantage in upcoming elections.

11 Mar 2014

No deal on Medicaid expansion in Va. as lawmakers adjourn

In Virginia, lawmakers also failed to pass a budget or make a deal on proposed mental health legislation. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe promised a special session to settle the budget issue.

11 Mar 2014

Majority of Latinas unaware of diabetes risk

Approximately 5.5 million Latinas suffer from elevated fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and nearly 4 million of those women were never told by a healthcare provider they were at risk for diabetes, pre-diabetes, or were borderline for diabetes.

10 Mar 2014

Harvard Review of Psychiatry provides updates on ASD research

Recent years have seen exciting progress in key areas of research on autism spectrum disorders (ASD): from possible genetic causes, to effective treatments for common symptoms and clinical problems, to promoting success for young people with ASD entering college. Updates on these and other advances in ASD research are presented in the March special issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry.

10 Mar 2014

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Administration reverses course on proposed Medicare drug changes

Synta Pharmaceuticals' Hsp90 inhibitor ganetespib selected for study in I-SPY 2 TRIAL

New version of QuadraMed Computerized Patient Record now available

NextImage completes acquisition of WorkWell

Almost Family reports record net service revenues of $96.3 million in Q4 2013

Kindred Healthcare intends to undertake refinancing of existing secured indebtedness

Quest Diagnostics enters into definitive purchase agreement to acquire Summit Health

MedVantx MedStart Connect program increases patient initiation of new prescriptions

First Edition: March 11, 2014

DaVita to host Google+ Hangout on Air to global kidney disease awareness on World Kidney Day

Bayer and Onyx announce Phase 3 trial evaluating use of NEXAVAR for patients with HCC after local ablation

Highlights: Mental health problems in Va.; Kan. autism coverage mandate; device-makers' new disclosures

Viewpoints: No reason to delay health law; GOP may need an alternative message; shrinking abortion options

HHS extends contract with company hosting healthcare.gov through March 31

With three weeks to go, Obama administration pulls out all the stops in sign up efforts

Survey: Most physicians face uncertainty in ordering, interpreting clinical laboratory tests

Lawmakers ready minor changes to Obamacare amid bipartisan support

No deal on Medicaid expansion in Va. as lawmakers adjourn

Majority of Latinas unaware of diabetes risk

Harvard Review of Psychiatry provides updates on ASD research

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