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Senators launch billion-dollar health scam investigation

Also in the news from Capitol Hill, the Senate appears poised to fix the Medicaid glitch that allowed middle-income couples to qualify for Medicaid, and a bill to repeal the health law runs afoul of some conservatives.

10 Nov 2011

Emdeon third quarter revenue increases 14.7% to $282.1 million

Emdeon Inc., a leading provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011.

10 Nov 2011

Merck's NEXPLANON 68 mg now available in the U.S.

Merck today announced that NEXPLANON (etonogestrel implant) 68 mg, a long-acting, progestin-only single-rod hormonal contraceptive, is now available in the United States.

10 Nov 2011

HIRC recognizes UBM Medica's Psychiatric Times for digital health resource

UBM Medica today announced that Psychiatric Times, a leading resource for psychiatric news and information, has been recognized by the Health Information Resource Center (HIRC) for being a high-quality digital health resource.

10 Nov 2011

First Edition: November 9, 2011

In today's headlines, reports on the latest developments related to the 'super committee's' deliberations, an appeals court issues a health law decision and results from yesterday's elections.

9 Nov 2011

Accretive Health third quarter net services revenue increases 38% to $218.9 million

Accretive Health, Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive end-to-end healthcare revenue cycle management services and population health management services infrastructure, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011.

9 Nov 2011

Conventional definition of obesity needs to be lowered in migrant South Asians

A major study calling for levels of obesity among South Asians to be recalculated has been published by researchers from the University of Leicester.

9 Nov 2011

Researchers plan joint clinical trials of new cancer treatments, personalized therapies

The Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare is expanding its efforts to accelerate advances in cancer care with the addition of Cedars-Sinai's Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute in Los Angeles as a collaborator in clinical trials to develop personalized therapies that could lead to more effective cancer treatments.

9 Nov 2011

Salix to acquire Oceana Therapeutics

Oceana Therapeutics LLC, a privately owned global company focused on commercializing best-in-class specialty therapeutics, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its operating subsidiary, Oceana Therapeutics, Inc. to Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. of Raleigh, NC.

9 Nov 2011

Appeals court rules health law's individual mandate constitutional

News outlets are covering the appeals court decision in the Susan Seven-Sky vs. Holder challenge to the health law. The judges split two-to-one, with Reagan and Carter appointees in the majority and a George W. Bush appointee dissenting.

9 Nov 2011

Allied Healthcare first quarter sales decrease to $11.4 million

Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. reported a loss in its first quarter on a decline in sales.

9 Nov 2011

Two U-M physicians caution about implications of cardiac imaging study

Two University of Michigan Health System physicians are raising notes of caution about the implications of a new study that found cardiologists were more likely to refer patients for stress imaging when their practice owned imaging machines - resulting in potential overuse because of financial incentives.

9 Nov 2011

Survey finds nursing homes plan layoffs because of Medicare cuts

The move follows a decision by Medicare in July to reduce reimbursements to nursing homes by 11 percent.

9 Nov 2011

Salix third quarter total product revenue increases 81% to $146.2 million

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. today announced financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011 and other business updates.

9 Nov 2011

BioTime third quarter revenue increases 40% to $1.1 million

BioTime, Inc., a biotechnology company that develops and markets products in the field of regenerative medicine, today reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and highlighted recent corporate accomplishments.

9 Nov 2011

Health insurance exchanges generating controversy, even within GOP

A Wisconsin state senator blocking health care reform implementation in the state is calling on Gov. Scott Walker's administration to return a major federal grant to build information technology infrastructure for new health insurance exchanges. So far, though, it looks like Walker isn't listening. Wisconsin is the last GOP-led state holding onto its Early Innovator grant.

9 Nov 2011

Viewpoints: Today's 'personhood' vote in Miss.; reactions to Romney's health care plan

What about in vitro fertilization, a process that both creates and discards embryos? What new rights would be afforded to a fetus, and how would those rights affect or compete with the rights of the woman who carries it? Would a woman who has an abortion be guilty of murder and subject to capital punishment? ... In their quest to ban abortion in Mississippi, the amendment's drafters appear to have rushed past such concerns.

9 Nov 2011

On Election Day, watching key ballot issues in Ohio, Mississippi

Voters across the nation will decide a host of statewide initiatives Tuesday and elect governors in Mississippi and Kentucky ... In battleground Ohio, voters will decide ... whether to prohibit people from being required to buy health insurance as part of the national health care overhaul.

9 Nov 2011

SunLink first quarter consolidated net revenues increase 5.4% to $43,053,000

SunLink Health Systems, Inc. today announced a loss from continuing operations for its first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011 of $305,000, or a loss of $0.04 per fully diluted share, compared to a loss from continuing operations of $2,263,000, or a loss of $0.28 per fully diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2010.

9 Nov 2011

New poverty calculations show how health costs hurt seniors

The Census Bureau's analysis finds childhood poverty declining because of the CHIP health care program and supplemental nutrition efforts. But older Americans fare worse because of out-of-pocket health costs.

9 Nov 2011