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TerraMedica changes company name to Fortel Analytics

Effective today, TerraMedica has changed its name to Fortel Analytics to reflect their focus on managing healthcare fraud and abuse prevention through advancing new and innovative predictive solutions, analysis methods and analytical technology.

1 Oct 2011

Express Scripts launches suite of services through HealthBridge Pharma & Biotech

Express Scripts has launched a suite of services for pharmaceutical and biotech companies through HealthBridge Pharma & Biotech, providing a single-solution approach to patient care.

1 Oct 2011

Nutrition experts participated in PN Safety Summit to discuss safety of PN therapy, patient care

Recent safety concerns in the preparation and delivery of parenteral nutrition, commonly referred to as intravenous nutrition, prompted leaders from several major organizations to participate in a PN Safety Summit on September 23, 2011.

From Baxter International Inc. 1 Oct 2011

Poll: 21.4% of Americans believe vaccines can cause autism

More than one-quarter of Americans are concerned about the value and safety of vaccines and 21.4 percent believe vaccines can cause autism, according to the Thomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll.

1 Oct 2011

Funding for health law is again on GOP chopping block

House Republicans released a draft 2012 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education spending bill on Thursday. The measure, which is currently deadlocked in committee, would block funds necessary to continue implementing the 2010 health law.

1 Oct 2011

Health Management acquires assets of Mercy Health Partners

Health Management Associates, Inc. today announced that a subsidiary of Health Management has completed its acquisition of the assets of Mercy Health Partners, which is a subsidiary of Catholic Health Partners, Inc.

1 Oct 2011

General Dynamics acquires Vangent

General Dynamics today completed its acquisition of Vangent Holding Corp., the parent company of Vangent, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare information technology and business systems to federal agencies.

1 Oct 2011

Patients enrolled in consumer-directed health plans have control over health care spending

The historic RAND Health Insurance Experiment found that patients had little or no control over their health care spending once they began to receive a physician's care, but a new study shows that this has changed for those enrolled in consumer-directed health plans.

30 Sep 2011

First Edition: September 30, 2011

Today's headlines include reports about how new and old health policy positions are playing on the campaign trail.

30 Sep 2011

Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson celebrates two decades of caring and collaboration to beat cancer

From October forward, the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson (KCC), a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center, is celebrating 20 years of service to the community and the groundbreaking cancer research from the scientists and physicians who've provided an invaluable contribution to medical science and healthcare.

30 Sep 2011

Obama administration asks high court to rule on health law

The Justice Department's formal appeal puts to rest speculation about the administration's legal strategy. In addition, Republican state attorneys general separately asked the Supreme Court for a verdict early next year. Many observers say the new timeline will make the court's ultimate finding a factor in the presidential election.

30 Sep 2011

Analyzing the health law's tax credits and the CLASS Act's future

This round-up of health law implementation news also includes a report that the comment period for state health exchanges has been extended and news that Catholic organizations have stepped-up their opposition to the measure's requirement that contraceptive services be covered.

30 Sep 2011

Initiative pays primary-care docs for coordinating Medicare patients' care

The Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday a new initiative created by the health law that will ask physicians to focus on patients with chronic conditions. The program will be tested in five to seven markets across the country.

30 Sep 2011

Viewpoints: Rising health costs and the health law

Even a slow economy can't stop healthcare costs from rising. A new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust shows that the cost of employer-provided insurance rose 9% this year - even as workers and their families were cutting back on trips to the doctor's office - and has more than doubled over the last decade.

30 Sep 2011

New survey finds Minneapolis as the best U.S. city for senior living

Minneapolis is the best city in the United States for senior living, with Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Denver rounding out the top five, according to a new survey conducted for the Bankers Life and Casualty Company Center For a Secure Retirement.

30 Sep 2011

APhA encourages patients to discuss with pharmacist about pain and medications

In honor of Pain Awareness Month, the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) encourages patients to have an open discussion with their pharmacist about their pain and the medications they take for pain.

30 Sep 2011

HBI, TPF launch One Heart Magazine

Heartbeat International Foundation, Inc. (HBI), in partnership with The Publishing Firm Inc (TPF), today announced that it will launch its new publication, One Heart Magazine, to coincide with World Heart Day on September 29, 2011.

30 Sep 2011

Survey: 25% of employers have little or no understanding of specialty pharmacy, costs

Twenty-five percent of employers have little or no understanding of specialty pharmacy and 53 percent have only a moderate understanding of this challenging benefit according to a new survey released by the non-profit Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH), one of the nation's leading business groups of private and public employers.

30 Sep 2011

IOM offers additional ideas to revamp system of geographic adjustments to Medicare payments

The Institute of Medicine supplemented its earlier list of ideas for overhauling the system of geographic adjustments to Medicare payments with four more suggestions today.

30 Sep 2011

Invida, Sinclair IS launch two dermatology products in seven Asia-Pacific markets

Sinclair IS Pharma Plc, the international specialty pharmaceutical company, and Invida Holdings Private Limited, a leader in the commercialisation of specialty biopharmaceutical and healthcare products throughout Asia Pacific, announce that their partnership has already led to the launch of two Sinclair IS dermatology products in seven Asia-Pacific markets.

30 Sep 2011

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

TerraMedica changes company name to Fortel Analytics

Express Scripts launches suite of services through HealthBridge Pharma & Biotech

Nutrition experts participated in PN Safety Summit to discuss safety of PN therapy, patient care

Poll: 21.4% of Americans believe vaccines can cause autism

Funding for health law is again on GOP chopping block

Health Management acquires assets of Mercy Health Partners

General Dynamics acquires Vangent

Patients enrolled in consumer-directed health plans have control over health care spending

First Edition: September 30, 2011

Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson celebrates two decades of caring and collaboration to beat cancer

Obama administration asks high court to rule on health law

Analyzing the health law's tax credits and the CLASS Act's future

Initiative pays primary-care docs for coordinating Medicare patients' care

Viewpoints: Rising health costs and the health law

New survey finds Minneapolis as the best U.S. city for senior living

APhA encourages patients to discuss with pharmacist about pain and medications

HBI, TPF launch One Heart Magazine

Survey: 25% of employers have little or no understanding of specialty pharmacy, costs

IOM offers additional ideas to revamp system of geographic adjustments to Medicare payments

Invida, Sinclair IS launch two dermatology products in seven Asia-Pacific markets

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