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Merck launches 'Hope Against Hepatitis C' education program

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the launch of Hope Against Hepatitis C, a company initiative to increase awareness, prevention and diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection.

10 May 2011

Wealth, population size, race and age associate with local availability of hospice programs

Wealth, population size, race and age associate with the supply of hospice care available in a county, according to a study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management this month.

10 May 2011

Study: Personality impacts medication adherence behaviour

The results of a unique study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, show that personality has an impact on how likely people are to take their medication. This is the first major study of its kind to be published in the online journal PloS ONE.

10 May 2011

Bayer's regorafenib granted FDA Fast Track designation for treatment of GIST

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that its investigational compound regorafenib (BAY 73-4506) has been granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of patients with metastatic and/or unresectable gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) whose disease has progressed despite at least imatinib and sunitinib as prior treatments.

10 May 2011

MHA's annual awards recognize outstanding health care leaders, innovative programs

Innovative programs and outstanding leaders in health care were honored Friday, May 6 at the Minnesota Hospital Association's 27th annual awards ceremony at the Metropolitan Ballroom in Minneapolis.

10 May 2011

WCP joins with veteran healthcare executives to acquire Revenue Cycle Solutions

Waud Capital Partners, a leading middle-market private equity firm, today announced that it has joined with veteran healthcare executives Mike Jacoutot and Mary Ann McLaughlin to acquire Revenue Cycle Solutions, Inc.

10 May 2011

IASIS Healthcare second quarter net revenue increases 8.6% to $678.4 million

IASIS Healthcare® LLC today announced financial and operating results for the fiscal second quarter and six months ended March 31, 2011.

9 May 2011

RWJF offers health law implementation assistance to states

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will offer states assistance in implementing elements of the health law that involve expanding access to the uninsured.

9 May 2011

Medtronic, Bayer HealthCare expand global alliance to develop next generation diabetes management solutions

Medtronic, Inc. and Bayer HealthCare have expanded their international alliance to now include the United States and will work exclusively to develop innovative next generation diabetes management solutions for patients, state-of-the-art, wireless blood glucose meters worldwide.

From Medtronic 9 May 2011

Minn. House approves abortion restrictions

After long, wrenching, debates with sometimes-graphic testimony about fetuses, the House approved bills Friday that would ban all abortions in Minnesota after 20 weeks of gestation and prohibit public money from paying for the procedure. The 20-week ban was approved, largely along party lines in the Republican-led chamber, 82-46.

9 May 2011

STERIS fourth quarter revenue increases 14% to $377.8 million

STERIS Corporation today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 fourth quarter ended March 31, 2011. Fiscal 2011 fourth quarter revenue increased 14% to $377.8 million compared with $332.1 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, with growth in all three business segments.

9 May 2011

State roundup: Concerns about state employee retirement boom

Plummeting stock portfolios and home values prompted many Baby Boomers to keep working long after retirement age. ... "What was once a planned exit is no longer a planned exit," says Daniel Hackler, Indiana's state personnel director.

9 May 2011

Massachusetts patients face long wait times for doctor appointments

A survey conducted by the Massachusetts Medical Society found patients can wait as a long as a month and a half for non-urgent physicians' appointments.

9 May 2011

Premier healthcare alliance awards new agreements for advanced wound care

The Premier healthcare alliance announced today that new agreements for advanced wound care have been awarded.

9 May 2011

Calif. health exchange effort slows; Sebelius: Health law is state friendly

"We want to be the lead car," California Health and Human Services Secretary Diana Dooley told POLITICO in January, shortly after the state became the first in the nation to pass legislation allowing it to set up a health exchange. But four months later, it's hard not to question whether California's lead is slipping. Gov. Jerry Brown is more focused on filling a $25 billion hole in California's budget than setting up the health reform's new programs (Kliff, 5/9).

9 May 2011

Advanced Cell Technology first quarter net loss decreases to $3.3 million

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today first quarter financial results for the period ended March 31, 2011. The Company reported a loss from operations of $(4.8) million compared to a loss from operations of $(15.0) million in the 2010 first quarter.

9 May 2011

First Edition: May 9, 2011

"It sounds like a new Apple product, but IPAB is actually a controversial board at the heart of a highly charged battle over Medicare, the federal health program for the elderly and disabled".

9 May 2011

MedCath net revenue increases 0.4% to $97.2 million for second fiscal quarter 2011

MedCath Corporation, a healthcare provider focused on high acuity healthcare services, today announced operating results for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011. On April 26, 2011, MedCath announced its intention to release the operating results for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011 on Tuesday, May 10, 2011.

9 May 2011

Covidien completes enrollment in Parietex ProGrip self-fixating mesh study to treat inguinal hernias

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that all 600 patients have been enrolled in its clinical study comparing use of Parietex ProGrip self-fixating mesh to the gold-standard suture-based Lichtenstein repair method for primary inguinal hernias.

9 May 2011

IOD announces expanded capabilities to address top health information management challenges

IOD Incorporated, a leading provider of integrated HIM solutions to hospitals, health systems, and physician practices, today announced expanded capabilities to address health information management's top three challenges of this decade: transitioning to ICD-10, implementing electronic records and recruiting highly qualified HIM staff.

9 May 2011