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Texas doctor arrested in whistle-blowing case; Mass. judge dismisses hospital payment lawsuit against the state

Texas officials have filed criminal charges against a West Texas physician over accusations that they say he orchestrated against two nurses who had filed a complaint against him with the state medical board (Sack, 12/23).

24 Dec 2010

Health spending and mandates: What is central to the overhaul's implementation and what is not

CQ looks forward and offer analyses regarding how determinations about mandatory and discretionary spending will impact the health law's implementation. Meanwhile, Modern Healthcare reports on a new study exploring how central the individual insurance mandate is to expanding coverage.

24 Dec 2010

Guardian Home Care Holdings sold to AccentCare

Friedman Fleischer & Lowe today announced that it has sold Guardian Home Care Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of home care and hospice services, to AccentCare Inc., one of the nation's fastest growing home healthcare companies.

24 Dec 2010

Bonovo Orthopedics announces closing of $10M Series C Preferred Stock financing

Bonovo Orthopedics, Inc., a leading provider of orthopedic products to the Chinese healthcare market, announced today that it closed a US$10 million Series C Preferred Stock financing. The financing was led by OrbiMed Asia Partners and was participated in by Legend Capital and Bonovo's existing shareholders.

24 Dec 2010

Dec. 31st healthcare reform deadline limits patient choice and encourages business as usual

In 10 days, thousands of workers will put down their tools and halt construction at 45 hospitals across the country, simply because the hospitals have physician owners.

23 Dec 2010

Chinese government should show more leadership on HIV/AIDS, says AHF

In response to news that the most recent round of grants issued by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is nearly $1 billion less than just two years ago, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today called on nations to give more to help fight HIV/AIDS around the globe.

23 Dec 2010

NPSF creates new membership program for patient safety professionals

The National Patient Safety Foundation, a nonprofit specializing in advancing safe patient care, is creating a groundbreaking new membership program for patient safety professionals that will provide a unique opportunity for sharing of best practices and the unification of the growing patient safety community. New members can join the American Society of Professionals in Patient Safety at NPSF starting in January 2011.

23 Dec 2010

Columbia Asia opens new hospitals in India and Malaysia

Columbia Asia, a fast-growing hospital company with Pacific Northwest roots, has opened hospitals in two cities near New Delhi, India, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

23 Dec 2010

Northstar Healthcare reports successful syndication of MicroSurgery Institute of Houston

Northstar Healthcare Inc. today announced the successful syndication of its newly formed operating partnership MicroSurgery Institute of Houston ("MSI") with an initial seven physician partners. Northstar will participate in the MSI partnership by leasing the surgery center assets and staff of The Palladium for Surgery - Houston, Ltd. partnership ("Palladium") to MSI for an ownership interest of 25%.

23 Dec 2010

vRad, NightHawk Radiology announce completion of merger

Virtual Radiologic (vRad) and NightHawk Radiology today announced the completion of their previously announced merger, with NightHawk continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of vRad. Under the terms of the merger agreement, vRad, a technology-enabled national radiology practice and leader in the development of radiologist workflow technology, acquired all of the outstanding shares of NightHawk for $6.50 per share in cash.

23 Dec 2010

GE Healthcare announces completion of tender offer for Clarient

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company announced today that it has completed the tender offer by GE's wholly owned subsidiary, Crane Merger Sub, Inc., for all outstanding shares of common and preferred stock of Clarient Inc., a leading player in the fast-growing molecular diagnostics sector. Clarient provides pathologists and oncologists with access to key diagnostic tests that shed light on the complex nature of various cancers.

23 Dec 2010

New Regs: Health insurers will be required to justify large rate increases

New, proposed regulations — which result from the health overhaul — were issued yesterday by the Department of Health and Human Services and would require health insurers to justify proposed double-digit premium increases. In addition, administration officials signaled their plan to step-up their reviews of insurance rates if state regulators are not adequately protecting consumers.

23 Dec 2010

In State budgets, Medicaid goes under the knife; Costs high for Florida Medicaid's doctor-immunity plan; N.J. practices to launch ACOs

Governors nationwide are taking a scalpel to Medicaid, the jointly run state and federal health-care program for 48 million poor Americans, half of whom are children. The single biggest expense for states, Medicaid consumes about 22 percent of their total $1.6 trillion in expenditures, more than what is allocated to elementary and secondary education, according to a National Governors Association report.

23 Dec 2010

Health biz sector ripe for action

Reuters reports that analysts are predicting "a robust year of dealmaking" for health businesses ranging from scientific tool makers to hospital companies.

23 Dec 2010

Opinions: U.S. foreign aid; Malaria eradication; Moving Haiti forward; Health care financing

"At this critical time when we are concerned about our country's financial well being it is imperative that we curtail our charity to others," Bradley Blakeman, deputy assistant to former President George W. Bush and professor of politics and public policy at Georgetown University, writes in a Fox News opinion piece calling for the U.S., which he says "has done more than its fair share for others since our birth as a nation," to "curtail our foreign aid."

23 Dec 2010

NCI grants U-M Cancer Center $10.7M for study of colorectal and pancreatic cancer

The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a five-year $10.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study colorectal and pancreatic cancer.

23 Dec 2010

Today's Opinions: Congressional funding vote leaves out health law; Price controls on health; Tough choices in Washington State

The Senate passed the Continuing Resolution 79-16 this afternoon. Another way of saying that: The Senate voted to defund the implementation of both health-care reform and financial-regulation reform.

23 Dec 2010

FDA joins Abbott Diabetes Careto to recall 359 glucose test strips

The test strips being recalled may give falsely low blood glucose results. False results may lead patients to try to raise their blood glucose unnecessarily, or they may fail to treat elevated blood glucose because of a false, low reading. Both scenarios pose risks to a patient's health.

22 Dec 2010

New era for anticoagulant therapy

In a Guest Editorial published in the new publication Clinical Investigation, Dr Jeffrey Weitz and Dr John Eikelboom of McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada highlight the importance of the approval in October by the FDA of dabigatran etexilate (Pradaxa®; Boehringer Ingelheim). This new oral thrombin inhibitor provides an alternative to warfarin for long-term stroke prevention in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.

22 Dec 2010

Centric Health to acquire certain assets of DNPI Group subject to Court approval

Centric Health Corporation, Canada's leading diversified healthcare services company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement ("APA") to acquire certain assets of Dedicated National Pharmacies Inc., Methadrug Clinic Limited and Union Medical Pharmacy Inc. ("DNPI Group") from the court-appointed receiver of the DNPI Group, Grant Thornton Limited (the "Receiver").

22 Dec 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Texas doctor arrested in whistle-blowing case; Mass. judge dismisses hospital payment lawsuit against the state

Health spending and mandates: What is central to the overhaul's implementation and what is not

Guardian Home Care Holdings sold to AccentCare

Bonovo Orthopedics announces closing of $10M Series C Preferred Stock financing

Dec. 31st healthcare reform deadline limits patient choice and encourages business as usual

Chinese government should show more leadership on HIV/AIDS, says AHF

NPSF creates new membership program for patient safety professionals

Columbia Asia opens new hospitals in India and Malaysia

Northstar Healthcare reports successful syndication of MicroSurgery Institute of Houston

vRad, NightHawk Radiology announce completion of merger

GE Healthcare announces completion of tender offer for Clarient

New Regs: Health insurers will be required to justify large rate increases

In State budgets, Medicaid goes under the knife; Costs high for Florida Medicaid's doctor-immunity plan; N.J. practices to launch ACOs

Health biz sector ripe for action

Opinions: U.S. foreign aid; Malaria eradication; Moving Haiti forward; Health care financing

NCI grants U-M Cancer Center $10.7M for study of colorectal and pancreatic cancer

Today's Opinions: Congressional funding vote leaves out health law; Price controls on health; Tough choices in Washington State

FDA joins Abbott Diabetes Careto to recall 359 glucose test strips

New era for anticoagulant therapy

Centric Health to acquire certain assets of DNPI Group subject to Court approval

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