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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Nevada receives award for Our Health Connects Us campaign

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Nevada, together with its agency, Deutsch LA, received a 2010 CLIO Healthcare Award for its "Our Health Connects Us" campaign. The bronze level award in the Integrated Campaign category was presented on November 12th at a ceremony in New York City.

20 Nov 2010

No agreement on health cost containment at bipartisan commission

The Obama administration's bipartisan commission studying efforts to reduce the nation's debt remained at odds after three days of closed door meetings - on how to deal with health care costs.

20 Nov 2010

Recent releases in Global Health

New This Week In The Kaiser Global Health Policy Tracker: The President's Malaria Initiative announced a new focus country and USAID released a new fact sheet on the agency's reform initiative. Kaiser's Policy Tracker provides a timely single reference point for the latest information on congressional and administration action on global health.

20 Nov 2010

CMS grants Qutenza J-code to NeurogesX

NeurogesX, Inc. a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel pain management therapies, today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted a unique, Level II Health Care Common Procedural Coding System (Level II HCPCS), commonly referred to as a J-code, for Qutenza (capsaicin) 8% patch.

19 Nov 2010

Task Force for National Conference on Diabetes issues Call to Action to improve diabetes care

The Task Force for the National Conference on Diabetes issued a Call to Action today entitled Shaping our future: a call to action to tackle the diabetes epidemic and reduce its economic impact. This Call to Action is a result of the National Conference on Diabetes, held earlier this year in Washington, D.C., which was attended by nearly 100 participants representing the Administration, Congress, government officials, public health organizations and industry.

19 Nov 2010

Acacia subsidiary receives patents for wireless physiological monitoring technology

Acacia Research Corporation announced today that a subsidiary has acquired 11 patents for wireless physiological monitoring technology.

19 Nov 2010

DCR to present data on DaVita Cathaway program at ASN Annual Meeting

DaVita Clinical Research, a provider of clinical research and diagnostic laboratory services, announced today that 56 posters and five oral presentations will be presented by the Company's unsurpassed renal experts at the 43rd American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition from November 16 - 21, 2010, at the Colorado Convention Center located in Denver, Colorado.

19 Nov 2010

Experts formulate research related to psychological adjustment and traumatic brain injury

Five U.S. federal agencies recently cosponsored a set of expert work groups to formulate common data elements for research related to psychological adjustment and traumatic brain injury (TBI).

19 Nov 2010

Prescription abandonment can undermine medical treatment, increase healthcare costs

Failure to have a prescription filled can undermine medical treatment, result in increased health care costs and potentially have devastating results for the patient.

19 Nov 2010

ProvenCare to focus on potential problems in lung cancer patients

Northwestern Memorial Hospital is one of six national participants in a pilot study that will test whether operable lung cancer patients and their families have a smoother care experience and better outcomes by hardwiring data systems to reduce medical error and to reliably adhere to best practice standards.

19 Nov 2010

New book for parents of premature infants

Years after the homecoming, parents of premature infants frequently report difficulty explaining the concept to their children, and are unprepared to handle their strong reactions.

19 Nov 2010

Study: Hospitals use clout to jack up prices

A new study claims some hospitals command far greater prices from commercial insurers than their nearby competitors, suggesting they have the clout to demand higher rates.

19 Nov 2010

Crescent Healthcare to open infusion pharmacy in New Jersey

Crescent Healthcare today announced a planned expansion of their east coast operations in 2011. They signed a lease to open an infusion pharmacy in Totowa, New Jersey, central to providing immune globulin therapies and services to current patients in Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, and Rhode Island.

19 Nov 2010

Elorac announces results of Phase III CPO solution studies for acne at Healthcare Conference in New York

Elorac, Inc., a rapidly growing specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of dermatological disorders, announced results of two Phase III studies of its patented Carbamide Peroxide (CPO) solution for the treatment of inflammatory acne vulgaris and rosacea at the Lazard Capital Markets 7th Annual Healthcare Conference in New York.

19 Nov 2010

FDA approves new drug application for NEXTERONE Premixed Injection

Prism Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has approved the supplemental new drug application for NEXTERONE (amiodarone HCl) Premixed Injection, the first and only premixed intravenous (IV) bag formulation of the antiarrhythmic agent amiodarone IV.

19 Nov 2010

Expert panel to endorse newly approved therapeutic vaccine for advanced prostate cancer

Provenge is one step closer to being covered by Medicare. An expert panel voted Wednesday to endorse the newly approved therapeutic vaccine for men with advanced prostate cancer.

19 Nov 2010

Health law revision suggestions pour in from lawmakers, groups

Kaiser Health News reports that vulnerable Democrats are looking for alternatives to the health law's mandate that nearly all Americans carry health insurance. "Under political pressure as a result of the new health law, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., has asked the Government Accountability Office to study alternatives to the controversial mandate requiring most Americans to obtain coverage." Because Nelson is from a typically "red" state, Republicans have targeted him as one Democrat willing to play ball on scaling back the law (Vaida, 11/17).

19 Nov 2010

Americans' confidence in health care system lower than other industrialized counties, study finds

"Despite having the most expensive healthcare system in the industrialized world, Americans tend to have the least confidence that their system will provide them the most-effective care compared to residents of 10 other industrialized nations, a Commonwealth Fund survey has found. A survey of nearly 20,000 people in the U.S. and 10 other industrialized nations has found that U.S. consumers reported the highest level of confusing complexity of their health insurance plans, and the highest level of concern that they would not be able to afford their healthcare coverage" (Carlson, 11/18).

19 Nov 2010

Volpara breast imaging software receives FDA clearance

Offering radiologists a reliable and cost-effective tool to generate automatic volumetric breast density values, Volpara, Ltd., announced today that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for its Volpara breast imaging software. Volpara, a subsidiary of Matakina Technology, Limited of New Zealand, is responsible for commercial operations in the United States.

19 Nov 2010

Eisai signs statement of intent with WHO to supply medicine for treatment of lymphatic filariasis

Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, President & CEO: Haruo Naito) announced today that it has signed a statement of intent with the World Health Organization to supply free of charge a primary medicine for the treatment of lymphatic filariasis.

19 Nov 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Nevada receives award for Our Health Connects Us campaign

No agreement on health cost containment at bipartisan commission

Recent releases in Global Health

CMS grants Qutenza J-code to NeurogesX

Task Force for National Conference on Diabetes issues Call to Action to improve diabetes care

Acacia subsidiary receives patents for wireless physiological monitoring technology

DCR to present data on DaVita Cathaway program at ASN Annual Meeting

Experts formulate research related to psychological adjustment and traumatic brain injury

Prescription abandonment can undermine medical treatment, increase healthcare costs

ProvenCare to focus on potential problems in lung cancer patients

New book for parents of premature infants

Study: Hospitals use clout to jack up prices

Crescent Healthcare to open infusion pharmacy in New Jersey

Elorac announces results of Phase III CPO solution studies for acne at Healthcare Conference in New York

FDA approves new drug application for NEXTERONE Premixed Injection

Expert panel to endorse newly approved therapeutic vaccine for advanced prostate cancer

Health law revision suggestions pour in from lawmakers, groups

Americans' confidence in health care system lower than other industrialized counties, study finds

Volpara breast imaging software receives FDA clearance

Eisai signs statement of intent with WHO to supply medicine for treatment of lymphatic filariasis

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