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Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District purchases QuadraMed CPR EHR solution

QuadraMed® Corporation today announced that Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District in Brawley, Calif., has selected the QuadraMed CPR (QCPR™) electronic health record (EHR) solution and several other QuadraMed applications to help improve the quality of patient care, increase operational efficiencies and enhance revenues. Also included in the purchase are QuadraMed's identity management, enterprise scheduling, revenue management and nurse-staffing management solutions.

25 May 2010

UnitedHealth shareholders reject plan to weigh in on executive pay

A proposal to allow UnitedHealth Group shareholders to make suggestions about executive pay was voted down by the same shareholders it would have empowered at the firm's annual meeting Monday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The proposal failed with only forty-six percent of shareholders supporting it.

25 May 2010

Mylan Pharmaceuticals introduces Temazepam Capsules USP, 7.5 mg

Mylan Inc. today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has launched Temazepam Capsules USP, 7.5 mg.

25 May 2010

Genzyme's Lumizyme for Pompe disease receives FDA marketing approval

Genzyme Corporation announced today that the FDA has granted U.S. marketing approval for Lumizyme™ (alglucosidase alfa), produced at the 4000 liter (L) bioreactor scale at its manufacturing facility in Geel, Belgium. Lumizyme is the first treatment approved in the United States specifically to treat patients with late-onset Pompe disease.

25 May 2010

Today's OpEds: States must take on public health challenges; Placing blame for high health costs

Britain's 'reform' will do little to improve access to life-extending drugs (5/25).

25 May 2010

Federal lawyers ask judge to dismiss Virginia overhaul lawsuit

Obama administration officials asked a judge to dismiss Virginia's lawsuit challenging the new health reform law because the state does not have standing to sue over the requirement that individuals will be required to buy health insurance, The Washington Post reports. "Federal attorneys argued that individuals, not the state, are affected by the requirement. … Further, they wrote that the mandate causes no injury to the state and will not take effect until 2014, making the legal challenge not yet timely."

25 May 2010

St. Jude Medical initiates enrollment in FAME II trial for coronary artery disease

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, announced today at EuroPCR that the first patient was enrolled in the FAME II (Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Plus Optimal Medical Treatment vs. Optimal Medical Treatment Alone in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease) trial.

25 May 2010

Gentiva purchase of Odyssey would create largest U.S. home health and hospice provider

A plan from Gentiva Health Services to buy Odyssey HealthCare for almost $1 billion would create the largest U.S. provider of home health and hospice care, The Associated Press reports. "The boards of both companies have approved the acquisition, which is expected to close in the third quarter, pending approval by regulators and Odyssey stockholders.

25 May 2010

Bayer selects Vision Chain as Enterprise Demand Signal Repository and Predictive Analytics platform

Vision Chain, Inc., the leading global provider of demand signal repository and predictive analytic solutions, announced today that Bayer Healthcare LLC, the global leader in trusted brands for healthcare and nutrition, has licensed its technology platform to analyze store-specific sales, assortments, prices, promotions and other factors to optimize go-to-market efforts with multiple retailers.

25 May 2010

Federal law to expand coverage to kids is off to slow start

USA Today: "A federal law that President Obama signed early last year to expand health insurance to 4 million more low-income children has gotten off to a slow start because of budget problems in the states. The law makes more than $10 billion in federal aid available each year through 2013 but requires state funds as well."

25 May 2010

Verisk Health, Carena enter agreement to improve healthcare outcomes and reduce medical costs

Verisk Health, Inc., and Carena, Inc. announced today that they have signed an agreement to join forces to improve healthcare outcomes and reduce medical costs. Verisk Health is a global leader in identifying, analyzing, and predicting healthcare risk. Carena, Inc. provides consumers with 24/7 medical care and education through its network of board-certified physicians and advanced registered nurse practitioners.

25 May 2010

Halfpenny Technologies releases new critical value alerting, reporting feature for ITF-GoDoc solution

Halfpenny Technologies, Inc., a leading health information exchange (HIE) solutions provider specializing in laboratory, pathology and physician electronic medical record (EMR) system interoperability, has introduced a new critical value alerting and reporting feature for its ITF-GoDoc solution. ITF-GoDoc enables physicians to securely access laboratory, pathology and radiology result reports from their iPhone, Droid or Blackberry Storm-powered smartphones.

25 May 2010

ALFA recognizes Emeritus Senior Living with 2010 Best of the Best Award

The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) has awarded Emeritus Senior Living, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, its prestigious 2010 Best of the Best Award, a national recognition reserved for the nation's most innovative and effective business practices in the senior living industry. 2010 winners will be profiled in the May/June issue of ALFA's flagship magazine, Assisted Living Executive.

25 May 2010

Applied Spine Technologies awarded U.S. patents for 'Dynamic Spine Stabilizer' and 'Spring Junction'

Applied Spine Technologies, Inc., a medical device company focused on motion preservation of the lumbar spine, was awarded two new patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on May 11, 2010.

25 May 2010

KHN Consumer column: Insuring your health – College student health plans often get low marks

In this Kaiser Health News column, produced in collaboration with The Washington Post, Michelle Andrews writes: "Aaron Smith is learning the hard way that student health insurance has limits.

25 May 2010

U.S. Renal Care announces definitive agreements to acquire Dialysis Corporation of America

U.S. Renal Care, Inc., a privately-held leading provider of outpatient dialysis services, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with respect to the financing of its cash tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Dialysis Corporation of America as contemplated by the debt commitment letter with RBC Capital Markets, dated as of April 13, 2010.

25 May 2010

Rockwell Medical's SFP Phase IIb data accepted for presentation at XLVII ERA-EDTA Congress

Rockwell Medical, a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company offering innovative products and services targeting end-stage renal disease (ESRD), chronic kidney disease (CKD), and iron deficiency anemia, announced today that Phase IIb data for its lead drug candidate Soluble Ferric Pyrophosphate (SFP) have been accepted for presentation at the XLVII European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) Congress, organized in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Nephrologie (DGfN) in Munich, Germany, June 25-28, 2010.

25 May 2010

La Jolla Pharmaceutical announces $16.3 million private placement

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company announced today that the Company has entered into definitive agreements with institutional investors and affiliates for a private placement of common stock, convertible preferred stock and warrants to purchase convertible preferred stock totaling up to $16.3 million in gross proceeds.

25 May 2010

YesDTC acquires DRTV marketing rights to patented MediPendant medical alarm device

YesDTC Holdings, Inc., a direct-to-consumer global distributor and marketer of consumer goods and products, announced today, the Company has acquired the rights to market the patented MediPendant™ medical alarm device from Medical Alarm Concepts Holding, Inc. via direct response television (DRTV).

25 May 2010

HHS 'special mailing' on health law's immediate Medicare benefits sparks GOP grumbles

CQ HealthBeat: "Education or propaganda? Or 'beyond propaganda?' The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Monday that it will soon send Medicare beneficiaries a special mailing on 'the immediate benefits they may see' from the health care overhaul law. Getting accurate information about key provisions of the law will help Medicare enrollees 'to be on the alert for any scams asking for personal information,' explained acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner in an agency news release Monday.

25 May 2010

Medical News

Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District purchases QuadraMed CPR EHR solution

UnitedHealth shareholders reject plan to weigh in on executive pay

Mylan Pharmaceuticals introduces Temazepam Capsules USP, 7.5 mg

Genzyme's Lumizyme for Pompe disease receives FDA marketing approval

Today's OpEds: States must take on public health challenges; Placing blame for high health costs

Federal lawyers ask judge to dismiss Virginia overhaul lawsuit

St. Jude Medical initiates enrollment in FAME II trial for coronary artery disease

Gentiva purchase of Odyssey would create largest U.S. home health and hospice provider

Bayer selects Vision Chain as Enterprise Demand Signal Repository and Predictive Analytics platform

Federal law to expand coverage to kids is off to slow start

Verisk Health, Carena enter agreement to improve healthcare outcomes and reduce medical costs

Halfpenny Technologies releases new critical value alerting, reporting feature for ITF-GoDoc solution

ALFA recognizes Emeritus Senior Living with 2010 Best of the Best Award

Applied Spine Technologies awarded U.S. patents for 'Dynamic Spine Stabilizer' and 'Spring Junction'

KHN Consumer column: Insuring your health – College student health plans often get low marks

U.S. Renal Care announces definitive agreements to acquire Dialysis Corporation of America

Rockwell Medical's SFP Phase IIb data accepted for presentation at XLVII ERA-EDTA Congress

La Jolla Pharmaceutical announces $16.3 million private placement

YesDTC acquires DRTV marketing rights to patented MediPendant medical alarm device

HHS 'special mailing' on health law's immediate Medicare benefits sparks GOP grumbles

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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