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Consumers examine government's new health care website, health insurers critical

News outlets continue to report on the federal government's new health care website, healthcare.gov, launched Thursday.

3 Jul 2010

Intellipharmaceutics provides update on generic version of Effexor XR

Intellipharmaceutics International Inc., today announced the following with regard to its generic drug commercialization activities.

3 Jul 2010

Impax confirms challenge of patent relating to RENVELA

Impax Laboratories, Inc. today confirms that it has initiated a challenge of a patent listed by Genzyme Corporation in connection with RENVELA® (sevelamer carbonate for suspension), 2.4 g and 0.8 g.

3 Jul 2010

Medical biller develops special ranking system for insurers

Jonathan Bush recognized that getting paid in health care is a problem, NPR's Planet Money blog reports: "Say the patient is covered by Blue Cross. Which Blue Cross? Did she need a referral? What's the right billing code?" So he left the birthing center business to get "into a different part of the health-care business: He launched athenahealth, a company that handles billing for doctors' offices."

3 Jul 2010

VA to develop fully automated, online system for handling disability compensation claims

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced today plans to develop a fully automated, online system for handling Veterans' disability compensation claims. More than a simple digitization of existing paper-based claims, the new system is part of VA's modernization of the end-to-end processing workflow. Automation will substantially reduce processing time and increase accuracy while simplifying the way that Veterans interact with the claims process.

3 Jul 2010

Insurer stocks drop; Drugmakers shed 35,000 jobs

News outlets report on a drop in health insurance stocks and the elimination of 35,000 jobs in the drug industry this year.

3 Jul 2010

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital issues public safety warning about dangers of swimming pools

A strong public safety warning about the dangers of swimming pools comes in the wake of 19 drownings or near-drownings treated by doctors at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt since May 27.

3 Jul 2010

WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool version 3.1 launched

The WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX-) has today been launched in version 3.1., featuring eight new country models and accessible in six additional languages.

3 Jul 2010

States anxiously hoping for extra Medicaid funds extension

Kaiser Health News: "Democrats are leaving Washington for their July 4th recess without passing key parts of their health agenda. Among the provisions being left for when Congress returns from a week-long break: enhanced Medicaid aid for states and a subsidy to help the laid off afford to keep their former employer's health insurance.

3 Jul 2010

Virtual Closet is now DK Sinopharma

DK Sinopharma, Inc., formerly known as Virtual Closet, Inc. today announced that on June 30, 2010, the Company's name change from Virtual Closet, Inc. to DK Sinopharma, Inc. took effect in the marketplace. The OTCBB symbol has also changed from VIRZ to DKSP to reflect the change in name. The name and symbol change became effective through FINRA on June 30, 2010.

3 Jul 2010

Nissay Information Technology and IBM Japan to build cloud development and test environment

Nissay Information Technology and IBM Japan today announced they will jointly build a cloud-based development and test environment to create mission critical Web systems for Nippon Life Insurance (NISSAY). The project launched in May 2010, with the test and development environment expected to go live in September 2010.

3 Jul 2010

High-risk pools begin taking applications in some states

The Dallas Morning News: The federal government began accepting applications Thursday for coverage through high-risk insurance pools from people who have been unable to obtain insurance on the commercial market due to pre-existing conditions. "To be eligible, people must be uninsured for at least six months and have been turned down for coverage by a private insurer because of a medical problem. Applications for the insurance are available online at www.HealthCare.gov. Coverage starts Aug. 1" (Boderson, 7/2).

3 Jul 2010

ePlus subsidiary achieves HP PartnerONE Healthcare Elite status

ePlus inc. announced today that its subsidiary, ePlus Technology inc., has achieved HP PartnerONE Healthcare Elite status. HP partners who attain Healthcare Elite status are considered experts in the healthcare environment, with superior HP-validated industry qualifications in everything from small practices to large healthcare systems.

3 Jul 2010

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center's new children's outpatient facility named in honor of Alex Rodriguez

Alex Rodriguez joined Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center President and CEO Miguel A. Fuentes, Jr., as well as board members, staff and pediatric patients at a ceremony to dedicate a new children's outpatient center named in his honor on Wednesday, June 30, 2010.

3 Jul 2010

Hospitals in Iowa, Kentucky and Massachusetts face new challenges, opportunities

Quad-City Times: "A proposed change in Medicare reimbursement could increase payments to Iowa hospitals by more than $12.5 million next year. At the same time, a rule change on reimbursement to doctors could boost their Medicare payments by 5 percent beginning next year. 'This will mean a great deal to Iowa hospitals that have been struggling for many years,' said U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa.

3 Jul 2010

Endo subsidiary successfully completes tender offer for HealthTronics' outstanding common stock

Endo Pharmaceuticals today announced the successful completion of the tender offer by its wholly owned subsidiary, HT Acquisition Corp., for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of HealthTronics, Inc..

3 Jul 2010

Strativa receives FDA approval for Zuplenz oral soluble film

Strativa Pharmaceuticals today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Zuplenz® (ondansetron) oral soluble film for the prevention of postoperative, highly and moderately emetogenic cancer chemotherapy-induced, and radiotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Zuplenz, a unique formulation of ondansetron, is the first oral soluble film approved by the FDA as a prescription medication.

3 Jul 2010

Virginia challenge to health overhaul goes to court

Justice Department and the state of Virginia lawyers faced off Thursday in the first challenge of the federal government's authority to require people purchase health insurance.

3 Jul 2010

Cyanotech regains Nasdaq compliance

Cyanotech Corporation, a world leader in microalgae-based, high-value nutrition and health products, today announced that it had received notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market on June 30, 2010 of full compliance with Listing Rules required for its continued listing on the The Nasdaq Capital Market.

3 Jul 2010

Watson acquires U.S. rights to CRINONE, PROCHIEVE product line from Columbia Laboratories

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today completed the acquisition of the U.S. rights to Columbia Laboratories' CRINONE® and PROCHIEVE® progesterone gel product line and 11,200,000 shares of Columbia common stock.

3 Jul 2010

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Consumers examine government's new health care website, health insurers critical

Intellipharmaceutics provides update on generic version of Effexor XR

Impax confirms challenge of patent relating to RENVELA

Medical biller develops special ranking system for insurers

VA to develop fully automated, online system for handling disability compensation claims

Insurer stocks drop; Drugmakers shed 35,000 jobs

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital issues public safety warning about dangers of swimming pools

WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool version 3.1 launched

States anxiously hoping for extra Medicaid funds extension

Virtual Closet is now DK Sinopharma

Nissay Information Technology and IBM Japan to build cloud development and test environment

High-risk pools begin taking applications in some states

ePlus subsidiary achieves HP PartnerONE Healthcare Elite status

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center's new children's outpatient facility named in honor of Alex Rodriguez

Hospitals in Iowa, Kentucky and Massachusetts face new challenges, opportunities

Endo subsidiary successfully completes tender offer for HealthTronics' outstanding common stock

Strativa receives FDA approval for Zuplenz oral soluble film

Virginia challenge to health overhaul goes to court

Cyanotech regains Nasdaq compliance

Watson acquires U.S. rights to CRINONE, PROCHIEVE product line from Columbia Laboratories

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