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Mass. probe finds discrepancies in health care payments; Experts examine Mayo Clinic as model for reform

The Boston Globe reports on discrepancies in payments for health care providers.

30 Jan 2010

HCA reports fiscal 2009 fourth quarter and year-end financial results

HCA today announced preliminary financial and operating results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. The financial results are subject to finalization associated with the Company's year-end financial and accounting procedures.

30 Jan 2010

Research roundup: Raising seniors' co-pays increases costs; The stimulus and safety net providers

New England Journal of Medicine: Increased Ambulatory Care Copayments And Hospitalizations Among The Elderly - This study examines the consequences of increasing copayments for outpatient care of Medicare enrollees in managed-care plans. "As compared with matched control plans in which copayments for ambulatory care were unchanged, Medicare plans that increased these copayments by an average of 95% for primary care and 74% for specialty care had a reduction in the number of outpatient visits but an increase in hospital admissions, in the number of days of hospital care, and in the proportion of enrollees who used hospital care," the authors write.

30 Jan 2010

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare completes its formal plans to affiliate with Lake Forest Hospital

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare has completed its formal plans to affiliate with Lake County's Lake Forest Hospital. Northwestern's health system has obtained both federal and state approvals to proceed with an affiliation agreement that will make Lake Forest Hospital a wholly owned entity of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare along with Northwestern Memorial Hospital on February 1, 2010.

30 Jan 2010

Obesity related health complications more dangerous than risks associated with bariatric surgery

Bariatric weight-loss surgery may sound dangerous and complicated, but a Geisinger physician warns that the real danger may be a life of obesity.

30 Jan 2010

Secure Cares Infant Protection Systems installed in three major hospitals on Long Island

Parabit Systems Inc. is pleased to announce the successful installation of Secure Cares Infant Protection Systems in three major hospitals on Long Island.

30 Jan 2010

New biomarker may predict treatment outcomes in RA patients

Investigators have identified a biomarker that could help doctors select patients with rheumatoid arthritis who will benefit from therapy with drugs such as Enbrel, a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-antagonist drug.

30 Jan 2010

Clinical results of MedImmune's pivotal trial for motavizumab published

MedImmune today announced that clinical results of its pivotal multinational, randomized, double-masked trial for motavizumab have been published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed publication, Pediatrics: Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

30 Jan 2010

Prime Therapeutics receives full accreditation from URAC Accreditation Committee for PrimeMail

Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime), a thought leader in pharmacy benefit management, announced today that it has received full accreditation from the URAC Accreditation Committee for its mail-service pharmacy, PrimeMail®.

30 Jan 2010

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center honored with HealthGrades' Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center has been identified by HealthGrades as a 2010 recipient of the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence. HealthGrades awards this title to facilities that rank in the top five percent in overall clinical performance.

30 Jan 2010

PROLOR Biotech reports the EC approval of Merck's ELONVA

PROLOR Biotech, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: PBTH) today noted the European Commission (EC) approval of Merck & Co., Inc.'s ELONVA®, a long-acting CTP-modified version of the fertility drug follicle stimulating hormone (FSH).

30 Jan 2010

Canada to donate 5m doses of H1N1 vaccine to WHO; agency has received commitment of 200m vaccines

The Canadian government on Thursday announced the country would donate five million doses of H1N1 vaccines to the WHO from the country's current surplus, the Canadian Press reports (Branswell, 1/28).

30 Jan 2010

Single payer bill passes Calif. Senate; Other states consider smaller health care changes

California's state Senate Thursday voted for a bill creating a single-payer health system Thursday.

30 Jan 2010

Rush Memorial Hospital completes implementation of Healthland EMR solution

Healthland, America's market leader of healthcare information solutions for small community and critical access hospitals, announced today that Indiana-based, Rush Memorial Hospital has completed implementation of the Healthland Electronic Medical Records (EMR) solution.

30 Jan 2010

FDA approves new drug combination for hormone positive and HER2-positive advanced breast cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Tykerb (lapatinib) in combination with Femara (letrozole) to treat hormone positive and HER2-positive advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women for whom hormonal therapy is indicated.

30 Jan 2010

Surgeon General's report lays out recommendations to address childhood obesity

"As many as one in three children are overweight or obese, according to a new report" released yesterday by U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin.

30 Jan 2010

Docking algorithm EADock allows successful design of new inhibitors for anti-cancer target

Many human tumors express indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), an enzyme which mediates an immune-escape in several cancer types. Researchers in the Molecular Modeling group at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and Dr. Beno-t J. Van den Eynde's group at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd (LICR) Brussels Branch developed an approach for creating new IDO inhibitors by computer-assisted structure-based drug design. The study was presented in the January 2010 online issue of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

30 Jan 2010

New study identifies that SynDIG1 plays critical role in creating and sustaining synapses

A new study from UC Davis Health System identifies for the first time a brain protein called SynDIG1 that plays a critical role in creating and sustaining synapses, the complex chemical signaling system responsible for communication between neurons.

30 Jan 2010

Texas colleges readying students to build, maintain electronic medical records

Three central Texas colleges are applying for a federal grant to train students in the use of electronic medical records, The Texas Tribune reports. "Texas State University in San Marcos and the University of Texas at Austin are partnering with the University of Texas School of Health Information in Houston to apply for a new federal grant in health information that could bring in $6 million across the three campuses.

30 Jan 2010

Vanguard Health Systems closes $950M 8% Senior Notes offering

Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. ("Vanguard") announced the closing today of the private placement offering of $950.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8% Senior Notes due 2018 (the "Notes") co-issued by Vanguard's subsidiaries, Vanguard Health Holding Company II, LLC ("VHS Holdco II") and Vanguard Holding Company II, Inc. ("VHS Holdco II Inc." and, together with VHS Holdco II, the "Issuers").

30 Jan 2010

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Mass. probe finds discrepancies in health care payments; Experts examine Mayo Clinic as model for reform

HCA reports fiscal 2009 fourth quarter and year-end financial results

Research roundup: Raising seniors' co-pays increases costs; The stimulus and safety net providers

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare completes its formal plans to affiliate with Lake Forest Hospital

Obesity related health complications more dangerous than risks associated with bariatric surgery

Secure Cares Infant Protection Systems installed in three major hospitals on Long Island

New biomarker may predict treatment outcomes in RA patients

Clinical results of MedImmune's pivotal trial for motavizumab published

Prime Therapeutics receives full accreditation from URAC Accreditation Committee for PrimeMail

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center honored with HealthGrades' Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence

PROLOR Biotech reports the EC approval of Merck's ELONVA

Canada to donate 5m doses of H1N1 vaccine to WHO; agency has received commitment of 200m vaccines

Single payer bill passes Calif. Senate; Other states consider smaller health care changes

Rush Memorial Hospital completes implementation of Healthland EMR solution

FDA approves new drug combination for hormone positive and HER2-positive advanced breast cancer

Surgeon General's report lays out recommendations to address childhood obesity

Docking algorithm EADock allows successful design of new inhibitors for anti-cancer target

New study identifies that SynDIG1 plays critical role in creating and sustaining synapses

Texas colleges readying students to build, maintain electronic medical records

Vanguard Health Systems closes $950M 8% Senior Notes offering

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