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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

Medtronic fiscal year 2010 revenue up 8% to $15.817 billion

Medtronic, Inc. today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 30, 2010.

25 May 2010

Exactech acquires Brighton Partners

Exactech, Inc., a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for hip, knee, shoulder, spine and biologic materials, announced today that the company has acquired Brighton Partners, Inc., the sole source supplier of the direct compression molded polyethylene bearings used exclusively in Exactech's flagship product, the Optetrak® knee replacement system.

25 May 2010

State regulators mull definition of medical loss ratio

News outlets report on efforts to define what will be considered "medical expenses" when it comes to the mandated medical loss ratios in the new health law.

25 May 2010

Stryker, Acuitec form strategic relationship

Stryker’s Communications business unit and Acuitec announced today that they have signed an agreement that will integrate both companies’ technologies within the operating room to provide customers with a comprehensive offering that combines in-room integration with desirable workflow solutions.

From Stryker 25 May 2010

Experts question 'doc fix' as Reid threatens weekend work on bill with COBRA, Medicare provisions

Politico: Experts are questioning the virtues of the three-year Medicare "doc fix" that would stave off cuts to Medicare doctors' pay but set up a larger fight down the road. ... In health policy circles, the 'doc fix' has become emblematic of Washington's worst habits: a potentially solvable policy problem run amok for about a decade now, bogged down in pure politics and accounting gimmicks. The 'doc fix,' a last-minute infusion of funds to head off a looming doctor pay cut under Medicare, hits the floor this week via the tax extenders bill ..."

25 May 2010

Five Prime Therapeutics, Fast Forward partner to develop Multiple Sclerosis therapeutic candidate

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., a leader in the discovery and development of innovative biologics, and Fast Forward, LLC, a subsidiary of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, today announced an alliance to fund the development of a FivePrime pre-clinical stage therapeutic candidate for treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Fast Forward will commit up to $1 million to fund the advancement of the therapeutic candidate.

25 May 2010

DOJ warns hospitals, insurers: Mergers will be scrutinized

The Obama administration warned the health care industry Monday that it "won't hesitate to block mergers that threaten to stifle competition," The Associated Press reports.

25 May 2010

Exiqon, MultiD Analyses partnership leads to advanced GenEx qPCR data analysis program development

Exiqon A/S, a leader in microRNA analysis products and services, and MultiD Analyses AB, a leader in comprehensive software solutions for qPCR data analysis, today announced a Development and Distribution Agreement incorporating a specifically adapted version of the GenEx qPCR analysis software for Exiqon's new microRNA qPCR platform. The agreement allows Exiqon to sell a fully compatible and comprehensive data analysis solution to complete their microRNA qPCR offering.

25 May 2010

Medical News

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

Medtronic fiscal year 2010 revenue up 8% to $15.817 billion

Exactech acquires Brighton Partners

State regulators mull definition of medical loss ratio

Stryker, Acuitec form strategic relationship

Experts question 'doc fix' as Reid threatens weekend work on bill with COBRA, Medicare provisions

Five Prime Therapeutics, Fast Forward partner to develop Multiple Sclerosis therapeutic candidate

DOJ warns hospitals, insurers: Mergers will be scrutinized

Exiqon, MultiD Analyses partnership leads to advanced GenEx qPCR data analysis program development

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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