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Deadline for pharmacies to meet Medicare’s DMEPOS accreditation requirements extended, Senate lauded

The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) commended the Senate for passing a bill extending from Sept. 30 to Dec. 31, 2009 the deadline for meeting pharmacy accreditation requirements to continue offering Medicare Part B Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS).

7 Oct 2009

The Ensign Group completes three Utah skilled nursing facilities acquisition

The Ensign Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENSG), announced today that it has acquired three Utah skilled nursing facilities, South Valley Care Center in West Jordan, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Rock Canyon Rehab & Care Center in Provo, and Castle Country Care Center in Price.

7 Oct 2009

HMS bags a three-year utilization review contract from University of Massachusetts Medical School

HMS today announced that the University of Massachusetts Medical School on behalf of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EHS) Office of Medicaid has awarded a contract to Permedion, Inc., HMS's wholly owned subsidiary, to provide utilization management of inpatient and outpatient services rendered to members of MassHealth. MassHealth is the Massachusetts Medicaid program.

7 Oct 2009

UnitedHealthcare launches new interactive website

UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, opened Health Care LaneSM, a new interactive Web site where “townspeople” explain and teach health insurance topics.

7 Oct 2009

HDSA honors outstanding contributors against Huntington's Disease

The Huntington's Disease Society of America (HDSA), will recognize the outstanding contributions to improving the quality of life of people with Huntington's Disease (HD) by several individuals and two organizations at the 13th annual Guthrie Awards Dinner this Thursday.

7 Oct 2009

Unomedical announces the voluntary recall of certain units of the single-patient use MPR

Unomedical Inc., a manufacturer of medical devices, today announced that it is conducting a voluntary recall of certain units of the single-patient use Manual Pulmonary Resuscitator (MPR).

7 Oct 2009

Change in health care delivery system is certain, says Segal

As the health care reform debate drags on in Congress, change in our health care delivery system is certain, according to Mike Segal, who for the past two decades has worked with physicians to form large practice groups and currently heads the Health Law Practice Group of the Florida law firm Broad and Cassel.

7 Oct 2009

CSL Behring LEAD program invites grant requests from organizations assisting people with rare diseases

CSL Behring, a global leader in the plasma-protein biotherapeutics industry, is calling for grant requests through its Local Empowerment for Advocacy Development (LEAD) program. The LEAD program awards funds to United States patient organizations that assist people with rare diseases in advocating for continued access to health care and life-saving plasma protein therapies.

7 Oct 2009

CTGHS ranked eighth in the Modern Healthcare's 15 largest healthcare management consulting firms list

CTG, an international information technology (IT) solutions and services company, announced today that CTG HealthCare Solutions (CTGHS), its business unit serving healthcare providers, was named by Modern Healthcare to its annual ranking of the 15 largest healthcare management consulting firms.

7 Oct 2009

DestinationRx celebrates 10th anniversary

DestinationRx celebrated the company’s 10th anniversary with an announcement at the Health 2.0 Conference today. Even as sweeping healthcare reform is debated in Congress, this observance marks an important milestone for the health plan and drug comparison industry leader.

7 Oct 2009

Scientists develop new molecule that can deliver genetic-based drugs into cells

Theresa M. Reineke, associate professor of chemistry in the College of Science, and colleagues in her lab at Virginia Tech and at the University of Cincinnati have developed a new molecule that can travel into cells, deliver genetic cargo, and packs a beacon so scientists can follow its movements in living systems.

7 Oct 2009

IBI's single-source benchmarking database released

To help employers gauge benefits-program results, the not-for-profit Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) released today the country's largest single-source benchmarking database across industry groups and occupational and non-occupational benefits programs. The 2008 IBI Benchmarking database compares how employers' lost-time programs perform against others in their industry.

7 Oct 2009

Galapagos receives EUR 500,000 cash payment from GSK

Galapagos NV (Euronext: GLPG) announced today that it has reached the first milestone in its antibacterials and antivirals alliance with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). For achieving this milestone, Galapagos receives a EUR 500,000 cash payment from GSK.

7 Oct 2009

Vitro Diagnostics' research reveals expanded uses of its fluorescent stem cells

Vitro Diagnostics, Inc., dba Vitro Biopharma, announced completion of a research report concerning its fluorescent stem cells, http://www.vitrobiopharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/fluorescent-msc-10-3.pdf. This report revealed transfer of fluorescent to differentiated cells including chondrocytes, cells responsible for making cartilage.

7 Oct 2009

GlobeImmune to present an abstract of GI-5005 drug at AASLD's annual meeting

GlobeImmune Inc. today announced that a late breaking abstract related to GI-5005, its investigational hepatitis C virus (HCV) product candidate, has been accepted for presentation at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), which will take place Oct. 31 through Nov. 4, 2009, in Boston, Mass.

7 Oct 2009

Cord Blood America reduces its debt by $3.7 million in the third quarter of 2009

Cord Blood America, Inc., the umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company (http://www.cordblood-america.com ) focused on bringing the life saving potential of stem cells, a biological insurance policy, to families nationwide and internationally, said today that it has reduced its debt by a total of $3.7 million in the third quarter of 2009. Total debt eliminated in 2009 is $8.7 million.

7 Oct 2009

Southeast Alabama Medical Center upgrades Ekahau RTLS

Ekahau Inc., the performance leader in Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), today announced that Southeast Alabama Medical Center (SAMC), a 370-bed regional hospital in Dothan, Ala., is upgrading its Ekahau RTLS to include campuswide monitoring of its refrigerators and freezers.

7 Oct 2009

The Ensign Group announces the acquisition of Golden Acres

The Ensign Group, Inc., announced today that it has acquired Golden Acres, an operating skilled nursing and independent living campus, as well as a separate hospice business, both in Dallas, Texas. The acquisition was effective October 1, 2009.

7 Oct 2009

Guidelines for implementing spirituality for improved healthcare

Guidelines derived from a recent Consensus Conference, including recommendations on the role of healthcare providers in the assurance of quality spiritual care to patients in a palliative care setting, are published in a comprehensive report in Journal of Palliative Medicine, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (www.liebertpub.com).

7 Oct 2009

Helix BioPharma's pre-IND meetings with the FDA for Topical Interferon Alpha-2b and L-DOS47 fruitful

Helix BioPharma Corp. today announced progress updates for its ongoing Topical Interferon Alpha-2b and L-DOS47 product development programs following pre-investigational new drug ("pre-IND") meetings with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA").

7 Oct 2009