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Managed Care Business Week


Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . June 16th, 2009
Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only
Related Areas: Other Issues in Managed Care Business Week | Other Publications

AGA Medical Corporation - AGA Medical Corporation Launches Final Video from its Web-Based Stroke Education and Awareness Series Featuring Professional Football Player Tedy Bruschi

Aging - Coalition Continues Fight for Long-Term Services and Supports in Health Care Reform

Aging - Reports outline aging study results from Wellesley College

Allied Health - JOIN Funding Collaborative Connects Philadelphia Workers to Living-Wage Green, Healthcare Jobs

Allscripts - Allscripts and SYNNEX Corporation Form Distribution Partnership to Accelerate Adoption of Electronic Health Records

Allscripts - Eileen McPartland Joins Allscripts as Chief Operating Officer

Arthritis - ACTEMRA(R) (tocilizumab) Studies to be Featured at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Congress

Biomedicine - Data on biomedicine described by researchers at University of North Carolina

Biotech Business - Valeritas Announces Appointment of New CEO

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network Launch Web Sites to Help General Motors Members Easily Find Information on Their Health Care

BridgeHealth Medical - BridgeHealth Medical Announces Its US Domestic Network for Medical Travel: Employers, Health Plans Access High Quality, Cost Effective Hospitals and Providers

Canon U.S.A., Inc. - Canon U.S.A. Expands Its Line of Medical Imaging Offerings with the Introduction of the Canon CXDI-40G COMPACT Digital Radiography System

Cardinal Health, Inc. - Cardinal Health Increases Quarterly Dividend By 25 Percent

CBay Systems & Services - CBay Announces the MTSO Partnership Program to Drive Digital Health Record Adoption

Chronic Disease - MIQS Software Again Recognized by the Computerworld Honors Program; Wins Top Award

Clif Bar & Company - Clif Bar & Company Launches CLIF Quench™ Bottled Sport Drink

Cognizant - Cognizant Joins Top Ten on Healthcare Informatics 100 List

Colorado BioScience Association - Colorado Again Confirmed as Top Bioscience State by National Rankings & Venture Capital Funding Activity

Cook Medical - New Endograft Introduction System Enhances Physician Control During Minimally Invasive Treatment for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

Covidien Ltd. - Covidien Ltd. Shareholders Approve Change in Place of Incorporation

Deltec Homes - Unique Round Homes Save Lives During Hurricanes; Coastal Homeowners Explain Why

Depomed, Inc. - Depomed Names Shay Weisbrich Vice President of Marketing

Diagnostics - Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. Names Tony Barnes to Lead Expanding Diagnostics Business

Dispensing Solutions, Inc. - Dispensing Solutions Completes Acquisition of DRx from Wellinx, Inc.

E.T. Horn Company - E.T. Horn Selected To Distribute BioLargo’s Odor-No-More™ Family of Products

e4e Healthcare Services - e4e Names Michelle K. Perry as Director of Business Development

Eli Lilly and Company - Bart Peterson to Join Lilly Leadership Team

Endoscopic Technologies, Inc. - Estech Completes Additional $8 Million Financing; Names Tony Remington as US Vice President of Sales

Food Poisoning - Neogen Partners With Chinese Government

Frost & Sullivan - Demand for User-friendly Healthcare IT Professional Services Increasing Across Europe, States Frost & Sullivan

GNC - Retired or Laid Off? Why Not Operate Your Own Business in 2009! Invest in YOU. Become an Entrepreneur!

Golden Meditech - Golden Meditech Transfers Listing from GEM to Main Board

Guardian Life Insurance Company of America - Guardian Announces 2009 Girls Going Places® Entrepreneurship Award Winners

Haemonetics Corporation - Haemonetics Receives Favorable Ruling in Patent Lawsuit against Competitive Technology

Health and Society - New health and society study results from Charles Darwin University described

HealthEdge - HealthEdge(R) and Click4Care(R) Announce Common Leadership

HT Systems - HT Systems Strengthens Leadership Team

Hughes Network Systems, Llc - Hughes Named One of Maryland's Excellent Places to Work

Immunotherapy - Ortho Biotech Oncology Research & Development Announces Collaboration with National Cancer Institute to Develop Novel Cell Therapies to Treat Cancer

ING - ING Reinforces Strategic Alliance with Asian American Insurance and Financial Professional Association AAIFPA

Inovio Biomedical Corporation - Inovio Biomedical and VGX Pharmaceuticals Stockholders Overwhelmingly Approve Proposed Merger

John Hancock Life Insurance - John Hancock Launches Current Assumption Universal Life Policy

Kimball International, Inc. - Kimball Electronics Signs Danish Pumpmaker Grundfos; New Contract to Make Assemblies of Electronic Pumps

Kindred Healthcare - Kindred Healthcare Supports the Flag and the Sacrifices It Represents

Lighthouse1 - Lighthouse1 Recognized as a Consumer Directed Healthcare Platforms Industry Leader

LinkedIn - The Sports Club/LA and Reebok Sports Club/NY Team Up With LinkedIn to Host a Series of Networking Events Strengthening Career and Well-Being

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Alere Executives Present National Health Improvement Strategy to Congressional and Industry Leaders

Merge Healthcare Incorporated - Merge Healthcare Announces Definitive Agreement with etrials Worldwide

Molex Incorporated - Molex Honored as a Supplier to the NeuroStar TMS Therapy System for the 2009 Medical Design Excellence Awards

MSL360 - MSL360o Launches LEARN Training Programs and Appoints Dr. Michael T. Cullen as Chief Medical Officer

Murad, Inc. - Murad Acne Complex Customers to Receive Free Expert Skincare Advice

MWW Group - David Langness Appointed Senior Vice President and Co-General Manager of MWW Group's Los Angeles Office

Ohio Business Development Coalition - Ohio Boosts Business Development, Job Growth Through Strategic Public-Private Partnerships

Pacific Biosciences - Pacific Biosciences Names Dr. Eric Schadt Chief Scientific Officer

Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease - National Coalition Hosts Event to Examine Costs Savings Through Delivery System Reform

Patriot Scientific Corporation - Patriot Scientific Corporation Announces Patriot Data Solutions Group

Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority - Awareness Campaign Seeks to Educate Pennsylvanians About the Risks and Criminal Consequences of Insurance Fraud

Pharmaceuticals - PDI and the Medical Affairs Company Enter Exclusive Strategic Alliance

PRN Funding, Llc - President of PRN Funding Appointed to Factoring Association Advisory Board

PRTM - Dr. Robert P. Kadlec Returns to PRTM Following White House Biological Defense Policy Appointment

Regence; Reliant Behavioral Health - Economy Makes Employee Assistance Programs More Important Than Ever

Report For Doc Llc - Customer Loyalty Tool Widely Used in Most Industries is Now Available to Doctors

Riley Hospital for Children - Daniel L. Fink Named President and CEO of Riley Hospital for Children - Nation’s Sixth Largest Pediatric Hospital

Roche NimbleGen - Genome Institute of Singapore and Roche NimbleGen: Tracking the Evolutionary Path of the novel H1N1 Influenza A

Rodale Inc., the Boston Public Market Association and the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy - Boston Public Market Sponsored by Rodale Opens at Dewey Square

Safety Magnets - Convenient Safety Magnets Tell You What To Do In an Emergency

Sono-Tek Corporation - Sono-Tek Announces Year End Results

SuccessFactors, Inc. - WellStar Health System Deploys 11,000 Users on SuccessFactors in the Enterprise Cloud for Increased Employee Retention and Improved Business Results

Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Tenet Announces Joint Venture with MED3OOO, Inc.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Tenet Announces Tender Offer for 9.875% Senior Notes Due 2014

Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Tenet Subsidiary to Allow its Lease to Expire in May 2010 for NorthShore Regional Medical Center in Slidell, Louisiana

The Co-operative Bank - The Co-operative Insurance Launches New Sector-Specific Business Insurance

The Coca-Cola Foundation - The Coca-Cola Foundation Awards $100,000 to Encourage Alabama’s Youth to Be Active This Summer

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. - Season of Suffering: the Hartford’s Research Shows Summer Fun Often Leads To Disabling Accidents for Many Americans

Therapy - PTC Therapeutics Appoints Clare Kennedy as Vice President of Commercial Operations

TomoTherapy Incorporated - University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center Brings Advanced TomoTherapySM Treatment Technology to Brain and Body Radiosurgery Program

TR Design - TR Design Directs Corporate Branding Efforts with LightLab Imaging Inc., Leader in Medical Device Market

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - Wage gap linked to customer bias

Urovalve, Inc. - Urovalve, Inc. Appoints Martin M. Coyne II, Former Kodak EVP, as Senior Business Advisor

Varolii Corporation - Varolii Helps Komen Puget Sound Make Calls to Cure Cancer

Wellness - MyWellSteps(TM) Delivers an Important Key to Healthcare Reform - Wellness Programs for Small Businesses

Aesyntix Health, Inc. - Aesyntix Health Enhances Revenue Cycle Management Platform with Leading Web-Based Technology

Akerman Senterfitt - William C. Crenshaw Joins Akerman Litigation Practice In Washington, D.C.

Alameda Alliance for Health - Alameda Alliance for Health Receives Award for Outstanding Quality of Care and Service

American Gastroenterological Association - Weight management techniques reflect advances in the field

American Well - American Well Unveils Latest Version of Its Online Care System

Angelica Corporation - Angelica Corporation Raises Bar Again for Increased Patient Safety

athenahealth, Inc. - 2009 PayerViewSM Rankings Highlight Health Insurers’ Efforts to Improve Payment Performance with Physicians and Reduce Health Care Administrative Costs

Atherosclerosis - Scientists at Maastricht University publish new data on atherosclerosis

Attensity Group - Attensity Voice of the Customer Version 5 and Market Voice Version 5 Unleash New Features for Managing Customer Conversations

Availity, Llc - Availity Teams with Thomson Reuters to Integrate Treatment Cost Calculator

Axiom Worldwide, LLC - Law Firm Representing Axiom Worldwide in Federal Lawsuit Issues Press Release!

Baxter International Inc. - AHRQ Director Carolyn Clancy, MD, Selected as 2009 Recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research

BayCare Health System - BayCare Named CIO 100 Award Winner by CIO Magazine

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Could new government regulations lead to increased use of physical restraints?

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia - Advances in Medical Technology Identified as a Primary Driver of Increased Costs

CAGW - CAGW Releases May WasteWatcher

California Manufacturing Technology Consulting - Dr. Courtney Lyder to Speak at “Never Events” Conference Luncheon

Campaign for America's Future - 'America's Future Now' Straw Poll: Progressives See Health Care Reform With Public Option As Top Priority

Cancer - Research from Kaiser Permanente yields new data on cancer

Cardiovascular Disease - Investigators at Harvard University, Medical Department zero in on cardiovascular disease

Catheter Connections, Inc. - $1.3 Million in Funding Secured by Medical Device Startup Catheter Connections

Cegedim Dendrite - Top-10 Pharmaceutical Company Selects Cegedim Dendrite’s Aggregate Spend Solution

Center for Health Value Innovation - Leaders in Value Based Insurance Design – Cyndy Nayer and Mark Fendrick, M.D. – Applaud Support from Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

Change to Win - Working American Dream: Foundation for the New Progressive Majority

Chronic Pain - Research on chronic pain detailed by scientists at Landspitali University

Click Commerce, Inc. - Click Commerce Research and Healthcare Customers Conclude Second User Group Meeting of 2009

Clinical Nursing - Study data from Y.H. Chuang et al provide new insights into clinical nursing

CogniFit - Women are More Motivated to Maintain Mental Sharpness; It’s Up to Them to Make Sure Men Do the Same

Community Medicine - Green Family Foundation Gives $10 Million Boost to FIU Community Medicine Program

CorVel Corporation - CorVel Announces Revenues and Earnings

Coventry Health Care, Inc. - Coventry Expresses Sympathy on Passing of Board Member John Austin

Dementia - Research from University of Minnesota in the area of dementia described

Dementia - Research on dementia published by scientists at University of Montreal

Diabetes - WaveSense Reduces Diabetes Testing Cost by 50%

Diagnostics - Investigators at University of Maastricht release new data on diagnostics

Diagnostics - Quest Diagnostics India Recognized as Laureate by the Computerworld Honors Program

EHNAC - CAQH and EHNAC Partnership to Discount Fees for Clearinghouses Seeking Both CORE Rules Certification and HNAP Accreditation

Elsevier Health Sciences - Hispanic children in US at greater risk for obesity than other ethnic/racial groups

Genworth Financial, Inc. - Genworth Financial Voices Support for Proposed Confidence in Long Term Care Insurance Act: Testimony Before the Senate Special Committee on Aging

HB Litigation Conferences - June 18 Conference Features Legal, Medical & Scientific Presentations

Health Insurance - Americans Want Insurers and Physicians to Use Technology to 'Coach' Them to Healthier Habits, Reports New National Survey From Microsoft

Health Insurance - Consumer Watchdog Praises Insurance Commissioner Poizner for Health Insurance 'Rescission' Rules, Pans Schwarzenegger Administration for Failure to Regulate HMOs

Health Insurance - Consumer Watchdog to Congress: Put Patients' Bill of Rights Back on the Table

Health Insurance - Illness and Medical Bills Linked to Nearly Two-Thirds of All Bankruptcies

Health Insurance - New health insurance study results from Michigan State University described

Health Insurance - Reports from Chulalongkorn University add new data to research in health insurance

Health Insurance - Study data from G.C. Nguyen et al provide new insights into health insurance

Health Maintenance Organizations - Researchers at University of Miami have published new data on health maintenance organizations

Health Policy - Kaiser Family Foundation Launches New Non-Profit Health Policy News Service

Health Services - Data from B. Burstrom and colleagues advance knowledge in health services

Health Services - Researchers from Northwestern University provide details of new studies and findings in the area of health services

Healthcare Data Services - Healthcare Data Services (HDS) Announces HDS Expert(SM)

Healthcare Financial Management Association - HFMA Testifies on the Impact of Recent Bond Financing Issues on Hospitals

Healthcarebluebook.com - Healthcarebluebook.com: DC Area Consumers Must Stop Overpaying for Tests and Treatments

HealthSpring, Inc. - Karey Witty Joins HealthSpring as Chief Financial Officer

Heart Attack - New heart attack study findings recently were reported by researchers at Vrije University Amsterdam

Heart Attack - Reports from University of London, Imperial College add new data to research in heart attack

Heinz Family Philanthropies - New From the Heinz Family Philanthropies: 10 Questions and Valuable Answers to Help Families Manage Long-Term Care

HIV/AIDS - New HIV/AIDS research from University of Wisconsin described

HIV/AIDS - Study results from J. Walkup and colleagues in the area of HIV/AIDS published

Humana Inc. - Humana Named Top Payer in Annual PayerViewSM Ranking

Hypercom Corporation - Hypercom Accelerates Global Initiative for High Security e-Health Systems

Hyperparathyroidism - Researchers from Kaiser Permanente detail findings in hyperparathyroidism

IGI (Infotech Global, Inc.) - Minnesota Health Plans Select IGI and ORBIT(R) to Power First State-Mandated Shift to Standardized, Electronic Data Exchange between Plans and Providers

Informa Life Sciences - Singapore to Host Inaugural Healthcare Travel Exhibition & Congress

Ingenix - Ingenix Acquires AIM Healthcare Services

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. - Kindred Healthcare Comments on Proposed Medicare Payment Changes for Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals

Life Sciences - New findings in life sciences described by W. Malmedal and co-researchers

Life Sciences - New life sciences research has been reported by scientists at University of Versailles

Life Sciences - Studies from Lulea University of Technology reveal new findings on life sciences

Life Sciences - Studies from University of Michigan provide new data on life sciences

Life Sciences - Studies from University of Western Ontario yield new data on life sciences

Life Sciences - Studies in the area of life sciences reported from University of Yamanashi

Managed Care - AHIP Foundation Announces 2009 Community Leadership Awards

Managed Care - Meredith Mathews, M.D. Named Chief Medical Officer for Blue Shield of California

Managed Care - Patrick Johnston Named President and CEO of the California Association of Health Plans

Managed Care - Physicians Join With National Healthcare Leaders to Explore New Ways to Enhance Geriatric Care in America

Managed Care - Sean Hurley Joins Ameritox as Vice President for Insurance and Managed Care Contracting

Mark Farrah Associates - Medicaid Market Growth Opportunities

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Minnesota Healthcare Community to Build State-of-the-Art Health Information Exchange

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Neudesic Works With Microsoft to Provide HIPAA 4010/5010 Support for BizTalk Server

Massachusetts Health Quality Partners - Massachusetts Health Quality Partners Awarded Consulting Contract for State Quality and Cost Reporting Initiative

Medicare and Medicaid - CSC Offers Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting to Health Plans

Medicare and Medicaid - Data on medicare and medicaid reported by A.S. Adams and co-researchers

Medicare and Medicaid - Gains on Uninsured, Reducing Shortages of Nurses/Physicians, Health Care Funding Among Session's Successes

Medicare and Medicaid - Health Care Finance to Implement District's First Medicaid 'Patient Data Hub' Using MedPlus Technology

Medicare and Medicaid - Medicare Marketing Veteran Joins Gorman Health Group

Medicare and Medicaid - Plane Crash Claims Arcadian's Chairman and Founder, John H. Austin M.D.

Medicare and Medicaid - Recovery Audit Contractor Connolly Healthcare Licenses Milliman Care Guidelines(R)

Medicare and Medicaid - Researchers from University of Illinois describe findings in medicare and medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - St. Louis Firm Brings Medicare Risk Adjustment to iPhone

MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. - MedImpact Study Highlights Effects of Value-Based Benefit Design on Adherence to Diabetes Medications

Men's Health Network - Bringing Uninsured and Underinsured Issues Into the Spotlight in the Louisiana State Legislature

Mental Health - Campaign Mounts to Protect Pennsylvania's Mental Health Services

Mental Health - Research from University of Montreal provide new insights into mental health

Mental Health - Studies from P.J. Harnett et al in the area of mental health described

Organ Donation - New data from F.A.M. Shaheen et al illuminate research in organ donation

Osteoporosis - FDA Approves Reclast(R) to Prevent Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women With Convenient Less Frequent Dosing

Ovarian Cancer Therapy - Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Department of Pathology publishes research in ovarian cancer therapy

Pediatrics - Home At HSC

Pediatrics - Make Sure Your Baby is Seeing the Most Important Things in His World

Pediatrics - Ohio's Children's Hospitals Release New Results of Collaboration Aimed at Saving Children's Lives

Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority - Over 300 Pennsylvania Nursing Homes in Eastern Pennsylvania Begin Reporting Healthcare-Associated Infections

Pharmaceuticals - Governor Rendell Proposes Offering Prescription Help to 30,000 More Older Adults as Part of Plan to Save $60 Million

Premier Inc. - Premier Healthcare Alliance Experts to Present at National Events in June

Prudential Financial, Inc. - Prudential Receives a Healthcare Advantage Award

Public Health - Medical, Insurance, Automotive and Safety Groups Call on Congress to Make This the "Last Deadly Summer for Teens" by Swiftly Passing Federal Teen Driving Safety Bill

Quality of Care - MDdatacor Launches First-Ever Technology Designed to Facilitate the Patient-Centered Medical Home; Technology Solution, MDinsight, Encourages Higher Quality Patient Care and Enhances Physician Payment

Regence - Regence Rate Assure(SM) Offers Employer Groups Guaranteed Rates, Benefits

RehabCare Group, Inc. - RehabCare Divests Phase 2 Consulting Subsidiary

Renal Disease - New renal disease study findings have been reported from V. Jha et al

Renal Disease - Research on renal disease described by scientists at University of Indonesia

Teamsters Local 455 - Teamsters Praise Passage of Bill to Stop Employee Misclassification

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America - Guardian Survey Reveals Widespread Lack of Understanding of Health Savings Accounts

The TriZetto Group, Inc. - TriZetto Advantage 10 Services Help Payers Leverage ANSI 5010 and ICD-10 Migration to Drive Broader Competitive Advantages

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Secretary Sebelius Marks 100 Day Anniversary of Recovery Act, Highlights Community Health Centers’ Work to Aid Rising Number of Uninsured Americans

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS - HHS Releases $30 Million to Help Medicare Beneficiaries Access Their Benefits

UDW Homecare Providers Union - Schwarzenegger Wants To Eliminate Home Care for 400,000 Elderly, Blind and Disabled Californians

UniCare Health Plan of West Virginia, Inc. - UniCare to Hold Three Summer Expos Aimed at Helping Families Make Good Health Care Decisions

UnitedHealthcare - UnitedHealthcare’s PlanBienSM Combines Health Plan Coverage with Bilingual Support Services for Businesses with Spanish-Speaking Employees in California

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine - Compliance and cost: Bitter pills to swallow in the age of oral chemotherapy

University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences - Blacks more likely to opt for life-sustaining measures at end of life

A.M. Best Co. - A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to MetLife, Inc.’s SafeGuard Health Enterprises, Inc. Subsidiaries

A.M. Best Co. - A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of EmblemHealth Inc.’s Insurance Subsidiaries

A.M. Best Co. - A.M. Best to Sponsor AHIP’s Institute 2009 and Discuss Ratings

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Affirms Ratings of Diagnosticos da America S.A. DASA

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Revises to Negative the Outlook of the State of California's 'A' Rating

Research and Markets - "Managed Care Payor-Provider Contracting: New Directions, Risks and Strategies Contains a Special 90-Minute Audio Webcast That Took Place In May 2009

Research and Markets - Angiogenesis - Industry Background and Company News Updates with Comprehensive List of All Companies Involved

Research and Markets - Consumer Directed Healthcare 2009 - Key Opportunities, Issues and Challenges for Stakeholders Audio Conference

Research and Markets - France's Medical Devices Market Is Only Likely to See Moderate Growth, Rising From US$8.6 Billion in 2008 To US$11.0 Billion By 2013

Research and Markets - Frances's Pharmaceutical Market Is Also One of the World's Largest, With Total Spending Valued at US$49.6 Billion In 2009

Research and Markets - New Audio Conference Explores New Trends and Directions in Managed Care Websites



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