Managed Care Business Week

Abbott - Abbott Again Named One of the 'Best Places to Launch a Career' by BusinessWeek

Adaptive Methods - New Technology Makes Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response More Efficient, Effective

American Association of Community Colleges - New Frank Lanza Memorial Scholarship to Benefit Health Care Students

Anesthesia - Aircraft Reports Material Expansion and Staff Increase

Astra Tech - New Expanded Atlantis(TM) Patient-Specific Abutment Compatibility and Material Option for Straumann Implants

Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. - Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. Announces Continued Strong Growth Across All Laboratory Divisions

BioClinica, Inc. - BioClinica(TM) Acquires CardioNow from Agfa Healthcare

Biopharmaceuticals - Affitech Appoints Dr Robert Burns as CEO and Dr Alexander Duncan as SVP Research & Development

Cardiocom - VNA of Hanover & Spring Grove Selects Cardiocom Telehealth Technology as Its New Telehealth Provider

ConAgra Foods - ConAgra Foods Releases New Studies Showing Simple Dietary Improvements Reap Big Gains for Health and Productivity

Conseco, Inc. - Conseco Announces Plan to Consolidate Insurance Subsidiaries to Build Capital

Consumer Watchdog - Consumer and Privacy Groups Urge Congress to Enact Consumer Privacy Guarantees

Consumer Watchdog - Consumer Watchdog Asks California Attorney General to Investigate Possible Employee Abuse by United HealthCare, Wellpoint

Cook Medical - Cook Medical Introduces the Guardia(TM) Pro Protective Embryo Transfer Catheter

Covidien - Covidien Recognized as Top Medical Devices Innovator

Crowell & Moring Llp - Crowell & Moring Gains Experienced Commercial Litigation Partner Jack Thomas

Crunch - Crunch To Emerge From Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After Being Acquired By Investor Group Led by New Evolution Fitness Company and Angelo, Gordon & Co.

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Cubist Pharmaceuticals to Present at September Investor Conferences

Delcath Systems, Inc. - Delcath Establishes Queensbury, NY Operations Facility

Diagnostics - Dr. David Okrongly Appointed CEO of Quanterix Corporation

Drug Development - MDS Announces Strategic Repositioning

E-18 Corp. - E-18 Corp. Announces Availability of SmallcapInsights.com Article

eGistics, Inc. - eGistics Signs Contract with Avizent to Deliver Hosted Document Management Solution for Workers' Compensation Claims

Ektron Inc. - Ektron Grows Its Healthcare Practice As More Providers Select Ektron CMS400.NET

Employers for Quality Health Care - Employers Launch Grassroots Health Reform Coalition

Enterprise Community Partners - Affordable Housing Preserved in San Francisco

Expert Communications, Inc. - ECI Hires Robin Raff as Director of Strategy

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority FINRA - FINRA Bars Brokers in Multi-Million-Dollar Ponzi Schemes

Florida Roofing, Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors Association - Upcoming Weather Threats Test Building's Main Source of Protection

Foresight Corporation - Foresight Simplifies HIPAA 5010 Transition with Integrated Interpretive Content

Frost & Sullivan - Added Investment Into Healthcare By the Government Drives Growth in the European Hospital Information Systems Market, Notes Frost & Sullivan

GE Healthcare - GE Working to Enable a Cable-Free, Wireless Patient Monitoring System

GHX - GHX Working with Hospitals and Suppliers to Enable Use of Industry Standard Location and Organization Identifiers in Transactions and Compliance with GLN Sunrise Date

GreenRoad - Marsh Expands Relationship with GreenRoad to Offer Risk Services to All Fleet Clients

Guiding Stars Licensing Co. - Menu-Labeling on the Rise, but Americans Seek More than Just Calorie-Count When Dining Out

Health Information Trust Alliance - HITRUST Creates Forum to Foster Corporate Leadership for Information Security in the Healthcare Industry

Health Information Trust Alliance - New Information Security Product Certification to Address Complexities and Inconsistencies in Product Selection and Simplify Compliance Efforts

Health Net of California, Inc. - Information for California Fire Victims and Evacuees

Healthy Advice Networks - SIGVARIS USA Extends Educational Efforts in Healthy Advice's Skin Care Network

Humana Inc. - Human Touch(R) Coordinates with Humana to Bring Massage Products to the National Senior Olympic Games

Humana Inc. - Humana Awards $100,000 Chicago Benefits Grant To the Anti-Cruelty Society

Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. - Inverness Medical Innovations Declares Dividend on its Series B Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock

IRI - CPG Leaders Leverage IRI Foresight(TM) to Power Business and Strategic Planning Throughout the Enterprise

Lighthouse1 - Lighthouse1 Announces New Partner Features at Rev '09

M. Beacon Enterprises, Llc - Approach Group, Inc. and M. Beacon Enterprises, LLC Announce Strategic Partnership to Provide End-to-End Business Continuity Planning

Macular Degeneration - Transcend Medical Expands Leadership Team Appointing Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Clinical Affairs

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - N.C. Governor Perdue Announces Application for $28.1 Million in Broadband Recovery Funding

Merge Healthcare Incorporated - Merge Healthcare Acquisition of Confirma Complete

Michigan Chamber of Commerce - Michigan Chamber of Commerce Joins Employers for Quality Health Care; Calls for Health Care Reform - but Not If It Raises Taxes, Kills Jobs

Mindray Ds USA; Mindray - Mindray DS USA Appoints Michael Thompson Vice President of U.S. Ultrasound Sales

Mintel - Energy Drink Ingredients Continue Down Unhealthy Path

National Council for Prescription Drug Programs - NCPDP's SVP of Industry IT Appointed to HIT Standards Committee

National Restaurant Association - Restaurant Industry Outlook Improved Somewhat in July as Restaurant Performance Index Posted First Gain in Three Months

Osteoporosis - Aging Population, Heightened Consumer Awareness Propel U.S. Bone and Joint Health Ingredients, Says Frost & Sullivan

Pennsylvania Department of Health - Pennsylvania Health Department Distributing Potassium Iodide to People Living, Working Near Nuclear Power Plants

Pharmaceuticals - Abbott Listed on Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes for Fifth Consecutive Year

Pharmaceuticals - AMR Research Analyst Named One of the Most Inspiring Individuals in Life Sciences by PharmaVOICE

Pharmaceuticals - Mark W. Parrish Joins Mylan's Board of Directors

Physicians Interactive Llc - Physicians Interactive Names Sanjay Pingle President

PinPointe USA, Inc. - PinPointe USA, Inc. Secures Additional Venture Capital Funding

Practice Greenhealth - Hospital Corporation of America Joins Practice Greenhealth

Prostate Cancer - Prostate Net Announces: Inaugural Fore! Informed Decisions Golf Outing

Public Health - Barry Bloom, Jeffrey Sachs to Be Honored for Introducing Modern Solutions to the World's Oldest Problems: Poverty and Disease

QuadraMed Corporation - QuadraMed Appoints Bonnie Cassidy as Vice President of Health Information Management Consulting Services

QualityStocks - General Environmental Management, Inc. to Be Featured in Small Cap Stock Newsletter QualityStocks Daily

Radiology - Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Carestream Health with the 2009 Latin American Computed Radiology Customer Value Leadership Award

Rapid Fire Marketing - Medical Cannabis Management Off to a Fast Start

Ravello Solutions - Missouri Professionals Mutual Goes Live with Ravello Solutions' MedMal Policy System

ReachMD LLC - NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman Participates in Award Presentation of $5000 Dollar ReachMD Medical Student Educational Scholarship

Red Hat, Inc. - Wellness Solution Pioneer, Sensei, Standardizes on Red Hat and JBoss Solutions

Rehabilitation Research - Forterus Inc. Treatment Centers Showing Consistent, Sustainable Growth; CEO Paul Howarth Interviewed

RelayHealth - Greenway Medical Technologies and RelayHealth Connect Physicians with Health Systems to Receive Test Results

Rosetta - Toni Hess Joins Rosetta as Partner in Creative and Customer Experience Group

SignatureForum - Vitality Health LLC Joins HealthySkinPortal Network

Smoking - Adult Smoking Drops Again, Saving Lives and $2.8 Billion in Future Health Care Costs

SSA & Company - Kaj Ahlmann, Retired Chairman, President and CEO of Employers Reinsurance, Joins SSA & Company Advisory Board

Steve M. Parker, Jr. - Healthcare Debate: One Citizen's Call for Calm Catches On

SuccessFactors, Inc. - SuccessFactors Helps Atlantic Health Align Company and Employee Goals for Execution

TechWeb - InformationWeek Healthcare Launches to Address Changing Needs of Healthcare Technology Professionals Amid Mandate for Improved Patient Care and Lower Costs

The Center for Health Value Innovation - Center for Health Value Innovation Members Honored as 2009 Best Employers for Health Lifestyles By National Business Group on Health

The Mosaic Neuroscience Group of New Mexico - New Advances in Traumatic Brain Injury Will Be Presented at University of New Mexico on September 4

The New York Times Company - ConsumerSearch.com Ranked Among TIME.com's 50 Best Web sites of 2009

The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative - All Eyes on the Medical Home: Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Convenes National Summit In Washington, DC

The Quantum Group, Inc. - The Quantum Group Submits Final Patent Filing in Support of Healthcare Technology Platform PWeR(TM) Personal Wellness electronic Record(TM)

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Signs Agreement to Acquire Leading Provider of Specialty In-Vitro Diagnostic Tests - B.R.A.H.M.S. AG

ThromboVision, Inc. - ThromboVision to Present at the 11th Annual Rodman & Renshaw Healthcare Conference

VillageReach - VillageReach, Foundation for Community Development and Oasis Fund Announce Strategic Investment in Mozambique Social Business

Zix Corporation - Zix Corporation and Humana Renew and Expand Exclusive Agreement

Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy AMCP - AMCP Past President, FMCP Trustee John Hopkins Retires as CEO of Rocky Mountain Health Plans

Aegis Living - Aegis Living Chosen as Best Retirement Facility in 2009 Best of 425 magazine

Aging - Rodgers Introduces SamarionSolution to International Audience

Airamid Health Management - New Management Company to Offer a Full Range of Healthcare Management and Consulting Services

Alcoholism - New findings from R.G. Stefanacci and co-authors describe advances in alcoholism

Allen Medical Systems, Inc. - Allen Medical Systems Announces the Launch of Its Surgeon Spotlight Series

AmeriChoice - AmeriChoice Names Michigan Health Plan Leader

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin - Is it Exam Time for Students Already?

Atrial Fibrillation - September 2009 is Atrial Fibrillation Month

Bipolar Disorder - Pfizer Pays a Record Amount to Settle Federal and State Fraud Investigations Into Illegal Off-Label Marketing Practices

Blood Pressure - New blood pressure study findings recently were published by researchers at Erciyes University

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota - Blue Cross Announces Sponsorship of New Bike Share Program in Minneapolis

Bravo Wellness - Ardent Health Services Partners with Bravo Wellness to Provide Employee Wellness and Incentive Program

Breast Cancer - Research on breast cancer reported by M. Sala et al

BridgeHealth Medical - BridgeHealth Medical Cites Medical Travel as Highly Attractive Option for Surgery Management Under Health Care Reform

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee - California's Real Death Panels: Insurers Deny 21% of Claims

Canadian Medical Association Journal - Canada's universal health care system should fund in-vitro fertilization

Cancer Therapy - Study data from University of Dundee, Biomedical Research Institute update knowledge of cancer therapy