Managed Care Law Weekly

AmeriHealth Mercy - Insurance company affiliates featured for service to Medicaid beneficiaries

American Physical Therapy Association - Physical therapists seek support for access to physical therapist services

Business Update - ITSPA advises SMBs to secure technology to become HIPAA-compliant

Harris Interactive - National survey shows causes for delay by lesbians in obtaining health care

Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. - Healthcare services provider files application for Medicare Advantage program

SHL TeleMedicine Ltd. - German health insurance company enters agreement to use cardio device

Accredited Standards Committee - Memorandums signed by standards groups for prescription drug programs

Agilent Technologies, Inc. - Lab device firms extend mass spectrometry agreement

Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia - Atrial tachycardia are curable by radiofrequency ablation

American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons - New clinical practice guideline published to treat flat feet in adults

Aphton Corporation - Pharmaceutical firm reports loss of $0.23 per share

Arizona State University - Liposome finding implies electrical effect on cell development

Axonyx, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical firm reports loss of $0.10 per share, provides pipeline update

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Culprit lesion calcium is independent predictor of poor outcome

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Hormone levels in relation to body composition studied, patterns revealed

Biovail Corporation - Drug delivery firm notes 39% increase in revenues

Boston University - Team finds link between high cholesterol and better cognitive performance

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - T-bet expressed in Hodgkin's lymphoma and might be useful as a diagnostic marker

Brigham Young University - Quick action against re-emerging infectious diseases can avert outbreaks

Bristol-Myers Squibb - Adjuvant treatment for node-positive breast cancer approved in Europe

Business Update - HumanWare joins consortium to design next-generation talking book player for NLS

CHU de Grenoble - Overdrive atrial pacing provides no significant benefit

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh - W.M. Keck Foundation funds innovative brain research at Carnegie Mellon

China Medical University Hospital - Mai-Men-Dong-Tang appears to be a credible treatment for allergic asthma

Chonbuk National University, Jeonju - Image probing provides precise quantification of angiogenesis

CoTherix, Inc. - Ventavis maker reports "remarkable" year

Columbia University, New York - Epidermal stem cells are dispersed along the basal compartment

Conor Medsystems, Inc. - Positive 12-month results from PISCES trial reported

Decision Resources, Inc. - Research shows Mid-Atlantic region premium increases slowing to single digits

Drug Safety - Reasearchers call for revised automated drug alert system

Endologix, Inc. - Powerlink maker reports 2004 revenues grew 6% to $4,232,000

Erasmus MC, Rotterdam - Higher body mass index allows for better outcome in CABG patients

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Hela-type caldesmon delineates tumor endothelial cells

Erasmus University - Interferon triggers anti-inflammatory activity in chronic hepatitis B patients

FONAR Corp. - Company sells Upright MRI to Radiology Center in Maryland

Favrille, Inc. - Immunotherapy company reports 2004 net loss of $54.2 million

Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Test to predict genetic predisposition to poor metabolism of drugs wins patent

Ghent University - Study examined role of perceived job stress on incidence of coronary events

Greater Than One, Inc. - U.S. NHIC honors web-based healthcare sites in award competition

Healthcare Costs - Tri-State medical survey shows continuing double-digit increases

Healthcare Coverage - GHI issues new ID numbers to protect members' privacy

Henry Dunant Hospital - Colistin effective for multiresistant Gram-negative ICU infections

Hiratsuka City Hospital - ICA is superior to PCA for fetal electrocardiograms

Hokkaido University - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of vaccines adjuvant

INSERM U507, Paris - CRF enhances calcification at atheromatous and atheroma-free sites

Imperial College London - Minimal residual disease persists in bone marrow after adjuvant therapy

Inst. Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Mexico City - Abnormal E-cadherin expression associated with gastric cancer

Institute of Radiation Safety Belrad, Minsk - Apple pectin significantly decreased 137Cs loads

Interleukin Genetics, Inc. - Biotechnology company reports increase in fourth quarter revenue

Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan - Lower incidence of intrahepatic recurrences via resection than radiofrequency

Italian Institute for Auxology - Researchers' data advance childhood obesity research

Johns Hopkins University - Endogenous postmenopausal hormones may play regulatory role in lipid metabolism

Johns Hopkins University - Inhibitory anti-FLT3 antibodies rebuff leukemic induction

Johns Hopkins University - Norovirus prevalent in those suffering from traveler's diarrhea

Kanazawa University, Ishikawa - Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging diagnosed lesions adjacent to pituitary gland

Karolinska Institute, Harnosand - Decrease in recommended number of antenatal visits suits Swedish women

Kumamoto University - Scientists measured 8-hydroxy-2'-deaxyguanosine to assess oxidative stress

Lund University - Continuous L-DOPA delivery reverses dyskinesia in an animal model

Lund University - Several haplotypes of MHC direct the specificity of autoimmunity in mice

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Thomas W. Burke, MD, named executive VP, physician-in-chief at M.D. Anderson

Mahidol University, Bangkok - HIV-1 RRE heterogeneity important in viral pathogenesis and disease progression

MannKind Corporation - Biopharmaceutical company announces new board of directors appointment

Martin Luther University, Germany - Is it ethical to use a placebo in clinical trials?

Masaryk University Hospital - Cladribine may be effective for patients with CNS disease

Massachusetts General Hospital - Anticonvulsant drug poses greater birth-defect risk than suspected

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Genetics - Cellular function of human ataxin-2 examined, integrative approach utilized

Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation - Multivessel PCI has comparable outcome to single-vessel PCI in AMI patients

Mayo Clinic, Rochester - New findings in the area of endocrinology detailed

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Regulatory sequence recognized by M. tuberculosis MprA identified

Medical Research Unit, Denmark - Does depression predict mortality in heart attacks?

MediciNova, Inc. - Phase I clinical trial with MN-221 to prevent preterm labor

MicroIslet, Inc. - Biotech company enters supply agreement with Mayo Foundation

Milestone Scientific Inc. - Dental applications provider launches tooth-whitening system

Ministry of Public Health of Russia, Moscow - Hepatitis C genotypes are similar in patients with hemopoietic malignancies

MizMedi Hospital, Seoul - FGF2 maintains ESC self-renewal by supporting extracellular matrix expression

Molecular Sciences Institute, Berkeley - Protein-DNA chimeras detect and quantify small numbers of molecules