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Susan Hasty, Publisher Table of Contents . . . February 12th, 2007 Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only Related Areas: Other Issues in Managed Care Weekly Digest | Other Publications
Healthcare Costs - Experts propose restructuring payment policies to support patient-centered careHealthcare Costs - Health care costs for abused women are significantly higher than averageMedicare - Managed care options increasing for California Medicare recipientsAwards - Memorial Healthcare System receives the Foster G. McGaw Award for excellence in community serviceBirth Defects - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reports on birth defects hospitalizationsBusiness & Finance - NNN Healthcare/Office REIT exceeds minimum offering of 200,000 shares required in offeringBusiness Update - Abiomed reports first patient treated on intra-aortic balloon and ventricular assist deviceBusiness Update - American College of Radiology to help imaging providers meet accreditation standardBusiness Update - Amerinet signs exclusive agreement with LHC GroupBusiness Update - Assured Pharmacy retains ROI Group as investor relations counselBusiness Update - Austin Radiological Association deploys Isilon IQBusiness Update - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida offers healthcare research tools in SpanishBusiness Update - Blue Shield of California Life & Health launches simplified plansBusiness Update - Brain Trauma Foundation launches new e-learning portalBusiness Update - Brooklyn, New York-based Menorah Home and Hospital joins Metropolitan Jewish Health SystemBusiness Update - CaliforniaChoice introduces online enrollment plan for health coverage in CaliforniaBusiness Update - CareClinic to operate expanded retail clinic operationsBusiness Update - Carle Foundation and Wisconsin Children's Hospitals select Isabel HealthcareBusiness Update - Caterpillar commits to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' four cornerstonesBusiness Update - Center for Risk Research picks TrialStat for data capture and management in phase 4 studyBusiness Update - Central Florida Medical Affiliates rolls out Medicity Clinical Integration PlatformBusiness Update - Claimsnet announces claims processing agreements with new payer organizationBusiness Update - Coalition America to offer repricing service for dental claims in 2007Business Update - Consorta joins forces with MedAssets Analytical Systems to decrease costs, improve efficienciesBusiness Update - DENTEMAX unveils new logo and public websiteBusiness Update - EDS awarded $91.7 million Kansas Medicaid extension to provide fiscal agent services into 2011Business Update - Henry Schein's practice management software ranked highest by medical office managersBusiness Update - Illinois-based Sloane Vision Center acquires WaveLight's new laser vision correction systemBusiness Update - Lexmark wins 3-year contract to optimize, manage Health First's printing infrastructureBusiness Update - Massachusetts's hospitals install athenahealth's revenue cycle practice management softwareBusiness Update - Medical Services negotiating with supplier to establish help line for VScan test kit resultBusiness Update - Misonix expands distribution of visually directed HIFU for prostate cancer to PortugalBusiness Update - Nanopeutics signs technology agreement with HemCon Medical Technologies for military marketBusiness Update - National coalition formed to provide free electronic prescribing to all U.S. physiciansBusiness Update - National Library of Medicine adopts Vivisimo search platform to access health informationBusiness Update - New tool measures ROI from pay for performance programBusiness Update - Object Health joins Manatt Health SolutionsBusiness Update - Procter & Gamble partners with ScriptAssist to offer medication adherence programBusiness Update - Relsys International reports six new customers for drug safety and risk management softwareBusiness Update - Sectra Medical Systems awarded strategic contract in Netherlands worth US$3.02 millionBusiness Update - SecureWorks integrates with Qualys' vulnerability management system to increase protectionBusiness Update - Siemens Medical Solutions, Biosense Webster extend distribution pact on ultrasound cathetersBusiness Update - SPSS releases updated version of enterprise data mining softwareBusiness Update - Sybase management and security technology selected by Peoplefirst RehabilitationBusiness Update - Talecris Biotherapeutics implements three I-many business management software productsBusiness Update - Tecan's automated Freedom EVOlyzer workstation becomes SFDA-compliant in ChinaBusiness Update - Thermage announces strategic partnership with Radiance Medspa franchise groupBusiness Update - Transgenomic launches new mutation detection kits for fluorescent capillary electrophoresisBusiness Update - TrialStat, Clinical Force partner to offer electronic data capture and management softwareBusiness Update - Tufts Health Plan Medicare expands Alere program to include COPD patients, frail elderlyBusiness Update - TVI Corporation receives order for decontamination systems from Washington hospital groupBusiness Update - U.S. FDA grants marketing clearance for Zoll's defibrillator with Real CPR Help technologyBusiness Update - University of New Mexico Hospital selects Brocade's enterprise financial data management softwareBusiness Update - Vertex Pharmaceuticals purchases ACD/Labs' nomenclature softwareBusiness Update - VNU Business Media, Burrill & Company form media group Burrill Life Sciences Media, LLCBusiness Update - Washington Hospital to be among first to use Leksell Gamma Knife PerfexionBusiness Update - Winner Medical Group begins production of PurCotton for making hygiene productsCervical Cancer - National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health urges support for HPV testingEnd-of-Life Issues - Pennsylvania law clearly defines the end-of-life care decision-making processFacilities - Beaumont opens surgical specialty center for childrenFacilities - Massachusetts-based Sleep HealthCenters's Brighton clinic adds new multi-bed sleep labFacilities - McCrone Group opens learning center for College of Microscopy in Westmont, IllinoisFacilities - Medical device, drug sales personnel recruiter Tom Ruff Company opens Dallas, Texas officeFacilities - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says thousands treated at health clinic in Salah Al Den, IraqFacilities - University of Southern California University Hospital dedicates new Norris Inpatient TowerFacilities - VITAS Innovative Hospice Care launches new office in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaFinance - A.M. Best assigns rating to Community Care Behavioral HealthFinance - ATC Healthcare reports 24% increase in revenueFinance - Community Health Leadership center taps New Haven, Connecticut for $3 million software grantFinance - Fitch rates Kaiser Permanente's 2007 Bonds 'A+', affirms outstanding debt at 'A+' and 'A+/F1'Finance - Health Management Associates announces a major recapitalizationFinance - Medical Properties Trust reports Vibra Healthcare reduced loan balance by $7.7 millionFinance - Molina Healthcare announces in 2007 guidance $50.5-$54.9 million net income expectedFinance - Nanophase Technologies reports record Q4 2006 revenue of $2.17 million, up 52% over year agoFinance - National Mentor Holdings reports Q4 2006 revenue of $208.9 million, up 17% over Q4 2005Finance - SheerVision reports fiscal Q1 2007 record revenue with sales up 49% over Q1 2006Finance - Simulations Plus reports Q1 2007 record revenues of $1,456,000, up 78% from year agoFinance - Somanetics reports record net revenues, income before taxes and net income for fiscal 2006Finance - Synova Healthcare Group completes $15 million convertible promissory note, warrant offeringFinance - The Female Health Company announces program to repurchase 1,000,000 shares of common stockFinance - UnitedHealth Group reports record Q4 2007 net earnings up $1.2 billionGerontology - National Council on Aging makes public service announcements to promote BenefitsCheckUpHealth Promotion - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona's Walk On! Program challenges kids to get moving
Healthcare Access - AARP CEO makes statement on President Bush's call for health care reformHealthcare Access - Aetna applauds the President's State of the Union focus on health careHealthcare Access - Aetna donates $50,000 to increase minority student enrollment in the National Labor CollegeHealthcare Access - AHIP makes a statement on President Bush's health care agendaHealthcare Access - American Hospital Association makes a statement on the State of the Union focus on uninsuredHealthcare Access - American Public Health Association urges President Bush to protect the nation's healthHealthcare Access - Experts make a statement on the release of Health Care Coalition for the Uninsured proposalHealthcare Access - Intervention for homeless youth pays off in the long runHealthcare Access - Long-term care organizations respond to President's call for expanded access to health careHealthcare Access - National Library of Medicine launches Health Information Rx Pilot ProjectHealthcare Costs - AARP, Business Roundtable, SEIU partner for action on healthcare, financial securityHealthcare Costs - Billions of dollars are saved in the U.S. by polio vaccinationHealthcare Costs - New report links high credit card debt to medical expensesHealthcare Costs - Regence BlueCross BlueShield reports more generic versions of Zocor reduces costsHealthcare Coverage - Alliance of healthcare leaders agrees on proposal to reduce numbers of America's uninsuredHealthcare Coverage - Association applauds decision to uphold lower court ruling on Maryland mandateHealthcare Coverage - Congressman Fattah pledges support for Rendell's 'Prescription for Pennsylvania'Healthcare Coverage - Connecticut employers commit to national initiative for improving quality and value in health careHealthcare Coverage - Consortium calls Governor Rendell's health care reform plan bold leadership moveHealthcare Coverage - Convenient Care Association calls Governor Rendell's Health Care Reform Plan bold leadership moveHealthcare Coverage - HealthPlus launches new PPO in MichiganHealthcare Coverage - New report details state efforts to reform health careHealthcare Coverage - Pennsylvania family doctors open to governor's plan to expand accessHealthcare Coverage - PhRMA expands efforts to help uninsuredHealthcare Coverage - Rights group says minimum insurance under Massachusetts's health reform must cap patient costsHospice - Hospice organization's quality measures included in U.S. HHS reports on American healthcareHospitals & Health Networks - Health care construction trends are moving focus to healing, not sicknessHospitals & Health Networks - InterLingua helps hospitals treat patients who speak Spanish, Chinese, Korean, VietnameseInfluenza Vaccine - U.S. Health and Human Services funds advanced development of H5N1 flu vaccineInformation Technology - Keane completes revenue cycle management implementation with HealthSouthLegal Issues - Court grants final approval to $423 million class action settlement in uninsured pricing lawsuitLegal Issues - HealthSouth receives final approval of settlements in class-action, derivative litigationLegal Issues - Smith & Nephew reports court action upholding fixation nail injunction in Synthes suitLicensing Agreements - Vision-Sciences signs agreement to sell ENT sheath manufacturing products to Medtronic XomedMarket Analysis - Drug companies brace for changes in Medicare Part D spaceMarket Analysis - Healthcare IT M&A activity will grow in 2007, MidMarket Capital reportsMarket Analysis - Jeff Margolis predicts profound changes to U.S. healthcare system in 2007Market Analysis - Market for wireless technologies in healthcare may reach $7 million in 2010, new study showsMarket Analysis - Surgical robotics devices market expected to grow to over $320 million by 2010, report saysMarket Analysis - Verispan audit shows Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline tied for No. 1 overall with medical directorsMarket Analysis - World market for psychotherapeutic drugs nearing $50 billion in sales, market research showsMedical Errors - A team meeting before surgery could decrease medical errorsMedicare - HealthMetrix: Medicare Advantage plans offer seniors opportunity to reduce 2007 drug costsMedicare - Medicare raises 2007 rates for Vasomedical's EECP therapy for ischemic cardiovascular diseaseMedicare - Personal medication therapy management now available for Medicare beneficiariesMental Health - MetLife offers publications on retaining a healthy brainMental Health - Voters overwhelmingly support fair mental health insurance coverageMergers & Acquisitions - Almost Family acquires Jacksonville, Florida home health agencyMergers & Acquisitions - Caremark shareholders to receive special dividend following merger with CVSMergers & Acquisitions - JPMorgan Chase acquires FisaCureMergers & Acquisitions - Private equity firm RoundTable Healthcare Partners acquires Advantis Medical, Inc.Mergers & Acquisitions - Southern Home Medical Equipment closes acquisition of South Carolina-based Apnea RXMergers & Acquisitions - Thermo Fisher Scientific acquires Spectronex, Flux Instruments owner SwissAnalytic Group AGMergers & Acquisitions - Transcend Services acquires medical transcription company OTP Technologies, Inc.Mergers & Acquisitions - Triad Isotopes announces acquisition and merger of three nuclear pharmacy operatorsMigraines & Headaches - New survey by Harris Interactive shows connection between headaches and productivity at workObesity Research - Coalition calls on Blue Cross/Blue Shield to rescind IQ testing prior to weight-loss surgeryOphthalmology - American Academy of Ophthalmology urges vision screening for childrenPersonnel - Bravo by Elder Health names Ace Hodgin executive VP and chief medical officerPersonnel - Cigna HealthCare taps Susan Knapp Pinnas to lead South Florida/Caribbean operationsPersonnel - CVS/pharmacy convenes disability experts to form advisory councilPersonnel - Delta Dental names Kevin Jackson group vice president of underwriting and actuarialPersonnel - HealthSouth names Cheryl Levy senior vice president of human resourcesPersonnel - Information provider VerusMed names Bob Kinard vice president and chief financial officerPersonnel - LifeWise appoints David Lechner new VP of sales and marketingPersonnel - Medical Records Online names Jerry Baker president and board memberPersonnel - Michael D. Allen named head of human resources by MedCath CorporationPersonnel - MichBio names Jayne Berkaw director of marketing and communicationsPersonnel - SCAN Health Plan names Roy Swackhamer chief information officerPersonnel - Stan Fronczkowski joins Strategic Diagnostics as chief financial officerPersonnel - Sue Hurst named president of Georgia Staffing AssociationPersonnel - Welch Allyn appoints Julie A. Shimer, PhD, president and CEOPhilanthropy - Aetna donates $50,000 to increase minority enrollment in healthcare education programPhilanthropy - CIGNA donates $1M to help build Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, DCPhilanthropy - Garden City Group, associates donate $17,500 to The Sarcoma Foundation of AmericaPhilanthropy - MedicAlert, support group offer free personal health records to military families, troopsPublic Health - Missed opportunities: too few Americans being screened, counseledPublic Health - Pfizer provides free health program to reduce health disparitiesQuality Assurance - Michigan-based independent doctors' group United Physicians repeats NCQA certificationSexual & Reproductive Health - IntegraMed announces agreement in principle to acquire Baltimore fertility centerTelemedicine - PDSHeart certifies entire sales force through arrhythmia technologies training programAsthma Therapy - Recent findings in asthma therapy described by researchers from West Virginia UniversityHead and Neck Cancer Therapy - College of Medicine, Department of Surgery publishes research in head and neck cancer therapyMedicare and Medicaid - Reports from University of Washington add new data to research in medicare and medicaidVascular Disease Prevention - Recent findings in vascular disease prevention described by investigators from Stanford University, Research Center
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