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Davy Carter Wants More Say on State Budget (AP Interview)
In an interview with The Associated Press, Davy Carter, the incoming speaker of the Arkansas House, says he wants lawmakers to have a greater say in the state's budget between the end of the regular session and the start of the fiscal session.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

2012 updates: DoveLewis’ new financial idea goes straight to video
Editor's note: This week online and in Friday's print edition of the Portland Business Journal, we'll be running updates on some of 2012's most-compelling business stories. The story (published in the paper on June 15): DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital launched On the Floor, a subscription-based Web video service that uses staff expertise to offer for-credit training to veterinary clinics around the world. DoveLewis expected the venture to turn a profit in its second year to provide a new source…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Wendy Culverwell Source Type: research

Washington Redskins camp gets final OK from Richmond
The Richmond City Council on Thursday approved an amended version of the development agreement to build a summer training camp facility for the Washington Redskins — the last piece of legislation needed to set the deal in motion, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. Construction on the facility, expected to cost up to $10 million, could begin as early as next week. The training camp will include two full-size football fields, fieldhouse and a drill field to be built on state-owned land behind…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: research

Universal EHR to streamline care for active military and vets
Defense and veterans affairs officials are planning to fast-track a single paperless record system that will be used during military service and civilian life.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Looking back at the top stories of 2012: Editors' picks
It was a year packed with big stories in the Sacramento business world. Many companies made news in ways that promise to have far-reaching effects on the capital-area economy. But only one story seemed to go on all year. You know what we're talking about: The Sacramento Kings were leaving town, but civic leaders pulled out all the stops to draft a downtown arena plan that might keep the team. But owners of the NBA franchise backed out of a tentative deal, ending hopes of a facility that would have…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: research

Omnicare closing Waukesha office, cutting 78 jobs
Omnicare Inc. will close a Waukesha facility, resulting in the elimination of 78 jobs, according to a letter sent to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development released Thursday. The Waukesha location, 407 Pilot Court, Suite 200, is being consolidated with a Milwaukee office, according to the letter from Omnicare of Northern Illinois. Omnicare said it expects to begin the layoffs Feb. 22 and will continue until the closure is completed about a month later. Cincinnati-based Omnicare, both…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Jeff Engel Source Type: research

Docs quickly embracing technology
Physicians are increasingly stepping into the digital age, even if it comes with high costs. Since 2009, the percentage of physicians e-prescribing has more than doubled, according to a study completed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. That means 73 percent of all doctor offices in the nation have the ability to e-prescribe, one of the “meaningful use” objectives set out in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Jason deBruyn Source Type: research

Well: Spinach Recipes for Health
Martha Rose Shulman, the Recipes for Health columnist, offers five new ways to add spinach to your winter meals.
Source: NYT - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: By TOBY BILANOW Tags: Holiday Food Spinach Recipes Recipes for Health Holidays and Special Occasions Featured Source Type: news

Zimmer Spine - PEEK Ardis Inserter: Class I Recall – Risk of Implant Breakage
Health risks may include a tear in the thin covering of the spinal cord, cerebrospinal fluid leakage, significant blood loss and nerve injury.
Source: FDA MedWatch - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Year in Review: Meningitis Outbreak Still a Challenge
(MedPage Today) -- In our first report on the meningitis outbreak in April there had been 26 cases and 4 deaths; the tally now stands at more than 600 cases and the death toll at 39. The repercussions have been far reaching, and the story is not yet at an end.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Support pours in for ailing President Bush
Former President George H.W. Bush, who has been in a Houston hospital since the day after Thanksgiving, has received an outpouring of support from well-wishers around the world. CBS News reports that Jean Becker, Bush's former chief of staff, wanted to downplay reports of the seriousness of his ailments, saying that the former president "would ask me to tell you to please put the harps back in the closet." Bush, 88, has been in Methodist Hospital since Nov. 23 fighting bronchitis and a persistent…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Greg Barr Source Type: research

Google partners with nonprofit to change face of philanthropy
Google Inc. has stepped in with major funding for nonprofit Charity: Water, which brings clean, safe drinking water to developing nations, according to WTOP. The $5 million grant will create and install sensors on 4,000 wells across Africa by 2015 that will send back real-time data on the water flow at each site. The grant is part of the first class of Google's Global Impact Awards totaling $23 million to spur innovation among nonprofits. Experts say the new annual grants are a part of a growing…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: research

KentuckyOne investments to bring big changes
KentuckyOne Health Inc. will invest in facility and clinical upgrades thanks to the release of more than $18 million in funding from the Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foundation. The foundation is a charitable organization that reaches out to donors and other supporters with a focus on enhancing patient care, education, research and improving access to care. I recently had a chance to speak with Sherri Craig, vice president of the foundation, as well as Dr. Mark Slaughter, executive director of…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: David A. Mann Source Type: research

Year in Review: Steroid 'Prime Suspect' in Meningitis Cases
(MedPage Today) -- The outbreak of meningitis and other fungal infections related to an injectable steroid dominated headlines in the fall. Here is the first article we published on the outbreak and in a companion article, you'll find out what has happened with it since.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

National HealthCare Corp. buys 6 facilities from National Health Investors
National HealthCare Corp. (NYSE: NHC) has purchased six skilled health care centers from National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI), a fellow Murfreesboro-based company, for $21 million, according to a news release. The portfolio includes 650 beds and has been leased by National HealthCare Corp. since 1991. The portfolio includes four facilities in Tennessee and one each in Georgia and Kentucky. National HealthCare Corp. also extended its master lease with National Health Investors through 2026 for…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Eric Snyder Source Type: research

Georgia Tech, Emory award $630K for regenerative medicine research
The Emory/Georgia Tech Regenerative Engineering and Medicine Center has awarded 11 seed grants, totaling $630,000, for new research in regenerative medicine. The seed grants focus on how the body — including bone, muscle, nerves, blood vessels and tissues — can harness its own potential to heal or regenerate following trauma or disease. “We looked for projects along the innovation spectrum, including early-stage projects for which the potential payoffs justified taking the risk and projects…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Urvaksh Karkaria Source Type: research

Obama's Science Commitment, FDA Face Ethics Scrutiny in Wake of GMO Salmon Fiasco
Will the President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy's John Holdren investigate the White House after violations of the Executive Office guarantee of science integrity—or should he be investigated? The Genetic Literacy Project reports.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 28, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jon Entine Source Type: news

Stem Cells for Cell-Based Therapies
The world of stem cells We know the human body comprises many cell types (e.g., blood cells, skin cells, cervical cells), but we often forget to appreciate that all of these different cell types arose from a single cell—the fertilized egg. A host of sequential, awe-inspiring events occur between the fertilization of an egg and the formation of a new individual: Embryonic stem (ES) cells are also called totipotent cells. The first steps involve making more cells by simple cell division: one cell becomes two cells; two cells become four cells, etc. Each cell of early development is undifferentiated; that is, it is no...
Source: ActionBioscience - December 28, 2012 Category: Biology Authors: Ali Hochberg Source Type: news

President Obama honors MU researcher with National Medal of Science
(University of Missouri-Columbia) President Barack Obama named University of Missouri researcher M. Frederick Hawthorne as recipient of the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the country to scientists. Hawthorne is the director of the International Institute of Nano and Molecular Medicine at the University of Missouri, as well as Curators' Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Radiology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 28, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Environmental Protection Agency Chief Resigns
Obama Administration: Lisa P. Jackson to leave EPA in January 2013
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - December 27, 2012 Category: Chemistry Authors: Cheryl Hogue Source Type: research

GAO: CMS Can Learn Much on Pay Incentives
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The Medicare program needs to look to private-sector practices to strengthen physician incentives as it tries to move away from a fee-for-service system, a Government Accountability Office report said.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Supreme Court Denies Birth Control Petition
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court has refused to grant a temporary injunction that would exempt two for-profit companies from complying with the Affordable Care Act contraceptive mandate.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Doctor not liable for physician assistant’s misconduct, court rules
Had the Vermont Supreme Court ruling gone the other way, some believe physicians might have shied away from supervising PAs.
Source: American Medical News - PROFESSION - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Scope-of-practice challenge from chiropractors heads back to trial
A Texas appellate court says a lower court must determine what Technological Instrumented Vestibular-Ocular-Nystagmus Testing is before deciding whether only physicians can perform it.
Source: American Medical News - PROFESSION - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Gun Research Silenced by Cut in Funds, Docs Say
(MedPage Today) -- Restrictions on gun violence research have stymied scientific efforts to find preventive solutions to mass shootings such as the one in Newtown, Conn., according to physician researchers.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Changes in ED Care Result in Higher Bills
(MedPage Today) -- Increased billing for more expensive procedures by emergency department physicians is not solely related to a greater use of electronic health records and the consequent ability to capture more charges, according to one researcher.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Justice Sotomayor Refuses to Block Contraceptives MandateJustice Sotomayor Refuses to Block Contraceptives Mandate
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has refused to block enforcement of a requirement in President Obama's healthcare overhaul that some companies provide insurance coverage for contraception. Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

Lake George schools push to cut retiree health costs
Lake George schools are pushing to reduce health care costs for retirees. The Glens Falls Post-Star is reporting that the 1,000-student district has the highest percentage of retirees using the most expensive health plan in the northern part of the Capital Region. School officials in Lake George are considering a move from a Matrix Indemnity Plan to a less expensive PPO.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: research

Boehner: Raise Medicare eligibility to 67
A sustainable fiscal plan for the federal government could come with a price for seniors: a rise in the Medicare eligibility age to 67 from 65, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier. U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-West Chester, proposed the change, to be phased in gradually, in talks on how to avoid the fiscal cliff. Boehner's district includes much of the Dayton region to the west and north, including Preble, Darke, Miami and Butler counties, as well as part of Montgomery County. The…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: research

Telepresence technology allows employees to ‘beam’ into the office
Ever feel like you need to be in multiple places at the same time? Well, thanks to new telepresence technology, that can actually happen. Telepresence is helping bridge the gap between the physical workplace and working from home or out of the office, now that more and more employees are working remotely, the Associated Press reports. That’s where Beam, the mobile videoconferencing machine steps — or rolls— in. Beam is a 5-foot-tall robot equipped with a video screen and camera, speakers,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Megan Anderson Source Type: research

WellPoint wraps up $4.5B purchase of Amerigroup
WellPoint Inc. closed Monday its $4.46 billion buy of Amerigroup Corp., an agreement that gives the Indianapolis-based company a larger share of the booming Medicaid market, a government-based program for the needy. Government officials were opposed to the union since Amerigroup (NYSE: AGP) and WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) were the only two providers of northern Virigina's Medicaid managed care plans. To withdraw antitrust concerns, Amerigroup sold America Viriginia Inc. The Indianapolis Business Journal…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: research

Health Care Guide: People - Dr. Christopher Drayna
Dr. Christopher Drayna has joined ProHealth Care Medical Associates and is seeing patients at the clinic on Stone Ridge Drive in Waukesha. His areas of clinical interest include the care of acute illness and management of chronic issues including diabetes, high cholesterol, thyroid disorders, high blood pressure and heart disease. NEW POSITION: Internal medicine physician at ProHealth Care Medical Associates, Waukesha HOMETOWN: Milwaukee EDUCATION: Undergraduate degree from Marquette University;…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Barb Zaferos Source Type: research

Opko Health expands in Brazil with acquisition
Opko Health has entered into an agreement to acquire a São Paulo-based Pharmaceutical company. The acquisition of Silcon Comércio, Importacao E Exportacao de Produtos Farmaceuticos e Cosmeticos Ltda. will expand Miami-based Opko’s presence in Latin America and complements business activities of units in Chile and Mexico, according to a news release. “With this acquisition, Opko establishes a footprint in the most important growth market in South America,” Chairman and CEO Dr. Phillip Frost…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: research

Due to flu, Duke Hospital cuts visits
With cases of influenza infections rising, Duke University Health System says patient visits will be restricted at its three hospitals and two outpatient centers. Visitors accepted will be immediate family and designated caregivers over 18 who have no flu-like symptoms. Only two visitors at a time will be allowed.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Dale Gibson Source Type: research

DIA staff officer sues former boss for $2.5M for harassment
A Defense Intelligence Agency staffer who served in Iraq is suing a former supervisor for alleged sexual harassment and battery, defamation of character, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, the Maryland Daily Record reported. Lynn Johnson filed suit against Thomas S. Schiller, a DIA senior analyst, who she says lost his position in 2011 because of "wrongful sexual conduct" toward her, and that he retaliated against her for rejecting his sexual advances by complaining to agency officials…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: research

Accentia, Biovest shrink losses, default on debt
Accentia Biopharmaceuticals Inc. and its majority-owned subsidiary, Biovest International Inc., trimmed some of the red ink from their operating statements in fiscal 2012. Accentia (OTCQB: ABPI) reported a loss attributable to common shareholders of $4.3 million, or 5 cents a share, for the year ended Sept. 30, compared to a loss attributable to common shareholders of $11.6 million, or 17 cents a share, in the same period one year ago. Revenue for fiscal 2012 was $4.1 million, a 2.5 percent increase…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Margie Manning Source Type: research

Toyota agrees to settle $1.1B class-action lawsuit
Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to pay more than $1 billion to install new safety equipment and reimburse owners of up to 16 million cars to settle a U.S. class-action lawsuit, the Wall Street Journal reported. Filed in a federal court in California on Wednesday, the settlement will result in a $1.1 billion pretax charge to earnings this quarter, Toyota said.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 27, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: research

In The Americas, Malaria Cases Have Declined Nearly 60% Since 2000
The number of malaria cases in the Americas declined by nearly 60% and malaria deaths declined 70% over the past decade, according to the 2012 World Malaria Report, published by the World Health Organization (WHO). This progress - which compares favorably with other WHO regions - is the result of ongoing prevention and control efforts in malaria-endemic countries carried out by governments with support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and other international partners. In 2000, more than 1 million cases of malaria were reported in the Region of the Americas...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news

Foreign field hospitals after the 2010 Haiti earthquake: how good were we?
Conclusions The present study suggests that more FFH were sent to Haiti than to any previous sudden-onset disasters, but due to lack of data and transparency it remains impossible to determine to what extent did the first wave of FFH do any good in Haiti.
Source: Emergency Medicine Journal - December 27, 2012 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Gerdin, M., Wladis, A., von Schreeb, J. Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: research

Justice Sotomayor refuses to block contraceptives mandate
(Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has refused to block enforcement starting next week of a requirement in President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul that some companies provide insurance coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices.
Source: Reuters: Health - December 26, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Hodgkin Drug Shortage 'Cure' Less Successful (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Use of an alternative for a chemotherapy drug that was in short supply appears to have hurt outcomes for kids with Hodgkin lymphoma, an analysis suggested.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 26, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Ventilator Products Recalled
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has issued two Class I recalls involving ventilator-related products.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 26, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Tots Turning Obesity Corner? (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- The prevalence of obesity and extreme obesity among young U.S. children seems to be on the decline, according to government researchers.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 26, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

GAO: Medicare could save $880 million on dialysis payments
Changes in drug utilization for kidney failure patients prompted the watchdog agency to question bundled payment amounts.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - December 26, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Billions Paid Out for Surgical Errors (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Surgical "never events" -- such as leaving a sponge in a patient -- cost healthcare professionals a minimum of $1.3 billion in malpractice payments from 1990 to 2010, researchers found.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 26, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Mostashari to vendors: 'Step up' on patient safety and reporting
The Obama administration Friday urged cooperation between software companies and caregivers to prevent patient harm caused by faulty electronic records. But it stopped short of calling for regulation or a federal requirement to report computer mistakes that pose a risk to patients. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 26, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kaiser Health News Tags: Online Only Arthur Levin Department of Health and Human Services Farzad Mostashari Industry News Medicare Electronic Health Records Vendors Policy and Legislation Quality and Safety Source Type: news

Year in Review: West Nile Virus Surge Unexplained
(MedPage Today) -- In terms of total cases, this year's West Nile virus outbreak is the second largest recorded since the virus appeared, but the reasons behind its resurgence following years of lower activity are elusive.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 26, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

FDA approves new orphan drug for rare cholesterol disorder
On Dec. 21, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Juxtapid (lomitapide) to reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, total cholesterol, apolipoprotein B, and non-high-density lipoprotein (non-HDL) cholesterol in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). Juxtapid is intended for use in combination with a low fat diet and other lipid-lowering treatments.
Source: Food and Drug Administration - December 26, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news