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Adult day care franchise files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Flagship Franchises of Minnesota, which operates an adult day-care franchise in Savage, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, court records show.
The Savage-based business, which is led by Deborah Delaney, reported about $1.55 million in debt and $162,228 in assets in court filings.
Its largest creditor is Milestone Growth Fund, a venture capital firm that invests mostly in minority-owned firms in Minnesota. Milestone, which is owed $575,000 in the case, invested $250,000 in the company…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 26, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Katharine Grayson Source Type: research
Covidien makes an acquisition in peripheral angioplasty
Covidien (NYSE: COV) has reached an agreement to acquire CV Ingenuity, a Fremont, Calif. developer of drug-coated balloons to treat blockages in peripheral arteries.
CV Ingenuity has focused on angioplasty devices for treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a condition that affects blood vessels furthest from the heart, often in the legs. Smokers are at risk of contracting it, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Covidien, an Irish life sciences company with U.S. headquarters…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 26, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Galen Moore Source Type: research
Reducing the Burden of Dental Patients on the Busy Hospital Emergency Department
Conclusion: A diversion plan for dental patients can be effective in reducing their impact on the busy ED.
Source: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - December 26, 2012 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Adam P. McCormick, A. Omar Abubaker, Daniel M. Laskin, Michael S. Gonzales, Sheryl Garland Tags: Dentoalveolar Surgery Source Type: research
Vascular Medicine: Aortic and Peripheral Arterial Disease
The medical management of patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) includes modification of risk factors, smoking cessation, cardiovascular risk treatment, and hypertensive therapy. No specific therapy has been shown to alter disease outcome. Many AAA and thoracic aortic aneurysms are amenable to endovascular treatment. Endovascular repair offers the benefit of shorter hospital stays and lower perioperative morbidity and mortality. Most patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are asymptomatic or have atypical symptoms; only a few present with classic intermittent claudication or critical limb ischemia. Smok...
Source: Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice - December 26, 2012 Category: Primary Care Authors: Fadi Elias Shamoun, Grant T. Fankhauser, Martina Mookadam Source Type: research
Treatment Targets in Atrial Fibrillation: “Is Feeling Better Good Enough?”⁎
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia necessitating medical therapy. The majority of AF patients have associated cardiovascular comorbidities that increase the risk of negative cardiovascular outcomes, including excess morbidity, hospitalizations, and mortality (). Data assessing a disease management strategy of rate versus rhythm control have produced clear variations when viewed from a real-world clinical perspective (). These data emphasize that the treatment of AF involves 3 nonmutually exclusive principles: 1) prevention of stroke and systemic embolism; 2) ventricular rate control during AF;...
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - December 26, 2012 Category: Cardiology Authors: Michael H. Kim Tags: Heart Rhythm Disorders in Heart Failure: Editorial Comment Source Type: research
Conservative surgical management of Boerhaave's syndrome: Experience of two tertiary referral centers
Conclusions: These findings from the largest reported cohort of Boerhaave's syndrome patients undergoing conservative surgery showed that primary and T-tube repair provide at least equivalent results. Reinforced sutures appear to provide better outcomes by reducing postoperative leakage.
Source: International Journal of Surgery - December 26, 2012 Category: Surgery Authors: L. Sulpice, S. Dileon, M. Rayar, B. Badic, K. Boudjema, J.P. Bail, B. Meunier Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Differences in Short-Term Complications Between Spinal and General Anesthesia for Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty who were managed with general anesthesia had a small but significant increase in the risk of complications as compared with patients who were managed with spinal anesthesia; the difference was greatest for patients with multiple comorbidities. Surgeons who perform knee arthroplasty may consider spinal anesthesia for patients with comorbidities. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
PMID: 23269359 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume - December 26, 2012 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Pugely AJ, Martin CT, Gao Y, Mendoza-Lattes S, Callaghan JJ Tags: J Bone Joint Surg Am Source Type: research
Invasive Aspergillosis: New Insights into Disease, Diagnostic and Treatment.
This article reviews the current state and new insights in the management of invasive aspergillosis and points out clinicians unmet needs.
PMID: 23278538 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Pharmaceutical Design - December 26, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Buchheidt D, Karthaus M Tags: Curr Pharm Des Source Type: research
Acute ischemic cerebrovascular events on antiplatelet therapy: What is the optimal prevention strategy?
Abstract
Even though patients who develop ischemic stroke despite taking antiplatelet drugs represent a considerable proportion of stroke hospital admissions, there is a paucity of data from investigational studies regarding the most suitable therapeutic intervention. There have been no clinical trials to test whether increasing the dose or switching antiplatelet agents reduces the risk for subsequent events. Certain issues have to be considered in patients managed for a first or recurrent stroke while receiving antiplatelet agents. Therapeutic failure may be due to either poor adherence to treatment, associated co...
Source: Current Pharmaceutical Design - December 26, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Milionis H, Michel P Tags: Curr Pharm Des Source Type: research
Bowel Obstruction in Elderly Ovarian Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Study.
CONCLUSION: In this large-scale, population-based assessment of patients with advanced ovarian cancer, nearly 20% of women developed bowel obstruction after cancer diagnosis. While obstruction due to adhesions did not signal the end of life, all other obstructions were pre-terminal events for the majority of patients regardless of treatment.
PMID: 23274561 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Gynecologic Oncology - December 26, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mooney SJ, Winner M, Hershman DL, Wright JD, Feingold DL, Allendorf JD, Neugut AI Tags: Gynecol Oncol Source Type: research
Endoscopic therapy in the treatment of caustic esophageal stricture: A retrospective case series study
ConclusionsThese data suggest that endoscopic therapy is feasible, less invasive and effective for the management of caustic esophageal stricture. After repeat dilation and stenting, patients can achieve stricture resolution in approximately 15 months and avoid surgery.
Source: Digestive Endoscopy - December 26, 2012 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Cuiling Zhang, Xiaoying Zhou, Lianzhen Yu, Jing Ding, Ruihua Shi Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
An assessment of the quality of care for children in eighteen randomly selected district and sub-district hospitals in Bangladesh
Conclusion:
Action is needed to improve the quality of paediatric care in hospital settings in Bangladesh, with a particular need to invest in improving newborn care.
Source: BMC Pediatrics - Latest articles - December 26, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Dewan HoqueMuntasirur RahmanSk BillahMichael SavicAQM KarimEnayet ChowdhuryAltaf HossianSAJ MusaHarish KumarSudhansh MalhotraZiaul MatinNeena RainaMartin WeberShams El Arifeen Source Type: research
Bone morphogenetic protein-15 in follicle fluid combined with age may differentiate between successful and unsuccessful poor ovarian responders
Conclusions:
Our study suggests a potential role of BMP-15 in the prediction of the IVF outcome. A high FF BMP-15 combined with an age less than or equal to 35 years may be used as a potential indicator for repeating IVF cycles in poor ovarian responders.
Source: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology - December 26, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Yan-Ting WuTing-Ting WangXi-Jing ChenXiao-Ming ZhuMin-Yue DongJian-Zhong ShengChen-Ming XuHe-Feng Huang Source Type: research
Seattle's Leroy Hood recognized for a career of defying skeptics
Seattle-based scientist Dr. Leroy Hood spent much of his career working under a shadow of skepticism – but he’s pretty much fine with that.
“I was confident that doing the technology we did was going to change biology, and I was utterly correct,” Hood told the Puget Sound Business Journal on Monday. “And I was confident that the Human Genome Project was going to be one of the most transformative things in genetic science.”
Hood, the co-founder and president of the Seattle-based Institute…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 24, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Valerie Bauman Source Type: research
North Portland Veterinary sold to VCA Antech
A long-standing North Portland veterinary clinic has been sold to one of the nation's largest chains of animal hospitals.
Don McCoy, owner of North Portland Veterinary announced the sale of his company to VCA Antech (NASDAQ: WOOF) of Los Angeles in a letter to clients.
VCA Antech operates more than 600 animal hospitals in the U.S. and Canada and about 50 diagnostic labs. It has 10 animal hospitals in Oregon, including 7 in the Portland area.
North Portland Veterinary is located on North Lombard…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 24, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Suzanne Stevens Source Type: research
Invictus Medical eying neonatal market with new product
Invictus Medical, a venture launched two years ago by a group of engineering students at the University of Texas at San Antonio, is finally starting to build some traction in the commercial market.
Invictus has developed a neonatal cranial-support device that should help protect premature infants from developing plagiochephaly, or the shifting of cranial plates. If plates don’t form correctly, a child may develop skull deformities or neurological problems.
The San Antonio company is expecting…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 24, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mike W. Thomas Source Type: research
Growth in Eagle Ford region spurring demand for health care services
South Texas counties may be experiencing a boom in oil-and-gas activity thanks to the prolific Eagle Ford Shale.
However, with the recent rise in employment in these counties just south of San Antonio, there is also a rise in demand for health care services.
Newly released figures from Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs show that more than 25,000 available medical professional positions in the shale area need to be filled, including doctors, nurses and physical therapists.
State…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 24, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Shari L. Biediger Source Type: research
First in print: Alachua County biotech company lands $37.5M of VC funding
The Nov. 23 edition of the Business Journal features a story about an Alachua County biotechnology company’s announcement that it has landed $37.5 million in venture capital.
The funding is a glimpse at the kind of companies that could some day call Jacksonville home.
Subscribers to the Business Journal could have read this story a few weeks ago, but now it is free to everyone to read. Click here to read the story in its entirety.
While a large percentage of our online content is free to all…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 24, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Jacob, Sophia, Ethan, Isabella tops for Arizona baby names
Jacob and Sophia rank as the top baby names in Arizona for 2012, according to the annual list put out by the Arizona Department of Health Services.
The other top boys names include Ethan, Daniel, Liam, Alexander, Anthony, Noah and Mason.
For girls after Sophia comes Isabella, Emma, Mia, Olivia, Emily, Ava and Abigail.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 24, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mike Sunnucks Source Type: research
Clinicient snags $1M in funding
Portland-based Clinicient Inc. has nabbed half of a $2 million fundraising round.
According to a Dec. 18 Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Clinicient collected $999,999 in equity funding. The filing didn’t disclose how Clinicient will use the funds. The company didn’t immediately return phone calls seeking comments.
Clinicient makes health industry billing software that it sells to outpatient rehabilitation clinics.
The company raised $2.3 million from venture investors, with at least…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 24, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Andy Giegerich Source Type: research
IPC buys rest of Midwest Acute Care Consultants
Physician group Midwest Acute Care Consultants PC (MACC) of St. Louis has been acquired by IPC The Hospitalist Co. Inc., which bought MACC's hospitalist division in 2009.
Terms of the deal, which was announced Dec. 20, were not disclosed.
MACC, led by founder and President Dr. Nat Levy, provides critical care services to intensive care units at five acute care hospitals in the greater St. Louis area. Levy will join IPC as practice group leader.
The acquisition represents continued expansion in…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 24, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Greta Weiderman Source Type: research
Analyst: "Gutsy" investors should look at BioDelivery Sciences
It might be time for investors to give BioDelivery Sciences International (Nasdaq: BDSI) another look.
That’s according to Brinson Patrick Securities Corp. managing director Michael Higgins, who tells The Life Sciences Report that BDSI could rack up gains for investors “gutsy” enough to take a chance on a smaller company.
BDSI has two phase 3 trials in progress, one partnered with Endo Health Solutions to target low back pain.
Another aims to treat opioid addiction and is similar to another…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 24, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Lauren K. Ohnesorge Source Type: research
Museum of the African Diaspora names new chairman
San Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora has named L. Wade Rose as chairman of its board.
Rose is vice president of external and government relations at Dignity Health, formerly Catholic Healthcare West. He has been on the museum’s board since 2008. He replaces Deborah Santana, who will become the board’s vice chair.
Rose is chairman of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and sits on the boards of SPUR, the urban planning think tank in San Francisco, and the San Francisco State University…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 24, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Patrick Twohy Source Type: research
Cost‐effectiveness of onabotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of wrist and hand disability due to upper‐limb post‐stroke spasticity in Scotland
ConclusionsBased on a model, UC plus onabotulinumtoxinA improved disability, which translated into greater QALYs but also increased direct medical costs compared with UC alone; however, the resulting ICER can be considered cost‐effective. Moreover, UC plus onabotulinumtoxinA can be cost‐saving if reduction in caregiver burden was included. OnabotulinumtoxinA offers value for money in the management of ULPSS in Scotland.
Source: European Journal of Neurology - December 24, 2012 Category: Neurology Authors: Q. V. Doan, P. Gillard, A. Brashear, M. Halperin, E. Hayward, S. Varon, Z. J. Lu Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Cost-effectiveness of a health-social partnership transitional program for post-discharge medical patients
Conclusions:
Previous studies on transitional care focused mainly on clinical outcomes and not too many included cost as an outcome measure. Studies examining the cost-effectiveness of the post-discharge support services are scanty. This study is the first to examine the cost-effectiveness of a transitional care program that used nurse-led services participated by volunteers. Results have shown that a health-social partnership transitional care program is cost-effective in reducing healthcare costs and attaining QALY gains. Economic evaluation helps to inform funders and guide decisions for the effective use of competing healthcare resources.
Source: BMC Health Services Research - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Frances WongJune ChauChing SoStanley TamSarah McGhee Source Type: research
Care coordination agreements: barriers, facilitators, and lessons learned.
Conclusions: Policy changes (such as shifts in reimbursement to favor collaborative care or clarification of laws governing such collaborations) can help to support the development and implementation of CCAs, and can address factors that currently make some markets less supportive of coordination.
PMID: 23198751 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - December 23, 2012 Category: Health Management Authors: Carrier E, Dowling MK, Pham HH Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research
A Systematic review of reference pricing: implications for US prescription drug spending.
Abstract
Given rising pharmaceutical expenditures and the widespread use of reference pricing as a costcontainment instrument abroad, we systematically reviewed the evidence evaluating reference pricing policies. We performed a structured electronic search of peer-reviewed journals for studies published before that reported on the effects of reference pricing policies on medication use, payer and patient spending, and resource consumption. Our search yielded 16 studies describing 9 reference-pricing policies from 6 countries. Reference-pricing policies led to decreases in drug prices and increases in utilization of...
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - December 23, 2012 Category: Health Management Authors: Lee JL, Fischer MA, Shrank WH, Polinski JM, Choudhry NK Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research
The emerging role of robotics and laparoscopy in stone disease.
Abstract
The surgical management of urolithiasis has undergone a remarkable clinical evolution over the past three decades. The once common practice of open stone surgery has nearly been relegated to historical interest by modern technology. The introduction of minimally invasive techniques, laparoscopy and robot-assisted surgery, have emerged to complete the urologist's armamentarium. The benefits to patients when other endourologic procedures have failed include less pain, shorter hospitalization and convalescence, and improved cosmesis. This chapter explores the historical shift from open to minimally invasive m...
Source: The Urologic Clinics of North America - December 23, 2012 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Humphreys MR Tags: Urol Clin North Am Source Type: research
Heart rate: surrogate or target in the management of heart failure?
Background High heart rate is associated with longevity in many animal species including men.1 It has been shown in various cardiovascular diseases that high resting heart rate is a known marker of cardiovascular outcomes in hypertension,2 atherosclerosis,3 myocardial infarction4 and heart failure.5 6 Among the different conditions the threshold from which risk is increased is different. More close correlations at low thresholds (≥70 bpm) to risk have been established in heart failure.5–8 One beat increase of baseline heart rate and five beats increase of resting heart rate is associated with an increase of c...
Source: Heart - December 23, 2012 Category: Cardiology Authors: Bohm, M., Reil, J.-C. Tags: Drugs: cardiovascular system, Hypertension, Acute coronary syndromes Editorials Source Type: research
High efficacy of endoscopic submucosal dissection for rectal laterally spreading tumors larger than 3 cm
Conclusions:
ESD is a safe and effective method to provide en bloc and curative resection of large rectal LSTs. The operating time and adverse event rate were comparable to those of previously published data from Japanese experts.
Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - December 22, 2012 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Alessandro Repici, Cesare Hassan, Nico Pagano, Giacomo Rando, Fabio Romeo, Paola Spaggiari, Massimo Roncalli, Elisa Ferrara, Alberto Malesci Tags: Clinical Endoscopy Source Type: research
MedSpring opens 2 Chicago-area urgent care centers
MedSpring Urgent Care is making its first forray into the Chicago area with the opening of two new centers in Arlington Heights and Naperville and plans to open another location in Chicago in February.
The center in Arlington Heights is at 902 W. Dundee Road and the one in Naperville is at 1190 S. Naper Boulevard.
MedSpring plans to open of a third center in February in the Lincoln Park/Lakeview area at 2868 N. Broadway, just north of the N. Clark and W. Diversey intersection.
Outside of Chicago,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 22, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Patient safety in vitreoretinal surgery: quality improvements following a patient safety reporting system.
CONCLUSIONS: VR PSI reporting resulted in a change in clinical practice. Longitudinal analysis suggests an accompanying increase in patient safety.
PMID: 23264547 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Ophthalmology - December 22, 2012 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Wong SC, Kelly SP, Sullivan PM Tags: Br J Ophthalmol Source Type: research
Falciform ligament abscess from left sided portal pyaemia following malignant obstructive cholangitis
We present this patient's operative images and radiographic findings, which may explain the pathophysiology behind this rare complication. We hypothesize that cholangitis, with secondary portal pyaemia and tracking via the paraumbilical veins, can cause infectious seeding of the falciform ligament, with consequent abscess formation.
Source: World Journal of Surgical Oncology - December 22, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Leigh WarrenManju ChandrasegaramDaniel MadiganPaul DolanEu NeoChristopher Worthley Source Type: research
Lovelace announces plans for Los Lunas hospital
Lovelace Health System said Friday that it has partnered with an Oklahoma firm to operate a $55 million, 110,000-square-foot hospital in Los Lunas.
Miller Architects Inc. of Oklahoma City will fund, design and build the hospital, while Lovelace will manage and operate it, Lovelace President and CEO Ron Stern said.
Construction is expected to begin in late 2013 and will create 450 construction jobs, and 450 full-time health care jobs.
The partnership is in its initial stages, and Lovelace has yet…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 21, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Dennis Domrzalski Source Type: research
'Sloppiness' at CPRIT, lawmaker says
Lawmakers addressed Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas officials at a hearing Thursday on the spiraling controversy surrounding the approval of two grants, using words such as "sloppiness" and "disappointment."
The Texas House Committee met at the State Capitol to discuss grants that were given without going through the proper approval process, including the $11 million grant awarded to Dallas-based Peloton Therapeutics Inc.
"It was sloppiness. It was high-handedness by some," said…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 21, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Case Western launching $6M fund for Ohio medical startups
The Ohio Third Frontier is teaming with Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center on a $6 million initiative to bring research and treatment breakthroughs to market, Crain's Cleveland Business reports.
Case Western and University Hospitals will contribute $2 million and $1 million respectively to the fund, the institutions' largest-ever commitments to pre-seed investments. That will be matched with $3 million from the Third Frontier program.
The Case Technology…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 21, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Evan Weese Source Type: research
Poll: More people putting off health care due to cost
Chances are pretty good that you or someone you know has put off seeking medical treatment during the past year because of the costs involved, according to a report from the Triangle Business Journal.
A new Gallup poll shows that 32 percent of Americans delayed in seeking health-care services because of costs. That’s the highest percentage since Gallup began asking the question in 2002.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 21, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
N.C. to get $1.2M from Amgen settlement
Biotech giant Amgen is paying nearly $1.2 million to North Carolina as part of a larger agreement that will settle allegations that it engaged in illegal marketing practices.
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced that federal and state government officials have reached a $612 million agreement with Amgen. The company was accused of marketing for unapproved uses of its drugs, as well as manipulating pricing.
The money goes to compensate Medicaid, Medicare and various federal…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 21, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Walmart donates $45,000 to Prevent Blindness Ohio
Prevent Blindness Ohio received a $45,000 contribution to assist with its Star Pupils Program.
The grant, which was given through the Walmart Foundation’s State Giving Program, will work to provide early vision screening to young children so that they can start school "ready to learn" and succeed throughout their school years.
David Gose, Walmart Stores' Regional General Manager for Southern Ohio, discussed Walmart’s ongoing commitment to support programs that help children and families in…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 21, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Insurance Department wants more WPAHS-Highmark info
Having trouble keeping track of all the twists and turns in the Highmark-West Penn Allegheny Health System saga? You’re in good company: So are the regulators at the state Insurance Department.
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department on Thursday expressed frustration with the lack of specifics in health insurer Highmark's plan to acquire the West Penn Allegheny Health System, 13 months after the deal was inked. In a letter to Highmark, Deputy Insurance Commissioner Stephen J. Johnson said the department…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 21, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Kris B. Mamula Source Type: research
Doctors in central Kentucky drop Medicaid provider Coventry
After learning Coventry Cares of Kentucky would begin paying less than the established Medicaid reimbursement rate, a group of 550 independent physicians in Central Kentucky will drop patients covered by the company next year.
The Lexington Herald Leader reports the Physicians' Network was informed by Coventry on Thursday that reimbursement rates could be as low as 10 percent less for specialty care. More than 700,000 Kentuckians qualify for insurance through Medicaid, government-assisted insurance…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 21, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Boehner drops 'Plan B'
House Speaker John Boehner abruptly dropped his “Plan B” approach to the fiscal cliff Thursday night when he couldn’t get enough Republicans to back this legislation.
“The House did not take up the tax measure today because it did not have sufficient support from our members to pass,” Boehner said in a statement issued after a closed-door meeting with Republicans in the Capitol basement.
Washington bureau chief Kent Hoover has details.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 21, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
New Port Richey Surgery Center will move to Trinity
The New Port Richey Surgery Center is preparing to move to Trinity.
Since 1985 the day-surgery center has operated from its current location on Gulf Drive.
However, executives said the center had outgrown its space. The new location at 9332 State Road 54 will have 19,000 square feet, more than double the current space, the Tampa Tribune said.
The name of the center will be changed to the New Port Richey Surgery Center at Trinity.
Amenities at the new center include 9 pre-operation bays, two…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 21, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Health Insurance Innovations files IPO
Health Insurance Innovations Inc. plans to go public.
The Tampa company, which develops and administers affordable, Web-based health insurance plans and ancillary products, filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission late Thursday.
It did not say how many shares it would offer or the price range of the shares, but the filing estimated the proposed maximum offering would be $86.3 million.
Health Insurance, which began operations in 2008, posted $2.6 million…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 21, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Margie Manning Source Type: research
[Inappropriate analyses of automated external defibrillators used during out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.]
CONCLUSIONS: Automated external defibrillators have a very high specificity and moderately high sensitivity. There are few operator dependent errors. Implanted pacemakers interfere with defibrillator analyses.
PMID: 23265845 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Atencion Primaria - December 21, 2012 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ballesteros Peña S Tags: Aten Primaria Source Type: research
Characteristics and long-term outcome of 251 patients with dural arteriovenous fistulas in a defined population.
Conclusions The advances in diagnostic methods (digital subtraction angiography, CT, and MRI) increased the detection rate of DAVFs, and as treatment modalities developed, the results of treatment and outcome of patients markedly improved with the introduction of endovascular techniques and stereotactic radiosurgery. Microsurgery is of limited use in DAVFs resistant to other treatment modalities.
PMID: 23259821 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - December 21, 2012 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Piippo A, Niemelä M, van Popta J, Kangasniemi M, Rinne J, Jääskeläinen JE, Hernesniemi J Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research
Out of the frying pan? Streamlining the ethics review process of multisite qualitative research projects.
PMID: 23257167 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian Health Review - December 21, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Iedema RA, Allen S, Britton K, Hor S Tags: Aust Health Rev Source Type: research
What constitutes ?support.
PMID: 23257197 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian Health Review - December 21, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Watson K, Young J, Barnes M Tags: Aust Health Rev Source Type: research
Self-discharge by adult Aboriginal patients at Alice Springs Hospital, Central Australia: insights from a prospective cohort study.
PMID: 23257238 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian Health Review - December 21, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Einsiedel LJ, van Iersel E, Macnamara R, Spelman T, Heffernan M, Bray L, Morris H, Porter B, Davis A Tags: Aust Health Rev Source Type: research
Build it and they will come: outcomes from a successful cardiac rehabilitation program at an Aboriginal Medical Service.
PMID: 23257265 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian Health Review - December 21, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Dimer L, Dowling T, Jones J, Cheetham C, Thomas T, Smith J, McManus A, Maiorana AJ Tags: Aust Health Rev Source Type: research
