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Office Ally rolls out Support Suite service to hospitals, doctors
Office Ally launched a new service on Wednesday that will provide health care practitioners with 24/7 technology support. Office Ally’s new Support Suite gives doctor’s office staff the ability to access instructional materials, chat live with Office Ally reps and utilize the company’s interactive troubleshooter tool to resolve common problems. San Antonio-based Office Ally markets a patient portal, electronic health records, and a billing and clearinghouse system to health organizations.…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: James Aldridge Source Type: research

Parent of Red Lobster, Olive Garden cutting back hours ahead of health reform changes
Darden Restaurants Inc. — parent of the Red Lobster, Olive Garden and Capital Grille eateries in Colorado and elsewhere — is cutting back hours of workers at some of its locations in an apparent effort to reduce insurance costs related to the new health-care reform law. The Orlando, Fla., Sentinel newspaper reports that the Orlando-based company (NYSE: DRI) "has stopped offering full-time schedules to many hourly workers in at least a few" of its locations. The Sentinel quotes the company as…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mark Harden Source Type: research

Private donations up 9.4% at UCSC
Private donations are up at UC Santa Cruz. According to the university, private donors gave nearly $24 million in fiscal year 2011-2012, an increase of 9.4 percent year over year. Alumni giving is part of the bump. It hit $7.3 million this year, tripling from $2.7 million in the previous year. Gifts of more than $100,000 increased as well. One highlight is a $2 million pledge from Steve and Mona Bruce that will support the school’s Center for Games and Playable Media, as well as a fellowship…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Shana Lynch Source Type: research

40 Under 40 — Bradley R. Dart
Orthopaedic surgeon, Advanced Orthopaedic Associates Age: 36. Place of birth: Wichita. Spouse: Erin. Children: Addison Dart, 9; Dakota Dart, 7; Chloe Dart, 5. Where do you live? East Wichita. What was your first job as a kid? Landscaping. Fantasy job: Astronaut. Tell us about your career highlight: Operating on my first patient on the first day of my practice was a day I will not forget. He was a middle-aged male with a longstanding nonunion of his femur. He later was able to walk his daughter…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Mountain-Pacific Quality Health gets Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services contract
Mountain-Pacific Quality Health’s Hawaii office has been awarded a $1.8 million contract by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to work on improving the quality of health-care services in American Samoa, Guam and Saipan. Under terms of the contract, Mountain-Pacific will convene “Learning and Action Networks” to improve patient care by reducing the use of physical restraints and the occurrences of pressure ulcers, and also lowering the number of infections in hospitals and…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Books in brief
Nature 490, 7419 (2012). doi:10.1038/490175a Psychiatrist and firebrand Ben Goldacre puts big pharma in the dock. Skewering an industry riddled with 'side effects' — from suppressed trial results to diseases invented for profit — and backed by poor regulation and aggressive marketing, Goldacre also offers pragmatic solutions. Further exposure of
Source: Nature - October 10, 2012 Category: Research Tags: Books and Arts Source Type: research

Voalte raises $6M for expansion
Investors have pumped $6 million into Voalte, providing capital that will help the technology firm hire new workers and move to larger quarters. Voalte, which develops mobile software for health care, has 42 employees now and needs to triple its staff over the next 18 months, said Rob Campbell, CEO. The firm has signed a lease for 11,000-square-feet in the Sabal Palm Bank building at 5101 Fruitville Rd. in Sarasota, taking the entire second floor. The funding came from strategic investors, led…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 9, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Margie Manning Source Type: research

State takes precautions against fungal meningitis
A nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis has not yet hit New York, but state health officials say steroids suspected of causing the illness were shipped to three facilities in the state. The State Department of Health said it is coordinating with the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on a multistate investigation of meningitis among patients who received epidural steroid injections. According to a DOH media release, there are no confirmed or suspected cases of fungal meningitis in New…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tracey Drury Source Type: research

Women Who Mean Business (slideshow)
For the past five years, The Business Review has been hosting its Women Who Mean Business awards. On Oct. 5, about 350 Albany, New York-area businesspeople gathered at the Glen Sanders Mansion in Scotia to hear what six women being honored for their business acumen had to say about their jobs and their journey. Click the photo on the right to see who was there. Honored by The Business Review were: • Heather Briccetti, president and CEO of the Business Council of New York State; • Kathleen…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Adelante Healthcare facility to get LEED platinum
Adelante Healthcare will open its seventh location in Mesa on Nov. 2. The facility at 1705 W. Main St. is slated for LEED platinum interiors certification, which would make it the first community health center in the nation to achieve this designation, said Avein Saaty-Tafoya, CEO of Adelante Replacing the current health center at 2204 S. Dobson Road in Mesa, Adelante Healthcare Mesa will provide family medicine, pediatrics, women’s health, internal medicine and dental care. It also will have…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Angela Gonzales Source Type: research

Lee Biosolutions expands cancer marker lineup
Lee Biosolutions Inc. has expanded its line of biomarkers to include products used to track epithelial ovarian cancer, breast cancer and liver cancer. Based in Brentwood, Lee Biosolutions collects biological materials — human saliva, semen, urine and vaginal secretions, among others — and produces finished proteins, enzymes, biologicals, immuno-reagents and antibodies for life science research and clinical diagnostic testing. The company’s core business is diagnostic and Lee Biosolutions sells…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Joe Dwyer Source Type: research

High Point Regional issues warning on fungal meningitis
Some patients who received spinal steroid injections at High Point Surgery Center are at risk for developing a rare type of meningitis, according to an announcement from High Point Regional Health System. There are two reported cases of fungal meningitis in North Carolina, and 89 additional cases spread among the eight other affected states. Seven deaths have been reported nationally, but none in North Carolina, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. High Point…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Catherine Carlock Source Type: research

University of West Georgia nursing school gets $503,000 grant
The University of West Georgia's nursing school has received a $503,000 grant to educate more nurses for faculty roles in colleges and universities The University System of Georgia’s (USG) Nursing Faculty Initiative award will support the expansion of the UWG's School of Nursing’s online new doctoral program — an Ed.D. degree in Nursing Education, increasing the number of students able to enroll by nearly 50 percent this first year. The Nursing Education program is the only program of its…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Urvaksh Karkaria Source Type: research

Andrew Runge named regional COO for Mercy
Andrew Runge is the new regional chief operating officer for Mercy Clinic in the St. Louis and Washington, Mo., areas, according to Mercy officials. Runge will oversee clinic operations and lead Mercy’s east Missouri region that includes more than 550 primary care and specialty physicians, and more than 175 nurse practitioners and physician assistants that cover more than 50 clinical specialties with 130 doctors’ offices. He replaces Donn Sorensen, who is now regional president of Mercy east…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Samantha Liss Source Type: research

Appeals judge overturns $82.6M Fresenius judgment
A federal appeals court has overturned an $82.6 million judgment against a former Nashville-based dialysis company. Renal Care Group, which was acquired by Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. of Germany in 2005, was the focal point of one of the area's largest Medicare billing cases. The company was accused of improperly billing the Medicare program for home dialysis supplies and equipment between 1999 and 2005. Renal Care, then one of the country's largest diabetic supply companies, was ordered…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Annie Johnson Source Type: research

Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper commit to calorie conscious vending
The Coca Cola Co., PepsiCo and Dr Pepper Snapple Group are launching vending machines that list how many calories are in their beverages. With the move, announced Monday by the American Beverage Association, the companies will increase availability of lower-calorie drinks in vending machines, display calorie reminder marketing on vending machines and add calorie labels on selection buttons. The vending machines will launch in municipal buildings in San Antonio and Chicago in 2013 before launching. “Healthy…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Steven R. Thompson Source Type: research

Texas among best places for women-owned businesses
Texas ranks third for the most women-owned businesses, according to the State of Women-Owned Businesses Report commissioned by American Express OPEN. The Lone Star State has an estimated 666,600 women-owned firms that employ 603,100 workers and have roughly $105 million in revenue. Texas’ growth in women-owned firms from 1997 and 2012 was the fifth-best in the nation at 75 percent. The industries with the highest concentration of women-owned firms include health care and social assistance, educational…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Planning a clinical trial†
Dr. Bays’ research site has received research grants from Amarin Corp., Amgen, Ardea, Arena, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cargill Inc., California Raisin Board, Esperion, Essentialis, Forest Laboratories, Gilead Sciences Inc., Given, GlaxoSmithKline, High Point Pharmaceuticals, Hoffman Laroche, Home Access, Johnson and Johnson, Merck & Co., Micropharma, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Omthera, Orexigen, Pfizer Inc., Pozen, Proctor and Gamble, Shionogi, Stratun Nutrition, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, TransTech Pharma, Trygg Pharmaceuticals, TWI Bio, Vivus, WPU, and Xoma. Dr. Bays has received consulting fees or speaking honoraria from Amgen,...
Source: Journal of Clinical Lipidology - October 8, 2012 Category: Lipidology Authors: W. Virgil Brown, Harold E. Bays, Kevin C. Maki, Robert A. Wild Tags: Clinical Lipidology Roundtable Discussion Source Type: research

Washington U launches $2.2 billion fundraising campaign
Washington University in St. Louis is looking to raise at least $2.2 billion in a new fundraising campaign, “Leading Together: The Campaign for Washington University.” The campaign is intended to advance what Chancellor Mark Wrighton called a comprehensive and ambitious strategic plan, which resulted from three years of institution-wide planning. The campaign, announced at a university event Saturday night and scheduled to end June 30, 2018, already has raised more than $1 billion in a quiet…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 7, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Diana Barr Source Type: research

Machinists strike at Bombardier Learjet
Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted Saturday to go on strike after rejecting a contract offer from Bombardier Learjet. The strike will begin at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Frank Molina Jr., the union’s District 70 president, said it will affect about 825 workers at Bombardier Learjet’s Wichita facility. Voting members rejected the five-year offer by 79 percent. The also approved the strike by 79 percent. The union requires two-thirds of voting members…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Daniel McCoy Source Type: research

SBA: Assess your company’s disaster readiness
When it comes to emergency planning, some business owners are proactive, reactive or somewhere in between. The U.S. Small Business Administration is encouraging the proactive approach by hosting a webinar Oct. 16. The webinar covers the "Ready Rating" program — a self-assessment tool that can help businesses owners think and plan ahead to protect employees and their business. The webinar is sponsored by Agility Recovery and the American Red Cross. Tom Heneghan, manager of preparedness at the…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Damon Scott Source Type: research

UnitedHealth seeking Brazil company
UnitedHealth Group Inc. is in talks to buy a stake in or all of Brazil's insurer and hospital operator Amil Participacoes. Bloomberg reports acquiring a piece of the Brazil firm would give the largest U.S. health insurance company access to a growing private-insurance market in the world's second-biggest-emerging economy. Read the details here.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Veterans’ Services moves to new location
The Albuquerque office of the New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services has moved to a new location in the Northeast Heights. The new office is located at 5201 Eagle Rock Ave. NE Suite 2A — near the Alameda Boulevard exit from Interstate 25 and just east of Balloon Fiesta Park. The office was previously located on San Mateo Boulevard. Officials said the new location will be a “one-stop shop” for veterans and their dependents that need assistance with filing for VA claims, state veterans’…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Damon Scott Source Type: research

Navy says Bethesda medical center expansion won't add much traffic
Bethesda residents expressed outrage over the Navy's first public explanation of how its expansion plans would affect traffic around the medical center campus along Rockville Pike at a public meeting on Thursday, the Washington Examiner reported. The Navy is planning a five-story building, a 341,000-square-foot research center and a 500-space underground parking garage.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

UNM’s RWJF center recognized in D.C.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico has been recognized by Excelencia in Education as one of America’s top programs that increase academic opportunities for Latino students. The center was honored by officials and higher education leaders at an event at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Excelencia in Education is a nonprofit with a mission of accelerating Latino student success…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Damon Scott Source Type: research

Kansas Supreme Court to rule on pain-and-suffering cap
After three years of waiting, the Kansas Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision Friday on a state law that limits to $250,000 the amount a plaintiff can receive in a civil suit for noneconomic damages, commonly known as pain and suffering. According to an Associated Press report, the issue arose when Kansas resident Amy Miller won a medical malpractice case in which the jury awarded her $400,000 for pain and suffering, an amount later reduced by a judge to $250,000. Physicians and other…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

CFO Of The Year - Jon Sohn
Jon Sohn Category: Large Private Companies ($250 Million+) Company: Wheaton Franciscan Health Care Title: Senior vice president and chief financial officer Jon Sohn is more than just a man who is good with numbers. As chief financial officer at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, he’s had his hand in growing the integrated health care system into a thriving organization. In his comfortable office at Wheaton’s headquarters in Glendale, Sohn is humble about his role. Although he acknowledges…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Stephanie Beecher Source Type: research

Wesley, Via Christi recognized for organ donation availability
Wesley Medical Center and Via Christi Hospital-St. Francis were among the 18 Kansas and Missouri hospitals recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for increasing the number of organs available for transplant. The Wichita Eagle reports Wesley won the gold award and Via Christi won the silver award.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Cell Therapeutics selling $60M of preferred stock
Cell Therapeutics Inc. said it's selling 60,000 shares of preferred stock at $1,000 per share that will raise $60 million, before expenses. Shares in the Seattle biotech (NASDAQ: CTIC) fell more than 28 percent in pre-market trading on the news. Cell Therapeutics said in a statement that it will use the money from the stock sale to "support the launch of Pixuvri (pixantrone) in Europe and to commence phase III trials of pacritinib as well as for general corporate purposes, which may include, among…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Jobs report: U.S. adds 114,000; Who's hiring/firing in Boston?
The U.S. economy added an estimated 114,000 jobs to nonfarm payrolls in September, according to the federal government's monthly jobs report. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) monthly employment situation summary, released minutes ago this morning, showed the U.S. unemployment rate dropped in September to 7.8 percent, from 8.1 percent in August. The real number of unemployed persons was 12.1 million, down by 456,000. Economists had expected a monthly gain of 110,000 jobs, and an upward tick…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Galen Moore Source Type: research

[News & Analysis] Biomedicine: Pharma Firms Push for Sharing of Cancer Trial Data
A consortium of pharmaceutical companies hopes to improve the success rate of experimental cancer therapies by getting cancer researchers to share data from clinical trials.Author: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
Source: Science: Current Issue - October 4, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee Source Type: research

Boston Scientific, University of Minnesota sign ‘master research’ pact
The University of Minnesota and Boston Scientific Corp. have signed a “master research agreement” that will simplify how the medical-device maker funds research at the school. The agreement is the first formal pact to emerge out of the University of Minnesota's Innovation Partnerships (MN-IP) program. The school launched MN-IP in December to eliminate “protracted negotiations” between it and businesses that want to license U of M intellectual property. The program allows companies to sponsor…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Katharine Grayson Source Type: research

Lake Norman region companies honored for jobs
Three north Mecklenburg businesses were named Companies of the Year for creating jobs in the Lake Norman Regional Economic Development Corp. area. They are Ovation Wireless Management in Cornelius, Ingersoll Rand in Davidson and Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville. The companies were honored during an appreciation lunch at Northstone Country Club in Huntersville. These are the companies that contribute to the communities by growing their payrolls, says Jerry Broadway, executive director of the…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ken Elkins Source Type: research

Riverside General Hospital CEO arrested, reports say
Riverside General Hospital CEO Earnest Gibson III, his son and five others were arrested by the FBI Thursday, according to media reports. "I can't comment on the particulars of the charges until the documents are unsealed," Federal Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap told the Houston Chronicle. Gibson took over as Riverside General CEO in 1983. In August, Harris County filed suit in Harris County District Court on behalf of several entities against Riverside General Hospital, "for…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bayan Raji Source Type: research

Attorney General Holder announces charges in $430 million Medicare fraud case
Federal authorities charged 91 health care professionals with committing $430 million in Medicare fraud on Thursday, following a joint investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Attorney General Eric Holder made the announcement today in Washington, D.C. These medical professionals allegedly billed $230 million to Medicare in fraudulent home health service charges, $100 million in fraudulent mental health charges and $49 million in fraudulent…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: James Aldridge Source Type: research

Private equity fueling fracking boom... Calif. gas stations shut on supply shortages... Schilling might have to sell bloody sock to cover loans
Business news from around the Web: Private equity rushes to fuel America's fracking boom (Forbes) U.S. authorities arrest 91 medical professionals in alleged Medicare fraud scheme (Fox) Consumers won't open their wallets until the election ends (Forbes) California gas stations begin to shut on supply shortages and record-high prices (Bloomberg) Facebook tops 1 billion users (USA Today) Google warns of more Motorola cuts (Reuters) Former Red Sox pitcher Schilling might have to sell bloody sock…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ed Stych Source Type: research

Seeking Alpha comes to defense of PSS World Medical
Seeking Alpha has come to the defense of PSS World Medical Inc., saying an online news story that hinted the company could be committing fraud was “unfair and unfounded.” The Jacksonville-based medical supply distributor's stock price (NASDAQ: PSSI) fell after the story was posted but quickly rebounded, according to Seeking Alpha. “It appears that investors read the piece and realized that far from being news, the Street Sweeper article was essentially a hit piece, using anecdotes, scare…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ashley Gurbal Kritzer Source Type: research

David Catania backs decision to force small businesses into benefit exchange
Influential D.C. Councilman David Catania, I-At large, voiced strong support Thursday for a proposal to require all companies with fewer than 50 workers to buy health insurance through a government-run marketplace. On Wednesday, the D.C. Health Benefit Exchange authority, charged with implementing a key part of the federal health care reform law, approved a plan that would require all insurance sold to either individuals or small businesses to be sold exclusively through the exchange. D.C. Council…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ben Fischer Source Type: research

Brandon Regional expands ER services to Plant City
Brandon Regional Hospital has opened a new emergency center in Plant City. The 11,000-square-foot facility is located on 3065 James L. Redman Parkway and provides residents with ER wait times on the hospitals website and via text messaging, according to a written statement. Brandon Regional Hospital also has recently renovated its Women’s Center and its Behavioral Health Center.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Nemours dedication ceremony: How a 13-year-old upstaged Gov. Rick Scott
I came into the Nemours Children’s Hospital dedication ceremony with certain expectations. Sure, I expected there to be stirring speeches from hospital leadership and elected officials. And there were. And I expected stilt walkers and balloon girls, but only because I was told they would be there. And I expected to see about 100 kids cross the threshold into the hospital through silly string. Which, no matter how much you mentally prep for that, the sight of it was still awesome. But here’s…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Abraham Aboraya Source Type: research

Feds re-up BioLabs funding for radiation drug
Cleveland BioLabs Inc. received an increase in funding from a federal contract supporting its radiation treatment drug. The company will receive another $770,442 from the U.S. Department of Defense through its Defense Threat Reducation Agency contract awarded in 2011. The original award was for $1.58 million. The company expects to use the funds for development activities for its Entolimod product as a medical radiation countermeasure. Last month, the company (NASDAQ: CBLI) announced it had received…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tracey Drury Source Type: research

PHOTOS: Excellence in Health Care 2012
Last week, the Charlotte Business Journal held an event to recognize this year's class of Excellence in Health Care honorees. Here is a look at that event.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 3, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jen Wilson Source Type: research

D.C. board votes to force small businesses to use new benefits marketplace
The D.C. Health Benefit Exchange board voted Wednesday to force all companies with 50 or fewer people on their health plan to purchase insurance through the new government-run marketplace when it launches in 2014, a controversial proposal roundly criticized by a coalition of businesses. However, the vote marked a significant concession from an earlier proposal to set the minimum for avoiding the exchange at 100 covered lives. Board members, who voted unanimously, said the marketplace will need…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 3, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ben Fischer Source Type: research

Franciscan Health System partners with Seattle Children’s on neonatal care
Seattle Children’s Hospital is partnering with Franciscan Health System to provide neonatal care at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way and St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw starting early next year. Seattle Children’s neonatologists and neonatal nurse practitioners will provide care to premature and critically ill newborns at St. Joseph, along with support and consultation at St. Francis and St. Elizabeth. In March, Franciscan received approval from the…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 3, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jennifer Sokolowsky Source Type: research

Small businesses becoming more pessimistic, U.S. Chamber says
Forget four years ago: Is your business better off now than it was two years ago, after the financial crisis had ended? Sixty percent of small business owners/executives say the climate for their companies has gotten worse over the past two years, according to a quarterly survey conducted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. That's up from 55 percent who said that back in July. Nearly half of small business owners aren't sure if their businesses' best days are ahead of them. Only 15 percent believe…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 3, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Kent Hoover Source Type: research

Per-worker health insurance climbs over $10,000 a year
The average cost to Denver businesses of insuring workers rose above $10,000 for each employee for the first time in 2012. But an increase of 4½ percent per worker was companies’ smallest in more than six years, according to a study released Wednesday by Aon Hewitt, a human resources consulting firm. Major companies’ per-worker average health care cost rose to $10,253 in 2012, up from $9,815 in 2011. It was below the national average of $10,522, Aon Hewitt said. The 4½ percent jump was down…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 3, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

California seeks three more iHubs, expands San Francisco program
San Francisco’s iHub is growing. The unfunded state Innovation Hub program, which began with a San Francisco focus on the biotech industry in Mission Bay, will open to the entire city, state officials said Wednesday. It also will expand to other sectors, including high tech, cleantech nd the city’s fashion and art communities. Kish Rajan, the newly appointed director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, or GO-Biz, also said the state is opening the application process…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 3, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: research

UMKC nursing school gets $1.5M to improve clinics’ care
The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing has received a three-year, $1.5 million federal grant to help improve medical services at two area community health clinics. Announced Wednesday, the grant comes from the Health Resources and Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The nursing school, working with UMKC’s dental and pharmacy schools, will create clinical teams of faculty and students from the three schools and members of the clinical…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 3, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: David Twiddy Source Type: research

Jackson Laboratory plans Sacramento expansion
The Jackson Laboratory, which operates a 115,000-square foot facility on Raley Boulevard in Sacramento, is launching a $27 million expansion to make more room to house and care for mice used in genetic research, the company announced today. The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution based in Bar Harbor, Maine. Better known as JAX, the nonprofit announced the expansion Wednesday. With the expansion, JAX — West is expected to increase its footprint to 165,000…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 3, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Melanie Turner Source Type: research

PSS World Medical under fire from wbsite
PSS World Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: PSSI) came under fire Wednesday from The Street Sweeper, an online news organization that investigates publicly traded companies. A San Diego-based forensic accountant told The Street Sweeper that there are signs that something could be amiss at the Jacksonville-based distributor of medical supplies after reviewing the company’s documents. “It wouldn’t surprise me if the company was trying to hide something,” Keith Mautner told The Street Sweeper. “They’re…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 3, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ashley Gurbal Kritzer Source Type: research