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Bill Frist, Health Care Council announce first fellows class
The Nashville Health Care Council announced today its inaugural 33-person Council Fellows class, which includes representatives from various sectors of Nashville's $70 billion health care industry, including venture capital, public relations, providers, insurers and academics.
Dr. Bill Frist and Owen Graduate School of Management professor Larry Van Horn are co-directing the fellows initiative, which was announced in November. About 80 individuals applied to be in the inaugural class; the applicant…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 22, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: E.J. Boyer Source Type: research
Construction workers now stretch before workday begins
Sellen Construction Co. sub-contractors building a project in Tacoma are now beginning their workday with a new routine: stretching and balance exercises.
The News Tribune in Tacoma reports the workers were reluctant at first but construction companies note that the pre-workday stretching routine reduces on-the-job injuries and workers say it helps to minimize minor aches and pains.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 21, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
Bill Gates invests in Mass. cancer company
Bill Gates has invested in Foundation Medicine Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech that makes a $5,800 test for cancer.
The Wall Street Journal reports the Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder and two other investors invested $13.5 million in Foundation, and Gates said Foundation "is forcing medicine to think in new ways. We'll have better survival rates because of it."
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 21, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
Probe of Boeing 787 expands... BlackBerry may license software... Controversial Kim Dotcom starts new file-storage service... Billion-dollar divorces — VIDEO
Business news from around the Web:
Probe of Boeing 787 battery fire expands (The Wall Street Journal)
Maker of BlackBerry considering licensing out software (Reuters)
Dell take-private deal said to lose momentum (Fox)
Controversial website operator Kim Dotcom launches new file-storage service (The Wall Street Journal)
Do employees have the right to refuse flu shot? (Fox)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 21, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ed Stych Source Type: research
Troubled Universal Health Care announces a halt to new enrollments
Universal Health Care, a St. Petersburg managed care company, has stopped marketing its Medicare services.
The move signals further trouble for Universal, which has been losing members and is classified by the federal government as a “consistent poor performer,” the Tampa Bay Times said. In December, Universal laid off 100 employees, leaving it with roughly 1,000 total employees.
Last week, the company sent a letter to its agents that read, in part: “Universal Health Care has made the decision…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 21, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
Humana to move government operations to suburbs
Humana Inc. plans to move the majority of its government business operations from several downtown sites to a consolidated suburban location at the Forum Office Park on North Hurstbourne Parkway in Louisville’s East End.
The company, which has a huge downtown office presence, has signed a lease for a total of 130,000 square feet in two of the four Forum buildings, according to Keith Sant, principal of Louisville-based Sant Commercial Real Estate LLC, which helped negotiate the lease for the space…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 18, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John R. Karman III Source Type: research
Bill to fund Colorado tech startups passes legislative committee
A proposed Colorado grant program for advanced industries -- the first major business bill of the 2013 legislative session -- passed through a House committee with bipartisan backing Thursday despite some Republicans' concern that it would put the state into competition with banks and venture capital firms.
House Bill 1001 -- sponsored by Reps. Dave Young, D-Greeley, and Cheri Gerou, R-Evergreen -- would create a $12.5 million pot of money to be given to early-stage private companies in industries…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 17, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ed Sealover Source Type: research
JeffCo approves Jefferson Clinic contract
Jefferson County commissioners today approved a one-year contract for Jefferson Clinic doctors working at Cooper Green Mercy Hospital, a top county official said.
County CEO Tony Petelos told me the contract is for $1.9 million, much less than the more than $12 million contract set to expire on Jan. 31. The funding cut is directly tied to the end of inpatient care at the facility, he said.
The new contract is set to go into effect Feb. 1, Petelos said.
Cooper Green will contract the equivalent…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 17, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Yann Ranaivo Source Type: research
What I learned from Bud Selig and some top scientists in Arizona
I had the opportunity this morning to moderate a panel of some of the nation’s top researchers — and we’re lucky enough that they live and work here in Arizona.
More than 280 scientists and business leaders attended the panel discussion sponsored by the Translational Genomics Research Institute today. They learned a lot, and so did I.
Allan “Bud” Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball, was a featured speaker. He fielded hot questions from the audience about steroids. Selig also…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 17, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Angela Gonzales Source Type: research
New federal health rule changes policy for protecting patient privacy
UPDATE: Provides additional context and detail on the new rule requirements.
New federal rules about patient privacy will extend protection requirements beyond hospitals and health care providers.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the changes Thursday. Now the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) will apply to contractors and business partners of the health care providers. For example, contractors and subcontractors working for hospitals…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 17, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Valerie Bauman Source Type: research
UC Regents give UCSF Medical Center OK to move forward with Children's Oakland affiliation
Top officials at UCSF Medical Center told staffers in an email Thursday afternoon that the UC Regents this week "gave their approval for UCSF to continue working toward a formal affiliation with Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland."
In the memo, CEO Mark Laret and UCSF School of Medicine Dean Sam Hawgood called the Regents' approval "another critical milestone," but cautioned that it is not a final approval.
In addition, Laret and Hawgood said, Children's Hospital's board of directors…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 17, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Chris Rauber Source Type: research
7 tips to prevent the flu in your office
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting that the flu is not only widespread nationwide, but also here in Missouri.
The flu season can be particularly hard on businesses that are forced to absorb indirect costs like lost productivity, an absent workforce and increased health care claims, Business First reports.
Unfortunately, offices make for great places for the flu to spread. Here are some office flu prevention tips from Challenger Gray & Christmas, a Chicago-based outplacement…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 17, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Samantha Liss Source Type: research
California Endowment pledges $225M to federal health reform
The California Endowment has pledged a special allocation of $225 million over four years to support successful implementation of federal health reform in the state.
The idea is to build upon the foundation’s 10-year Building Healthy Communities plan to promote prevention and improved health in underserved communities across California.
”We have a golden opportunity to create a health care system that is more accessible, more cost-effective and more prevention-oriented,” board president and…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 17, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Kathy Robertson Source Type: research
Emory's Winship Institute gets $10M toward new breast cancer center
Emory's Winship Cancer Institute received $10 million to help pay for a breast cancer program.
The $10 million was donated by the Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation.
The private donation establishes the Glenn Family Breast Center. It is the first named center at Winship and represents a commitment to the work already underway at Georgia’s only cancer center designated by the National Cancer Institute.
The cancer center at Winship supports research and treatment programs critical to battling…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 17, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Urvaksh Karkaria Source Type: research
Covered California gets $674M to keep developing insurance exchange
Covered California has received a federal grant of $674 million to continue development of — and to launch — a new insurance program for individuals and small businesses in 2014.
The latest grant brings total federal funding for the program to almost $1 billion. A $1 million grant was awarded in Sept. 2010 to establish a board, recruit staff and develop a plan. Then came grants of more than $39 million in August 2011 and $196 million in August 2012 to plan and implement core areas of the program.
The…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 17, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Kathy Robertson Source Type: research
Is the European Pediatric Medicine Regulation working for children and adolescents with cancer?
Abstract
The European Pediatric Medicine Regulation was launched in 2007 to provide better medicines for children. Five years later, the number of new anticancer drugs in early development in the pediatric population remains low and most children with cancer are still largely denied access to innovative drugs in Europe, as compared to the US. We analyzed individual PIP and waiver decisions for oncology drugs as well as all oncology drugs which have been approved for marketing authorization since 2007 in Europe. Among the 45 approved Pediatric Investigation Plans (PIPs), 33% concern leukemias and lymphomas, 29% soli...
Source: Clinical Cancer Research - January 17, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Vassal G, Geoerger B, Morland B Tags: Clin Cancer Res Source Type: research
Bill would make Colorado officials return bidders’ iPads
A Republican state senator on Wednesday introduced a bill to bar the Colorado state government from keeping iPads and other pricey electronic devices that it solicits during bidding processes.
Instead, state departments would be required to return such equipment to companies vying for state contracts.
Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, said he was inspired to write Senate Bill 34 after reading about a Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) bidding process in which the department…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 16, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ed Sealover Source Type: research
Group to present $550K to UAB cancer center
The University of Alabama at Birmingham's Comprehensive Cancer Center is set to receive $550,000 to help with breast cancer research, the school announced today.
The donation, which will be presented on Jan. 18, comes from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama, according to a UAB news release. This year's donation brings the organization's contributions to research at UAB to nearly $4 million, the release said.
In addition to continuing breast cancer research, the foundation's donation…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 16, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Yann Ranaivo Source Type: research
Genentech takes Exelixis drug into Phase III melanoma trial
Genentech Inc. is moving forward with a cancer-fighting combo that includes a drug it licensed from Exelixis Inc., giving the smaller biotech company the option to potentially co-promote the drug.
Genentech, the South San Francisco-based biotech subsidiary of drug giant Roche, dosed the first patient Monday in the Phase III trial, Exelixis said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday. The study is evaluating already-approved Zelboraf in combination with Exelixis-discovered GDC-0973…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 16, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: research
Marin General Hospital wins $11 million more in arbitration battle
Marin General Hospital has won an additional $11 million from Sutter Health in a long-running arbitration, on top of $21.5 million awarded last August.
Judge Rebecca Westerfield, the court-appointed arbitrator in the case, awarded the extra $11 million to cover attorneys’ fees and pre-judgement interest, Marin General said late Tuesday.
Last June, Westerfield awarded Marin General $21.5 million in a dispute over whether Sutter illegally skimmed more than $100 million in revenue from the hospital…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 16, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Chris Rauber Source Type: research
YMCA of Honolulu programs target obesity, diabetes
The YMCA of Honolulu has launched several new programs targeting obesity and related chronic diseases such as diabetes.
Erin Berhman, the Y’s senior healthy lifestyle director, talked story with me last week and filled me in on some of their latest outreach efforts.
GlucoFitClub is one of those new programs, designed for people with diabetes or those who are pre-diabetic. Berhman said they kicked it off as a pilot program this fall at two of their branches.
“We work on everything from lowering…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 16, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jenna Blakely Source Type: research
Memorial Hermann The Woodlands CEO talks growth
Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital anticipated rapid growth in the area as it built its recently completed seven-story, 240,000-square foot patient tower.
In addition to a major operating room expansion, there are four floors with space available to build out smaller projects in the coming years that will cost between $8 million to $12 million each.
Hospital CEO Steve Sanders told me he anticipates the bed count will increase to more than 300 from its current 258 over the next few years as…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 16, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bayan Raji Source Type: research
Fitness matters when it comes to being CEO
It turns out brains and business acumen aren’t the only assets for the successful CEO. So is being fit, according to Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal.
New research by the nonprofit Center for Creative Leadership indicates that extra pounds impact both perceived leadership ability and stamina, the paper reports.
“Because the demands of leadership can be quite strenuous, the physical aspects are just as important as everything else,” said Sharon McDowell-Larsen, who runs the CLC’s executive…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 16, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: E.B. Solomont Source Type: research
Opko Health stock hits 52-week high
Shares of Opko Health reached a 52-week high on Wednesday and ended up closing up 5 percent.
The Miami-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology company (NYSE: OPK) opened trading at $5.71 and got as high as $6.12 before settling at $6 when the market closed. Its previous 52-week high was $5.78 on Tuesday.
Its 52-week low was $4 on Aug. 2.
Opko recently announced the acquisition of a Canadian drug company for $100 million.
Many bloggers have keyed in on how often Opko Chairman and CEO Dr. Phillip…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 16, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Brian Bandell Source Type: research
Parkland ER overhaul called substantially complete
Parkland Hospital has substantially completed the federally required revamping of its emergency department, at a cost of $5.7 million.
Parkland's Board of Managers toured the improved ER areas Wednesday, and I tagged along.
For the past year, Parkland has been under strict government oversight after failing a series of inspections in 2011 related to patient safety and other concerns. The hospital must pass a final inspection by April to continue to receive Medicare and Medicaid payments.
Some…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 16, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bill Hethcock Source Type: research
Highmark confirms bondholder deal
Health insurer Highmark Inc. on Wednesday announced an agreement with West Penn Allegheny Health System bondholders to pay 87.5 cents on every dollar of $710 million in outstanding bonds, paving the way for acquisition of the ailing hospital network.
State Insurance Department approval is the biggest hurdle remaining for Highmark, which will pay $621.25 million to satisfy the system’s bond debt. Including the sale price of $475 million for the system, Highmark’s cost of the acquisition exceeds…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 16, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Kris B. Mamula Source Type: research
Pharma industry 'strategic crisis'
The problem is shrinking margins, caused by price and cost pressure, regulatory change and expiring patents, report says
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - January 16, 2013 Category: Chemistry Authors: Andrew Turley Source Type: research
Insiders: Washington sailing full speed toward debt disaster
Grim.
Frightening.
Appalling.
Depressing.
They all describe the fiscal challenges ahead for the United States.
Perhaps even more concerning: These same words apply to the capacity of our political system to solve these fiscal issues and the public’s grasp of debt and deficits, rising health care costs, taxes and entitlement spending.
Three Washington insiders — all lawyers with McKenna Long & Aldridge — presented a sobering assessment of the gargantuan fiscal problems facing the U.S.…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 15, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Neil Westergaard Source Type: research
Hard Candy Cases to move headquarters to Jack London Square
Hard Candy Cases, a maker of cases and accessories for Apple phones, laptops and tablets, is moving its headquarters to Jack London Square in Oakland from Danville.
The company leased 4,600 square feeet in 10 Clay St. in a recently renovated office building owned by the Rogers Family Office.
“Jack London Square isn't your typical office environment, it is a place that's attractive to progressive, creative people, which are the kind of employees we need for our business," said Tim Hickman, CEO…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 15, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Blanca Torres Source Type: research
Georgia Senate committee approves tax on hospitals
Legislation aimed at keeping Georgia’s Medicaid program solvent is moving quickly in the General Assembly.
A state Senate committee Tuesday approved a bill authorizing the Georgia Department of Community Health to reimpose for four years a “bed tax” on hospitals that would bring in $689 million a year in state and federal funds to prop up a Medicaid program facing a shortfall.
Tuesday’s vote came on just the second day of the 2013 legislative session and put the measure on track to be taken…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 15, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Dave Williams Source Type: research
Health Care District of Palm Beach chairman steps down
Attorney Benjamin Frank is stepping down as chairman of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County. His replacement hasn’t been determined.
Frank was appointed to the board of the district, a taxing authority that runs health care services throughout the county and funds trauma care at local hospitals, in 2009 by former Governor Charlie Crist. He was elected as chair by the district board in October 2011.
Frank submitted an application for reappointment to the board by Governor Rick Scott…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 15, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Brian Bandell Source Type: research
Sutter consolidating print services to West Sacramento printer
A Colfax company is losing a significant chunk of business to a West Sacramento rival as Sutter Health consolidates the number of printing suppliers it uses.
Colfax-based Tully-Wihr has printed hospital business documents and some marketing materials for Sutter’s Sierra-Sacramento region for about 11 years. Known locally under the name GKM Corp., the company also provides print management services, including inventory and replacement, Tully-Wihr vice president of sales Scott Michels said.
Sutter…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 15, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Kathy Robertson Source Type: research
Sen. Watson: Texas' budget surplus should bolster schools, roads and health care
Sen. Kirk Watson released a statement Tuesday comparing the comptroller’s estimate of the state’s revenue for the current and next budget to a can of spinach falling out from under Popeye’s sailor shirt at the critical moment.
But whereas the empowering effect of the cartoon character’s favorite foodstuff always saves the day, the Democrat representing Austin isn’t convinced the budget surplus will have the same effect for Texas’ health, education and transportation infrastructure —…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 15, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: James Jeffrey Source Type: research
GI Dynamics launches weight loss device trial
Medical device firm GI Dynamics (ASX: GID) has launched a clinical trial for its weight loss device that would form the application for approval by the U.S. Food and Drug administration. The Lexington, Mass.-based company won approval in 2010 from European regulators and in 2011 from regulators in Australia, where the company trades on the Australian Securities Exchange.
EndoBarrier is a thin, flexible, tube-shaped liner that forms a physical barrier between food and a portion of the wall of the…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 15, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Julie M. Donnelly Source Type: research
Wal-Mart eyes moving into the health insurance business
Wal-Mart is exploring the idea of building a private health insurance exchange tailored to offer cheaper health insurance to small businesses, a vice president told Orlando Business Journal Jan. 11.
Marcus Osborne, vice president of health and wellness payer relations for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT), spoke to the Orlando Business Journal after his keynote speech at the Foundation of Associated Industries of Florida’s 2013 Health Care Affordability Summit. Osborne said Wal-Mart wants to work…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 15, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Abraham Aboraya Source Type: research
Why Mayo, UnitedHealth research lab won’t be based in Minnesota
Mayo Clinic and UnitedHealth Group Inc. are two of Minnesota’s biggest health care brands. So why aren’t the two juggernauts setting up their new joint research venture, Optum Labs, in their home state?
Andy Slavitt, group executive vice president at UnitedHealth's Optum business unit, said the organizations chose Cambridge, Mass., due to its reputation as a research hub and its strong health care industry.
Officials also thought setting up shop elsewhere would send the message that the research…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 15, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Katharine Grayson Source Type: research
Lawmaker suggests budget surplus should address schools, roads and health care
Sen. Kirk Watson today released a statement comparing the comptroller’s estimate of the state’s revenue for the current and next budget to a can of spinach falling out from under Popeye’s sailor shirt at the critical moment.
But whereas the empowering effect of the cartoon character’s favorite foodstuff always saves the day, the Democrat representing Austin isn’t convinced the budget surplus will have the same effect for Texas’ health, education and transportation infrastructure —…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 15, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: James Jeffrey Source Type: research
Hydrocision touts study results for herniated disk treatment
For the last two-and-a-half years since a group of investors took over control of Hydrocision Inc., the medical device company has been focused on a minimally-invasive way to treat lower back and leg pain due to herniated disks. Now, it hopes a recently-published study will helps establish its products’ effectiveness and spread the word about the treatment in the U.S.
Paul Kowalski, vice president of sales and marketing for the North Billerica-based company, told Mass High Tech that the company’s…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 14, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Don Seiffert Source Type: research
Centennial Opens Kids Express
TriStar Centennial Women's and Children’s Hospital unveiled its new Kids Express center today, a new outpatient clinic for "fast-track" pediatric services.
The center, which has six patient bays and totals 3,200 sq. feet, will offer on-site outpatient services that are becoming less readily available in pediatricians' offices, such as imaging services and medical lab testing. The aim, according to Dr. Jeffrey Guy, chief medical officer for the Women's and Children's pediatric program, is to keep…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 14, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: E.J. Boyer Source Type: research
Arthur Rock, Toni Rembe talk about Apple, Intel, Pillsbury
Philanthropist and venture capital legend Arthur Rock and Toni Rembe, philanthropist and international tax law specialist at Pillsbury, shared glimpses of their high-profile careers in a recent interview with the San Francisco Business Times for a story in our Outstanding Directors publication, to appear in the newspaper on February 22. Arthur Rock was a founding investor in Intel, and served as a director on the board of Apple.
The special publication on Outstanding Directors will also include…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 14, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: James Dunn Source Type: research
Curran named full-time CareOregon chief
CareOregon has made Patrick Curran’s CEO status permanent.
Curran, the group’s interim CEO for the past month, won the job permanently after CareOregon’s board of directors approved the move last Friday. Curran had filled the role after David Ford retired.
Curran has held several positions at CareOregon since 2003, including Medicare director and senior director of business strategy and development.
“Pat’s experience and capabilities, coupled with his relationships and knowledge of the…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 14, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Andy Giegerich Source Type: research
Hope in a vaccine: HPV and cervical cancer
A vaccine that prevents cancer seemed more like science fiction than science a mere generation ago, but today, it’s a reality for cervical cancer.
The vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix protect men and women from HPV, or human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted disease that causes specific cancers, including cervical cancer, the 12th most commonly diagnosed cancer in Georgia and South Carolina. An estimated 80 percent of American adults currently harbor the virus, which can also cause precancers…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 14, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Dr. Samir N. Khleif, director, Georgia Health Sciences University Cancer Center Source Type: research
Franciscan Health partnership gets fed OK for coordinated care
A partnership between Tacoma-based Franciscan Health Systems and Northwest Physician Health Network has been selected as one of the new – and few – Accountable Care Organizations.
That means the newly formed Franciscan Northwest Physicians Health Network LLC is one of only two health organizations in Washington state to get a share of Medicare savings because they have met new federal standards for low-cost, high-quality care.
“It’s all driving toward providing more value to the consumer…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 14, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Valerie Bauman Source Type: research
Feds propose new regulations on exchanges, Medicaid expansion
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on Jan. 14 proposed new rules to implement health reform.
The rules deal with two key areas: public health insurance exchanges at the state level and Medicaid expansions.
The rules look at verifying eligibility for Medicaid, the state and federal partnership for health insurance for the poor, and also proposes rules to verify whether a potential Medicaid enrollee has access to health insurance with their employer.
Read more from the Orlando Business…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 14, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Abraham Aboraya Source Type: research
D.C. selects Huron Healthcare for $12.7M United Medical Center turnaround project
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray's administration has tapped Chicago-based Huron Healthcare to lead a major overhaul of city-owned United Medical Center.
The two-year $12.7 million contract, which still must be approved by D.C. Council, calls for Huron to dramatically rethink the business model of the long-struggling facility in Ward 8 in hopes of selling it back to the private sector.
For more than a decade, United Medical Center has failed to generate enough revenue to cover its costs. In 2011, Gray endorsed…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 14, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ben Fischer Source Type: research
Feds propose new regulations on exchanges, Medicaid expansion
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on Jan. 14 proposed new rules to implement health reform.
The rules deal with two key areas: public health insurance exchanges at the state level and Medicaid expansions.
The rules look at verifying eligibility for Medicaid, the state and federal partnership for health insurance for the poor, and also proposes rules to verify whether a potential Medicaid enrollee has access to health insurance with their employer. Click here for a press release on…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 14, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Abraham Aboraya Source Type: research
District fits in Wal-Mart exec's vision for medical care
In Orlando last week, a senior Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executive said the retailer wants to bring full-fledged primary care medicine to market in the next five to seven years, targeting rural and underserved urban areas.
The company hasn't elaborated, but by traditional measures, most of the planned locations in the District would qualify.
Most notably, I'd suggest the two planned for Ward 7, in Capitol Heights and the old Skyland Shopping Center. Both ZIP codes count fewer than 30 actively licensed…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 14, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ben Fischer Source Type: research
Pharma Executives Aim At Small, Strategic Deals
Pharmaceuticals: Companies look to grow through focused acquisitions in 2013
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - January 14, 2013 Category: Chemistry Authors: Lisa M. Jarvis Source Type: research
Flu outbreak could have economic impact
The current flu season is shaping up to be one of the worst in a decade and the runny noses and aching heads are having an economic impact nationwide.
Seasonal flu outbreaks typically cost U.S. employers $10.4 billion in direct costs associated with care, NBC News said. The indirect costs, which include missed work and decreased productivity, are much greater.
This year, the economic impact could rise. Nationwide, the flu virus has been reported in 41 states and 29 of those are reporting high or…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 11, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
Worst flu season in years could cost employers billions
States across the country, including Florida, have been experiencing one of the worst flu season in years, with regions like Central Florida showing higher-than-expected number of flu-like cases, according to the Florida Department of Health, CF News 13 reports.
But if your employees are calling in sick with the flu, it could cost your business more than you expect.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates yearly flu outbreaks cost employers about $10.4 billion in direct costs…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 11, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
