MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'blackstone group'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:01:36 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3676898&cid=t_193973_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FIbrAMGa6g6I%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is something that’s become a regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Cegedim Dendrite promoted Angela Miccoli to Americas president, overseeing the US, Canada and Latin America. Most recently, she was senior vp for global business development and led customer relationship management sales... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3676898 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:10:12 +0100 3676898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429130&cid=t_193973_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fmore-doubts-about-private-equity-taking.html Last week, we posted about how buy-outs of not-for-profit hospital systems by private equity firms seemed to be a new fashion in health care.  Since then, new doubts have been raised about whether this is a good idea.Detroit Medical Center, Vanguard Health, and the Blackstone GroupLetters to the Detroit Free Press raised concerns,As a nonprofit corporation, DMC's mission is to provide quality health care to the community. Management is accountable to Detroit area citizens and health care consumers, not to profit-motivated investors.As a private, for-profit corporation, its mission will be to provide profit for its shareholders. Management will be accountable to shareholders and will be rewarded in relation to the rate of return on their investments.Also, the Free Press reported that a... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429130 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:14:00 +0100 3429130 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3408329&cid=t_193973_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fnow-private-equity-jumps-into-health.html And now for an early report on what may be the latest fashion in the ongoing commercialization of US health care in the US.  In the last few weeks we spotted three stories that appear to be closely related.  (And thanks to one of our ever vigilant scouts for finding the first of these.)Psychiatric Solutions and Bain CapitalThe first story was in BusinessWeek in early March:Psychiatric Solutions Inc., the operator of psychiatric facilities in 32 states, said it has been approached by a potential buyer.A special board committee will consider possible responses and Goldman, Sachs & Co. has been hired as a financial adviser, the Franklin, Tennessee-based company said today in a statement.Earlier today, the Wall Street Journal reported the company was in buyout talks with Bai... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3408329 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:26:00 +0100 3408329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2086898&cid=t_193973_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fto-whom-did-scorpions-in-bottle-owe.html In 2000, an important meeting took place between two men.The first was a member of the board of directors of Merck Inc, the global pharmaceutical company, and of the board of Charles River Laboratories, which helps "our global partners accelerate drug discovery and development by providing them with tailored research models and preclinical, clinical, support services." The second was a member of the board of IMH Health, which advertises that it provides "global information, analytics and consulting" to support "the life cycle of medicines," from "the earliest stages of research and development through product launch, product maturation and patent expiration," and on the board of BankBoston Corporation, a national and international bank holding company. What might they have talked about?It ... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2086898 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:49:00 +0100 2086898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1645890&cid=t_193973_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Ffines-re-statements-and-more-fines-just.html Several related stories about commercial managed care organizations/ health insurers surfaced recently.First, as reported by Lisa Girion in the Los Angeles Times,Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield -- two of the state's biggest health plans -- agreed Thursday to pay a total of $13 million in fines and to offer new health coverage to more than 2,200 Californians the companies dropped after they became ill.Neither company admitted to any wrongdoing in agreeing to pay the stiffest penalties yet in efforts by state authorities to curb what they view as an abusive practice of investigating and canceling policies after policyholders run up big medical bills.Blue Cross, a unit of Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc., will pay a $10-million fine to the state Department of Managed Health Care, and it wi... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1645890 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:22:00 +0100 1645890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=773302&cid=t_193973_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2007%2F8%2F1%2Fwe-must-be-stupid-stupid-stupid-mega-life-and-health.html Brian KlepperI’ve filled a lot of airtime and column inches over the last couple years talking about the financial conflicts that characterize so much of health care. I’ve focused on topics like oncology drug rebates, Medicare D drug plan scams and unnecessary care by doctors and hospitals, but the truth is that these unethical and abusive practices abound in virtually every area of health care. These outrages are often glossed over because they’re perpetrated by respectable people presumably working under the mantle of a higher mission. Of course many health care professionals are mortified by these practices and know that the system must change. I recently did a video commentary on financially conflicted care on Medscape and expected a physician backlash. What arrived i... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=773302 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:06:44 +0100 773302