bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlinesThis is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader, such as GoogleReader, or to display this data on your own website or blog. Subscribe to this data using MyMedWorm.Subscribe to this data using GoogleReader.Subscribe to this data using Bloglines.Subscribe to this data using MyYahoo.

This page shows you the latest items in this publication.

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

8882 records returned

12 arrested in sweep of in-home caregiversEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An arrest sweep Thursday netted 12 people suspected of defrauding the In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program in Sacramento County out of more than $300,000. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Trinity Medical Center asks judge to dismiss Irondale suitEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Trinity Medical Center attorneys said the east Birmingham hospital never agreed to build a hospital in Irondale and asked a Jefferson County judge Thursday to dismiss the city's lawsuit seeking financial damages. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

NHI buys five assisted-living facilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
National Health Investors, a Murfreesboro-based health care real estate investment trust, announced Thursday the purchase of five assisted-living facilities from Kansas-based Bickford Senior Living. (NHI) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

D. Brent Polk leaving Vanderbilt for job at USCEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
D. Brent Polk, who has a division named after him at Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine, is leaving the university to become chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. He also will become vice president of academic affairs at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles beginning April 1. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Sunrise closes sale for $204 millionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sunrise Senior Living Inc. has completed its sale of 21 assisted-living communities to BLC Acquisitions Inc. for $204 million. (BKD) (SRZ) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Precision Wire Components soldEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An Ohio private equity firm has purchased Precision Wire Components for undisclosed terms. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

UC taps Alivisatos as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory directorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Paul Alivisatos, who’s been interim director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory this year, now has that job formally. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Benioff, Salesforce give $2M for Mission Bay hospitalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Salesforce.com and its leader, Marc Benioff, have contributed $2 million to UCSF to help build a planned children’s hospital in San Francisco’s Mission Bay. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Regence: Swedish may end agreementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Regence BlueShield in Washington officials said they’ve received a letter from Swedish Medical Center, indicating that the Seattle hospital group will terminate its deal with Regence if a deal can’t be met. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Christus bans outdoor smoking at hospitalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Christus Santa Rosa Health System has become the first hospital system in San Antonio to implement a smoke-free policy at all of its campuses. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Former McKesson chairman convicted of fraudEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Charles McCall, former chairman of San Francisco-based McKesson Corp., was convicted Thursday of fraud in a case that cost McKesson investors $8.6 billion. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Omeros loses $3.9M in Q3Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Omeros Corp., a biopharmaceutical company that went public last month, reported a third-quarter loss of $3.9 million, or a loss of $1.34 per share. (OMER) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

White named president, CEO of Chandler Regional Medical CenterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Patty White has been named the new president and CEO of Chandler Regional Medical Center, a Catholic Healthcare West facility. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Oakland's Kaiser Permanente awards $256K in SoCal nursing scholarshipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Kaiser Permanente said Thursday it’s funding 145 scholarships for nursing students in Southern California, as part of a broader effort to subsidize $5 million in RN education this year. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

U.S. recovers $2.4B in fraud settlementsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The U.S. recovered $2.4 billion in settlements and judgments in cases involving fraud against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the Department of Justice said Thursday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City approves $6.5M in grantsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City approved $6.5 million in Safety Net grants Thursday to 46 Kansas City-area agencies. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Dayton group argues for regular mammogramsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Dayton breast cancer task force disagrees with new recommendations from the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force that women should not receive regular mammograms until they reach their 50s. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

UW-Madison gets $9.5M Gates Foundation grant to study flu virusesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave the University of Wisconsin-Madison a $9.5 million grant to study influenza threats to human health. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Brookdale Senior Living closes sale for 18 communitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Tennessee-based Brookdale Senior Living Inc. has closed its deal to buy 18 senior living communities from Sunrise Senior Living Inc. for $190 million. (BKD) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Business Journal announces 40 Under 40 classEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The St. Louis Business Journal has chosen its 2010 40 Under 40 award winners. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

OncoVista posts third-quarter loss despite revenue growthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
OncoVista Innovative Therapies Inc. is continuing to build its revenues as the development stage company works toward becoming profitable. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

NY revives retirement buyout program to state agenciesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
New York Gov. David Paterson's budget director has ordered state agencies to continue extending retirement buyouts to employees. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

DeBakey VA center opens two mental health units for veteransEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center has opened two new mental health units for returning combat troops and for women veterans. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

P&G recalls Vicks Sinex lots in U.S., U.K., GermanyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Procter & Gamble Co. said Thursday it is voluntarily recalling three lots of Vicks Sinex nasal spray that were distributed in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany. (PG) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

DeGette prefers abortion language in Senate health-reform billEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, said Thursday she was "pleased" with language concerning abortion in a new U.S. Senate health-care reform measure, in contrast to her opposition to anti-abortion provisions in a different health bill passed earlier by the House. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Adults eligible for latest H1N1 clinics in Columbus, Franklin CountyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Columbus Public Health and the Franklin County Board of Health are widening the field in distributing the free H1N1 “swine flu” vaccine. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Epilepsy unit sales boost Cyberonics’ second quarterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Cyberonics Inc. has posted record sales for its fiscal second quarter. (CYBX) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Mercer: Health benefits cost Phila.-area employers 6% more this yearEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Health-benefit costs for employers in the Philadelphia region increased 6.2 percent in 2009 to an average of $10,321 per employee, according to Mercer’s 2009 national survey of employer-sponsored health plans released Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Md. stem cell panel sees record interest for research grantsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission received nearly 200 proposals for state-funded research grants, the highest number of applications to date in a year when there is less money available. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Brookdale Senior Living closes sale for 18 communitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nashville-based Brookdale Senior Living Inc. announced Wednesday evening that it has closed its deal to buy 18 senior living communities from Sunrise Senior Living Inc. for $190 million. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Zynex Medical will move HQ to Lone TreeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Zynex Medical Inc., a Colorado maker of medical devices, will move its headquarters from Littleton to Lone Tree in early 2010 to accommodate growth. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Washington state says ‘really, no smoking!’Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Washington State Department of Health is taking one of the toughest stands possible against smoking at its four-building Tumwater campus: Absolutely no tobacco products are allowed after May 2010. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Medspira gets license to sell Mayo Clinic productsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Medspira announced Wednesday it has entered into an agreement with Mayo Clinic to market and manufacture several products developed by the Rochester-based medical clinic. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

FPIC hit with $1.2 million assessmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Jacksonville-based FPIC Insurance Group will take a $1.2 million hit to its fourth-quarter earnings as a result of a Florida Insurance Guaranty Fund assessment, the medical professional liability insurance company said Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Mercer: Health benefits costs slow in '09Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
So far, 2009 has yielded the lowest annual increase in health benefit costs in a decade, according to a survey conducted by Mercer. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

State budget gap projected to top $20 billionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
California is facing a $20.7 billion deficit in the General Fund budget over the next 18 months, the Legislative Analyst’s Office announced Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Missouri ranks 38th in health surveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The 20th edition of a national health report finds that Missourians have put on a few pounds. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Mercer: Employers see lowest health cost increase in decadeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Employers saw the costs to provide health care coverage to employees rise 5.5 percent in 2009, the lowest annual increase in a decade, according to the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, conducted annually by the Mercer consulting firm. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Poniard drug OK in mid-stage cancer studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Poniard Pharmaceuticals Inc., which stumbled with its cancer drug picoplatin in a Phase III trial, hit the main goal of a mid-stage metastatic colorectal cancer study using the chemotherapy agent, the company said Wednesday. (PARD) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Salix Pharmaceuticals to offer 5.5 million shares in a public offeringEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Salix Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SLXP) said Wednesday it has priced a public offering of 5.5 million shares of the company’s stock. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Assurant Health inks exclusive pact with USAAEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Assurant Health will become the exclusive provider of individual medical insurance to the more than 7.3 million members of USAA, under a marketing alliance announced Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Survey: NY workers see rise in health benefit costsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The total health benefit cost for workers in upstate New York rose 7.9 percent in 2009, to an average of $8,308 per employee. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

UNC’s latest grant haul raises intake of federal stimulus dollars to $127 millionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have received $11.8 million in National Institutes of Health challenge grants, bringing the school’s haul of stimulus dollars to more than $127.4 million. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Mount Sinai Medical Center turns profitEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Mount Sinai Medical Center posted a huge financial turnaround in the third quarter that put it on pace for its most profitable year this decade. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Asterand to buy BioSeek for up to $14MEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Asterand plc will buy BioSeek Inc., a South San Francisco company that engineered assays that help drug-development companies decide whether to move forward with preclinical programs, for up to $14 million. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Cincinnati-area hospitals boosted charity care in ’08Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Greater Cincinnati hospitals provided more than $276 million in uncompensated care in 2008, a 15 percent increase over 2007, according to Greater Cincinnati Health Council figures released Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Mercer survey: Kansas City area has highest health care cost percentage increaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Kansas City-area employers expect to see a 7.4 percent increase next year in costs to provide health care coverage to employees — the highest projected increase among 25 metropolitan areas covered in a survey Mercer Health & Benefits LLC released Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Denver Health to offer swine-flu vaccinations SaturdayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Denver Health will offer vaccinations for the H1N1 "swine" flu to a variety of high-risk groups at three locations Saturday, Nov. 21. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Nathan Littauer receives accreditation for CT scanningEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nathan Littauer Hospital has received CT scanning accreditation from the American College of Radiology. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Robert David steps in as health benefits No. 2 at CalPERSEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Robert David, 52, has been appointed assistant executive officer for health benefits for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals