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CHI announces its agenda for the 2009 California Healthcare Policy Forum

CHI-California Healthcare Institute today announced its agenda and newly confirmed speakers for the 2009 California Healthcare Policy Forum to be held Nov. 5, at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco Hotel, from 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

9 Oct 2009

Harborside Healthcare to pay $1.375M to resolve kickback allegations

Harborside Healthcare and HHC Nutrition Services will pay the United States $1.375 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the company received kickbacks and assistance under the guise of a sham durable medical equipment (DME) provider, the Justice Department announced today.

9 Oct 2009

CBO: Over 10 years, finance health reform bill will cost $829 billion but reduce deficit

The Congressional Budget Office yesterday released its updated cost estimates for the health bill being considered by the Senate Finance Committee.

9 Oct 2009

CardioPharma to submit an NDA for CardiaPill

CardioPharma is beginning the final funding phase before submitting an NDA for CardiaPill, the world's first patented triple-combination cardiovascular polypill. "The recent news from Kaiser Permanente reinforces that in this cost containment and efficacy oriented healthcare environment, CardiaPill is in the right place at the right time," stated Don Sellers, CardioPharma's Chairman and CEO.

9 Oct 2009

Coburn opposes Medicare Part B premiums freeze, Mccain calls drug pact 'unsavory'

Health care news is emerging from the Senate besides the Finance Committee bill.

9 Oct 2009

Gene sequencer donated for cardiovascular research

The Foundation has donated a latest-generation gene sequencer to the hospital's Cardiovascular Research Unit for use in its research project "Genetic testing in cardiovascular pathologies linked to sudden cardiac death among young athletes".

9 Oct 2009

Children's Hospital Boston conference explores innovative ways to transform the national Health IT system

As government, industry and academic leaders work to transform the nation's health information system, there is increasing interest in the notion of a national health information network in which consumers can actively engage, and which can provide the foundation for an "iPhone-like" ecosystem of applications to compete on price and value.

9 Oct 2009

Grifols USA to distribute AMDL Diagnostics' DR-70 Onko-Sure cancer test

Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a US-based pharmaceutical company through its wholly-owned subsidiary AMDL Diagnostics, Inc. (ADI) announced today it has entered into an exclusive 5-year marketing and distribution agreement with Grifols USA, LLC.

9 Oct 2009

Digestive Health Outcomes Registry for patients with GI disease

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), the leading association representing clinicians and researchers who specialize in the digestive tract, and MedAssurant, Inc., a leading provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, announced today the collaborative initiative to develop a set of registries to assist physicians, payors, policy makers, and other healthcare stakeholders in the study and improvement of clinical and quality outcomes, care management, and cost effectiveness of care delivered to Americans with gastrointestinal disease.

9 Oct 2009

Hospira and Celltrion agree to develop and market eight biogeneric products

Hospira, Inc., the world leader in generic injectable pharmaceuticals, today signed a Business Cooperation Agreement with South Korea-based Celltrion, Inc. and Celltrion Healthcare, Inc. ("Celltrion"), which outlines the business terms of a future distribution agreement for the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada for eight biogeneric products that are currently under development by Celltrion, five of which are incremental to Hospira's pipeline.

9 Oct 2009

GE Healthcare to provide healthcare information technology to Community Health Centers

GE Healthcare, a leading provider of information technology systems across the globe, is announcing an agreement to provide state-of-the-art healthcare information technology to one of the nation’s most impoverished areas.

9 Oct 2009

NHGRI support research to accelerate development of innovative sequencing technologies

GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced that scientists in their Biosciences Lab have been awarded a second round of funding from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue research that could reduce the cost and time of sequencing of an entire human genome to less than $1,000, in under a day.

9 Oct 2009

Exercise offers significant health benefits for patients with chronic kidney dysfunction

Getting off the couch could lead to a longer life for kidney disease patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the JClinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN).

9 Oct 2009

Chinese health experts look to control spread of H1N1 In country's remote regions

As epidemiologists in China continue to investigate the country's first death from H1N1 (swine flu), Chinese health experts have called for strengthened measures to control the spread of the virus in remote regions, China Daily reports.

9 Oct 2009

CBO score a score for Baucus, but others balk

The Congressional Budget Office's score was mostly good news for Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus as he works to gain approval for his health bill and move it to the Senate floor.

9 Oct 2009

Medical City and Allocade to deploy their On-Cue software solution at Medical City Dallas Hospital

Medical City and Allocade, Inc., a developer of innovative healthcare software solutions, today announced the first deployment of the On-Cue™ system in Texas. On-Cue is a revolutionary software solution that utilizes artificial intelligence to automate patient flow throughout the hospital and improve operational efficiencies by creating a dynamic patient itinerary.

8 Oct 2009

GOP continues health reform opposition, quotes concerned Democrats

"Congressional Republicans fired back Wednesday at the White House public relations campaign for health-care reform, highlighting concerns voiced by two Democratic governors about a possible expansion of Medicaid," The Washington Post reports. The cost of Medicaid is "already driving states to the fiscal brink."

8 Oct 2009

JAZD & FierceMarkets launch new online healthcare industry marketplace

JAZD, the leader in online B2B directory service platforms, and premier media partner FierceMarkets announced today their new online healthcare industry marketplace – the FierceMarketplace: HealthTech, provides the industry’s most comprehensive online supplier and buyer experience. Over the last two months HealthTech provided over 10,000 unique healthcare professionals with the solutions to their research and decision-making needs.

8 Oct 2009

Advanced Health Media acquires marketing services provider Ephikacy

Advanced Health Media, LLC (AHM) has acquired Ephikacy, LLC, the Chicago-based provider of marketing services and related technology for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.

8 Oct 2009

Health care varies significantly among states, Study finds

A new Commonwealth Fund study shows wide disparities in health care across states.

8 Oct 2009

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

CHI announces its agenda for the 2009 California Healthcare Policy Forum

Harborside Healthcare to pay $1.375M to resolve kickback allegations

CBO: Over 10 years, finance health reform bill will cost $829 billion but reduce deficit

CardioPharma to submit an NDA for CardiaPill

Coburn opposes Medicare Part B premiums freeze, Mccain calls drug pact 'unsavory'

Gene sequencer donated for cardiovascular research

Children's Hospital Boston conference explores innovative ways to transform the national Health IT system

Grifols USA to distribute AMDL Diagnostics' DR-70 Onko-Sure cancer test

Digestive Health Outcomes Registry for patients with GI disease

Hospira and Celltrion agree to develop and market eight biogeneric products

GE Healthcare to provide healthcare information technology to Community Health Centers

NHGRI support research to accelerate development of innovative sequencing technologies

Exercise offers significant health benefits for patients with chronic kidney dysfunction

Chinese health experts look to control spread of H1N1 In country's remote regions

CBO score a score for Baucus, but others balk

Medical City and Allocade to deploy their On-Cue software solution at Medical City Dallas Hospital

GOP continues health reform opposition, quotes concerned Democrats

JAZD & FierceMarkets launch new online healthcare industry marketplace

Advanced Health Media acquires marketing services provider Ephikacy

Health care varies significantly among states, Study finds

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