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- UnitedHealthcare Creates Adult National Cancer Care Registry with Data and Analysis to Support Oncologists in the Fight 9 Feb 2010 15:50 GMT
... MINNEAPOLIS - (BUSINESS WIRE) - UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, launched its Oncology ... and claims information creates a coordinated electronic medical record of a patient's care and then ... MO; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Cancer Institute, Memphis, TN; Stanford Comprehensive Cancer ...
- Health Reform Failure Will Ignite Health Mergers 9 Feb 2010 05:12 GMT
... merge companies to maneuver through a U.S. health-care landscape marked by rising medical expenses and the loss of millions of ... three years, he said. LifePoint, of Brentwood, Tennessee, may buy three more hospitals this year, ...
- States deal with small budgets, Medicaid cuts 9 Feb 2010 05:51 GMT
... to more cutbacks in their organizations. Rising health care costs and a surge in the ... on state cuts to mental health care: "Tennessee's mental health agency, already struggling from last ... avoid cutting services or raising prices. Ripon Medical Center and Waupun Memorial Hospital are two ...
- Republicans may be no-shows at health-plan summit 9 Feb 2010 05:53 GMT
... decline to participate in President Obama's proposed health-care summit if the White House chooses not ... expensive. • Contend that changes in state medical-malpractice laws could lower costs and slow growth ... and state autonomy. Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the Senate's No. 3 Republican, said he ...
- On health bill, a roadmap by the GOP 9 Feb 2010 05:17 GMT
... invitation to hash out their differences over health care this month, they will carry with ... Republicans also contend that changes in state medical malpractice laws could lower costs and slow ... more modest approach. Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the No. 3 Republican in the Senate, ...
- UnitedHealthcare Creates Adult National Cancer Care Registry with Data and Analysis to Support Oncologists in the Fight against Cancer 9 Feb 2010 15:01 GMT
... The OCA electronic medical record delivers coordinated patient information to the ... results with 12,000 additional oncologists within its health care provider network in an effort to ... MO; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Cancer Institute, Memphis, TN; Stanford Comprehensive Cancer ...
- On Health Bill, G.O.P.'s Road Is a New Map 9 Feb 2010 03:34 GMT
... that he start from scratch in developing health care legislation. But Congressional Republicans have laid ... leaders favor a more modest approach. of Tennessee, the No. 3 Republican in the Senate, ... all applicants, regardless of their age or medical history. Insurers participating in the exchange would ...
- On Health Bill, G.O.P.'s Road Is a New Map » 9 Feb 2010 06:34 GMT
... but not require states to set up health insurance exchanges where consumers could compare and ... leaders favor a more modest approach. of Tennessee, the No. 3 Republican in the Senate, ... all applicants, regardless of their age or medical history. Insurers participating in the exchange would ...
- Tennessee hospital board recommends tax on hospitals 9 Feb 2010 11:47 GMT
... McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The Tennessee Hospital Association board of directors voted Monday ... apply to government-owned hospitals like the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, state mental health institutes, rural "critical-access hospitals," rehabilitation hospitals and ...
- LHC Group Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Hutcheson Home Health 9 Feb 2010 01:32 GMT
... Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Hutcheson Home Health LAFAYETTE, La., -- LHC Group, Inc., one ... a home health joint venture with Hardin Medical Center, a 58-bed regional healthcare facility located ... 58-bed regional healthcare facility located in Savannah, Tennessee. The primary service area of this joint ...
- Tennessee hospitals OK fee to mitigate budget cuts 9 Feb 2010 02:17 GMT
... NASHVILLE (AP) -- Tennessee hospital officials have approved a fee assessment ... mitigate severe cuts to the state's expanded Medicaid program. The board of the Tennessee Hospital ...
- State health policy developments: Doctor shortages, hospital taxes, California insurance crackdown 9 Feb 2010 07:11 GMT
... outlets across the country report on state health policy developments. : "At a time when ... end of the decade. For years the medical community warned how the growing nursing shortage ... to one analysis. But they would cost Tennessee two to three times as much in ...
- Fix health care now or pay later 9 Feb 2010 12:06 GMT
... premiums as much as 39 percent. In Tennessee, Gov. Phil Bredesen's proposed budget cuts to ... patients served by these hospitals go for medical care? Employers across the country face sharply rising health insurance costs that are forcing many to ...
- Tennessee hospitals push for tax to offset cuts to TennCare 9 Feb 2010 09:57 GMT
... June 30. Because the federal government sends Tennessee two dollars to three dollars for every ... much as $1.5 billion out of Tennessee's health-care system. That would cost hospitals more money ... reimbursements for indigent care, funding for graduate medical education and coverage for inpatient services — ...
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley Will Host Documentary Series on Children's Health 9 Feb 2010 00:20 GMT
... Williams-Paisley Will Host Documentary Series on Children's Health , will host the first two episodes ... new documentary series about children's health in Tennessee. The first episode of the seven-part series ...
- Ministries must play bigger role in health care 9 Feb 2010 10:09 GMT
... In 1994, Tennessee Democrats promised the moon by implementing TennCare, ... No doubt about it — everyone needs health care. We all also need gasoline, electricity, ...
- TennCare cuts could hit hospitals 9 Feb 2010 16:42 GMT
... force some of them to shut down, health care officials say. TennCare is the name for Tennessee's program using federal Medicaid dollars. Dan Buckner, ... Medicaid dollars. Dan Buckner, CEO of Heritage Medical Center in Shelbyville, said he is concerned ...
- Provectus' PV-10 and Radiotherapy Featured in Peer Reviewed Journal 9 Feb 2010 12:48 GMT
... is designed to selectively target and destroy cancer cells without harming surrounding healthy tissue, significantly ... © 2010, NewsBlaze, Tags: Business wire, Healthcare, tennessee, Health, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals '> ...
- Chattem, Inc. Gives Notice of Fundamental Change Conversion Rights to Holders of Convertible Senior Notes 9 Feb 2010 14:16 GMT
... offer, commenced by River Acquisition Corp., a Tennessee corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ... © 2010, NewsBlaze, Tags: Business wire, tennessee, Health, Pharmaceuticals, Wal Mart, Sears, Nordstrom and other ...
- Tuesday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International Stories - - February 09, 2010 9 Feb 2010 07:32 GMT
... invitation to hash out their differences over health care this month, they will carry with ... leaders favor a more modest approach. of Tennessee, the No. 3 Republican in the Senate, ... all applicants, regardless of their age or medical history. Insurers participating in the exchange would ...
- Hospitals Back New Hospital Tax 9 Feb 2010 15:25 GMT
... Tennessee hospital officials on Monday approved a one-year ... mitigate severe cuts to the state's expanded Medicaid program. The board of the Tennessee Hospital ... the time that passes." The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have approved similar plans ...
- Oak Ridge CDC employee Diane Caves found dead in Haiti 9 Feb 2010 17:12 GMT
... working in Haiti with the Centers for Disease Control, was killed in the January 12 ... The U.S. Department of State and the Health and Human Services Disaster Mortuary Response Team ... her parents, Lee and Linda Berry, in Tennessee released a statement, saying, "We are all ...
- Former Oak Ridge resident confirmed dead after Haiti earthquake 9 Feb 2010 18:34 GMT
... working in Haiti with the Centers for Disease Control, was killed in the January 12 ... The U.S. Department of State and the Health and Human Services Disaster Mortuary Response Team ... her parents, Lee and Linda Berry, in Tennessee released a statement, saying, "We are all ...
- BUYINS.NET: TKLC, AIRV, XNPT, IRC, SYNT, ASF Expected To Be Lower After Earnings Releases on Thursday 9 Feb 2010 11:19 GMT
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- TKLC, AIRV, XNPT, IRC, SYNT, ASF Expected To Be Lower After Earnings Releases on Thursday 9 Feb 2010 13:19 GMT
... R-baclofen for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease and spasticity; and XP21279, a transported prodrug ... New York, New York; Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee; Natick and Framingham, Massachusetts; Reading, the United ... Its services include benefits and payroll administration, health and workersa compensation insurance programs, personnel records ...
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