Managed Care Weekly articles from April 2003

Managed Care Weekly archives from April 2003

Availability of trauma centers has improved but challenges remain.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Even though the number of trauma centers in the U.S. has more than doubled since 1991, challenges remain in determining the appropriate number and configuration of these centers, according to a new...

Women vets get less on-site specialty care at VA facilities.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical facilities operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) routinely offer basic health care services to women veterans, but often send these women off-site to receive more specialized...

ER physicians declare "emergency" for millions of uninsured patients.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Uninsured patients are more likely to live with serious medical conditions, lack access to critical medications, and forgo recommended health screenings than are people who have health insurance,...

Businesses anticipate increases in healthcare insurance costs.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Large and small businesses in the U.S. see no end in sight to rising healthcare expenses and foresee having to pass more of the costs for health insurance coverage along to their employees, according to...

Diversity of uninsured signals need for segmented strategy to expand coverage.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recent growth in the number of moderate and higher-income Americans who lack health insurance underscores the need for a segmented approach to expanding health insurance coverage in the U.S. It...

Study shows public support for doctors who deceive insurers.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One out of four people preparing to hear the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth have no objection to a doctor lying to an insurance company, according to a new study. When medical...

URAC releases draft HIPAA security accreditation standards.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- URAC released a draft set of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) security accreditation standards for public comment. When completed this year, the new program will enable...

Few effective treatments exist for common allergies.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While no studies have found effective treatments for allergic rhinitis, common allergies that affect more than 19 million U.S. workers each year, a review of the scientific literature confirms that some...

Drury named director, Minnesota Partnership to Improve End-of-Life Care.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical Alley, the Minnesota healthcare trade association, announced that Patricia Drury has joined its Alley Institute as director of the Minnesota Partnership to Improve End-of-Life Care. The...

Lovell joins health management solutions company.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- I-trax, Inc., (DMX), a population health management solutions company, announced that Chris Lovell has joined the company as senior vice president, Business Development. Lovell, who has over 20...

Sharps Compliance names David P. Tusa CFO.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sharps Compliance Corp. (SCOM), a provider of medical waste disposal solutions for the healthcare, hospitality, retail, and residential markets, announced the appointment of David P. Tusa as CFO. ...

UHS promotes Tim Travis to top position in services business unit.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Universal Hospital Services, Inc., (UHS) announced the promotion of Timothy Travis to the position of senior vice president, medical equipment services. In this role he will oversee UHS' rapidly...

XactiMed names Bernard P. Wess, Jr., to board of directors.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- XactiMed, a provider of revenue cycle solutions to the healthcare industry, announced the appointment of Bernard P. Wess, Jr., to the board of directors. Bernard ("Bernie") P. Wess, Jr., brings to...

Managed care may help reduce states' Medicaid expenses and maintain quality.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study of Nebraska Medicaid managed behavioral health care initiative concludes that such a system may help states lower their Medicaid expenditures without compromising quality of care. The...

VeriCare initiative responds to Medicare Policy Change.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services approved Medicare coverage for health- and behavior-based procedures to prevent, treat, or manage physical health problems and chronic illness last...

Cancer patient care can be cost-effectively improved by simple nursing changes.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer patient care can be cost-effectively improved by simple nursing changes. Research from Australia was "conducted in one hematology-oncology day unit in Queensland, Australia. The project...

International sales agreement signed for medication reminders.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ALR Technologies, Inc., (ALRT), which produces and markets Med Reminders, a line of medication reminders that help people remember to take their medications as prescribed, has signed a sales, marketing,...

Cancer survivors deliver screening message to Pennsylvania legislators.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pennsylvania cancer survivors delivered daffodils and information on the significant health benefits of colorectal cancer screening to Pennsylvania state legislators to encourage passage of House Bill...

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association selects Sprint for communications services.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sprint (FON)(PCS) announced it has signed a multiyear, potentially multimillion-dollar, communications services agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), the trade association for the...

NYC mayor signs bill making emergency pills available.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has signed a bill making free emergency contraception available in city clinics and health facilities. Emergency contraceptives, also known as morning-after...

Prime launches consumer-directed pharmacy benefit product.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new consumer-directed product designed exclusively for prescription drug spending will be introduced by Prime Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmacy benefit solutions company. The first of its kind in...

Scott & White taps Siemens to develop all-digital healthcare facility.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Siemens Corp., a subsidiary of Siemens, AG, (SI) announced that it has entered into a multiyear alliance with Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation to develop the...

Home care supply company to repurchase up to $35M in stock.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Apria Healthcare Group, Inc., (AHG) announced that its board of directors has authorized the company to repurchase up to $35 million of its outstanding common stock during 2003. Depending on market...

Home health nursing company reports net income of $0.08 per share for 2002.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amedisys, Inc., reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and the year ended December 31, 2002. For the year ended December 31, 2002, the company reported net income of $752,000, or...

Home healthcare services provider reports 7.7% increase in revenue.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CareCentric, Inc., (CURA) has released its Annual Report of Financial Results for the year ended December 31, 2002. CareCentric reported a 7.7% increase in revenues to $22.0 million for 2002...

Insurance holding company prices $500M notes offering.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Chubb Corporation (CB) announced the pricing of a private offering of senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. Chubb is offering $225 million in aggregate principal...

Medifast reports record February revenues.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medifast, Inc., (MED) announced that its revenues for the month of February increased by 283% to $2.3 million versus $0.6 million during the same month last year. "I am confident that our stellar...

Psychiatric Solutions reports fourth-quarter and full-year 2002 results.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Psychiatric Solutions, (PSI), Inc., (PSYS) announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2002. Revenue for the fourth quarter increased 82.2% to $35,822,000 from...

Beverly Hills Weight Loss & Wellness establishes additional NC presence.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Weight Loss Forever International, Inc., (WLFI), franchiser of Beverly Hills Weight Loss & Wellness clinics, announced that it has awarded a new franchise for Thomasville, North Carolina, to Cindy...

Procedure most successful when done by the most experienced surgeons.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The risk of complications following gastric bypass surgery for obesity is significantly lower when performed by a surgeon with greater experience in the procedure, according to a University of...

Messaging standards will support HIPAA requirements.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Drummond Group, Inc., (DGI), a vendor-neutral software testing and research company, today announced that either AS2 or ebXML messaging standards will support Health Insurance Portability and...

NCQA, JCAHO to discuss collaborating on privacy certification program.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) announced that they have signed a letter of intent to explore a possible...

The Methodist Hospital contracts with e-Security.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- e-Security, Inc., a provider of security event management (SEM) software, announced that The Methodist Hospital has selected e-Security to provide its SEM solution to drive security capabilities and, in...

Legislation addresses Medicare+Choice funding crisis.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and Charles Schumer of New York will help stabilize the crisis in the Medicare+Choice program and protect and preserve the...

Emergency room doctors describe "epidemic" of uninsured.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The growing number of uninsured is creating a crisis for hospital emergency rooms, doctors warned at a recent news conference. Emergency room doctors say it's not just a problem for the 11% of...

Bredesen pursues critical TennCare negotiations with feds.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen was touring the state to pitch his budget to the public, equally critical talks were going on behind the scenes as his administration attempts to rebuild TennCare on...

More financial relief provided to uninsured patients by healthcare company.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HCA announced plans to change its charitable care policies to provide financial relief to more of its charity patients and needs-based discounts to uninsured patients who receive non-elective care at...

BCBSM seeks researchers for women's health projects, releases antibiotic use data.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) Foundation is seeking letters of interest from Michigan-based nonprofit community, healthcare, and research organizations to develop and evaluate projects...

MPS launches Soliant Health brand and names David Alexander president.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MPS Group, Inc., (MPS), a provider of specialty staffing and business, launched the Soliant Health brand name and announced the appointment of David Alexander as president of Soliant Health. MPS...

Rockwell Medical Technologies signs supply contract with DaVita.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rockwell Medical Technologies, Inc., (RMTI) a hemodialysis concentrate manufacturer, reported that it has signed a supply contract with DaVita, Inc., (DVA). Rockwell estimates that the supply...

Poor knowledge is greater barrier than medication costs.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Limited awareness of high blood pressure is more of a barrier to blood pressure control than the cost of medications in Americans more than 50 years old, according to new research. According to...

BlueArc Powers data storage for biotech company.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BlueArc Corporation, a developer of scalable network attached storage (NAS), announced that NeoGenesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has adopted its SiliconServer Architecture for the storage and recovery of...

Company launches new scientific data management system.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NuGenesis Technologies Corp. announced the launch of the next generation of the NuGenesis scientific data management system (SDMS). Since its introduction in 1999, NuGenesis SDMS has used been at...

Mount Sinai NYU Health deploys new WebFOCUS application.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Information Builders announced that New York City-based Mount Sinai NYU Health has successfully deployed a prototype application to executives at their five hospital campuses. Mount Sinai NYU...

Study to assess affect of technology on physician prescribing behaviors.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aetna, Advanced Concepts USP, and the University of Pennsylvania Health System's primary care physician network, Clinical Care Associates, announce the commencement of the e-Prescribing Research Series....

Medicare committee votes in favor of LVAD use in destination therapy.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thoratec Corp. (THOR), a world leader in products to treat cardiovascular disease, said that the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (MCAC) voted favorably on the two questions presented to them by the...

Insurance company won't appeal record judgment.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A health insurance company said it would not appeal a record $40.5 million judgment for cutting off payments for a woman's cancer treatment. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield said it would pay the...

Study analyzes orthopedic liability in the acute care setting.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study analyzes orthopedic liability in the acute care setting. According to a study from the United States, "The risk of litigation in the emergency room is not directly proportional to the...

AAHP: House passage of medical liability reform victory for consumers.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The recent passage of bipartisan and much needed medical liability reforms is a major victory for consumers, according to the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP). In conjunction with recently...

Study suggests award caps won't cut malpractice rates.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Even if lawmakers choose to limit the amount plaintiffs can win in medical malpractice cases, the rules won't reduce liability insurance premiums for doctors, according to a Clemson University study....

New Mexico House approves bill to generate revenue.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New Mexico lawmakers gave final approval to a tax change proposal to generate millions of dollars to help pay for the growing cost of Medicaid. The legislation is a critical part of a blueprint for...

Sutter Health rolls out eICU program.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sutter Health announced that Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, has implemented advanced patient-safety technology from Baltimore, Maryland-based VISICU, Inc., at its Sutter General campus ...

Overlake and Evergreen collaborate to expand behavioral health.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Washington-based Overlake Hospital Medical Center and Evergreen Hospital Medical Center have once again entered into collaboration, this time to provide psychiatric consultation services for patients at...

Wisdom River Partners acquires GulfCoast ElderCare.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Wisdom River Partners, an Atlanta, Georgia-based corporation, has acquired GulfCoast ElderCare, a Tampa, Florida, geriatric care coordination firm. The acquisition, announced by Wisdom River CEO...

Sentillion to provide biometric authentication.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sentillion, Inc., has received a major order from San Diego, California-based Sharp HealthCare to provide more than 7,000 Identix fingerprint readers for Sharp's network of hospitals, medical centers,...

Drug cost calculator to help Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska members.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska and Prime Therapeutics, a pharmacy benefits solutions company, have created My RxHealth to educate Nebraskans about the retail cost of a wide range of prescription...

PDI, Inc., adopts MedManage's eMedSample.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedManage Systems, a provider of prescription drug sampling solutions, announced that PDI, Inc., a commercial sales and marketing provider to the biopharmaceutical and medical devices and diagnostics...

ACS helps states achieve savings in Medicaid benefits programs.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ACS announced that its pharmacy benefits management (PBM) programs continue to be very successful in helping clients generate cost savings. ACS has assisted six state Medicaid and other healthcare...

Many patients still missing out on drugs to cut heart attacks and stroke.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many patients who need statins to cut their risk of heart attacks and stroke are missing out, particularly the elderly, finds new research. The authors tracked statin prescribing habits from 1994 to...

Argatroban assigned ambulatory payment classification code.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Texas Biotechnology Corporation (TXBI) announced the anticoagulant Argatroban has been assigned Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) code G9121 by the Centers for Medicare...

M2A Capsule endoscope to be reimbursed in Austria.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Given Imaging, Ltd., (GIVN) announced that the Austrian Health Ministry has initiated reimbursement for capsule endoscopy throughout the Austrian hospital system. Reimbursement was effective...

Research: Strong desire to use predictive risk modeling among payers.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Healthcare information technology company ViPS, Inc., announced, at the National Managed Health Care Congress (NMHCC) in Washington, DC, preliminary findings from a new independent study that it...

Few racial, ethnic differences in stroke care at Veterans hospitals.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blacks and whites receive virtually equal stroke care at Veterans Affairs Health Administration (VA) hospitals, according to a new study. "Many studies have shown race- or ethnic-based differences...

Adjusted clinical groups don't eliminate incentives for HMOs to avoid group.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For at least one managed care group, using adjusted clinical groups "attenuated, but did not eliminate" its financial incentives to avoid patients who are substance abusers. "The adequacy of risk...

Novation awards Medline surgical instrument agreement.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medline Industries, Inc., has been awarded an agreement for its Konig Surgical Instrument line by Novation, the supply company of VHA, Inc., and the University HealthSystem Consortium, two national...

Study: Not enough time for preventive care.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Primary care physicians do not have the time to offer needed preventive health care to their patients, says a new Duke University Medical Center study. According to the study published in the April...

Hospital report cards get mostly failing grades.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Most hospital report cards created by employer groups do not improve quality care, according to a new report. The report cards, which grade and compare a community's hospitals based on factors...

Reducing the number of walk-in patients won't help ER overcrowding.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- On any given day, hospitals divert ambulances as much as 40% of the time due to overcrowding in their emergency departments - but reducing the volume of walk-in patients with minor illnesses will not...

Lung surgery benefits patients for several years.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A procedure known as lung-volume reduction surgery (LVRS) appears to improve overall health and quality of life for individuals with end-stage emphysema, and these effects last as long as 5 years in...

Underserved U.S. minorities face "unequal burden of cancer".
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Barriers to healthy lifestyles, early detection services, and good medical care are contributing to higher cancer incidence and mortality rates for African Americans and other medically underserved...

Study on healthcare trends in America released.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As Congress and President Bush wrestle with a return to deficit spending, and as millions of Americans prepare to pay their federal income taxes, a timely new independent study shows that much of the...

Employees could suffer from changes that reduce access to nonsedating antihistamines.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM) cautioned that recent coverage changes to non-sedating antihistamines (NSAs) could diminish the quality of medical care for employees with...

BCBSF names Benevento as group vice president, diversified business sector.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) announced the appointment of Barbara Benevento as group vice president of the Diversified Business sector. Benevento is responsible for the overall...

NI Healthcare Resources names Terry L. Merlin president.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NI Healthcare Resources, a division of Talent Tree, Inc., and leading provider of healthcare professionals, announced the appointment of Terry L. Merlin to the position of president. Merlin will...

Surgical gloves can be contaminated by water droplets spilled after scrubbing.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent study showed that surgical gloves can be contaminated by water droplets spilled after scrubbing. "Wound infection and deep sepsis can have disastrous consequences, particularly in...

Association chooses supplier to power quality of care benchmarking programs.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American Medical Group Association (AMGA) has chosen Quantros to power its quality of care benchmarking programs. "AMGA and our members stand to realize improved efficiency, flexibility, and...

Key financial indicators for hospitals reported.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- National benchmarks provide insight into hospitals' struggle to improve financial performance while providing quality care. Data Advantage's National Average Benchmark is based on 11 key financial...

Methodist Healthcare selects XactiMed's revenue cycle solution.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- XactiMed, a provider of revenue cycle solutions to the healthcare industry, announced an agreement with Methodist Healthcare to use its Internet-based claims processing technology. "XactiMed...

Program has significant effect on recovery from severe brain, spinal injuries.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients seeking rehabilitation for severe brain or spinal trauma must search for the specialty services they need. The only freestanding specialty acute care hospital between Los Angeles and the...

Distributor contract signed for predictive modeling product.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ACS has signed a multiyear agreement to license DxCG RiskSmart from DxCG, Inc. ACS will integrate RiskSmart's predictive models into its healthcare analytics and reporting platform, as well as...

Drug therapy managed by clinical pharmacists helps improve glycemic control.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drug therapy managed by clinical pharmacists helps improve glycemic control in diabetic patients, results of a small study suggest. B.K. Irons and colleagues compared "glycemic control of 87 men...

Clinical research unit being built in Madison.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Covance, Inc., (CVD) announced that construction has begun on a replacement facility for its clinical research unit located in Madison, Wisconsin. The groundbreaking for the $4.5 million...

Ramsay Youth Services announces fourth-quarter and year-end results.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ramsay Youth Services, Inc., (RYOU) announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2002. Total revenues for the fourth quarter of 2002 increased to $36,293,000 from...

Texas HMOs turn a profit for first time in 7 years.
April 14, 2003... 2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Texas HMOs, which raised prices and exited money-losing markets, turned a profit last year for the first time in 7 years, according to reports filed with state regulators. Analysts warned,...