Managed Care Weekly articles from September 2003

Managed Care Weekly archives from September 2003

Pharmacist-physician partnership reduces healthcare costs, bad drug interactions.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmacists working with physicians to monitor and maintain patients' drug therapies may reduce drug-related illnesses and the $177 billion spent annually to correct those problems, a new study reports....

Aging boomers drive up doctor visits.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than half (53%) of patients visiting the doctor in 2001 were over the age of 45, according to the latest annual report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National...

Dedicated trauma program improves patient outcomes.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A dedicated trauma service staffed by full-time specialists at hospitals can significantly reduce patient triage times in the emergency department (ED), help reduce ED overcrowding, and lower death...

CMS proposes new rules to pay appropriately for covered drugs.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on August 15, 2003, proposed new rules that would improve the way that Medicare pays for covered drugs. The agency is asking for public input on...

Enrollees face continued cost increases in 2003.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Providing evidence of eroding benefits in the Medicare+Choice managed care program, a new Commonwealth Fund report finds that enrollees' average annual plan premiums and other out-of-pocket costs rose...

Results of utilization management and patient safety study released.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- URAC announced publication of a new study examining patient safety practices in utilization management (UM) programs. The URAC study, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is the first to...

Program for low-income women suggests vital importance of access to screening.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low-income women participating in an Oregon breast cancer screening program had a higher incidence of breast cancer than women in other screening programs, according to Oregon Health & Science...

Tennessee insurers compete for customers.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 21,000 Tennesseans have switched health insurance plans in 2003 since BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee removed HCA hospitals from its preferred network, according to a report by the hospital...

ACPM recommends research priorities for child and adolescent immunizations.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) has recommended research priorities that aim to encourage the development of new vaccines and increase immunization rates. Developing new...

Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield chooses Webify ClaimsNet.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Webify Solutions, the company that pioneered Business Services Networks, announced that Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield has partnered its Advanced Health Information Network (AHIN) services with...

Care management firm announces agreement with Carolinas HealthCare System.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CareScience, Inc., (CARE) announced a new agreement to provide its Care Management System to Carolinas HealthCare System. Carolinas HealthCare will use the Care Management System at its flagship...

Chiropractic company enters agreements for Florida market.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Banyan Corporation (BANY) subsidiary, Chiropractic USA, Inc., has entered franchise and area representative agreements with Renny Edelson of Plantation, Florida, to convert his chiropractic clinic into...

ThinPrep imaging system agreement signed.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cytyc Corporation (CYTC) and Danner Laboratory, Inc., announced the completion of an agreement to install Cytyc's ThinPrep Imaging System at Danner Laboratory's San Diego, California, facility. The...

Einstein Health Network to use HealthPay24 software to increase collections.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ImageVision.Net, an AllHealth vendor-partner, has reached an agreement with Philadelphia-based Albert Einstein Health Network (Einstein) to deploy HealthPay24, a collection management system designed to...

RABBIT trial started to evaluate b-type natriuretic peptide.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biosite Incorporated (BSTE) announced the start of the RABBIT (Rapid Assessment of Bedside BNP in Treatment of congestive heart failure) clinical trial, which is designed to evaluate measurements of...

Tennessee company to provide healthcare to Pennsylvania prisoners.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Tennessee company has won a contract to provide healthcare to Pennsylvania's 40,000 state prison inmates. Prison Health Services, Inc. (PHS) was selected from four bidders to succeed Pittsburgh,...

Contract signed for exclusive provider for MRI magnet base.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Air Products announced that its KeepCOLD Cryogenic Fill Services Program will be the exclusive cryogenic provider for Siemens Medical Systems' entire United States magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...

Blue Cross unit decides to fully cover drug that prolongs patient survival.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A South Carolina Medicare claims company has decided to pay more for a drug that helps dialysis patients live longer. The change is effective immediately. A recent New England Journal of Medicine...

Balanced outlook helps patients manage depression.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new program, one of only a few of its kind in the nation, is being introduced to help individuals suffering from depression take an active role in managing symptoms of the illness. Medical Mutual...

Congressional proposals offer little help to low-income Medicare recipients.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although Medicare beneficiaries with very modest incomes are the ones least likely to have drug coverage, many would receive only limited help under the Medicare drug bills being considered in Congress,...

Company's system helps reduce medication errors.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- B. Braun Medical, Inc., announced the launch of a new high speed production line in Irvine, California, to meet the growing customer demand for the Duplex Drug Delivery System, a new system designed to...

Montana moves to halt Canada drugs by mail.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- State regulators in Montana have filed suit against Rx Depot to close the Billings storefront of the mail-order company that arranges to bring discounted prescription medicines from Canada. The...

Ohio county's prescription drug program halted.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A portion of an Ohio county's new prescription drug program was halted amid concerns that it is illegally telling people how to get discounted drugs from Canada. Butler County commissioners said on...

Claimsnet signs new contract with third party administrator.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Claimsnet.com, Inc., (CLAI) announced that the third party administration division of one of the oldest and largest privately owned insurance companies in the United States has contracted to use...

Michigan system selects company for connecting patient health data.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kryptiq Corp., a provider of middleware platforms for automating healthcare workflows, announced that the Michigan State University (MSU) Health Team has chosen the Kryptiq E Gateway and ChartCatalyst...

Disaster relief fund in jeopardy.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Over the past year, the American Red Cross spent $114.3 million from its Disaster Relief Fund to provide assistance to victims of more than 3,300 disasters throughout the United States and its...

Neighborhood factors are an independent risk for childhood injury.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neighborhood factors are an independent risk for childhood injury. "Injuries in childhood are strongly related to poverty at the household level and to living in a deprived neighborhood, but it is...

HealthMarket offers consumer driven health plans in Nevada.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HealthMarket, Inc., announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, American Travelers Assurance Co., has been approved by the Nevada Department of Insurance to sell consumer driven health plans (CDHPs) in...

Michigan group to review hospital "futile care" policies.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Right to Life of Michigan affiliates plan to review the so-called "futile care" policies of the state's hospitals to ensure that patients are getting the proper end-of-life care. The policies...

Sickness records can predict employee deaths.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Employees who take long spells of sick leave more than once in 2 years are at a higher risk of death than their colleagues with no such absence, conclude researchers in the August 15, 2003, British...

Desert Medical Group to take larger role in FDA-based clinical research.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Citing the clinical research industry's patient recruitment challenges and need for a link with primary care physicians, Desert Medical Group/Oasis IPA (DMG/OIPA), located in Palm Springs, California,...

American Physicians Capital reports income of $0.12 per share.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American Physicians Capital, Inc., (APCapital) (ACAP) reported net income of $1.1 million, or $.12 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2003, compared to a net loss of ($2.7) million, or ($.28)...

Cross Country Healthcare reports 5% increase in revenue.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., (CCRN) reported revenue of $165.9 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2003, a 5% increase over revenue of $158.7 million in the second quarter of 2002. Net...

Dialysis company reports second quarter and 6-month results for 2003.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fresenius Medical Care, AG, (FMS), a provider of dialysis products and services, announced the results for the second quarter and the first 6 months of 2003. The company reported a 7% increase in...

Equity firm to buy stake in nurse staffing company.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A New York private equity firm will pay $113.5 million for a majority stake in U.S. Nursing Corp., a nurse staffing company. Under the equity and debt deal, Clarion Capital Partners will control an...

Gentiva reports second quarter net revenue growth of 6.6% and diluted EPS of $0.19.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gentiva Health Services, Inc., (GTIV), the nation's largest provider of home health services, announced second quarter 2003 financial results marked by a 6.6% increase in net revenues from the second...

Health Care Property Investors to redeem 7.875% series A preferred stock.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health Care Property Investors, Inc., (HCP) confirmed it will redeem all of its 2,400,000 outstanding shares of 7.875% series A cumulative redeemable preferred stock at the redemption price of $25, plus...

Health Grades reports strong ratings and advisory revenue for second quarter.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health Grades, Inc., (HGRD) announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2003. Total revenues for Health Grades, Inc., for the 3 and 6 months ended June 30, 2003, were...

Health Net's second quarter EPS climbs 24% to $.63 per diluted share.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health Net, Inc., (HNT) announced 2003 second quarter earnings per diluted share climbed 24% to $.63, compared with $.51 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2002. Health Net reported net...

Health system cites improved financials as basis for rating upgrade.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Moody's Investors Service announced that it has upgraded its rating of The Cooper Health System's outstanding bonds from Ba3 to Ba2 with a stable outlook toward the future. Charles E. Sessa, Jr.,...

HealthSouth sells Florida hospital to generate cash.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HealthSouth Corp. is selling a Florida hospital to help pay more than $3.3 billion owed to banks and bondholders. HealthSouth agreed on August 8, 2003, to sell the 281-bed Doctors' Hospital in...

Healthcare consulting, management services firm announces 2Q 2003 financial results.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Daou Systems, Inc., (DAOU) reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2003. Daou reported net income available to common stockholders of $556,000, or $.03 per basic share and $.02...

Hearing-care company has second consecutive quarter of profitable operations.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HearUSA, Inc., (EAR), citing increasing revenues and ongoing benefits from its cost control efforts and expanded nationwide presence, reported second quarter net income of $490,165, or 1 cent per...

Humana completes offering of $300 million of senior notes.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Humana, Inc., (HUM) announced the completion of a public offering of $300 million of its 6.30% senior notes, due August 1, 2018, at 99.713% of the principal amount. Humana expects to use the net...

Information technology company pays dividend, launches product.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CareDecision Corp., (CDED) announced that as of July 21, 2003, it has completed distribution of an 8% stock dividend. Robert Cox, CEO, commented, "The issuance of a dividend represents the...

Information technology company reports fourth quarter of profitability.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CareCentric, Inc., (CURA) reported its financial results for the calendar quarter ended June 30, 2003. Net income for the 3 months ended June 30, 2003, was $0.2 million, which represented an...

Lab testing service reports increased patient volumes, revenues in second quarter.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- LabOne, Inc., (LABS) reported revenues of $84.0 million for its second quarter ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $8.9 million or 12% over the second quarter 2002. Compared to revenues for the same...

Massachusetts HMOs' profits up or about even in 2Q 2003.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Profits were up or about even at Massachusetts' four leading health maintenance organizations in the second quarter of 2003. Blue Cross Blue Shield, the largest of the state's four big...

NeighborCare helps drive third quarter growth for Genesis Health.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genesis Health Ventures, Inc., (GHVI) announced income from continuing operations and net income of $12.4 million ($0.31 per share) and $6.5 million ($0.16 per share), respectively, for the quarter...

Pricing of note financing announced by occupational health firm.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Concentra Operating Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell $150 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.5% senior subordinated notes due 2010, in accordance with U.S....

Migraine management program appears to be effective while cutting costs.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A patient care model developed at Kaiser Permanente for treating headache patients is highly effective and also reduces healthcare costs. "Any chronic disease relies on patient self-management for...

Displaced workers in Virginia to get insurance help.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Virginians who have lost their jobs because of foreign competition will receive help buying health insurance, Gov. Mark R. Warner said August 8, 2003. Warner said the federal government has approved...

Aetna signs contract with Cleveland Clinic Florida.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aetna (AET) announced that it has signed a contract with Cleveland Clinic Florida in Naples, Florida. The contract will provide covered hospital and physician services for Aetna preferred provider...

Insured people with usual source of care are more likely to seek healthcare.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study shows that most people interact with the healthcare system in physicians' offices. The authors concluded that doctors' offices have the potential to affect the largest number of people...

OHSU sees spike in uninsured emergency visits.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of uninsured patients making emergency visits to Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) Hospital has increased since cuts to the Oregon Health Plan took effect in the spring of 2003. ...

Task force in Wyoming tackles insurance problem.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- About 14.2% of Wyoming residents are not covered by any form of health insurance, according to a preliminary report released in August 2003 by the State Planning Grant Task Force. "We're not too...

Dynacq agrees to acquire hospital in Dallas, Texas, area.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dynacq International, Inc., (DYII) announced it has signed an asset purchase agreement with Garland Physicians' Hospital, Ltd., and Leland Medical Centers, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement,...

HMA gets recommendation for approval for proposed Florida hospital.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health Management Associates, Inc., (HMA) is one step closer to opening a new hospital. HMA announced it has received a recommendation for approval from an independent administrative law judge in...

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh converts to SET oximetry.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Masimo announced that Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh has standardized on Masimo Signal Extraction Technology (SET) for their pulse oximetry needs. Children's performed a systemwide conversion to...

Courion delivers identity management support for healthcare applications.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Courion Corporation announced support for several key software applications used by leading hospitals, HMOs, and other healthcare organizations. Courion's new software connectors enable integration...

Drug information available in handheld database.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Beiks LLC has released the MedicineNet Pocket Drug Guide, a new handheld version of MedicineNet, Inc.'s doctor-produced informational database of 400-plus monographs covering more than 1,000 generic and...

Foundation Surgery Affiliates to deploy SunriseXA financial solutions.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eclipsys Corp. (ECLP) announced that Foundation Surgery Affiliates, Oklahoma City, is implementing the company's SunriseXA advanced clinical and financial solutions, workflows, and related components in...

LanVision announces new product installations at medical center.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- LanVision Systems, Inc., (LANV) announced that the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has expanded its licensing agreements with LanVision to include new medical record workflow (MRW) and...

Lee Memorial Health System chooses Sprint for gigabit ethernet system.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sprint (PCS) announced that it has signed a multiyear agreement with Lee Memorial Health System (LMHS) in Ft. Myers, Florida, to build and monitor a gigabit ethernet network connecting system facilities...

Florida investigates Tenet for hospital ties.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tenet Healthcare Corp. said that Florida officials are investigating the company about the hospitals that its subsidiaries and affiliates operate in the state. This is the latest in a series of...

Lawsuits, complaints turn up the heat on insurers in Connecticut.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the past 3 years, eight Connecticut health insurers were fined a total of nearly $500,000 for breaking state laws over delays and denials of payments and at least six have agreed to policy changes to...

Pharmacy groups sue prescription managers.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two pharmacists' groups claim the two dominant prescription benefit management firms in the U.S. violate antitrust laws. In federal lawsuits, the Pharmacy Freedom Fund and the National Community...

Doctors Laboratory to offer VAP expanded cholesterol test.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors Laboratory, Inc., will offer the next-generation VAP (Vertical Auto Profile) Cholesterol Test as part of its expansive menu of diagnostic services. The VAP Test, developed by Birmingham,...

Burn injury management product sales will double.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Burn injury management products will show double-digit gains in the coming years, according to a new study released by Kalorama Information. Although only one part of the approximately $1.5 billion...

Nebraska must resume payments.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A federal appeals court has ordered Nebraska to begin making Medicaid payments to an estimated 10,000 single working parents who were cut from the program in 2002. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of...

New national and state-by-state fact sheets released.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As child advocates focus attention on the plight of uninsured children, including those eligible but not enrolled in Medicaid, the pediatricians and children's hospitals in the U.S. released a series of...

Report finds spending rules hurt California, Florida, New York.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- California, Florida, and New York, home to 30% of the nation's poor, are among the biggest losers in the formula that sends federal money to healthcare programs for people who live in poverty,...

Genetic risks for disease often missing from patient charts.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Standard history-taking in internal medicine practices may not fully capture patients' risks for developing certain diseases and internists may lose opportunities to provide preventive medical...

Doctors, politicians wait to see if plan works.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While a long fight over medical malpractice and the impact of lawsuits on access to health care nears an end with an agreement on legislation to limit some types of damages, it will likely take months,...

CAMC participates in bonus program.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Charleston Area Medical Center, West Virginia, will be participating in a pilot program that rewards quality care with bonus Medicare funds. The 3-year project will link a small percentage of...

Coverage boosts disease screening for previously uninsured adults.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gaining access to Medicare coverage substantially improved uninsured older adults' use of clinical preventive measures such as cholesterol testing, mammography, and prostate exams, compared with a...

Federal funding preserved for hospital pharmacy residencies.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has decided to continue contributing directly to the funding of pharmacy residency training in hospitals. The regulation addresses CMS's annual...

Baptist Health to purchase HealthSouth Doctors' Hospital.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Baptist Health South Florida and HealthSouth Corporation (HLSH) announced that they have reached a definitive agreement for Baptist Health to purchase HealthSouth Doctors' Hospital, a 281-bed acute care...

Community Health Systems acquires hospital in Petersburg, Virginia.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Community Health Systems, Inc., (CYH) announced the closing of the acquisition of Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Virginia, effective August 1, 2003. Included in the transaction...

Home health nursing company acquires home care agencies.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amedisys, Inc., announced that it has purchased two home care agencies trading under the name Metro Home Health. The purchase price was approximately $8 million. The agencies operate in the...

Pharmaceutical research company buys Clinical Pharmacology Associates.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SFBC International, Inc., (SFCC) has completed the acquisition of Clinical Pharmacology Associates (CP), based in Miami, Florida. The agreement provides for the acquisition of CP for approximately...

Study shows that midwives provide equivalent maternity care for less money.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent study published in American Journal of Public Health documents that low-risk patients receiving collaborative midwifery care have birth success rates comparable to those who saw only...

Screener found highly reliable in undiagnosed patients.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A simple three-question test, called ID Migraine, can identify patients with migraine with about the same accuracy as widely used screening tests for other illnesses. It was developed by a team of...

Thousands of doctors support proposal of single-payer system.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nearly 8,000 U.S. physicians are calling for government-financed national health insurance, which they say would cover every American while saving billions of dollars. And, not surprisingly, health...