67 Percent of Hospitals Have Implemented or Are in the Process of Implementing New Capabilities to Meet Meaningful Use Requirements
FALLS CHURCH, Va.(BUSINESS WIRE) According to a survey of U.S. hospital executives released today [...]
Web Site Offers Healthcare Providers an Online Forum to Learn, Connect and Share When Implementing Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records FALLS CHURCH, Va.(BUSINESS WIRE) CSC (NYSE: CSC) today [...]
July 20Forsyth Medical Center is facing the loss of Medicare reimbursement payments for inpatient services starting Aug. 1 unless it regains compliance in three categories.However, hospital officials expressed confidence yesterday that they already have taken steps to fix the violations cited by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services.The agency posted a legal notice on [...]
Jun. 2St. Elizabeth Community Hospital President and CEO Jon Halfhide gave a presentation Tuesday at a Red Bluff Rotary meeting on the challenges facing today’s health care industry.Healthcare is changing, Halfhide said. If we want a system that’s worth a darn in 10 to 15 years we need to start morphing.Halfhide said the current system [...]
NEW YORK Biotech drugmaker Amgen Inc. spent nearly $3.1 million lobbying the federal government in the first quarter, according to a recent filing.The company, based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., continued a key focus on the proposed regulatory system for biosimilars, or copies of lucrative biotechnology drugs. The $3.1 million marked a 12 percent boost [...]
NEW YORK(BUSINESS WIRE) Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following outstanding bonds on Munroe Regional Health System (MRHS): Marion County Hospital District [...]
NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) 03/29/10 Daxor Corporation, (NYSE Amex: DXR), a medical instrumentation and biotechnology company, announced earnings today for the year ended December 31, 2009. The Company had basic and diluted earnings per share of $1.37 and $1.36 respectively in 2009, versus basic and diluted earnings per share of [...]
NEW YORK Biotech drugmaker Amgen Inc. spent nearly $3.3 million lobbying the federal government in the fourth quarter, according to a recent filing.The company, based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., continued a key focus on the proposed regulatory system for biosimilars, or copies of lucrative biotechnology drugs.After years of contentious debate, Congress is poised to [...]
NEW YORK Biotech drugmaker Genzyme Corp. spent $750,000 lobbying the federal government in the fourth quarter, according to a recent disclosure form.Genzyme, based in Cambridge, Mass., develops treatments aimed at rare diseases. It joined the biotechnology industry in lobbying for market competition protections on biosimilar drugs. The company increased lobbying spending by 14 percent [...]
CLEARWATER, Fla. Lincare Holdings Inc. on Monday said its fourth-quarter profit fell, due in part to cuts in Medicare reimbursement.The company reported income of $40.6 million, or 61 cents per share, compared with $55.6 million, or 76 cents per share, in the same quarter of the prior year.Revenue fell to $405.8 million from $415.1 [...]
