08/29/2008
Diaz, McCallister named to Modern Healthcare’s ‘100 most powerful’ list (BizJournals)
Paul J. Diaz, president and CEO of Kindred Healthcare Inc., and Michael McCallister, president and CEO of Humana Inc., have been named to Modern Healthcare magazine’s “100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare” list. (WLP)
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08/29/2008
New study polls physician views on universal healthcare insurance (News Democrat & Leader)
While physicians have indicated that the economy, not healthcare, is the most important issue facing voters in the upcoming election, they are split in regards to the necessity and implementation of a universal healthcare program.
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08/29/2008
DOR BioPharma enters pact with Pacific Healthcare for NPAP (PharmaBiz)
DOR BioPharma, Inc, a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing products to treat the life-threatening side effects of cancer treatments and serious gastrointestinal diseases, and vaccines against certain bioterrorism agents, announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Pacific Healthcare Thailand Co, Ltd (Pacific), a specialty pharmaceutical company based in Bangkok, under ...
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08/29/2008
Healthcare District approves $895,926 levy (The Timberjay)
A projected loss in the Cook Hospital’s operating budget prompted a last-minute addition to Cook-Orr Healthcare District’s annual levy. Instead of levying $795,926 as initially proposed, the board increased the levy to $895,926. The $100,000 addition will help offset an anticipated deficit in 2009.
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08/29/2008
Healthvision Completes Acquisition of MediSolution's Healthcare Products and Services Division (Centre Daily Times)
Healthvision announced today that the company has completed its previously announced asset purchase of MediSolution's Healthcare Products & Services Division.
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08/29/2008
InterMune to Present at Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
InterMune, Inc. today announced that Daniel G. Welch, Chairman, CEO and President of InterMune, will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference in Boston on September 4, 2008 at 10:55 a.m.
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08/29/2008
Legislator: Healthcare reform talk needs to shift beyond just having insurance to affordability (Crookston Daily Times)
Until the conversation about healthcare reform moves from simply talking about who has and doesn't have insurance to Minnesotans' access to affordable healthcare coverage, Paul Thissen said the state is going to struggle to pass major reform, especially for rural areas.
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08/29/2008
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcast of its Presentation at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference 2008 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.----Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated today announced that it will webcast its corporate presentation at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference 2008 on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 8:00 a.m.
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08/29/2008
Healthcare workforce grants awarded (Black Hills Pioneer)
PIERRE - The South Dakota Healthcare Workforce Partnership Fund has awarded its first round of grants. Six health facilities and a social services agency will share $67,312 in grant funds to support workforce projects ranging from online education centers to camps that allow high school students to explore health careers.
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08/29/2008
Dry times at a kid's healthcare talk (New York Daily News)
The Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid described the difficulties in the Senate in dealing with children's healthcare.
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