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Bon Secours Health System Renews Relationship with MedAssets to Build Upon $25 Million in Financial and Revenue Cycle Performance Improvement

Not-for-profit health system’s focus on charge and reimbursement processes drives greater revenue capture, reimbursement and increased compliance MedAssets (NASDAQ: MDAS) today announced that Maryland-based Bon Secours Health System (Bon Secours) has elected to renew its relationship with the company to drive continued financial performance improveme...

Aetna Announces Appearance at the Deutsche Bank 38th Annual Health Care Conference

Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today that Shawn M. Guertin, senior vice president and CFO, is scheduled to make a presentation at the Deutsche Bank 38th Annual Health Care Conference on May 30, 2013, in Boston. Aetna’s presentation is scheduled to begin at 9:20 a.m. ET. Investors, analysts and the general public are invited to listen to this...

Life Spine® Announces Continuing Offshore and International Growth

Life Spine, a medical device company that markets products for the surgical treatment of spinal disorders, announced today the company is rapidly expanding its footprint outside of the mainland U.S. New customers in Hawaii and Puerto Rico, as well as New Zealand, Brazil, and India have recently begun purchasing products from Life Spine’s broad product po...

U.S. Physical Therapy to Present at the 38th Annual dbAccess Health Care Conference

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. (NYSE: USPH), a national operator of physical and occupational therapy outpatient clinics (the “Company”), today announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Larry McAfee, will present at the 38th Annual dbAccess Health Care Conference on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. The presentation will cover an overview of the Company. The con...

Gazzang Provides HIPAA-Compliant Data Security to Tonic Health

Tonic to Share Tips on Securing HIPAA Data in the Cloud in Upcoming Webinar Gazzang, the Big Data security experts, today announced that Tonic Health is using Gazzang’s data encryption and key management solutions to secure sensitive clinical and patient data collected via Tonic’s innovative mobile device application. Tonic�...

Six Month Data Reported for WAVE I Study of Renal Denervation Therapy for Hypertension at EuroPCR Meeting in Paris

Kona Surround Sound® Technology Utilizes Externally-Delivered Ultrasound to Treat Drug-Resistant Hypertension Kona Medical announced that three and six month results from the WAVE I study were presented today at the late-breaking clinical trials session of EuroPCR in Paris by Robert Whitbourn, MD, of St. Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne, Austr...

Capario Recognized on Healthcare Informatics’ Top 100 for Fourth Consecutive Year

Survey ranks healthcare IT vendors by total revenue earned Capario, Inc., a leading provider of revenue cycle management solutions that connect healthcare payers and providers nationwide, today announced it is being recognized in Healthcare Informatics’ 2013 HCI 100 listing of top healthcare IT vendors for the fourth consecutive

Community Health Systems to Participate in Deutsche Bank 38th Annual Health Care Conference

Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) today announced that management will participate in the Deutsche Bank 38th Annual Health Care Conference to be held May 29-30, 2013, at The Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The investor presentation will begin at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time, 12:30 p.m. Central time, on Thursday, May 30,...

Disabled Military and Veterans Will Use Adaptive Technology to Play Golf at Fundraiser for Innovative Veterans’ Employment Program

Proceeds will support Paralyzed Veterans of America’s ‘Operation PAVE’ Paralyzed Veterans of America: WHAT:   Agility will host the sixth annual Paralyzed Veterans

Create Effective Centralized Key Opinion Leader Management Teams

Cutting Edge Information discovered that expansive centralized team structures are not appropriate for all organizations Many surveyed companies report that centralized key opinion leader development teams serve as a vital part of their overall thought leader management strategies. Cutting Edge Information’s latest study, “Pharmaceutical K...

Wellness at Work: CBIZ and Edington Associates Recognize Employers for Their Wellness Programs

Edington Associates LLC, in conjunction with CBIZ Employee Services, a division of CBIZ Inc., today announces the winners of the

TOPS Comprehensive Breast Center Study Validates the Benefits of New 3D Mammography Technology in Breast Cancer Screening

TOPS Comprehensive Breast Center Hosts First Large-scale U.S. Clinical Study on the Benefits of 3D Mammography (Breast Tomosynthesis) The first large-scale U.S. study comparing conventional 2D mammography screening exams alone versus 2D mammography with the addition of 3D mammography (breast tomosynthesis) technology has been completed at TOPS Comprehe...

Eaton Named a 2013 Best Employer for Healthy Lifestyles®, Earns Global Distinction Award from National Business Group on Health

The National Business Group on Health today recognized Eaton as one of the “2013 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles®” and presented Eaton with its Global Distinction Award for the company’s efforts to enhance the physical, psychological and emotional health, well-being and productivity of employees and their dependents. Eaton was one of...

Alexion to Present at the Deutsche Bank 38th Annual dbAccess Health Care Conference

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXN) today announced that Vikas Sinha, Chief Financial Officer of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, will present at the Deutsche Bank 38th Annual dbAccess Health Care Conference in Boston at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, May 30, 2013. An audio webcast of Mr. Sinha’s remarks will be available live. You can acc...

Mercy Ships: 10 years of Focus on Safe Motherhood in Africa

Working with long-time partner Johnson & Johnson, Charity increases capacity to support African Healthcare Education on the Mercy Ship Around the world, health organizations are recognizing May 23rd as International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. This year, the date marks not only the 10th anniversary of the UNFPA’s Campaign to End Fistula, but al...

Top 5 Pharmaceutical Company Inoculates Global Operations Against FCPA Violations

Company Expands Global Use of Aravo Solutions Across Business Units to Ensure Best-Practice Due Diligence Processes Aravo Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based Supplier Lifecycle Management (SLM) solutions and supplier risk services, announced today that a Fortune 500 Top 5 Pharmaceutical customer has elected to expand its use of Aravo S...

Cardiovascular Systems Presents New Late-Breaking Coronary Results at EuroPCR Conference

ORBIT II trial met primary endpoints treating patient population in which 99.3% of subjects had severely calcified lesions 30-day freedom from MACE rate of 89.8 percent Procedural success of 89.1 percent (including in-hospital MACE) New data shows:...

Fans Take to the Asphalt for Active Fun in the Fourth Annual Series of Coca-Cola Family Track Walks

Popular Pre-race Events Featuring the Fastest Names in Motorsports Return for 2013 At Charlotte, Atlanta and Chicago Race Weekends iHeartRadio Coca-Cola Open For Summer Concert to Feature Country Star and All-Star Celebrity Apprentice Winner Trace Adkins This summer, the best way to get up close and personal with members of the Coca-Cola Racin...

Aetna Helps Members Become Savvy Healthcare Consumers with Award-Winning Videos

Aetna (NYSE: AET) recently received an Award of Distinction in the Online Video/Education category from The 2013 Communicator Awards. Aetna was recognized for a series of educational videos that were designed to help members better understand and use their health care benefits. The short videos emphasize the importance of the member’s provider a...

Senior Scientific Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for the Detection, Measurement and Imaging of Cancer Cells Using Nanoparticles

Manhattan Scientifics Subsidiary Expands Patent Portfolio Senior Scientific, LLC, a unit of Manhattan Scientifics (OTCQB: MHTX) and a developer of molecular imaging and nanobiotechnology for the early detection and localization of cancer and other human diseases, today announced that the United States Patent Office (USPTO) has issued U.S. Patent No. 8,...

OPKO Surpasses 50% Enrollment in First Phase 3 Trial of RayaldyTM (CTAP101 Capsules)

OPKO Health, Inc. (NYSE: OPK), has surpassed 50% enrollment in the first phase 3 trial of RayaldyTM to treat patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT), stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) and vitamin D insufficiency. This trial is the first of two identical randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, multi-site studies intended to establis...

ERBA Diagnostics Exhibits at EuroMedlab Conference in Milan, Italy

ERBA Diagnostics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ERB), a fully integrated in vitro diagnostics company, is pleased to announce its participation at the Euromedlab conference in Milan, Italy, May 19th thru May 23rd. EuroMedlab is the European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. ERBA Diagnostics along with its recently acquired subsidiaries DRE...

Baxter to Present at the Goldman Sachs 34th Annual Global Healthcare Conference

Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) announced today that it will present at the Goldman Sachs 34th Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 4:40 p.m. (CT). The live webcast of Baxter’s presentation can be accessed from the Baxter corporate website at www.baxter.com and will be available for replay through July 10, 2013....

Cross Country Healthcare to Present at Jefferies Healthcare Conference

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq:CCRN) announced today that it is scheduled to make a presentation on Thursday, June 6, 2013, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time at the Jefferies Healthcare Conference being held at the Grand Hyatt New York hotel in New York City. Cross Country Healthcare’s presentations will be webcast and accessible to the public...

ConAgra Foods Improves Its Innovative Benefits Program With Health Care Transparency From Castlight Health

Health Care Management Suite Helps Employees Reduce Costs, Increase Engagement and Improve Outcomes ConAgra Foods, one of North America’s leading packaged food companies, has selected Castlight Health to enable its employees to make informed, value-based decisions about their health care. With Castlight’s health care management suite,...