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CureMD Healthcare Weekly Webinar – Healthcare Reform in 2011 & Beyond

2010 November 10
Starts: Thursday November 11, 2010, 03:30PM EST
Ends: Thursday November 11, 2010, 04:00PM EST
Event Type: Training/Seminar
Location: This is a virtual event.
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Website: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/905206416
Industry: hospital & health care
Keywords: CureMD, EHR, EMR, Healthcare, Obama EHR stimulus package, Stimulus electronic medical records incentives, ARRA, Medicare advantage claims, Electronic Health Record, Electronic Medical Record, HealthCare IT, Medicare, Medicare stimulus, EHR Meaningful Use
Intended For: Hospital Administrator, Medical Professionals, Healthcare Professionals, Healthcare Financial Management Professionals, Managed Care Executives,Office Manager, Accountants, Clinical Analysts, Physicians, EHR Buyers
Organization: CureMD Healthcare

The next couple of years are going to change the face of healthcare. Join us, as we cover the Affordable Care Act, Medicare & other upcoming changes to Physician Reimbursement.

Presented by Fred Melroy, Director of UPN. (University Physicians Network)

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Healthcare News – November 8th

2010 November 8
Obama: I underestimated political cost of healthcare system overhaul
Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter Barack Obama has admitted his plans to overhaul the US healthcare system have proved more costlier in political terms than he
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Daily Mail
Wales nursing leader calls for sustainable development in health care
WalesOnline
Nurses and healthcare support workers are passionate about the quality of the care they deliver and are powerful advocates for their patients.
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Sonic Healthcare to Buy CBLPath for $124 Million to Increase Sales in US
Bloomberg
By Simeon Bennett – Mon Nov 08 09:14:00 GMT 2010 Sonic Healthcare Ltd. agreed to buy CBLPath Inc. for $123.5 million, in its third acquisition this year,
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GOP: We Owe It to People to Repeal Health Care
CBS News
On CBS’ Face the Nation, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, said he owed it to the American people to repeal President Obama’s health care reform
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CBS News
Healthcare Consultancy Group Names Jennifer Brooks as President of The
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Healthcare Consultancy Group (HCG) announces the appointment of Jennifer Brooks as president of member company The Scienomics Group (TSG)
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A referendum, sure, but was it on health care?
Washington Post
But how much did the health-care law passed this year have to do with Republicans winning back the House and gaining six seats in the Senate?
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GOP Plans To Block Healthcare Funding
OzarksFirst.com
(Clemson, SC) — South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint says Republicans won’t repeal a federal healthcare overhaul before 2012, but they will push to defund it.
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Commentary: Health care law adds a new twist to insurance costs
Sacramento Bee
The new federal healthcare law is starting to trickle into corporate benefit plans, and workers are learning about changes during the annual open enrollment
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Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II announces acquisition of Athens Long-Term
News-Medical.net
Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Athens Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, a single-story, 32000-square-foot,
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(11/2010) Health Care Costs Not Addressed First
Basil & Spice
During the Presidential campaign, Barack Obama constantly told the American people that as President he would increase access to health care and bring costs
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Healthcare News Summary – September 5 – September 10

2010 September 10
Posted by skye.yang
Marco Rubio: Charlie Crist has `six different positions’ on healthcare law
MiamiHerald.com
Charlie Crist’s flip-flops amid his independent bid for US Senate — including about healthcare. One of his opponents, Republican Marco Rubio,
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Watch NASCAR Emory Healthcare 500 live free online
Philadelphia Gay News
Watch NASCAR Emory Healthcare 500 live streaming free online: Do you want to watch NASCAR Emory Healthcare 500 Race 2010 live stream online for free?
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Practice Recap: Emory Healthcare 500
RotoTimes.com
By Brian Polking When the series visited Atlanta Motor Speedway last September, Kasey Kahne was too fast for the competition to handle.
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Association honors health care heroes
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
By Star-Advertiser staff The Healthcare Association of Hawaii recently honored community leaders and legislators “who have gone above and beyond their job
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Emory Healthcare 500 at Atlanta – Race Line-Up
Auto Racing Daily
Denny Hamlin won the pole for Sunday’s Emory Healthcare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, turning the day’s fast lap in 29.587 seconds (187.380 mph).
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Auto Racing Daily
Small business projected to be big winner in healthcare reform
Forbes (blog)
By RICK UNGAR The results are in – and it should be good news to anyone more interested in improving America’s health care system than they are in fueling
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North Country HealthCare: Effectively talking to men about their health
Arizona Daily Sun
He recently spoke via teleconference to a packed audience at North Country HealthCare. Elizabeth Markona, HealthCheck programs manager at North Country
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Avoid healthcare scam
MYfoxLUBBOCK.COM
Scammers are targeting the elderly in Lubbock, by touting a free health care card, then demanding financial information. Jessica Stefaniak says her
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Emory Healthcare 500 Fact Sheet
Gaston Gazette
First-time callers: Of the current top 12 in Sprint Cup points, five – Denny Hamlin, Jeff Burton, Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle and Clint Bowyer – have never
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Washington Week: Insurance, State Actions Top News
MedPage Today
Employer-sponsored insurance will not only remain a cornerstone of the American healthcare system, but it will increase in prevalence in the post-healthcare
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Fortis Healthcare eyes Singapore REIT-sources
Reuters
NEW DELHI, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Indian hospital operator Fortis Healthcare (FOHE.BO) is looking to list a real estate investment trust in Singapore in the
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Stewart takes Emory Healthcare 500
Atlanta Journal Constitution
for the ages as there were battles for the lead and drama aplenty even during several long stretches of green-flag racing at the Emory Healthcare 500.
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Medicare head pushes health care test sites
Boston Globe
Already, health care lobbyists are seeking to influence how Medicare will decide which physician groups and hospitals to include in the first wave of pilots
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Follow-up healthcare critical for childhood cancer survivors
Sify
Australian researchers have said that follow-up healthcare is important for survivors of childhood cancer as they are at a higher risk of further cancer or
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Employees Pay More and Get Less from Medical Coverage
ABC News
Workers paid nearly $3997 this year toward the cost of family healthcare coverage — up $482 from the average employee share in 2009 and a jump of 47
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Higher Trading Range Above $47.33 Detected for Shares of Health Care REIT (HCN)
Comtex Smartrend
By Chip Brian Health Care REIT (NYSE:HCN) traded in a range Friday that spanned from a low of $47.31 to a high of $47.98. Friday’s high of the day topped
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Emory Healthcare 500 Preview
Breaking World Cup News
Emory Healthcare 500 is taking place at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton Ga. There are a number of top racers who have never won on this track and will
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Breaking World Cup News
Record year for health IT company
BBC News
Livingston-based healthcare IT firm, Craneware, has announced a 24% rise in full year pre-tax profits to more than £4.5m. The company said it had been a
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Denny Hamlin leads Emory Healthcare 500 field
al.com
Two hours before the green flag for the Emory Healthcare 500, there are more people in front of a portable stage at the start-finish line than we used to
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al.com
NASCAR Betting: Emory Healthcare 500 Could be Last Chance for the Chase
SBR Forum
It appears as though the race for the Chase for the Championship is virtually complete, but there are still a handful of drivers that could make a huge move
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Tengion to Present at Rodman & Renshaw 12th Annual Healthcare Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tengion, will present at the upcoming Rodman & Renshaw 12th Annual Healthcare Conference on Monday,
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Small-business owners see changes headed their way under health care reform
Kansas City Star
By DIANE STAFFORD Ask small-business operators how they’re preparing for health care reform and they all but throw up their hands.
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Kansas City Star
Parks’ Race Reactions: Emory Healthcare 500 at Atlanta
Bleacher Report
Here are my race reactions for Sunday night’s Emory Healthcare 500. I first have to give a call once again to the Atlanta Motor Speedway staff because they
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Bleacher Report
DUSA Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Rodman & Renshaw 12th Annual Healthcare
MarketWatch (press release)
President and Chief Executive Officer, will present a corporate overview at the Rodman & Renshaw 12th Annual Healthcare Conference on Monday,
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Amylin Pharmaceuticals to Present at Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare and
MarketWatch (press release)
7, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMLN) will be presenting at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference on
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NextGen Healthcare’s Technology Selected by Large New York-Based Multi
MarketWatch (press release)
Through its agreement with NextGen Healthcare, MKMG will implement an integrated platform built on a single database to help better meet its financial and
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Celsion to Present at Two Upcoming Healthcare Conferences in New York City
MarketWatch (press release)
Mr. Tardugno will also present at the Fifth Annual JMP Securities Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, September 28 at 3:00 PM ET. The conference is being held
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Lexicon to Present at Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
treatments for human disease, announced today that it will be participating next week in the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference in New York.
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BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Present at the Rodman & Renshaw Healthcare
MarketWatch (press release)
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., Sep 07, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPAX) will present at the Rodman & Renshaw Healthcare Conference
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Orthofix International to Participate in Morgan Stanley Unplugged Healthcare
MarketWatch (press release)
(NASDAQ:OFIX) (the Company) announced today that it will participate in the Morgan Stanley Unplugged Healthcare Conference in New York City.
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CytRx to Present at Rodman & Renshaw 12th Annual Healthcare Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
will be presenting at the 12th Annual Rodman & Renshaw Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, September 14, at 9:35 am Eastern time (6:35 am Pacific time).
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First Bids For Healthcare Provider Priory Due Sep 15 – Sources
Wall Street Journal
By Marietta Cauchi and Jessica Hodgson LONDON (Dow Jones)–First round bids for the UK mental healthcare provider the Priory Group are due Sept.
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Skilled Healthcare to Pay $50 Million to Settle After Verdict
BusinessWeek
8 (Bloomberg) — Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. agreed to pay $50 million to settle a case in which a jury found the company improperly staffed its
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Grey Healthcare Group a FalconStor user profile
ZDNet (blog)
By Dan Kusnetzky | September 8, 2010, 3:02am PDT Recently Chris Watkis, Grey Healthcare Group’s IT Director, and I had an opportunity to exchange messages
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Spectranetics to Present at the Stifel Nicolaus Healthcare Conference on
MarketWatch (press release)
today announced that it will present at the Stifel Nicolaus Healthcare Conference being held September 16-17 in Boston at the Four Seasons Hotel.
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Beckman Coulter to Present at Upcoming Healthcare Conferences
MarketWatch (press release)
Stifel Nicolaus 2010 Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 2:05 pm ET in Boston, Massachusetts. The live webcast of the Beckman
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CHG Healthcare Services Integrates On-Premise and Cloud-Based Information
MarketWatch (press release)
CHG Healthcare Services provides a comprehensive service offering that includes both temporary and permanent placement of physicians, allied health
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Emdeon To Buy Healthcare Backoffice Co For $260M
Wall Street Journal
Emdeon Inc. (EM) has agreed to buy closely held Chamberlin Edmonds & Associates Inc. for $260 million as the healthcare paperwork processor looks to further
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Healthcare Wednesday
The Hill (blog)
“The US healthcare system runs on innovation,” Mark Heesen, NVCA president, said in a statement. “If capital and incentives dry up, the whole system will
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Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II Acquires Joplin Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
MarketWatch (press release)
“They enjoy very limited competition, have strong relationships with major healthcare systems, and provide stable long-term income that is immediately
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Healthcare News Summary – August 30 – September 3

2010 September 3
Prudential, Skilled Healthcare, CVS in Court News
BusinessWeek
By Carla Main (Updates with Ambac, Dubai-Tan in Litigation; Time Warner- Turner Broadcasting in Verdicts; and Wolters Kluwer in Litigation Departments.
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Skilled Healthcare, Genzyme, Intel big movers
The Associated Press
Skilled Healthcare Group Inc., down 30 cents at $2.47 A judge denied the nursing and assisted living services company’s request for a new trial in a case
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Skilled Healthcare shares slump on court ruling
BusinessWeek
Shares of Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. plummeted Monday after a superior court judge denied the company’s request for a new trial in a case accusing it of
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To reduce the incidence of reproductive coercion, healthcare providers need to
Los Angeles Times
The first step to reducing reproductive coercion is simply to ask young women if they have experienced it. That’s the upshot of a pilot study involving four
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Medical Informatics Combines Healthcare and Technology
Washington Post
Informaticians are responsible for effectively organizing, analyzing, managing, and using the complex and increasing amount of healthcare information
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A New Taiwan Investment Play In China: Healthcare
Forbes (blog)
Healthcare and pharmaceutical companies from the island, which is set just off of the mainland’s southeast coast, are by comparison tiny and barely known.
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Atlanta Emory Healthcare 500: Las Vegas Odds & Picks to Win
Associated Content
At 12-1 Carl Edwards is the best bet to win the Atlanta Emory Healthcare 500. It has been a long winless season for Tony Stewart in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint
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Guerra On Healthcare: Meaningful Use Certification Confounds CIOs
InformationWeek
Uncertainty over the data certification requirements for Electronic Health Records has normally unflappable healthcare CIOs exasperated.
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Teleflex to Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
Teleflex is a global provider of medical technology products that enable healthcare providers to improve patient outcomes, reduce infections and support
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About 2000 employers qualify for federal subsidies for retiree healthcare
Los Angeles Times
Businesses, labor unions and state and local governments are seeking aid under a $5-billion program in the new healthcare law that encourages employers to
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Auxilium Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare
MarketWatch (press release)
The Stifel Nicolaus Healthcare Conference to be held September 15-17, 2010 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. Mr. James E. Fickenscher, Chief Financial
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iBio and Fraunhofer Execute Business Development and Marketing Agreement with
MarketWatch (press release)
This new business initiative combines the value of GE Healthcare’s capabilities and worldwide presence in life sciences, iBio’s highly efficient
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Skilled Healthcare surges on court case delay
BusinessWeek
Shares of Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. rebounded Tuesday after the nursing facility operator indicated it may be near a settlement over alleged safety
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Healthcare workers should get a flu shot or lose their jobs, two health groups say
Los Angeles Times
The swine-flu scare of 2009 turned a spotlight on a controversial issue: Should healthcare workers be required to have an annual flu vaccine?
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Los Angeles Times
T-Paw takes aim at health-care law
msnbc.com (blog)
“After rejecting $7.8 billion dollars for his cash-strapped state where taxpayers are struggling to make ends meet and denying health care to a quarter
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Firms, unions in line for healthcare aid
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Several states suing to overturn the healthcare law are among those that plan to seek the new aid, including Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana,
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Morgan Keegan Says HCP Best Healthcare REIT (HCP)
Benzinga
Morgan Keegan is out with a research report saying that HCP, Inc. (NYSE: HCP) is the best positioned health care REIT, after it “announced the termination
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Florida angel fund to aid healthcare start-ups
MiamiHerald.com
A venture capital fund of veteran healthcare entrepreneur Miguel “Mike” Fernandez announced the start of a $20 million angel fund to help small healthcare
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California’s safety-net health insurance premiums rise
Los Angeles Times
Healthcare advocates say that continued high unemployment in California could drive up the ranks of people in this high-risk pool who have no other options
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Graymark Healthcare to sell pharmacy unit to Walgreen
Reuters
Sept 1 (Reuters) – Graymark Healthcare Inc (GRMH.O) agreed to sell all assets of its pharmacy division to drugstore chain Walgreen Co (WAG.
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Omnicare to Participate in the Stifel Nicolaus 2010 Healthcare Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
related consulting and data management services for skilled nursing, assisted living and other institutional healthcare providers as well as for hospice
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Thomson Reuters buys health care data company
BusinessWeek
News and information provider Thomson Reuters Corp. said Wednesday it has acquired Healthcare Data Management Inc., bolstering the company’s health care and
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94 Texas employers to get federal aid for retiree healthcare
Fort Worth Star Telegram
They are challenging its constitutionality, saying Congress doesn’t have the power to make people buy healthcare coverage — or require them to pay
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Florida Supreme Court jettison Republicans opposition to Obama’s healthcare plan
Examiner.com
While Republicans believe that there was strong opposition to the healthcare bill, there was also strong support for the law as well.
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More workers at small businesses will get medical insurance thanks to
Los Angeles Times
It’s been nearly six months since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 was signed into law, and it’s still pretty unpopular.
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Los Angeles Times
Tie Healthcare Jobs to Flu Vaccination, Groups Say
MedPage Today
By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Healthcare workers should receive annual influenza vaccinations as a condition of employment and
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Advanced Life Sciences to Present at 12th Annual Rodman and Renshaw Healthcare
PR Newswire (press release)
today announced that it will present at Rodman and Renshaw’s 12th Annual Healthcare Conference held September 12-15th in New York City.
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St. Jude Medical To Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
a global medical device company, will present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference on Monday, September 13, in New York City.
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Orthovita to Present at the Stifel Nicolaus 2010 Healthcare Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
an orthobiologics and biosurgery company, announced today that it will present at the Stifel Nicolaus 2010 Healthcare Conference in Boston.
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Gleacher & Company Welcomes Another Addition to Equity Healthcare Team
MarketWatch (press release)
We are committed to establishing a strong Healthcare research vertical and our well respected team of Amit Hazan, Joe France, Sung Ji Nam,
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Groups to educate Californians on national healthcare reform
Los Angeles Times (blog)
Those groups are expected to receive nearly $100 million in grants this year from the endowment to improve healthcare access statewide.
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Nearly half of healthcare workers in California hospitals did not receive flu
Los Angeles Times
In a demonstration of what many experts would call appalling medical ethics, only slightly more than half of healthcare workers in California hospitals
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Emory Healthcare 500
Yahoo! Sports
Sports Staff The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Atlanta Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Emory Healthcare 500. This is the second Cup race there this season.
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Florida Supreme Court refuses to allow healthcare amendment
The South Florida Times
AP Writer TALLAHASSEE — A measure intended to let voters voice opposition to the US health care overhaul was kicked off Florida’s Nov.
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Health Care: Employers Pass Increased Costs Onto Workers
Huffington Post (blog)
Reporting from Washington –Strained by rising healthcare costs and the sour economy, US employers are pressing workers to shoulder the added burden alone
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Creature vs. Creature Writers Pool: Picks for the Emory Healthcare 500
Bleacher Report
On the docket for NASCAR, the Atlanta Motor Speedway and the Emory Healthcare 500. As we saw in March, this track can be ever changing as the race goes
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SonoSite to Present at Stifel Nicolaus 2010 Healthcare Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
President and CEO, will present at the Stifel Nicolaus Healthcare Conference being held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston from September 15-17, 2010.
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Special Report: Outgunned FDA tries to get tough with drug ads
Reuters
They took in tips from a style expert and listened to a nurse extol the virtues of Mirena, a birth control device sold by Bayer Healthcare.
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Insight: The Boxer-Fiorina Debate / Recycling in Healthcare / Chalk it Up
KXJZ News
Analysis of the Boxer-Fiorina Debate; How to make recycling in healthcare more efficient; Chalk It Up! celebrates its 20th anniversary; Sound Advice The
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CureMD Marketing Intern

2010 August 16
Posted by skye.yang

CureMD Marketing Intern

CureMD, located in financial district New York, is intensively looking for 6 marketing interns.

Internship duties include:

  • Assist in development, ongoing updates and distribution of marketing collateral, powerpoint presentations, client training materials;
  • Assist in online communication initiatives, include website and blog content and social media initiatives;
  • Assist in email marketing communications management, including list & subscription management, email template updates and execution of targeted email newsletters;
  • Coordinate for advertising campaigns and event sponsorships and speaking engagements;
  • Conduct and compile industry research for internal and external distribution;
  • Excelled with Graphic Design, Excel;
  • Strong Oral and Written Communication Skills;
  • Critical and Analytic Skills;
  • Organizational Skills;
  • Entrepreneurial Spirit with a Marketing Mindset;
  • Interest in New Technologies, Mobile Devices,  Apps and Social Media;
  • Impeccable Attention to Detail.

The Internship will be non-paid for 90 days, with an option to be hired.

CureMD is the leading provider of innovative information management solutions that transform the administrative and clinical operations of healthcare organizations. CureMD drives organizational performance by combining enterprise-class reliability and scalability with next-generation technology and best practices, empowering growing organizations to stay ahead of the technology curve.

http://www.curemd.com/

Contact: 212.509.6200

Email: skye.yang@curemd.com

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Healthcare News Summary – August 9th – August 11th

2010 August 11
Legacy Healthcare Seen Raising Less Than Thought From IPO
Wall Street Journal
Legacy Healthcare Properties Trust Inc. unveiled estimated terms of its initial public offering, which will raise less than expected to help fund
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Channel Islands continue healthcare talks with the UK
BBC News
Talks are continuing into reinstating the free emergency healthcare agreement between the Channel Islands and the UK. Guernsey and Jersey are working
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Southern Cross Healthcare warns on profits
Financial Times
By Philip Stafford Southern Cross Healthcare, the UK’s largest care homes group, has warned on full-year profits as local authorities continue to cut back
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Barack Obama Says Healthcare Reform Works For Seniors
Food Consumer
The United States President Barack Obama said in a weekly radio address released on Aug 7 that the healthcare reform law he approved has started delivering
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Democratic candidates all but ignore their legislative successes
Los Angeles Times
“I am not one who thinks our candidates should go out and sell healthcare reform. They have to stay focused on jobs, the economy and shaking up Washington.
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Los Angeles Times
Millennium Laboratories, Inc. Announces National Agreement with MultiPlan
PR Newswire (press release)
MultiPlan contracts with over 700000 total providers, including hospitals, ancillary care facilities and healthcare practitioners across the United States.
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WALKER v. UNITED HEALTHCARE OF HARDIN, INC.
Leagle.com
According to Defendant, Plaintiff asserts that he could not afford health care and treatment and had no insurance that would cover such treatment; however,
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Pay Practices in Health Care Are Investigated
New York Times
By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is investigating pay practices throughout the health care industry after finding that many hospitals
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Healthcare Realty 2Q Profit Drops 61% On Prior-Year Gains
Wall Street Journal
Healthcare Realty Trust Inc’s (HR) second-quarter profit dropped 61% on higher prior-year income from discontinued operations. The real estate investment
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Piramal Healthcare net down
Economic Times
MUMBAI: Drugmaker Piramal Healthcare’s consolidated quarterly net profit fell 5 per cent, substantially lagging street estimates, mainly due to sluggish
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Skilled Healthcare stock rises on mistrial motion
BusinessWeek
Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. shares climbed Monday, the first trading day after the nursing home operator filed a motion for a mistrial in a California
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Merge Healthcare Reports Second Quarter Results
TheStreet.com
By Business Wire 08/09/10 – 05:13 PM EDT Merge Healthcare Incorporated (NASDAQ: MRGE), a health IT solutions provider, today announced financial results for
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MarketsandMarkets: Obama’s Healthcare Reform Bill and its Impact on the U.S.
PR Newswire (press release)
The report focuses on the US healthcare system and its major stakeholders such as pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical devices manufacturers,
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Clyburn touts healthcare reform, Social Security success
WIS
Clyburn is one of the programs supporters and according to him, this year’s healthcare reform bill pumped new life into a program that benefits nearly
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A week to celebrate public healthcare
ENC Today
The center has prepared a full spate of activities that will highlight health centers’ role in the health care delivery system. The community can expect to
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Saginaw-based Covenant HealthCare sees growth, job additions
The Saginaw News – MLive.com
SAGINAW COUNTY — Saginaw-based Covenant HealthCare is the largest employer in Saginaw County, and one of Michigan’s largest health care providers north of
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The Saginaw News – MLive.com
Odyssey HealthCare Stockholders Approve Proposed Acquisition by Gentiva Health
MarketWatch (press release)
DALLAS, Aug 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODSY) , one of the largest providers of hospice care in the United States,
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Nestor Healthcare rejects 102 mln stg offer
Reuters
Aug 11 (Reuters) – Nestor Healthcare (NSR.L) said on Wednesday it rejected an unsolicited approach from a private-equity group that valued the British
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Molina Healthcare Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering
MarketWatch (press release)
Molina Healthcare, Inc. provides quality and cost-effective Medicaid-related solutions to meet the health care needs of low-income families and individuals
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Sharron Angle: ‘Nothing Wrong With Our Health Care System’ (VIDEO)
Huffington Post (blog)
“Our healthcare system is the best in the world. There’s nothing wrong with our healthcare system. Our doctors are the best.” When pressed to further
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Progressives and Conservatives Agree: Single Payer Healthcare Is Inevitable
Huffington Post (blog)
“The new health care legislation is a step toward elimination, by slow strangulation, of private health insurance and establishment of government as the
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Obama to sign $26 billion state healthcare, education aid bill U.S. House
Examiner.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Barack Obama will sign the $26 billion bill passed Tuesday by the US House that will help states who find themselves cashed
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Examiner.com
Australia Pharmaceuticals And Healthcare Report Q3 2010 – New Market Report
OfficialWire (press release)
The PBS was established in 1948 as part of a wider plan to create a more equitable healthcare system and is modelled on the UK’s revolutionary National
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A.D.A.M.’s New Mobile Health Product Launched by Highmark Inc.
MarketWatch (press release)
This innovative mobile application lets health plan members connect to first aid information, health articles, local healthcare providers and facilities,
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NextGen Healthcare Now Offers Continuing Medical Education Credits to Physicians
MarketWatch (press release)
ACCME accreditation seeks to assure both physicians and the public that continuing medical education activities provided by NextGen Healthcare meet the high
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Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.’s Reaction to Its Analyst Downgrade; SKH, BKD, CSU
Learning Markets
So how has Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. done since it was downgraded from Mkt Outperform to Mkt Perform? Well, the stock has done pretty well since
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Dangerous staph infections declining, study shows
Los Angeles Times
The most comprehensive US study to date shows that the number of cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, dropped in healthcare
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Healthcare News Summary – August 6th

2010 August 6
Kindred Healthcare reports 2Q net income
BusinessWeek
Kindred Healthcare Inc. on Wednesday reported net income in the second quarter, a year after it took a loss to divest six unprofitable nursing centers.
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State challenges to healthcare reform law
Los Angeles Times
Opponents of the new healthcare reform law notched two victories this week, one at the ballot box and one in court. On Tuesday, voters in Missouri
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Healthcare Reform Law Will Extend Life of Medicare Trust Fund
MedPage Today
By Emily P. Walker, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today WASHINGTON — The healthcare reform law significantly improved the outlook for Medicare,
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States enact healthcare law even as challenges proceed
The Hill (blog)
By Julian Pecquet – 08/06/10 06:00 AM ET State governments are implementing the controversial healthcare law, even in places where elected officials are
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Molina Healthcare 2Q profit falls 27 percent
BusinessWeek
Shares Molina Healthcare Inc. sank Thursday after its profit fell 27 percent in the second quarter because of higher medical care costs and other expenses.
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Intel, GE in Health Care Technology Joint Venture
ITChannelPlanet
Goal is to use technology to bring more effective health care to millions. Effort focused on new models of health care delivery for elderly and chronically
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Emory Healthcare Named Title Sponsor for Atlanta Labor Day Weekend NASCAR
PaddockTalk
“I am particularly excited that this partnership will allow Emory Healthcare volunteers to provide ongoing health care screenings and educational programs
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NRSC fundraises off Gibbs’s reaction to Missouri healthcare referendum
The Hill (blog)
By Sean J. Miller – 08/05/10 02:34 PM ET Senate Republicans are turning the results of Tuesday’s Missouri healthcare referendum into a fundraising pitch.
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Spiking obesity rates: healthcare’s ticking time bomb
California Independent Voter Network
Predictably, rising obesity rates are significantly increasing healthcare costs. Susan Brady, at HealthNews, wrote that healthcare costs related to obesity
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7 nominees announced for board of Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital
Los Angeles Times
All of the candidates have more than a decade of experience in healthcare, business or law. It is the latest step toward opening the private,
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Healthcare News Summary – August 4th

2010 August 4
Missouri voters approve challenge to federal healthcare law
Los Angeles Times
By Noam N. Levey, Tribune Washington Bureau Striking a largely symbolic blow at President Obama’s healthcare overhaul, Missouri voters approved a ballot
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VOICES: Carolyn McClanahan, On Healthcare Reform
Wall Street Journal (blog)
She told WSJ Financial Adviser what advisers need to know about the new healthcare bill. One of the big changes already in effect is that people who were
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Siemens Healthcare – SWOT Analysis – New Company Profile Published
OfficialWire (press release)
by Press Office Siemens Healthcare – SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information.
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Sun Healthcare Group offering 19.3 million shares
BusinessWeek
Health care facility operator Sun Healthcare Group Inc. said Tuesday it is publicly offering 19.3 million shares of common stock. The company will also give
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Healthcare Wednesday
The Hill (blog)
the government from requiring individuals to buy health insurance or face a fine — a central provision of the Democrats’ healthcare reform law.
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Tenet Healthcare Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
TheStreet.com
By Seeking Alpha 08/03/10 – 02:05 PM EDT Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Second Quarter 2010 Tenet’s Healthcare Earnings Conference Call.
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GE, Intel To Form 50-50 Healthcare Joint Venture
RTT News
(GE: News ) to create a new 50-50 joint venture healthcare company for tele-health and independent living for seniors. The focus of the new venture will be
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Andy Griffith Promotes Healthcare Law to Retirees
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
By Emily Brandon Actor Andy Griffith is promoting the benefits President Obama’s healthcare law adds to Medicare. In a public service announcement for the
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Healthcare Providers Debate mHealth Opportunities, Obstacles at Leadership Summit
TMCnet
But the complexity of the healthcare industry, the unclear regulatory environment, incompatible systems and standards, reimbursement concerns,
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Healthcare News Summary – July 29th

2010 July 29
Guerra On Healthcare: Application Rip And Replace Realities
InformationWeek
Most healthcare organizations must leverage past investments and don’t have the luxury to rip and replace in pursuit of “perfect world” IT scenarios.
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Healthcare reform worries dog WellPoint and Aetna
Reuters
A main reason for the industry’s uncertainty about the impact of the US healthcare overhaul is that rules determining how much the health insurers must
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AMN Healthcare to buy smaller rival Medfinders
Reuters
July 28 (Reuters) – AMN Healthcare Services (AHS.N) said it will buy smaller rival Medfinders, a provider of clinical workforce services, for about $88
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Alliance HealthCare Services Reports Results for the Second Quarter and Six
MarketWatch (press release)
Paul S. Viviano, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “I am encouraged by Alliance HealthCare Services’ financial performance which
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Boston Scientific to Participate in BMO Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
PR Newswire (press release)
NATICK, Mass., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) is scheduled to participate in the BMO Capital Markets Healthcare
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Obama Gives Tour Of New Health Care Website (VIDEO)
Huffington Post (blog)
In an exclusive video released by WebMD on Wednesday, President Barack Obama explored the new health care website, healthcare.gov, giving viewers a live
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MinuteClinic Forms Clinical Affiliation With St. Vincent’s HealthCare in
PR Newswire (press release)
MinuteClinic practitioners specialize in family health care and are trained to diagnose, treat and write prescriptions for common family illnesses such as
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Voters to decide healthcare issue
Howell County News
3 ballot will allow the state’s residents to speak out against the federal government’s healthcare legislation. “Missouri is leading the way,” said state
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Odyssey HealthCare Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results
MarketWatch (press release)
On May 24, 2010, Odyssey HealthCare and Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIV) announced that they had entered into a definitive merger agreement
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Healthcare News Summary – July 26th

2010 July 26
Fortis Healthcare Bows Out of Parkway Race
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Amitha Rajan Prudence can overcome greed, which is something shareholders in Fortis Healthcare Ltd. found out to their relief after the Indian hospital
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Deal of the week: Healthcare Trust expands reach
Houston Chronicle
By KATHERINE FESER Healthcare Trust of America is picking up an 84 percent interest in the partnership that owns these medical offices for $38.1 million.
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Earnings Alert: Merge Healthcare is Expected to Beat the Street Consensus When
Comtex Smartrend
By Chip Brian Analysts, on average, expect Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ:MRGE) to report a loss of $0.02 on sales of $34 million on July 30, 2010.
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Medfusion + Quicken Health Group = Intuit Health
MarketWatch (press release)
Based in Cary, NC, the group is committed to improving healthcare through innovative online connected services that make the clinical, administrative,
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GE Healthcare Partnering with Ohio Institutions
Today’s Medical Developments
An Aurora, OH-based subsidiary of GE Healthcare is teaming with clinicians and researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Ohio State
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Earnings Watch: AMN Healthcare Services is Scheduled to Report its Quarterly
Comtex Smartrend
By Chip Brian Analysts, on average, expect AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AHS) to report earnings of $0.03 on sales of $148 million on July 28, 2010.
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Healthcare sector top gainers: (AKRX, SOMX, ZGEN, THC, AVNR)
Penny Stock Live (blog)
Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) jumped up by 3.04% and closed at $4.41 with overall traded volume of 5.49 million shares.
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Exclusive: Senator Harry Reid Interview on The Brody File
Christian Broadcasting Network (blog)
Senator Reid defended the new laws that have been branded “big government liberal projects “(like healthcare reform, Wall Street reform, etc) and believes
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Earnings Update: Omega Healthcare Investors Releases its Quarterly Earnings on
Comtex Smartrend
By Chip Brian Analysts, on average, expect Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) to report earnings of $0.13 on sales of $53 million on July 30, 2010.
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