Saturday, 30 January 2016

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Palmetto Health surplus booms
Friday, January 29, 2016 4:14 PM
Palmetto Health, a six-hospital system based in Columbia, S.C., reported an operating surplus in fiscal 2015, after experiencing operating losses the prior year.


New gender pay parity rule could reveal sad truths about healthcare industry
Friday, January 29, 2016 3:45 PM
New federal requirements aimed at revealing wage inequalities could have significant implications for the healthcare industry, which is made up largely of female workers who historically have been paid less than their male counterparts.


FDA OKs Merck hepatitis C drug, adding to patient choices
Friday, January 29, 2016 1:25 PM
Patients with hepatitis C have yet another advanced treatment option, as the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new once-a-day pill developed by drugmaker Merck.


Former state official joins KentuckyOne Health
Friday, January 29, 2016 1:18 PM
Kentucky's former public health commissioner, Dr. Stephanie Mayfield Gibson, is the new vice president of population health at KentuckyOne Health and chief medical officer of its accountable care organization.


Stryker to build 3D printing facility
Friday, January 29, 2016 1:00 PM
Stryker, the Kalamazoo, Mich.-based manufacturer of medical devices and equipment, is building a state-of-the-art 3D printing facility in 2016.


Proposed CMS rule encourages analysis, sharing of medical-claims data
Friday, January 29, 2016 1:00 PM
Some medical data miners may soon be allowed to share and sell Medicare and private-sector medical-claims data, as well as analyses of that data, under proposed regulations the CMS issued Friday.


Epic leads in KLAS awards
Friday, January 29, 2016 12:45 PM
There were honors to share for the top three hospital EHR developers in the annual Best of KLAS awards this year, with Epic Systems Corp., Cerner Corp. and Meditech all taking home awards. But Epic garnered the most mentions.


Humira sales boost AbbVie's fourth-quarter profit
Friday, January 29, 2016 11:15 AM
Cost-cutting also helped AbbVie in the quarter. The North Chicago, Ill., company's selling, general and administrative expenses dropped 48% to $1.74 billion.


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