dollars in Medical News

Bronx Jury Awards 60 Million Dollars to Woman in Medical Malpractice Case

GREAT NECK, N.Y., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- PARKER WAICHMAN ALONSO LLP , one of the nation's premier plaintiffs' litigation firms today obtained a monumental Sixty Million ($60,000,000) Dollar verdict in a medical malpractice action awarded to a Bronx woman, Allison Hugh against Ferdinand...

Kessler Foundation Research Center Awarded More Than Two Million Dollars in Grants

Kessler Foundation on the Cutting Edge of Research for People with Disabilities West Orange, NJ (PRWEB) July 8, 2009 -- Kessler Foundation announced that it was awarded seven grants totaling $2,049,100 during the first half of 2009. The grants were awarded by federal an...

Reduce Relapse Thru Effective Drug Rehabilitation and Save Society Tens of Thousands of Dollars per Addict, Says Narconon

If the Obama administration wants to cut the budget and improve the economy, it should demand effective drug rehabilitation that can achieve stable recovery. LOS ANGELES, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- "Drug rehabilitation will really impact society and save hundreds of billions of dollars," says Cl...

New Web-Based Medication Management Service Can Help Save Healthcare Dollars

Poor adherence to medication regimens costs taxpayers $ Billions of each year. NexDose® announces launch of its new IT solution for improved adherence. Coral Gables, FL (PRWeb)June 10, 2009 -- VivoNex, LLC announces the launch of its online NexDose® Medication...

New CASA* Report Finds Federal, State and Local Governments Spend Almost Half a Trillion Dollars a Year on Substance Abuse and Addiction

Of Every Federal And State Dollar Spent, 96 Cents Goes to Shovel up Wreckage of Illness, Crime, Social Ills; Only 2 Cents Goes to Prevention and Treatment WASHINGTON, May 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Substance abuse and addiction cost federal, state and local governments at least $467.7 bi...

LIFE 10th Anniversary Event Delivers Big Names and Big Dollars for Breast Cancer Fight

LIFE Event raises $500,000 for breast cancer bringing total raised by LIFE to $5.6 million PARAMUS, N.J., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty-eight LPGA pros including World Golf Hall of Fame members Beth Daniel and Karrie Webb, top ranked players Angela Stanford, Morgan Pressel, Brittany Lincicome...

Health IT Needs of Primary Care Practices Key to Defining "Meaningful Use" of Federal Dollars for Health IT

May 28 Webinar outlines how health IT can facilitate care coordination, integration in patient centered medical home practices ( www.health2resources.com ). Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 12, 2009 -- A new Webinar slated for May 28, 2009, makes the vital connection between ...

Medical International Technology Inc. "MIT" announces a minimum of 6 million dollars exclusive agreement for a period of 5 years with a Malaysian Distributor for its Med-Jet(R) Needle-Free Jet-Injector

DENVER, CO, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Medical International Technology Inc. (MDLH. PK) ( http://www.mitcanada.ca http://www.mitinvest.ca ), is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Medical International Technologies (MIT Canada) Inc. has signed a minimum of six (6) million dollars excl...

According to A Better Tomorrow Wells Fargo's Credit Card Processing Division is Withholding Tens of Thousands of Dollars Owed to a Southern California-Based Behavioral Healthcare Treatment Center

MURRIETA, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- If you're looking for an example of how banks are abusing the Troubled Asset Relief Program, consider Wells Fargo Bank, which has received $25 billion in federal aid. Since last week, the San Francisco-based bank has inexplicably withheld...

Sponsor Dollars Key to Flu Vaccine Study Publication

Researchers urge full funding disclosures since drug firms buy space in journals FRIDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Drug industry-funded flu vaccine studies are more likely to be published in prestigious journals and are cited more often in the scientific literature than other studies...

1.2 Million Dollars Recently Awarded to Institute for Myeloma and Bone Cancer Research

FJC, a foundation of philanthropic donor-advised funds and the Myeloma Research Foundation are the latest major donors to the "Cure Myeloma Project", an ongoing research initiative at the Institute for Myeloma and Bone Cancer Research, (IMBCR), in Los Angeles, CA LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 /PRNewsw...

Hospital-Employer Partnerships Growing as Employers Seek Ways to Improve Health and Manage Dollars in Tough Economic Times

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Aegis Health Group announced today that in the year just concluded, its health and wellness programs matching hospitals with local employers reached more than 70,000 employees nationwide. The Aegis initiative helps employers cope with rising healthcar...

Hope for Lung Cancer Research Dollars in California: The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (BJALCF) Applauds Landmark Legislation to Push through Funding for Lung Cancer Research in California

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Today is "a moment in history" in the battle against Lung Cancer -- the Number One Cancer Killer, thanks to California Assembly Member Tom Torlakson (D-11th District). His compassion and tireless efforts working with our Foundation, doctors, patients and r...

Unnecessary Spinal Surgery Will Waste Billions of Dollars in 2009 and Patients Will Continue to Suffer Unless the Primary Cause of Most Back Pain is Treated, Says Pain Specialist Norman Marcus, M.D.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- During 2009, millions of Americans will undergo unnecessary and costly spinal surgeries and injections or be given mind-altering drugs that fail to eliminate their back pain -- unless their physicians recognize and treat the actual source of most back pain, says pi...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont Saves Nearly a Half-Million Dollars with a Microsoft Partner Compensation Management Solution

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont (BCBSVT), Vermont's largest private health carrier, has saved nearly a half-million dollars with a Microsoft partner compensation management system. Implemented to overhaul ...

Infohrm Member Client Saves Millions of Dollars Through Workforce Analytics

WellPoint, Inc. identifies potential savings of $6 million in early tenure turnover costs. Washington, DC (PRWEB) November 10, 2008 -- Infohrm , the global leader in workforce planning, reporting and analytics solutions, today released a case study highlighting the tre...

Complimentary White Paper: Where Senior Care Suppliers Spent Marketing and PR Dollars in 2007 and 2008

How prevalent are the use of blogs, podcasts and other Web 2.0 tools by suppliers in the senior care marketplace? Are print advertising budgets being reduced? Will senior care vendors attend fewer tradeshows? These questions are answered in our latest “Trends in Senior Care Marketing" ...

Car Donations: "Tired Wheels" Turned Into Donation Dollars for Ronald McDonald House Charities, San Diego

Action Donation Services®, charity car, boat and RV donation fund raising specialists, noted today that their five year partnership with the Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego has resulted in the generation of tens of thousands of dollars to help those served by the Ronald McDonald ...

Booz & Company Study Finds Top Corporate Spenders on R&D Boosted Investments to Nearly Half a Trillion Dollars in 2007

U.S. companies spend more on R&D overseas than at home, but 40% of all corporate R&D dollars invested in the U.S. is spent by foreign headquartered companies Race to tap technical talent and new global markets exceeds the pursuit of lower labor costs as reason to conduct R&D offshore...

CPF Fundraisers Bring in Landmark Half Million Dollars in Less Than Three Weeks

Events in Malibu, Cal., Chicago, Ill., and Rockville, Md. SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In less than three weeks, three major fundraising events for the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) have brought in record donations. The events benefiting the CPF collectively r...

Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards One Million Dollars for Development of 'Trojan Horse' Delivery Technology to Treat Parkinson's Disease

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of its mission to drive transformative treatments and a cure for Parkinson's disease, The Michael J. Fox Foundation today announced that it would award Santa Monica-based biotech ArmaGen Technologies, Inc., up to $1 million if all milestone...

Geisinger saves millions in medical dollars through better supply management

DANVILLE, PA A new approach to ordering supplies has helped Geisinger cut $30 million in unnecessary spending in the last three years, made it easier to recall medications in the event of pharmaceutical recalls and eliminated the duplication of many products. Geisinger's Supply Chain Service...

Balancing Dollars and Health Sense

New Center for Excellence Report: A Framework for Decision Making on Funding State Retiree Health Care Benefits WASHINGTON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from the Center for State and Local Government Excellence looks at the complexities surrounding the funding of state ...

Inforum Presents Panel Discussion on 'The Future of the U.S. Health Care System: What It Will Cost in Dollars and Quality of Care'

May 9 luncheon hosted by Inforum, A Professional Women's Alliance DETROIT, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- All of the United States presidential candidates include health care among their top priorities should they be elected in 2008. Change in the U.S. healthcare system is imminent, but what do t...

Youth and Adults Throughout Illinois Urge Governor Blagojevich and Congress: Invest Our Tax Dollars Wisely

CHICAGO, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- As taxpayers scramble to file on time, hundreds of people across the state ask the Illinois Governor and Congressional delegation to make wiser investments in sexual health education. Nearly $8 million pours into Illinois annually from federal tax sources supp...

GDAHC Save Lives Save Dollars Initiative Launches Pilot Program for Diabetes Care Management

DETROIT, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greater Detroit Area Health Council's (GDAHC) Save Lives Save Dollars (SLSD) initiative, in partnership with the American Diabetes Association, sanofi-aventis, and the Detroit Regional Chamber, recently launched a pilot program to help people with diabetes ...

Quantum Foundation Makes a Half Million Dollars Available to Federally Qualified Health Centers

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Quantum Foundation has announced that it is funding its Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) initiative with a new pool of $500,000 that will be available in early 2008. The pool of funds will be used to assist existing or new a...

Technology can Dramatically Reduce Billions of Dollars in Medicaid, Medicare Fraud

System Detects Illegal Payments and Providers AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the federal government and an NBC News report, U.S. taxpayers are annually defrauded of about $60 billion in Medicare payments to unqualified doctors and health care providers. A new ...

More Dollars Don't Boost Lung Cancer Survival

5-year outcomes unchanged since 1970s, despite higher spending on care, study shows TUESDAY, Oct 23 (HealthDay News) -- Although it can cost more than $1 million to give a lung cancer patient an added year of life, overall survival from the disease hasn't increased significantly, a new...

Doctors: AMA Has Sold Out Patients & the Profession For A Few Dollars

WASHINGTON, July 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following statement from Kathryn Serkes, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, in response to the AMA's endorsement of House Bill 3200: "The American Medical Associatio...

Bridges to Excellence Announces Five New Physician Recognition Programs With Potential to Save Billions of Health Care Dollars

Doctors can now use new program measures and work with EMR vendors to provide high levels of quality care for asthma, COPD and heart conditions NEWTOWN, Conn., June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bridges to Excellence (BTE), the nation's most extensive effort to recognize and reward high-perfo...

truth(R) Campaign Can Save Half a Million Lives and Billions of Dollars

NEW YORK, April 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The truth(R) youth anti-smoking campaign has the power to save hundreds of thousands of lives and billions of dollars in smoking-related health care costs and productivity losses, according to the Citizens' Commission to Protect the Truth, a group co...

GlobalMedia Provides Free Grant Writing and Application Assistance to Healthcare Providers and Professionals Seeking Their Share of Billions in Economic Stimulus Dollars

2009 Grant Applications Available Now SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- While dollars for infrastructure and construction lead the current economic stimulus rhetoric, it is quickly becoming known that nearly $22 billion in stimulus funds will soon be available to improve health care...

Americans United for Life: Obama Administration Stem Cell Policy an Anti-Life Waste of Tax Dollars

WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Obama signed an executive order today authorizing more federal taxpayer spending for human embryonic stem cell research, overturning limits on federal funding for such research in place since 2001. Dr. Charmaine Yoest, Pres...

The Audacity of Hype: Wasting Taxpayer Lives and Taxpayer Dollars

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thursday, February 12, at 11:00 am , Family Research Council will host a lecture by Dr. David Prentice on the scientific and ethical issues surrounding the current stem cell debate. President Barack Obama has pledged to spend federal money on embr...

State Human Services Union Identifies Ways to Save Millions of Tax Dollars

SEIU Local 668 says Governor has ignored their cost saving suggestions HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to Governor Rendell's request for suggestions on closing the state's budget shortfall, SEIU Local 668, the Union which represents over 20,000 human services wo...

Announcement Outlines 36 Month Custom Deployment Contract With Potential Revenues Reaching $30 Million Dollars

BELLEVUE, Wash., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sector 10, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SECT; Frankfurt: '4SR') announced today that it has reached a truly major milestone schedule to start this month with Syptec Internet Services LLC (Bluffdale, UT) and Titan Alarm LLC (Phoenix, AZ). The deplo...

Wells Fargo Health Savings Accounts Grow to Quarter-Billion Dollars

Tax changes drive increased deposits MINNEAPOLIS, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC ) said today that Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) deposits increased 41 percent year to date, totaling more than a quarter-billion dollars for the first time. ...

American Legacy Foundation Steps Forward to Fight For, Safeguard Ohio's Tobacco Settlement Dollars

Diversion of Funds in Ohio Sets Dangerous Precedent WASHINGTON, April 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a concerted effort to preserve Ohio's tobacco settlement dollars for their originally intended use, the American Legacy Foundation has asked the Franklin County Court of Common P...

VoIP-PAL.com, Inc. (Pink Sheets: VPLM.PK - News) UPDATE: Announces First Award Recipient of TalkfortheCure(TM) Dollars

SUN VALLEY, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VoIP-PAL.com, Inc. (Pink Sheets: VPLM) recently announced its support of TalkfortheCure(TM) and is pleased to report it has chosen the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund, Inc. as its first recipient. Four dollars from each transa...