Video: The Shifting Landscape of Health Care Fraud and Regulatory Compliance
Regulators Increase Scrutiny As Health Care Costs Consume Higher Share of GDP NEW YORK, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- As health care costs continue to accelerate and consume an ever-higher percentage of GDP, federal and state regulators are ratcheting up efforts to fi...Michigan State Medical Society Will Present How 'VEBA is Shifting Michigan's Health Care Gears'
EAST LANSING, Mich., March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A conference to explore the new voluntary employees' beneficiary association (VEBA) for United Auto Workers titled "VEBA is Shifting Michigan's Gears" will be presented by the Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) on Thursday, April 3, f...HIV shifting from most to least educated in sub-Saharan Africa
HIV infections appear to be concentrating among the least educated people in Africa, reversing previous patterns which saw higher levels of infection among the most educated, according to a study published today in the journal AIDS. A team led by Dr. James Hargreaves of the London School of Hy...AUDIO from Medialink and GlaxoSmithKline: Shifting Your Focus for a Lighter, Healthier New Year
NEW YORK, Dec. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- A lot of Americans take advantage of the fresh start a new year brings by resolving to lose weight and live healthier. There may be a million weight loss diets, but experts say the only ones that work focus on healthy long-term lifestyle changes. Listen to t...Shape Shifting on Veterans Day
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is an Op-Ed by David W. Gorman, Washington Headquarters Executive Director, of Disabled American Veterans: On Veterans Day, politicians will praise the 30,000 troops "officially wounded" in action in Iraq and Afghanistan as if this ...Doctors Advise Shifting of Ailing Soren
A three-member medical board, who examined former union coal minister Shibu Soren in the Dumka central jail,// has recommended the shifting of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief to provide him better medical care due to his deteriorating health. Considering the swelling in his legs that p...NBCH Calls for Cost Containment and System Transformation in Health Care Reform Legislation
...e to their employees and dependents, NBCH and its member coalitions are keenly aware that 47 million uninsured Americans create market distortions and shifting costs in the system that negatively impact the employer community. NBCH also recognizes that paying for the uninsured through emergency room and hospi...Prescient Medical, Inc. Achieves Successful Clinical Debut of vProtect(TM) Luminal Shield
... of the target vessel, a common occurrence with rigid balloon-expandable stents. In addition, the side branch was preserved without evidence of plaque shifting or worsening stenosis. "The vProtect Luminal Shield and delivery system performed extremely well," according to Dr. Granada. "The three patients we ...Feeling Anxious or Distracted? New Research Shows a Cup of Tea Could Help
... improving blood vessel function; -- Tea drinking may play a role in gene expression that is involved in cancer cells; -- Tea may play a role in shifting metabolism to favor weight loss and better manage blood sugar levels; -- Tea is a major contributor of flavonoids in the US diet. The symposium,...Many Heart Attack Patients Don't Get Best Emergency Treatment
...ondingly, the number of patients receiving medication-based reperfusion dropped over the study period. This is an appropriate shift, says Nallamothu: shifting patients from clot-busting medications to emergency angioplasty may save 12 to 20 lives for every 1,000 heart attack patients treated, if the angiopla...Hospitalization Rates for Coronary Artery Disease Decline in the U.S.
... EVANSTON, Ill., March 20, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) appears to be shifting away from the inpatient setting, according to a study published today in The American Journal of Cardiology. U.S. hospitalization rates for heart at...Ultra Shoulder Abduction Pillow w/Sling
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Description:...cludes bed side and near patient testing is growing 13 to 17% a year. This growth has posed unique problems for hospitals and clinical laboratories by shifting workflow and quality responsibility to decentralized areas focused on patient care rather than testing disciplines. Compounding the problem is the rea...20MPX Digital Microscope Camera
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...more than 20 organizations has teamed up to author shifting Sands: Environmental and Cultural Change in Maryla...d's Atlantic coastline. Published by IAN Press, shifting Sands leads the reader through the history, settin...reviewed analysis and clear graphic illustrations, shifting Sands synthesizes decades of work to better unders...Researchers observe single protein dimers wavering between two symmetrically opposed structures
...l Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ) on June 8, 2009, emphasizes that such shape shifting by proteins is a common way of regulating cellular activities. This direct ...nction." A deeper understanding of how living systems use protein shape shifting to control cellular processes would allow better design of therapeutics tha...Fossil bone bed helps reconstruct life along California's ancient coastline
...d sediment around the bone beds for 100,000 to 700,000 years, during which time bones remained exposed on the ocean floor and accumulated in a big and shifting pile. Given the rarity of bones marked by shark bites, plus the occurrence of terrestrial animals such as tapirs and horses that must have washed o...Climate change threatens Lake Baikal's unique biota
...e in turn preyed upon by the lake's fish. Moreover, the crustaceans could be affected by changes in the transparency of the ice, an expected result of shifting precipitation patterns and changes in wind dynamics. Shortened periods of ice cover and changes in the ice's transparency may also harm the Baikal s...New research reveals the earliest evidence for corn in the New World
...man settlement and farming in the Neotropics. Early agriculture in this region of Mexico appears to have involved small groups of cultivators who were shifting their settlements seasonally and engaging in a variety of subsistence pursuits. ...Scripps research scientists 'watch' as individual alpha-synuclein proteins change shape
...e" the switching back and forth of the protein between a bent helix and an extended helix as the surface that it is binding to changes. Such shape shifting has rarely been so directly observed in proteins like alpha-synuclein, which are known to be unfolded in isolation, says the study's senior investigat...Historical photographs expose decline in Florida's reef fish, new Scripps study finds
...ough commercial fishing since at least the 1880s. "The ongoing debate about the status of fisheries in the Florida Keys is a classic problem of the shifting Baselines syndrome," says Scripps Professor Jeremy Jackson. "Managers mistakenly assume that what they saw in the 1980s was pristine, but most prized ...Decisive action needed as warming predictions worsen, says expert
...carbon are stored in the vegetation of moist tropical forests, which are resistant to wildfires because of their wetness. But warming temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns threaten to dry the forests, making them less fireproof. Researchers estimate that loss of forests through wildfires and other cause...Village bird study highlights loss of wildlife knowledge from one
...ttle idea that their local wildlife was ever any different to what they see today with their own eyes." Ms Papworth and her colleagues say that if shifting baseline syndrome is occurring in relation to bird populations in this Yorkshire village, then it is likely to be occurring in other areas, and in rel...Outsourcing: Net gain or shifting the pain?
This weekend I attended a talk at my local elementary school given by Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline and a prominent proponent of systems thinking. Systems thinking is a conceptual framework, body of knowledge and tool set developed over the past fifty years, to train people to see the...Eamonn Hobbs Appointed President & CEO of Delcath Systems, Inc.
...ndous progress our Company has made over the past two and a half years. As we approach completion of our pivotal Phase III trial, we are increasingly shifting our focus towards the commercialization of our technology. I look forward to working with Eamonn during this transition and to my continued involveme...DFG establishes 14 new research training groups
...ty: Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg; spokesperson: Professor Dr. Stefan Pfnder) The International Research Training Group "Baltic Borderlands shifting Boundaries of Mind and Culture in the Borderlands of the Baltic Region" of the University of Greifswald will, for the first time, specifically examine...Frost & Sullivan Award Highlights Opportunity for 'Main Street' Biotech
...O Asad Zaidi during his acceptance speech. "As a Main Street biotech company, this award validates our work and will motivate us to...bring paradigm shifting disruptive technology into the marketplace. This award gives us the energy and momentum to break through the resistance of established medical practic...WuXi PharmaTech Will Focus U.S. Operations on Laboratory Testing Services
...nd profitability, we are moving to mitigate operating risks in our biologics manufacturing operations, all of which are based in Philadelphia, and are shifting our Philadelphia-based resources to biologics testing and laboratory services, which continue to show strong customer demand. Our biologics testing, ...