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LAST CALL FOR ABBY AWARD NOMINATIONS!
We're
now accepting nominations for the 2007 ABBY Awards, to be
presented at the Ninth Annual
Innovations in HealthcareSM
Awards Event,
on June 6, 2007, in Newport Beach.
This year's ABBYs will recognize the solutions
to significant medical or healthcare administrative problems
with proven approaches that have achieved
value-driven, quantifiable results
in
three
categories: Innovations in Medical/Bio-Technology;
Innovations in Healthcare Information and Telecommunications
Technology; and Innovative Approaches to the Delivery of
Healthcare. To Nominate a Company, go to
www.abl.org
and click on the link at the top right.
-- Click on Titles Below to Go to News Item --
Orqis Heart Pumps Featured in OC Register
Sacred
Heart Earns
Top Performer Status
Abraxis
Acquires Manufacturing Complex from Pfizer
CalOptima
to Award "Safety Net" Builder
GSK
Helps Patients Get Free Medicines
Health Hero Provides Health Buddy Over the TV
Kaiser Permanente
Makes Strides in Healthcare IT
Lifemasters Inks
Record-Setting DM Deal
LivHOME
Enters Houston Market
MEMBER RESOURCES - TALENT WANTED
Planned Parenthood of L.A. Seeks CFO, with
potential to become CEO:
>>
We now have new "Searchable Member Profiles,"
which
enable all ABL Members to list your strengths, expertise and
experiences and make those assets known to others in the
Organization. Please click here for instructions on how to
fill out your own Member Profile:
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U.S. Healthcare Spending to Nearly Double by 2016
San Francisco Expects Citywide Healthcare Access by July 1
Orqis Heart Pumps Featured
in OC Register
Orqis Medical and CEO Ken Charhut (pictured above)
were profiled recently, detailing the company's current
U.S. clinical trials of its Cancion temporary pump that
assists the heart, and its plans for its next step -- a
permanently implanted Exeleras pump. Ken is aiming to start
clinical tests of this pump this year. (OC Register,
2/8/07)
Sacred Heart Earns
Top Performer Status
Sacred Heart Medical Center, where Skip Davis is CEO, has been
recognized as one of the 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in the nation
by Solucient -- one of only 47 hospitals nationwide to receive this
honor. Also, Sacred
Heart has been named one of the top five performers in a
nationwide CMS/Premier Inc. pay-for-performance project that
helps participating hospitals improve the quality of care in
treating acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, CABG,
pneumonia, and hip and knee replacement. Sacred Heart will
receive a bonus payment of more than $256,000 -- the fifth
highest amount awarded to any hospital.
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Abraxis Acquires Manufacturing Complex from Pfizer
Abraxis BioScience, Inc.,
where Patick Soon-Shiong, MD, is CEO, has completed the
acquisition of the Pfizer Inc. Cruce Davila manufacturing
facility in Puerto Rico, which includes a manufacturing plant capable of
producing EU and US compliant injectable pharmaceuticals and protein-based biologics and metered dosed inhalers.
It also includes an active pharmaceutical ingredients
manufacturing plant, which Abraxis will
lease back to Pfizer. Abraxis expects to begin commercial manufacturing from this site in the
first half of 2007.
>>
CalOptima to Award "Safety Net" Builder
CalOptima, where Richard Chambers is CEO,
is soliciting nominations for its annual Mary K. Dewane Safety
Net Award, which recognizes and honors organizations that have
strengthened the healthcare safety net by improving access to
services for vulnerable populations in Orange County.
>>
GSK Helps Patients Get Free Medicines
GlaxoSmithKline, where Arlene Kirsch is a senior executive, has
launched a new website and toll-free help line to make it easier
to enroll in GSK Access, the company’s new patient
assistance program for low income Medicare Part D patients.
Last year, GSK provided nearly 402,000 patients more
than $370 million in free medicines through its assistance programs.
>>
Health Hero Provides Health Buddy Over the TV
Health Hero Network Inc., where Steve Brown is CEO,
has launched Health Buddy TV, a new product that delivers the
Health Buddy System to patients through an interactive TV
connection.
Health Hero's international
partner Sananet B.V. will market the TV product in the
Netherlands, and Meavita, a Dutch homecare organization, is
the first customer.
>>
Kaiser Permanente Makes Strides in Healthcare IT
Members of Kaiser Permanente, where Christine Paige is a
senior executive, have sent approximately 1.7 million
secure e-mail messages to their healthcare providers and
viewed 4.7 million lab tests on kp.org since the program was
introduced in August 2005. KP boasts more members connected to
doctors online than any other health system in the world.
Also, KP announced
it has awarded $7 million in grants to Northern California
public hospitals and community clinics, of which nearly $5
million was awarded through KP's Health Information Technology
initiative.
>>
LifeMasters
Inks Record-Setting DM Deal
LifeMasters Supported
SelfCare, where Chris Selecky is Executive Chair, announced a recent
agreement to offer disease management services to members of
the Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, New Mexico,
Oklahoma and Texas -- believed to be the largest single
contract awarded in the disease management industry in 2006.
>>
LivHOME
Enters Houston Market
LivHOME, Inc., where Mike Nicholson is CEO, has acquired
substantially all of the assets of Jackson Care Management and
Eldershare Care Partners, providers of premium care management
and caregiver services for seniors in the Houston, Texas area.
>>
Keenan Compares State &
Federal Healthcare Proposals
Keenan, where Steve Richter is a senior
executive, has published an analysis of the recent
healthcare policy proposals made in both Sacramento and
Washington, including a side-by-side comparison of Governor
Schwarzenegger’s and state Democratic leaders’ proposals, as
well as specifics of proposals by California's Republican
Senate leadership and President Bush:
>>
U.S. Healthcare Spending to
Nearly Double by 2016
U.S. healthcare spending by 2016 will almost double to $4.1
trillion and account for 20% of every dollar spent, according
to a new report released by the National Health Statistics
Group at CMS. Public and private healthcare spending will
increase to about $12,782 per capita by 2016 from about $7,498
per capita in 2006. Costs for core healthcare services, such
as hospitals and physicians, will increase by 6% to 7%
annually until 2016, or about one to two percentage points
more than the overall economy.
The report estimated
that public spending will account for 48.7% of total
healthcare spending by 2016, compared with 40% in 1990 and 38%
in 1970. In addition, total out-of-pocket healthcare spending
will increase to $440.8 billion by 2016 from about $250.6
billion in 2006. (LA Times &
Wall Street Journal, 2/21/07)
San Francisco Expects
Citywide Healthcare Access by July 1
The director of
San Francisco's pioneer program to provide access to
healthcare services to all city residents is confident that
the program will take effect by its July 1, 2007 deadline. The
plan is expected to cost about $200 million annually. The city
will contribute $104 million that it already spends on medical
care for the uninsured. Premiums from plan members are
expected to generate $56 million. Businesses are expected to
contribute $28 million through an employer-contribution
mandate that requires businesses to contribute $1.06 or $1.60
per hour worked per worker depending on how many workers a
company employs. Private businesses with 50+ employees that
currently do not provide health coverage to workers will be
required to begin contributing to the health access plan on
July 1. Businesses with 20 to 49 workers will be required to
begin payments in April 2008. Businesses that provide health
insurance will be required to contribute to the plan if their
healthcare spending is less than the mandated amount. An
advisory committee is working on details, such as setting
membership rates and designing the range of services the
program will provide. (SF Chronicle, 2/9/07)
3/7 - Orange County
Round Table
3/8 - Northern California Round Table
3/16 - Los Angeles Round Table
3/21 - Life Sciences Round Table
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