Proposed Medicare reimbursement cuts to hospice organizations nationwide will be spread out over seven years instead of being phased-in over two years, as originally proposed.

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Community health centers serving low-income families in Colorado will get a $20 million “challenge grant” from the Colorado Health Foundation that will help the centers leverage more dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

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BART and its labor unions have reached an agreement that will avoid a strike, the parties said Friday.

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Pfizer Inc. and Medivation Inc. started a 350-patient, Phase III trial of the drug Dimebon for Huntington Disease. (PFE) (MDVN)

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The Health Alliance is considering an affiliation with another health system.

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Medical testing products company QuantRx Biomedical Corp. formed a joint venture Friday with NuRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. to accelerate the commercialization of diagnostic point-of-care products.

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Community Health Systems Inc. earnings were up 24 percent in the second quarter compared to the same period a year ago. (CYH)

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Bob Hammonds was selected interim executive director for the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services, a division of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System that certifies first responders and emergency medical technicians and licenses paramedics and ambulance services.

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Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (NYSE: RDY) has launched Execare™ (Halometasone Cream 0.05%) in India.
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