Health Care Services

Alliance Oncology, a division of Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. (NYSE: AIQ), announced today that it has acquired US Radiosurgery, LLC, a stereotactic radiosurgery provider based in Nashville, Tennessee. US Radiosurgery operates eight stereotactic radiosurgery centers in partnership with local...

Alliance Oncology, a division of Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. (NYSE: AIQ), announced today that it has acquired US Radiosurgery, a stereotactic radiosurgery provider based in Nashville, Tennessee. US Radiosurgery operates eight stereotactic radiosurgery centers in partnership with local...

Sometimes we can find opportunities in sobering statistics. On a global scale, diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions with an estimated 285 million suffers worldwide. In America, nearly 24 million people are currently diagnosed and that number is expected to grow by an additional 12 million by...

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) and RehabCare Group, Inc. (NYSE: RHB) today jointly announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Improvement Act of 1976 for Kindred's previously announced acquisition of RehabCare was terminated on April 8, 2011. On February 8, 2011, Kindred...

It appears that CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) won't be CVS Caremark much longer, as the company looks like it's going forward with splitting the company in two. According to this article from Bloomberg, some shareholders think the company would be worth as much as $25 billion more if the company were...

Ben R. Leedle, Jr., President and CEO of Healthways (Nasdaq: HWAY), today confirmed that the company has been selected by France's Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie des Travailleurs Salariés to broadly expand services for CNAMTS' Sophia program to improve health and well being for all citizens...

Shares of Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) are higher on the session by 0.30%, currently trading at $32.28. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past six weeks and is currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A...

Orchid Cellmark Inc (NASDAQ: ORCH) shares jumped 38.06% to create a new 52-week high of $2.778. Laboratory Corporation of America (NYSE: LH) announced its plans to acquire ORCH for $85.4 million or $2.80 per share, representing a 40% premium over ORCH's closing price of $2 per share on Tuesday....

Orchid Cellmark Inc (NASDAQ: ORCH) climbed 38.06% to $2.78 at 9:45 am. Laboratory Corporation of America (NYSE: LH) announced its plans to acquire ORCH for $85.4 million or $2.80 per share, representing a 40% premium over ORCH's closing price of $2 per share on Tuesday. Silicon Motion Technology...

Shares of Genpact Ltd (NYSE: G) gained about 2.7% after the company announced its plans to buy consulting and IT services group Headstrong Corp. for $550 million in cash. The transaction is likely to close by the end of May. Shares of Monsanto Co (NYSE: MON) fell about 0.5% after the company...

Citi is out with its report on Lincare Holdings (NASDAQ: LNCR), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Citi writes, "We rate LNCR Buy/Medium Risk (1M) due to a recurring history of government reimbursement reductions. That said, we believe LNCR may be unmolested by government cuts for at least...

Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (NYSE: LH) and Orchid Cellmark Inc. (NASDAQ: ORCH) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger under which LabCorp will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Orchid Cellmark in a cash tender offer for $2.80 per...

Lab Corp To Buy Orchid Cellmark for $85.4M (NYSE: LH)

BioScrip, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOS) announced today that it has been awarded specialty pharmacy and mail service pharmacy accreditation from URAC, a Washington, D.C.-based health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry. Specialty pharmacy and mail...

athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) today announced that HealthInfoNet has selected athenahealth as a one of its supported EHR vendors. This partnership will give primary health care providers across the State of Maine the opportunity to take advantage of the benefits that athenahealth's cloud-...