Health Care Services

Healthways (HWAY) and Gallup recently published the Gallup-Healthways Monthly US Well-Being Report for August 2010. The overall measure, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, declined slightly for the third consecutive month in August, dropping from 67.1 in July to 66.9 in August. The latest...

Shares of Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSI) are lower on the session by 8.41%, currently trading at $39.97. The stock is moving lower today on the heels of an announcement that they have completed their acquisition of FutureScripts. Options traders are worried about further downside...

Expanding its pharmacy benefit management (PBM) solutions, on Monday, Catalyst Health Solutions Inc. (CHSI) announced the purchase of all the PBM units of Independence Blue Cross (IBC) − FutureScripts LLC and FutureScripts Secure LLC − for an all cash transaction of $225 million. Both the entities...

ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (ACCP) announced today it has received its first commercial order for MuGard from BioScrip (Nasdaq: BIOS). BioScrip's initial purchase order of MuGard, totaling over $700,000, will provide adequate inventory for its various distribution channels to support the Company...

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Leading diagnostic company Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH) has decided to acquire Genzyme Genetics, a unit of Genzyme Corporation (GENZ) for $925 million. This asset was put up for sale in May 2010 to increase shareholder value. Genzyme's plan to divest the other two units –...

US stock futures are signaling towards a higher start this week, following China's healthy economic data and new global rules for banks on capital requirements raised demand for risky investments. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 87 points to 10,480 and Nasdaq 100 futures gained...

Sysmex America, Inc. today announced that Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) (NYSE: LH) has signed a five-year agreement for Sysmex America, Inc. to provide fully automated hematology systems for LabCorp's primary testing laboratories. Implementation of the systems has been...

Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) today announced that its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010, will be released after market close on Thursday, October 21, 2010, followed the same day by a conference call and live webcast scheduled for 5:00 p.m. ET.

Leading medical billing and records software provider Athenahealth Inc. (ATHN) has announced that it has been selected as a preferred vendor for electronic health record (EHR) solutions by Massachusetts e-Health Institute (MeHI), a unit of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative ("MTC"), the...

Birner Dental Management Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDMS), operators of PERFECT TEETH dental practices announced its regular quarterly dividend. The Company's board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per share of common stock. The dividend is payable October 8, 2010, to...

athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) today announced that the Massachusetts e-Health Institute (MeHI) has selected athenahealth as a preferred EHR solution partner. This partnership will enable MeHI physicians across the state to take advantage of the benefits that athenahealth’s web-based technology...

CTS Corp. (CTS) designs, manufactures, assembles and sells a broad line of electronic components and sensors. The firm also provides electronics manufacturing services primarily to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for the automotive, computer, communications, medical, industrial and defense...

ResCare Inc (NASDAQ: RSCR) shares jumped 6.10% to $13.21 at 11:42 am. The volume of RSCR shares traded was 3676% higher than normal. RECR has entered into a definitive agreement with Onex Corporation’s affiliate Onex Partners III LP. Onex will acquire all the outstanding shares of RSCR for $13.25...