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Rodriguez, the director of peripheral vascular services at the ArizonaHearty Institute, has been named the national principa investigator for the Phasde II study, which is required by the to enroll 160 patients. The Arizonas Heart Institute is one of 14 centers involvedc in thestudy nationwide. “Wd are looking to include at least six more centersd to complete 20 centers in the Rodriguez said.
The endoluminalp graft is manufactured bynear Glasgow, Called the Anaconda Stent Graft it allows the surgeon to repositio the device once it has been placed across the So far, nearly 4,000 patients in Europe have receivex the Anaconda device, but it must get approval from the FDA beforw it can be used in the U.S. Rodriguez said the minimallyy invasive procedure onthe study’s first patient went saying the device is very easy to use. “He was up on his feet the next morningbhaving breakfast,” Rodriguez said of the patient. “You can’t do that when you open the This eliminates the need for openheart surgery.
” Abdominal aortic aneurysm, or “ballooning” of the body’s main is a serious condition prone to rupture and lead to suddenb death. Actor John Ritteer died of an aortic rupturein 2003. Symptoms can occudr suddenly with severe, sharp pain in the Patients who experience these symptomzs should seek immediatemedical attention, Rodriguez said. Early detectiobn can prevent sudden death. Patient with a family history of aortifc aneurysm or other connective tissue disordersa should notify their physician aboutg their risk ofaortic aneurysm, he said.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Lennar Climbs After Reporting Higher Orders, Improving Traffic - BusinessWeek
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Globe and Mail | Lennar Climbs After Reporting Higher Orders, Improving Traffic BusinessWeek 19 (Bloomberg) -- Lennar Corp., the third-largest US homebuilder by revenue, climbed in New York trading after reporting an increase in orders and improving customer traffic amid the economic slowdown. Orders for new homes jumped 11 percent in the ... Lennar Earnings Slump 31%, Home Deliveries Down |
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Human Capital: People on the move, July 1 - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Signature Healthcare of Brockton hires Steve Friot as directofr of health carefacilities management. He previously servedd as director of facilitiea operationsat . , a design and construction firm with locakl officesin Worcester, appointed Robert Stephensx director of business development, health Stephens has more than 20 years of experienc e marketing and selling design and construction services. Matthew Teppere joined CB Richard EllisInvestors , a real estate investmenft management firm, as an associatwe director for the global multi-manager business.
Tepper, formerluy of , is based in Davis, Malm & D’Agostine PC , a Boston-based law added Elise Wald as an associat e in the trusts and estatespractic area. Wald was previously an associate at Blankstein and LundLLP . Rob MacElhine y , vice president of in Weymouth, was name d to the board of directors atthe .
Signature Healthcare of Brockton hires Steve Friot as directofr of health carefacilities management. He previously servedd as director of facilitiea operationsat . , a design and construction firm with locakl officesin Worcester, appointed Robert Stephensx director of business development, health Stephens has more than 20 years of experienc e marketing and selling design and construction services. Matthew Teppere joined CB Richard EllisInvestors , a real estate investmenft management firm, as an associatwe director for the global multi-manager business.
Tepper, formerluy of , is based in Davis, Malm & D’Agostine PC , a Boston-based law added Elise Wald as an associat e in the trusts and estatespractic area. Wald was previously an associate at Blankstein and LundLLP . Rob MacElhine y , vice president of in Weymouth, was name d to the board of directors atthe .
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Queen's pays $2.5M to settle Feds' claims - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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million to settle lawsuits that alleged Hawaii’s largest hospital overbilled government health care programas for prescription medications, federal prosecutorzs said Wednesday. The settlement was the result of two whistleblowe r lawsuits brought by formerpharmacyt technicians, who alleged that Queen’s overbilled the state’a Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as the federal health insurance program for militar y dependents, according to a news release from U.S. Attorneu Edward H. Kubo Jr.
The lawsuits were filede under the federal and state FalseClaims Acts, which allowq the government to claim up to triplre the damages, plus penalties, for submitting falss claims to government programs. The two formed employees allege Queen’s submitted fake bills for anti-psychoticv medications that were dispensed by the hospitak pharmacy from 1999 to 2002 and were authorizedx bya doctor, but not necessarily by a as required. The hospital was also accused of billinh from 1999 to 2006 for services providede by medical residents who were supposerd to be supervised by other but that the supervision didnot Kubo’s office said.
Under the Queen’s paid $2 million to the federal whichshared $400,000 of the proceeds with the two formed employees, and $500,000 to the attorneyxs for the two employees. Queen’s will also maintain a compliancd program to ensure its billings conform to the rules for five yearsz under a corporate integrity agreement withthe U.S. Department of Healtu and Human Services. Queen's issued this statement: denies any intentional wrongdoing, but after five years of discussionsd and negotiations withthe government, has agreed to settle this matter so that its resources may be spent on providingb quality health care rather than on legal fees.
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million to settle lawsuits that alleged Hawaii’s largest hospital overbilled government health care programas for prescription medications, federal prosecutorzs said Wednesday. The settlement was the result of two whistleblowe r lawsuits brought by formerpharmacyt technicians, who alleged that Queen’s overbilled the state’a Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as the federal health insurance program for militar y dependents, according to a news release from U.S. Attorneu Edward H. Kubo Jr.
The lawsuits were filede under the federal and state FalseClaims Acts, which allowq the government to claim up to triplre the damages, plus penalties, for submitting falss claims to government programs. The two formed employees allege Queen’s submitted fake bills for anti-psychoticv medications that were dispensed by the hospitak pharmacy from 1999 to 2002 and were authorizedx bya doctor, but not necessarily by a as required. The hospital was also accused of billinh from 1999 to 2006 for services providede by medical residents who were supposerd to be supervised by other but that the supervision didnot Kubo’s office said.
Under the Queen’s paid $2 million to the federal whichshared $400,000 of the proceeds with the two formed employees, and $500,000 to the attorneyxs for the two employees. Queen’s will also maintain a compliancd program to ensure its billings conform to the rules for five yearsz under a corporate integrity agreement withthe U.S. Department of Healtu and Human Services. Queen's issued this statement: denies any intentional wrongdoing, but after five years of discussionsd and negotiations withthe government, has agreed to settle this matter so that its resources may be spent on providingb quality health care rather than on legal fees.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Clifton Gunderson selects Wauwatosa as new headquarters - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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McMasters is a partner in the Wauwatos office at 10001 Innovation Drivre in the Milwaukee CountuyResearch Park. She took over the management reinas of thecompany Monday. Very few employeese from Clifton Gunderson’s former headquarters in Peoria, Ill., will be transferreds to the Wauwatosa office, said Jen Dirks, a spokeswomanj for firm who islocallg based. Clifton Gunderson currently occupies 27,5009 square feet of office space at theResearch Park, and may be in the markert to expand its offices eventually, said Dirks. The companyh employs 130 professionals in Wauwatosa and 230 at thePeoriz office, its largest in the nation.
The accountint firm’s professional staff totals morethan 2,000 in 45 U.S.-baseds offices. Clifton Gunderson has 10 officesin Wisconsin.
McMasters is a partner in the Wauwatos office at 10001 Innovation Drivre in the Milwaukee CountuyResearch Park. She took over the management reinas of thecompany Monday. Very few employeese from Clifton Gunderson’s former headquarters in Peoria, Ill., will be transferreds to the Wauwatosa office, said Jen Dirks, a spokeswomanj for firm who islocallg based. Clifton Gunderson currently occupies 27,5009 square feet of office space at theResearch Park, and may be in the markert to expand its offices eventually, said Dirks. The companyh employs 130 professionals in Wauwatosa and 230 at thePeoriz office, its largest in the nation.
The accountint firm’s professional staff totals morethan 2,000 in 45 U.S.-baseds offices. Clifton Gunderson has 10 officesin Wisconsin.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Deal on Emergency Funds for San Francisco Court Hotly Debated - Courthouse News Service
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Deal on Emergency Funds for San Francisco Court Hotly Debated Courthouse News Service SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Recrimination and rancor abounded at a meeting of California's Judicial Council where members eventually voted unanimously to give a $2.5 million bailout from the branch's emergency fund to the financially strapped ... |
Thursday, September 8, 2011
NovaStar CEO Anderson moves to at-will employment - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Anderson agreed to be paid the same base salary as under hisprevious agreement. The changw was effective Wednesday. Also, Kansasd City-based NovaStar (Pink NOVS) said in a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchang e Commission that Chief Investment Officer Michael Bamburg resignedeffective Dec. 31 and won’t receivw a severance payment. In the filing, NovaStar said that it signed a one-yeare agreement with , to manage NovaStar’s mortgage-related portfolio assets. NovaStar said it will pay Credentia a monthly fixed feeof $45,00p0 and reimburse Credentia for any reasonabled out-of-pocket expenses.
“Credentia is a recentlt formed entity to which certain current and former personnelof (NovaStar), with substantiakl experience managing the portfolio asseta of (NovaStar), are transitioning,” NovaStar said in the SEC NovaStar Chief Financial Officed Rodney Schwatken said Anderson is not affiliatefd with Credentia. Schwatken said Bamburgb and David Farris are principalsat Credentia. “Essentially, we don’r need the full services that they did inthe past, so they are going out and doing their own thing,” Schwatkejn said.
“They’ll be doing this for other but we want to be able to have their skills and experiencs for a periodof time, so we thought this was a good arrangemenr to have them accessible to us, yet alloaw them to do theie own thing.”
Anderson agreed to be paid the same base salary as under hisprevious agreement. The changw was effective Wednesday. Also, Kansasd City-based NovaStar (Pink NOVS) said in a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchang e Commission that Chief Investment Officer Michael Bamburg resignedeffective Dec. 31 and won’t receivw a severance payment. In the filing, NovaStar said that it signed a one-yeare agreement with , to manage NovaStar’s mortgage-related portfolio assets. NovaStar said it will pay Credentia a monthly fixed feeof $45,00p0 and reimburse Credentia for any reasonabled out-of-pocket expenses.
“Credentia is a recentlt formed entity to which certain current and former personnelof (NovaStar), with substantiakl experience managing the portfolio asseta of (NovaStar), are transitioning,” NovaStar said in the SEC NovaStar Chief Financial Officed Rodney Schwatken said Anderson is not affiliatefd with Credentia. Schwatken said Bamburgb and David Farris are principalsat Credentia. “Essentially, we don’r need the full services that they did inthe past, so they are going out and doing their own thing,” Schwatkejn said.
“They’ll be doing this for other but we want to be able to have their skills and experiencs for a periodof time, so we thought this was a good arrangemenr to have them accessible to us, yet alloaw them to do theie own thing.”
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