<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Healthcare News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=22&amp;catid=146</link><description>News Feed for - Healthcare</description><item><title>Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Corporate Event Announcement Notice - Zibb.com</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96359974&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T02:49:00</pubDate><description>(Wall Street Horizon via COMTEX) -- Company: Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Expected next earnings release: Announcement date: 2/9/2010 - Before Market Earnings Quarter: Q4 Announcement Status: Unconfirmed </description><source>Zibb</source></item><item><title>FEATURE-"Cancer of fraud" permeates U.S. healthcare system</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96430981&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T01:11:00</pubDate><description>* Fraud problem getting progressively worse, FBI says * Big return on investment seen in fighting the crime * Industry accused of 'terrible job' in crime control MIAMI, Nov 25 (Reuters) - It's a crime </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Letters: Burnham is right to confirm the NHS as key healthcare provider</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96426701&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:33:00</pubDate><description>Andy Burnham should be congratulated for his decision to ensure that the NHS is given "preferred provider" status ( Andy Burnham told charities at risk in policy shift , 23 November). It shows he has </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Aetna Makes $30,000 Grant to Atlanta Urban League to Support ??Get Body Beautiful?? </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96451827&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T08:38:00</pubDate><description>More than 15,000 women in the metro Atlanta area will have a chance to participate in the Atlanta Urban League??s ??Get Body Beautiful? program, thanks to a $30,000 grant from Aetna (NYSE: AET) and </description><source>Urban Mecca</source></item><item><title>Allow Undocumented Immigrants to Purchase Health Care</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96450663&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T08:26:00</pubDate><description>New Senate bill includes inhumane provision barring undocumented immigrants from purchasing health care with their own money Dear Beloved Members of the Xicano/Latino Comunidad, I am asking everyone to </description><source>LatinoLA</source></item><item><title>Froma Harrop: Let??s end hysteria over rationing of health care</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96448922&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T08:11:00</pubDate><description>Doctors would jab sharp instruments into King Henry VIII's arm and drain blood out of his body. The best medical minds of the 16th century prescribed bloodletting as a means to ??rebalance the body's </description><source>Houston Chronicle</source></item><item><title>David Brooks: Health care debate is about country??s values</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96448917&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T08:11:00</pubDate><description>During the first many decades of this nation's existence, the United States was a wide-open, dynamic country with a rapidly expanding economy. It was also a country that tolerated a large amount of cruelty </description><source>Houston Chronicle</source></item><item><title>Conn. healthcare advocate considers lt. gov. run</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96437143&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T02:07:00</pubDate><description>Connecticut's healthcare advocate Kevin Lembo says he has filed paperwork to explore a possible bid for lieutenant governor.</description><source>Boston Globe</source></item><item><title>Which health-care IT companies will come out on top?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96437715&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T02:13:00</pubDate><description>Health-care IT has been one of the few reform initiatives that has garnered bipartisan support. While health-care reform continues to be mired in debate, one of the few initiatives that has garnered bipartisan </description><source>Morningstar.ca</source></item><item><title>RehabCare completes purchase of Triumph Healthcare</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96418668&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T02:19:00</pubDate><description>Rehabilitation services company RehabCare Group Inc. said Tuesday it completed its $570 million acquisition of Triumph Healthcare, a long-term acute care hospital operator. The purchase was announced </description><source>Bioscience Technology Online</source></item><item><title>Groups Target CVS Caremark, Seek Privacy Violation Probe</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96326582&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T02:09:00</pubDate><description>Consumer advocates and a national pharmacists' group have asked the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate possible violations of U.S. health-privacy rules </description><source>Advisen FPN</source></item><item><title>Palin: Canada should 'dismantle' public health-care</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96432040&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T01:31:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON - Marg Delahunty has braved the wilds of the American Midwest to come face-to-face with Sarah Palin. Comedian Mary Walsh's beloved character button-holed the former Alaska governor at a recent </description><source>CNEWS</source></item><item><title>HHS To Award $80M To Support, Strengthen Health IT Work Force</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96401737&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T01:41:00</pubDate><description>During a telephone press conference on Tuesday morning, National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal has allocated $80 million in grants to help address an estimated shortage of 50,000 health IT </description><source>IHealthBeat</source></item><item><title>Security Vendors Take Aim at HITECH Act for Healthcare IT Overhaul</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96428011&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:43:00</pubDate><description>While our representatives in Congress hash out healthcare reform, the executive branch of the government is already moving forward with aggressive new regulations aimed at ensuring the security of electronic </description><source>IT Jungle</source></item><item><title>Media Matters Confuses the Constitution With the Healthcare Bill</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96426200&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:28:00</pubDate><description>Confuses the With the Bill - s Diary - RedState .comment .comment .collapseicon .collapsed .collapseicon .btc_gravatar RedState.com Hot Topics: " Barack " " " " " " Confuses the With the Bill Posted by </description><source>Redstate</source></item><item><title>American healthcare drama</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96425274&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:19:00</pubDate><description>The U.S. healthcare reform drama is moving towards a resolution. The House of Representatives narrowly passed a version of the reform bill that scaled down the public option while retaining some landmark </description><source>The Hindu</source></item><item><title>Senate leaders unveil health care reform bill</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96370317&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:14:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON ?? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) introduced a health care reform bill in that chamber earlier this month, setting the stage for a debate there and the eventual merging of the </description><source>Chain Drug Review</source></item><item><title>Resurrection Health Care sells 2 hospitals</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96274634&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:12:00</pubDate><description>(Chicago Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- OAPK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Amid 'financial pressures caused by the weakened economy' and before the onset of </description><source>TradingMarkets</source></item><item><title>NCOIL Passes Resolution to Preserve Agents Role in Health Insurance</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96442067&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T06:48:00</pubDate><description>The National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) unanimously passed a resolution to preserve the role of health insurance agents and brokers in the enrollment and servicing of insurance plans. </description><source>Professional Insurance Agents</source></item><item><title>IPC The Hospitalist Company's Philip Vaidyan, M.D. Named a Top Hospitalist of 2009</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96404595&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T07:06:00</pubDate><description>NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. , a leading national hospitalist physician group practice company, announced today that Philip Vaidyan, M.D., </description><source>TickerTech.com</source></item><item><title>Healthcare Thought Leaders Predict the Impact of Technology in a New Report by Trender </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96451828&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T08:38:00</pubDate><description>Amidst major policy reforms, industry luminaries and a focus group of everyday people are optimistic that technology can substantially reduce costs and improve patient care. Westford, MA (PRWEB) November </description><source>Earthtimes.org</source></item><item><title>Arana Therapeutics Limited - Pharmaceuticals &amp; Healthcare - Deals And Alliances </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96451255&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T08:31:00</pubDate><description>Newly released report, Arana Therapeutics Limited - Pharmaceuticals &amp; Healthcare - Deals and Alliances Profile, provides detailed company analysis Published on November 25, 2009by Press Office(Companiesandmarkets.com </description><source>OfficialSpin</source></item><item><title>St. Jude Medical: Filling-the-Gap on Short Squeeze</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96450249&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T08:23:00</pubDate><description>Andrew Horowitz submits:  St. Jude Medical ( STJ ) took a nasty beating last month as their earnings outlook and several analyst downgrades. Yesterday we saw the first upgrade ?? all the way to a buy. </description><source>Seeking Alpha</source></item><item><title>Consumer Confidence in Health Care Rose Sharply in October, Survey Finds</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96449735&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T08:19:00</pubDate><description>Americans' confidence in their health insurance coverage and access to health care rose significantly in October amid signs of economic recovery and congressional momentum on healthcare reform, a new </description><source>The Foundation Center</source></item><item><title>Medtronic aims to soften health reform's bite</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96448866&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T08:10:00</pubDate><description>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc sees no drastic impact on its business from a tax on medical devices contained in U.S. health reform legislation, but it is working to soften the blow before a final </description><source>Imaging Economics</source></item></channel></rss>