<?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=43&amp;catid=146</link><description>News Feed for - Healthcare</description><item><title>AVANIR to Present at the Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96393844&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T14:55:00</pubDate><description>ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(Business Wire)-- AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNR) today announced that the Company will present at the 21st Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference on Wednesday, December </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>RPT-FEATURE-"Cancer of fraud" permeates U.S. healthcare system</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96430981&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T14:51:00</pubDate><description>* Fraud problem getting progressively worse, FBI says * Big return on investment seen in fighting the crimeArticle * Industry accused of 'terrible job' in crime control By Tom Brown MIAMI(Reuters) - It's </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Is tax on 'Cadillac' health insurance plans fair?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96475728&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:20:00</pubDate><description>Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes only $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a "Cadillac" health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase by health reformers. HEALTH CARE: Opposition to </description><source>USA Today</source></item><item><title>Merge Healthcare, Insite One expand their contract to provide a universal viewing </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96468063&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:03:00</pubDate><description>Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ:MRGE), announced today that InSite One, a leading service provider of medical data archiving, storage, and disaster-recovery solutions, has expanded its contract with Merge to </description><source>News-Medical.Net</source></item><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=43&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>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=43&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>The Advisory Board Company to Present at 21st Annual Piper</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96473709&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:43:00</pubDate><description>The Advisory Board Company announced today that it will participate in the 21st Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference in New York City. Speaking at the conference, on December 2, 2009 at 3:00 PM </description><source>PR Newswire via MSN Money</source></item><item><title>Idaho's Members of Congress Turning Blind Eye to State's Health Care Woes</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96466527&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T12:50:00</pubDate><description>High Costs Leave 15% of Idaho Uninsured, State Retirees Forced from Health Plans, Rising Jobless Rate Leaves Thousands without Benefits BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the debate over </description><source>Houston Chronicle</source></item><item><title>Healthcare to become $77-bn sector in India by 2012: Report</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96473302&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:01:00</pubDate><description>NEW DELHI: India's healthcare sector is expected to grow at 23 per cent annually to become a $77-billion industry by 2012, a report released on Wednesday said. According to the report, jointly prepared </description><source>Economictimes</source></item><item><title>Ambulatory Healthcare Centers announces working days during the Eid and UAE National </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96470103&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T13:07:00</pubDate><description>MENAFN Press - 25/11/2009 (MENAFN Press) Ambulatory Healthcare Services (AHS), a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Health Services Co. (SEHA), announced regular workdays at some of its healthcare centers across </description><source>MENAFN</source></item><item><title>Healthcare Reform's Fate Lies in the Hands of Four Women</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96482757&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T16:15:00</pubDate><description>By Bonnie Erbe, The fate of healthcare reform in the U.S. Senate seems to be resting with these four women: Arkansas Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Louisiana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, Maine Republican </description><source>US News</source></item><item><title>The New Republic: Obama's Stance On Health Care?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96482714&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T16:15:00</pubDate><description>Primary care physician Dr. Don Klitgaard talks to a patient on the phone at the Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa, Oct. 26, 2009. President Obama recently praised programs like the Myrtue Medical </description><source>NPR</source></item><item><title>Merge Healthcare, InSite One Expand License Agreement</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96481583&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T16:08:00</pubDate><description>Published:25-November-2009 By Staff Reporter To provide a universal viewing solution for InDex archiving services Suppliers to this Sector Established in 1957, the British Computer Society ... is an infrastructure </description><source>Computer Business Review</source></item><item><title>Healthcare to be $77-bn sector by '12</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96477245&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:33:00</pubDate><description>NEW DELHI: India's healthcare sector is expected to grow at 23 per cent annually to become a $77-billion industry by 2012, a report released on Wednesday said. According to the report, jointly prepared </description><source>Economictimes</source></item><item><title>Apollo DKV to scale up biz, network, launches new health insurance plan</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96476800&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:28:00</pubDate><description>CHENNAI: Apollo DKV, India??s second stand alone health insurer and a joint venture of Apollo Hospitals group and DKV AG, Europe??s largest health insurer, has drawn up plans to scale up its business </description><source>Economictimes</source></item><item><title>Top 5 Reasons Why Healthcare Professionals Need SEO</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96475365&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:18:00</pubDate><description>More than 80% of online consumers start their quest for a health-related product or service using a search engine. And 60 million people use search engines daily. If youre a small business like a Healthcare </description><source>Business Portal 24</source></item><item><title>When Marg Delahunty met Sarah Palin</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96428976&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:49:00</pubDate><description>Marg Delahunty braved the wilds of the American Midwest to come face-to-face with Sarah Palin. Comedian Mary Walsh's character button-holed the former Alaska governor at a recent book-signing in Columbus, </description><source>Toronto Star Online</source></item><item><title>Senate votes to begin formal deliberations on health care bill</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96339258&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:20:00</pubDate><description>Volume 12 Issue 11 Welcome, Guest Posted on November 23, 2009 PRAICE MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY CARE votes to begin formal deliberations on health care bill Stay connected - Sign Up for the E-mail ! See Related </description><source>Cardiology Today</source></item><item><title>ASP acquires Gloster Europe</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96286522&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T12:41:00</pubDate><description>Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP), a leading global infection prevention solution provider, announced the acquisition by its French affiliate, Apsis SAS, of Gloster Europe, a privately held developer </description><source>PharmaBiz</source></item><item><title>No timetable for increase in health insurance premiums: DOH</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96341421&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T11:21:00</pubDate><description>TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The government has not set a timeline for raising the national health insurance premiums, nor has it worked out a new rate, a Department of Health (DOH) official said Wednesday. 'There </description><source>China Post</source></item><item><title>HCA On Target To Deliver Homes</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96461546&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T11:39:00</pubDate><description>The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) says it is well on course to meet its end of year housing targets, despite the economic downturn and difficult operating conditions. The prediction was made by the </description><source>Build.co.uk</source></item><item><title>AT&amp;T and White House spar on ??Net neutrality'</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96331942&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T11:29:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON ? AT&amp;T doesn't like the idea of new regulations mandating unfettered access to the Internet, and recent comments from the Obama administration that connected the issue to censorship in China </description><source>Houston Chronicle</source></item><item><title>Health care gains recognition as bridge to stability</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96361314&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T10:53:00</pubDate><description>11/23/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- A theory gaining momentum among counterinsurgency and military medical experts is that the health of a nation's people affects the health of a nation. While no formal </description><source>Air Force Link</source></item><item><title>Senate's Democratic Leader Reid Unveils Health-Reform Measure</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96308776&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=146</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T09:00:00</pubDate><description>Welcome to Financial Executives International, the preeminent association for CFOs and other senior finance executives. FEI provides networking, advocacy and timely updates and CPE on financial management </description><source>Financial Executives International</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=43&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></channel></rss>