News For: Jeffersonville Plus Care ChiropracticAccelerated Care Plus Corp. (ACP) Announces Acquisition of Neuroflex Orthotics, Inc. National provider of comprehensive clinical programs and durable medical equipment purchases specialty orthotic manufacturer to serve long-term care providers and the needs of aging adults PRWeb Sep 18, 2008 Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Orthotics_Durable/Medical_Equipment/prweb1353984.htm Neonatal care unit celebrates 40 years To celebrate four decades of neonatal intensive care services to the region, Monmouth Medical Center has planned a celebration for the 40th anniversary of the Regional Newborn Center on Sunday at the hospital and on the oceanfront. Santa Cruz Medical Foundation opens new cancer care office SANTA CRUZ ��� On Thursday the Santa Cruz Medical Foundation, part of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, opened a new cancer care office for SCMF patients and the community in a remodeled facility at 2850 Commercial Crossing. Fresenius Medical Care Continues to Reopen Dialysis Clinics After Ike A week after Hurricane Ike battered the Texas coast and left millions of people without electricity, Fresenius Medical Care North America has reopened nearly all of its dialysis facilities. Studies Look At Hispanics' Access To U.S. Health Care System Three studies published online on Wednesday in the American Journal of Public Health look at how poverty, language and health insurance coverage affect access to care among foreign-born U.S. residents, particularly Hispanics, HealthDay/U.S. News & World Report reports. In the first study, C. Annette DuBard of University of North Carolina's Cecil G. Early Glance: Managed Care companies NEW YORK Shares of some top managed care companies are up at 10 a.m.: Aetna rose $2.12 or 5.6 percent, to $40.26. CIGNA rose $1.87 or 5.0 percent, to $39.04. Ross University Responds To U.S. Primary Care Crisis - Two-Thirds Of Medical Graduates Choose Primary Care Specialty Overwhelming numbers of Ross University School of Medicine graduates are responding to a deepening healthcare crisis by choosing to go into primary care. Without the crucial contributions of Caribbean institutions like Ross University, the fragile U.S. healthcare system would collapse. A survey by the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that only two percent of U.S. Fresenius Medical Care Continues to Reopen Dialysis Clinics After Ike HOUSTON----A week after Hurricane Ike battered the Texas coast and left millions of people without electricity, Fresenius Medical Care North America has reopened nearly all of its dialysis facilities. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas adds long-term care Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas is expanding its portfolio of insurance offerings to include LTC Blue, a long-term care product designed to help individuals protect their assets and secure their independence. Early funds appropriation sought for vets' health care As the veterans' health system strains to handle a growing caseload, a move is under way in Congress to avoid yearly delays in financing that can hamper the medical care of the nation's veterans. |

