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Friday Oct 10 | Investopedia

Playing The Middle With Owens & Minor

The pathway to profitability for suppliers may often involve removing the middleman.

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Related Topix: Owens and Minor, Medical Equipment, Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Household Products, Healthcare Industry, Google, Startups

Thu Oct 09, 2008

Earth Times

McKesson's Practice Partner Patient Records Software Receives 2008 CCHIT Certification

Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician offices and clinics where most Americans get their healthcare.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Household Products, Healthcare Industry, Medicare, Health

Wed Oct 08, 2008

United States Department of Justice

U.S. Intervenes in False Claims Act Suit Against McKesson Corp. and Golden Horizons Nursing Homes

The United States has intervened in a lawsuit against several companies alleging that they submitted false claims to Medicare arising from illegal kickbacks and the establishment of sham durable medical ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Household Products, Healthcare Industry, Medicare, Health

Tue Oct 07, 2008

PR-inside.com

McKesson Corporation Fiscal 2009 Second Quarter Conference Call Scheduled for October 28, 2008

The company has scheduled a conference call for 5:00 PM Eastern Time , during which John Hammergren, chairman and chief executive officer, and Jeff Campbell, executive vice president and chief financial ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Household Products, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Pharmaceuticals

SF Weekly

San Francisco's McKesson Corp. Steals From The Frail

The Feds have joined a lawsuit against San Francisco-based McKesson Corporation that alleges the medical supplier submitted false claims to Medicare, paid illegal kickbacks and a sham company to cover its ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Household Products, Healthcare Industry, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Metro, Beverly Enterprises

Mon Oct 06, 2008

Fool.com

Cardinal Atones for Its Sins

For companies in the drug industry, there's one agency that they'd rather not deal with: the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Cardinal Health, Drug Enforcement Administration, Household Products, AmerisourceBergen

International Business Times

Feds allege McKesson part of Medicare fraud scheme

Federal prosecutors alleged Monday that medical product maker McKesson Corp. paid illegal kickbacks and set up a bogus supply company to reap extra payments from the government's Medicare plan.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Household Products, Healthcare Industry, Law, Employment / Labor Law

Fri Oct 03, 2008

TechLINKS

TAG Announces Finalists for the 2008 Excalibur Awards

The Technology Association of Georgia today announced the finalist for the 2008 Excalibur Awards to be introduced during the fourth annual Excalibur Awards ceremony at the InterContinental Hotel in Buckhead.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Household Products, Healthcare Industry

Tue Sep 30, 2008

Fool.com

Cardinal Health Clips Its Wings

The drug wholesaler said Monday that it's going to spin off its clinical and medical products businesses -- infusion pumps, ventilators, surgical instruments, and the like.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Baxter International, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Hispanic Broadcasting, Television, Biotech, Pharmaceuticals, Cardinal Health, Household Products, AmerisourceBergen

Fri Sep 26, 2008

BusinessWeek

AmerisourceBergen's Scrimp-and-Save Dave

R. David Yost is acutely aware of tougher times ahead for his customers. Consumers are cutting back on prescription drugs to save money and retailers are struggling with less demand.

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Related Topix: Valley Forge, PA, Biotech, AmerisourceBergen, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Household Products, Healthcare Industry, Cardinal Health

Wed Sep 24, 2008

The Business Review (Albany)

Etransmedia buys 3 firms

Etransmedia has purchased three more businesses, bringing its total number of acquisitions to seven.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Household Products, Healthcare Industry, Stamford, CT, Stamford Metro

Mon Sep 22, 2008

Med Ad News

Proposed Class Action Settlement and Class Certification Regarding...

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has preliminarily approved the settlement of a class action against publishers of wholesale drug prices, and certified a separate class action ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Household Products, Healthcare Industry

Fri Sep 19, 2008

Healthcare Informatics

Med Dispensing via Enhanced Cabinets

San Francisco-based McKesson rolled out its redesigned AcuDose-Rx automated medication cabinets, which operate on the Connect-Rx software platform, version 6.8. Designed to minimize medication dispensing time ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Household Products, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Pharmaceuticals

Tue Sep 16, 2008

Earth Times

Nurses Dispense Medications Faster and Pharmacies See Hard-Dollar...

Hospital nurses are dispensing medications faster than ever and reporting more efficient workflow with newly redesigned AcuDose-Rx automated medication cabinets from McKesson.

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Related Topix: Wichita, KS, Medicine, Nursing, Biotech, Pharmaceuticals, Household Products, Healthcare Industry

Mon Sep 15, 2008

Earth Times

Fitch Ratings Affirms McKesson's IDR at 'BBB+'; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Issuer Default Rating and debt ratings for McKesson Corp.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Household Products, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Pharmaceuticals

Mon Sep 01, 2008

MarketWatch

PSKW Expands Its Lawsuit Against McKesson to Seek Assignment of McKesson's Patent Application

EDISON, N.J., Sept 01, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- PSKW, LLC, a New Jersey-based leading provider of prescription co-pay programs for the pharmaceutical industry, announced today that it has significantly ...

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Related Topix: Edison, NJ, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Medicine, Household Products, Healthcare Industry

Sat Aug 30, 2008

Health Data Management

McKesson Gets Three-Hospital Deal

Sign up today and access the leading source of Health Care I.T. information on the Web.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Household Products, Healthcare Industry, McKinney, TX

Thu Aug 28, 2008

Boston Business Journal

Judge dismisses suit over wholesale drug pricing

A U.S. District Court judge dismissed a suit Tuesday filed by New England Carpenters Health Benefits against one of the nation's largest drug distributors.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Household Products, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Pharmaceuticals

Tue Aug 26, 2008

Med Ad News

McKesson Pharmacy Systems Expands the Reach of its Next Generation Pharmacy Management System

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 26,2008-- -- Reaching a major deployment milestone, McKesson Pharmacy Systems , a unit of McKesson Corporation, today announced its pharmacy management system EnterpriseRx has over 430 customer ...

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Related Topix: Business Wire, Startups, Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Household Products, Healthcare Industry

Med Ad News

McKesson Adds Four New Organizations to InterQual Alliance Partner Program

McKesson Corporation recently added four health information technology partners to its long list of InterQual Alliance Partners.

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Related Topix: Software, Computers, TriZetto Group Inc The, Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Household Products, Healthcare Industry

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