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HEALTH CARE NEWS FROM ST. LOUIS

Shrake resigns as president, CEO of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital

Kevin Shrake resigned Wednesday as president and chief executive of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville, Ill.

• Mo. to get $840,000 in $42.5M Alpharma settlement
• Centene's expanded contract to bring in $45M more a year
• Synergetics profit doubles in Q4
• Health Literacy Missouri names Weber operations director

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HEALTH CARE NEWS FROM ACROSS THE NATION

Friday 03.19.2010

• Health care bill's $100M for TN hospitals not a 'special deal' [Nashville]
• Boston Scientific defibrillator wins FDA nod [Boston]
• Baylor Health Care System, Texas Oncology, Pathologists Biomedical Laboratories and US Oncology join forces to create 'med fusion' [Dallas]
• Shareholders sue St. Jude Medical over earnings prediction [Minneapolis / St. Paul]
• Colorado's Markey to vote yes on health reform measure [Denver]
• Southwest Washington Health System may merge with PeaceHealth [Portland]

Thursday 03.18.2010

• Robertson Foundation gives Duke $10.2M for stem-cell research center [Raleigh/Durham]
• Novelos cancels lung-cancer drug project [Boston]
• Blue Cross Minnesota names new CFO [Minneapolis / St. Paul]
• Jackson Health, SEIU iron out deal [South Florida]
• Health care reform package finalized [Phoenix]
• Christ-Alliance whistleblower suit settled [Cincinnati]

Wednesday 03.17.2010

• $187M health sciences building closing in on reality [Phoenix]
• Minnesota Nurses Association starts contract talks with Twin Cities hospitals [Minneapolis / St. Paul]
• FDA approves Medtronic diabetes system [Minneapolis / St. Paul]
• Centene's expanded contract to bring in $45M more a year [St. Louis]
• NY tax refund checks not in the mail [Albany]
• Alkermes starts drug trial for opiod users [Boston]

Tuesday 03.16.2010

• Ariad slips on news of Merck-deal revision [Boston]
• Dynavax hopes to submit Heplisav to FDA 6 months early [San Francisco]
• Albany's labor market 24th in country among young adults [Albany]
• Medivation loses $54.8M in 2009 [San Francisco]
• Earnings: Emdeon profit grows [Nashville]
• Emdeon buys health care IT consulting company [Nashville]

Monday 03.15.2010

• Walgreens: No new Medicaid prescriptions after April 16 [Seattle]
• Publix launches new diabetes program [Orlando]
• A.P. Pharma halves Q4 2009 loss [San Jose]
• Killingsworth resigns as Blue Cross CEO [Boston]
• Merrifield Town Center Medical Campus signs tenant for first building [Washington, D.C.]
• Alkermes shares pop on FDA's diabetes-drug response [Boston]

From the March 15, 2010 Print Editions

• CHOP assessing RE options [Philadelphia]
• Professionals serving health industry sound off on health care reform [Louisville]
• UC Davis nursing students follow the money: UC Davis will cover tuition and fees [Sacramento]
• Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute gets new chairman: Quest executive will succeed Hockaday [Kansas City]
• Modern medicine for dummies: High-tech mannequins part of simulation labs where budding caregivers sharpen skills [Charlotte]
• Startups touched by angel investors [Buffalo]