Medical Distribution Hall of Fame For McKesson Medical-Surgical executive, actions speak louder than words Paul Julian gets things done. He built McKesson Medical-Surgical into a nationwide distributor for the non-acute market. He did it with speed, efficiency, discipline, leadership and focus. Julian was a key player in McKesson’s 1997 acquisition of General Medical, … [Read more...]
News
Henry Schein Medical launches web-based comprehensive cardiac care resource center Henry Schein Medical, the U.S. medical business of Henry Schein Inc (Melville, NY) announced the launch of its Comprehensive Cardiac Care resource center, a web-based hub designed to emphasize the importance of preventive cardiac care to physicians and patients. The webpage was created in … [Read more...]
Stop Making Sense
Industry experts share their insights into recent headlines of acquisitions, mergers in healthcare. “Stop making sense.” The title of the afore-mentioned 1984 Talking Heads movie comes to mind when trying to interpret this winter’s flurry of healthcare-related announcements: CVS Health to acquire Aetna (Dec 3). Advocate Health to merge with Aurora Health Care (Dec … [Read more...]
Colorectal Cancer
Early detection is key Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. In 2016, when the USPSTF issued its most recent set of screening recommendations, an estimated 134,000 persons were likely to be diagnosed with the disease, and about 49,000 were expected to die from … [Read more...]
Resources and Recommendations
HIDA Government Affairs Update HIDA, AHRMM, and HMMC to debut new UDI resources and education campaign By Linda Rouse O’Neill, Vice President, Government Affairs Low-unit-of-measure (LUM) programs can pose a challenge for manufacturers and distributors working to comply with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) unique device identifier (UDI) rule. With LUM … [Read more...]
Health news and notes
A spoonful of trehalose Over the past 15 years or so, some makers of ice cream and other processed foods – from pasta to ground beef products – have changed their recipes to swap out some of the table sugar (sucrose) with a sweetening/texturizing ingredient called trehalose, which depresses the freezing point of food. Both sucrose and trehalose are “disaccharides.” Though they … [Read more...]
Fee-for-service still reigns
But alternative payment methods are catching on Fee-for-service may be on a decline, but it maintains a strong grip on physician practices, at least for now. At the same time, participation in accountable care organizations and medical homes is on the upswing. Last fall, the American Medical Association’s Division of Economic and Health Policy Research released the … [Read more...]