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Health insurer WellPoint names hospital executive as CEO

May 13, 2019 at 11:14 p.m.

(Reuters) - WellPoint Inc named Joseph Swedish, the top executive in a large non-profit hospital system, as the health insurer's new chief executive officer after a half-year search that began...

Health insurer WellPoint names hospital executive as CEO

August 23, 2021 at 11:11 p.m.

(Reuters) - WellPoint Inc named Joseph Swedish, the top executive in a large non-profit hospital system, as the health insurer's new chief executive officer after a half-year search that began...

FDA approves HeartWare heart pump; shares leap

May 13, 2019 at 9:38 p.m.

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has approved a heart pump made by HeartWare International Inc's that supports blood flow in people with failing hearts who...

FDA approves HeartWare heart pump; shares leap

August 23, 2021 at 5:55 p.m.

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has approved a heart pump made by HeartWare International Inc's that supports blood flow in people with failing hearts who...

U.S. hospital companies seen under microscope as costs targeted

May 13, 2019 at 7:53 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Investors in U.S. hospital companies can expect more scrutiny of billing practices and the medical need for expensive treatments as the federal government faces greater pressure to...

U.S. hospital companies seen under microscope as costs targeted

August 23, 2021 at 12:03 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Investors in U.S. hospital companies can expect more scrutiny of billing practices and the medical need for expensive treatments as the federal government faces greater pressure to...

U.S. probes HCA heart procedures, hospital billing

May 13, 2019 at 7:49 p.m.

(Reuters) - Authorities are probing whether heart procedures performed at HCA Holdings Inc hospitals were medically necessary and are investigating the company's billing practices, the company said on Monday. Shares...

Consumer group urges FDA to reject Arena diet drug

May 13, 2019 at 7:04 p.m.

(Reuters) - Watchdog group Public Citizen urged U.S. regulators on Tuesday not to approve Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc's experimental diet pill lorcaserin, citing concerns it could increase patients' risk of heart...

Consumer group urges FDA to reject Arena diet drug

August 23, 2021 at 9:56 a.m.

(Reuters) - Watchdog group Public Citizen urged U.S. regulators on Tuesday not to approve Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc's experimental diet pill lorcaserin, citing concerns it could increase patients' risk of heart...

St Jude is latest to launch blood pressure device

May 13, 2019 at 6:06 p.m.

(Reuters) - St Jude Medical Inc said it won European approval to begin selling a device that lowers blood pressure by creating tiny scars along the renal nerves, joining a...

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