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• Mednax posts higher 4Q profit on new doc revenue

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-- Mednax posted a 13 percent jump in profit during the fourth quarter as the national physician group benefited from new revenue from recently acquired medical practices. Mednax, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., specializes in neonatal, pediatric cardiology and anesthesia services.

• UPDATE 1-Moody's keeps negative outlook for non-profit hospitals

  WASHINGTON, Jan 22- Moody's Investors Service said on Tuesday its outlook for U.S. not-for-profit hospitals will remain negative in 2013, marking the fifth year the rating agency has expressed concerns about the sector.

• Here’s How to Save $2 Trillion on Health Care

  

  Making the health care system function better could save $2 trillion on health costs over the next decade, Dr. David Blumenthal, Commonwealth Fund president, told CNBC on Friday.

• How to Save $2 Trillion 

  

  Dr. David Blumenthal, Obama health care expert and Harvard Medical School professor, shares his plan to overhaul the U.S. health care system, which would save $2 trillion, he says.

• Storm-damaged New York hospital partially reopens its doors

  NEW YORK, Dec 27- The NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City partially reopened its inpatient facilities on Thursday, nearly two months after it was flooded by Superstorm Sandy and sustained damages that could exceed $1 billion.

• Health Care's Own 'Fiscal Cliff' 

  

  Toby Cosgrove, CEO & president at The Cleveland Clinic, explains how "fiscal cliff" cuts could severely impact the health care industry.

• Ugly Sweater Day Is Here

  

  Thursday is US Day. Ugly Sweater Day. The day I wear not one but two ugly holiday sweaters as part of a campaign to raise awareness and money for StandUp2Cancer.

• Basic Hygiene at Risk in Debt-Stricken Greek Hospitals

  

  Greek hospitals are in such dire straits that staff are failing to keep up basic disease controls such as using gloves and gowns, threatening a rise in multi-drug-resistant infections, according to Europe's top health official.

• UPDATE 1-Basic hygiene at risk in debt-stricken Greek hospitals

  LONDON, Dec 4- Greek hospitals are in such dire straits that staff are failing to keep up basic disease controls such as using gloves and gowns, threatening a rise in multi-drug-resistant infections, according to Europe's top health official.

• EU health officials fear for disease control in Greece

  LONDON, Dec 4- Greek hospitals are in such dire straits that staff are failing to keep up basic disease controls like using gloves and gowns, threatening a rise in multi-drug-resistant infections, according to Europe's top health official.

• UPDATE 1-US hospital chain HMA's shares fall after TV report

  *HMA denies admissions quotas, Medicare fraud. "Neither 60 Minutes nor the physicians interviewed identified any admission decision in which a physician's medical judgment was overridden by an HMA executive, much less to defraud Medicare," HMA said.

• Health Management shares fall ahead of '60 Minutes' segment

  "A Health Management review shows there is no basis for an allegation admissions through our emergency department increased," Alan Levine, a senior vice president and Florida group president at Health Management, said during the call. He defended its testing procedures and said Health Management followed industry standards.

• Medtronic, Pew urge quick adoption of medical 'sunshine' rule

  *Medtronic, Pew want final rule adopted before Jan. 1. WASHINGTON, Nov 28- A major U.S. medical device maker and a leading public interest group are urging the U.S. government to move quickly to adopt a new rule requiring manufacturers to disclose their financial ties to physicians and teaching hospitals.

• UPDATE 2-FDA approves HeartWare heart pump; shares leap

  Nov 20- 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 are awaiting a transplant. HeartWare's left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, is designed to be implanted in the chest near the heart and used inside or outside the hospital.

• UPDATE 1-FDA approves HeartWare pump for heart failure patients

  Nov 20- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has approved HeartWare International Inc's heart pump that supports blood flow in people with failing hearts who are awaiting a transplant. HeartWare's left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, is designed to be implanted in the chest near the heart and used inside or outside the hospital.

• FDA approves HeartWare's implantable heart pump

  Nov 20- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has approved HeartWare International Inc's heart pump that supports blood flow in people with failing hearts who are awaiting a transplant. HeartWare's left ventricular assist device is designed to be implanted in the chest near the heart and used inside or outside the hospital.

• Four in critical condition after Black Elk platform fire-CNN

  HOUSTON, Nov 16- Four people hurt in a Black Elk Energy oil and gas platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday were in critical condition at a suburban New Orleans hospital, a hospital spokeswoman told CNN on Friday.

• Countries With Aging Populations

  

  The world is rapidly aging. A whopping two billion people will be 60 years and older by 2050, more than triple the number in 2000.

• Countries With Aging Populations

  

  We've come up with a list of countries with the starkest gap between the number of old and the number of young. Find out which countries have the biggest gap between old and young.

• Health Care Needs More Entrepreneurs and Innovation: Google Ventures Head

  

  The managing partner of Google's venture capital, Bill Maris,  says under-investment in health sciences is short-sighted.