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Talk about drama when getting a lay off notice, an instant message to meet in the lobby and then taken to a hotel for the official word. Drama king tactics seem to exist with layoffs today. It sounds almost like people are being round up like a herd of cattle for goodness sakes. ...
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Algorithms can be programmed for many uses and this one seem so very impersonal with first a mass email effort that contained instructions to call in to a 800 number and a code. An automated voice according to this article told those who were going to be laid of to “stop working immediately” with...
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Salinas is about 100 miles or so south of San Francisco and due to escalating costs and the need to save money layoffs have been announced. Interesting enough the local Healthcare Union stated the hospital should begin reducing the salaries paid to hospital executives. Remember back when...
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The article states that Beth Martino felt uncomfortable around those who know more than she does and wanted to be surrounded by more people closer to her age. Was it going to also cost more to keep those employees on the government health plan too? That was worth throwing in there as that...
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This one kind of hits home as I grew up about 2 blocks from the hospital in Phoenix and watched it grow over the years and family members have have surgeries performed there. Like many other stories we have heard in the news, this is not the first hospital to close their birthing center. ...
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Here we go again, half off of the $4.00 prescriptions already offered by Kroger, Walmart and others. This may not sound like a big deal if you are already paying $4.00 but your data and prescription refill information is like gold and part of the reason for new programs emerging all the time to...
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I am guessing the case for the layoffs and replacements were not substantiated and the employees stated it would put patients at risk. This is the first I have read something of this sort but the article did not state what percentage of the entire force the 150 employees represents. BD New...
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You can read the entire press release here where it states that they need to expand in Asia and China is the good guess and there could also be other countries involved, but most of pharma and many medical device companies are already heavily invested in China. China as a matter of fact is making...
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Here in the US, Genentech, known for their cancer drugs and research is expected to be hit as well, although no particular numbers are out. Last year Roche took over Genentech for $47 billion, huge purchase here, but the company always had maintained an invested interest. The company has...
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Ingenix started selling its diabetes-prediction service in February to insurers and employers, one more way they make money. I would think information this vital and helps with compliance could be open source or at least free so further analysis studies could be made. This is part of the...
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The company is facing generic competition just like many of the other major pharmaceutical companies and also in the news they are attempting to purchase another biotech company, Genzyme. Sanofi Proposal to Acquire Genzyme Rejected–Looking for Other Alternatives Genzyme was probably not heard of by many...
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This is no a cheap drug by any means and a while back I did a post to show what it costs here in the US. What Does Viagra Cost? Here in the US Pfizer could not get the trademark on the name Viagra as it the active ingredient was said to be too close in resembling Horny Goat Weed, the “natural” alternative...
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The facility will be completely closed by July of next year so it sounds like there’s some time for employees to begin looking or trying to make alternative plans. According to the article the building was old, the roof leaked and there was no additional money invested in the facility for a while...
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We always focus on New Orleans but there were other areas hard hit 5 years ago too and this is one of them. The reasons slated here for the layoffs is back to the same old story, money. Reductions in Medicare and Medicaid are at the top of the list. You can also visit the website and...
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Children’s Hospitals are a non profit system and through early retirements, not filling vacated positions and some layoffs by November the magic number here is projected to be around 250 positions. Treating a large number of Medicaid patients has attributed to the loss of revenue. BD ...