SOMERSET, N.J., May 14, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — inVentiv Health, Inc. (Nasdaq:VTIV), a leading provider of commercialization services to the global pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today announced that its Strategy & Analytics .
inVentiv Health narrows profit range for 2009SOMERSET, NJ — InVentiv Health Inc., which provides services for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, narrowed its profit forecast for the year, but still expects a profit in .
The current economic recession has prompted more women in California to seek health care — including routine gynecological exams, contraceptives and abortions — at clinics and family planning agencies, the Los Angeles Times reports. inventiv+health
The following summarizes news about BlueCross BlueShield Association plans increasing rates in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Michigan: State Attorney General Mike Cox (R) on Thursday filed a petition to stop a proposed rate increase by the not-for-profit Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for more than 400,000 individual policyholders, the inventiv+health
Florida’s Miami-Dade County and BlueCross BlueShield of Florida on Tuesday announced a new low-cost health plan, called Miami-Dade Blue, aimed at helping the estimated 600,000 uninsured county residents, the Miami Herald reports. inventiv+health
A new study shows that - in the words of Jon Gabel, its lead author - “American families with employer-based [health] coverage were worse off in 2007 than they were in 2004,” the Wall Street Journal reports. The study, published in Health Affairs, found that out-of-pocket costs, such as co-pays and deductibles, increased 34 percent between those years. inventiv+health