Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II Acquires Joplin Long-Term Acute Care Hospital in Missouri

JOPLIN, Mo., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Joplin Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, a single-story, 26,000-square-foot, Class A single-tenant medical facility in Joplin. The acquisition closed on Aug. 31. Located at 2040 W. 32nd St., at the heart of the "Four State Area" where Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas ...

Emdeon to Acquire Chamberlin Edmonds to Expand its Technology-Enabled Services Platform in the Hospital Market

Emdeon Inc. , a leading provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management solutions, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Chamberlin Edmonds & Associates, Inc., a leading provider of government program eligibility and enrollment services to over 200 acute care facilities in 30 states.

US Air Force Medical Service Grants Shipcom - Healthcare Solutions Authority to Operate (ATO) under the Defense ...

Shipcom, a leading global provider of enterprise and healthcare solutions, announced today they have been granted Authority to Operate under the DoD Information Assurance Accreditation and Certification Process.

St. Jude Medical Signs Equity Investment and Option to Purchase Agreement with CardioMEMS

ST. PAUL, Minn. & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ), a global medical device company, and privately-held CardioMEMS today announced that they have reached an agreement under which St. Jude Medical will make a $60 million equity investment in CardioMEMS, a medical device company that has developed a wireless sensing and communication technology to assess cardiac ...

MSD Receives European Approval of its Atypical Antipsychotic Medication SYCREST® (asenapine) for the Treatment of ...

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MSD (MSD is a tradename of Merck & Co., Inc., with headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J., U.S.A). announced today that the European Commission has approved the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for SYCREST® (asenapine) sublingual tablets for the treatment of moderate to severe manic episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in adults. Today ...

Allscripts and Eclipsys Merge

Allscripts today will announce in a ceremony at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square the completion of the merger of Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. with Eclipsys Corporation.

Fitch Downgrades Universal Health Services' IDR to 'BB-'; Outlook Stable

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has taken the following ratings actions on Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS): --Issuer Default Rating (IDR) downgraded to 'BB-' from 'BB'; --Senior unsecured bank credit facility downgraded to 'BB-' from 'BB'; --Senior unsecured notes downgraded to 'BB-' from 'BB'; --Senior secured bank credit facility affirmed at 'BB'; --Senior secured notes rating ...