Johnson & Johnson will spend more than $14 billion to delve further into the treatment of central nervous system disorders by purchasing Intra-Cellular Therapies. The healthcare giant said Monday that it will pay $132 in cash for each share of Intra-Cellular. That represents a 39% premium to Intra-Cellular's closing price of $94.87 on Friday. Shares of both companies climbed Monday after announcing the deal. Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc. makes Caplyta, a once-daily pill for treating adults with schizophrenia and depression tied to bipolar disorder. The drug brought in $175 million in last year's third quarter as total prescriptions increased 38%.
Ask anyone on the street what nurses do, and the most common response is likely to be that nurses care for sick people in the hospital.
Even many nurses themselves are probably of the mind that “real” nurses work in acute care. However, this could not be further from reality. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Nursing Workforce Factsheet, 55 percent of nurses work in “general medical and surgical hospitals.”
Considering that statistic, we can wonder how the other 45 percent of nurses earn a living. Ambulatory nurses comprise a sizeable segment of the nursing workforce, so there must be many good reasons why these individuals choose to work outside the hospital. Let’s explore four things you can definitely love about ambulatory nursing.
The Biden administration unveiled a tuition repayment program to incentivize nurses to work in nursing homes or state agencies that monitor them as it wraps up its final days in office.
President Biden's marquee policy to improve nursing home care — a national staffing requirement for skilled nursing facilities — is likely to be rolled back by the incoming Republican trifecta.
Registered nurses who work for three years in a qualifying nursing home or in a state agency oversight role can get up to $50,000 in tuition reimbursement and upfront incentive payments from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, McKnight's Senior Living first reported.
The largest health care workers strike in Oregon’s history continued through the weekend with little progress, as thousands of Providence Oregon nurses and doctors strike for higher pay and better working conditions.
The nurses union said nearly 5,000 nurses planned to walk out from all eight Providence hospitals in Oregon along with close to 150 physicians and advanced practitioners.
Talks had stalled out since the Oregon Nurses Association first delivered a 10-day strike notice to Providence. Providence executives said in a Saturday press conference that they were ready to talk federal mediators to start the process for returning to the negotiating table, after preparing for the strike’s potential impact on operations.
The Supreme Court will hear a broad challenge to the Affordable Care Act's coverage of preventive services in its upcoming term, the latest in more than a decade of battles over the health reform law. A ruling for the conservative Texas employers who filed the case would erode the coverage of tens of millions of people who get their health insurance from their employer or through Obamacare's marketplace, removing requirements that insurers cover the full cost of everything from birth control to vaccines to mental health screenings.