CBA Florida Inc. (fka CBAI)

[MrLong]

We need to think bigger and bolder imo. Examples provided.

1.The amended Stem Cell Therapeutic Act 2010 wants to subsidize cord banking to whom? Hospitals.

2.Who has the largest hospital chain? HCA

3.Celgene and HCA relationship go way back to LA 02'ish.

4.Celgene/Lifebank "First Hospital partnership. Saint Barnabas Medical Center in NJ"
http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_13010.asp

5.Who owns, operates and manages Saint Barnabas Medical Center in NJ? HCA
-->"Previous to *Century Health, Mr. Picerno, CFO, was a regional CFO with HCA in Florida having financial and business growth Responsibility for 27 hospitals and $3.2 billion in revenue. He began with HCA in Georgia where he was the division CFO for Georgia consisting of 23 hospitals and $2.2 billion in revenue. While in Georgia, the division grew from HCA’s nine largest divisions to its third."
http://www.medassets.com/HBS-2010/Performance-Forum/Documents/Bold-New-Revenue-Cycle-Transformation-StBarnabas.pdf

Bravado Does Bring About Success: The Tale of Saint Barnabas - CFO Picerno turns hospital around.
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/page-2/FIN-252018/Bravado-Does-Bring-About-Success-The-Tale-of-Saint-Barnabas

6.Century Health: Agreement between Saint Barnabas Health Care System, New Jersey's largest hospital system, and Horizon BCBSNJ, New Jersey's largest health insurer, was signed and announced by Ronald J. Del Mauro, president and CEO of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System and William J. Marino, president and CEO of Horizon BCBSNJ.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Horizon+Blue+Cross+Blue+Shield+of+New+Jersey+and+Saint+Barnabas...-a0108154107

7.CBAI.OB stores using Celgene's Placenta Patent. Huge imo.

8.PharmaStem Therapeutics Announces Patent License Agreement with Lifebank Corp.
http://www.pharmastem.com/newsroom.htm

9.Lifebank = Celgene Job posting.
"Associate Director, Sales & Marketing (LifeBank) - 1400970697 ... Alerts - "Celgene Corporation"
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:05:07 GMT - Google Alerts - "Celgene Corporation"
Internal candidates must have one year with Celgene Corporation. ... Celgene Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. ...
http://www.newscientistjobs.com/jobs/job/associate-director-sales-marketing-lifebank-united-states-1400970697.htm&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i1:ld:e0:p0:t1285849350:&cd=FvQ9QYV6M88&usg=AFQjCNE-4YEEwJlDlnIsvqRYCKB7MY6N0A"; title="http://www.newscientistjobs.com/jobs/job/associate-director-sales-marketing-lifebank-united-states-1400970697.htm">www.newscientistjobs.com/.../associate-director-sales-marketin...

Dr. Hariri has been CEO of a division of Celgene since 2005. Previously, he had been President of the division from 2002 to 2005. The division focuses on human stem and biomaterial solutions for a range of clinical indications. Prior to joining Celgene, Dr. Hariri was Founder, Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer for Anthrogenesis Corp./LIFEBANK, Inc., a New Jersey-based privately held biomedical technology and service corporation involved in umbilical cord blood banking and its supporting technology platform.
LIFEBANK is one of the largest cord blood bank companies and is recognized as a technological leader in the industry.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200704/ai_n19031009/

10.Lifebank Canada
"Acceptance of the IND in Canada is an important step both in our collaboration with Biovail, and in the development of this new therapeutic agent for the treatment of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder in Canada," said John Jackson, Chairman and CEO of Celgene. "Celgene greatly appreciates the efforts of Biovail and the timely response of the Canadian regulatory authorities."
http://ir.celgene.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=111960&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=20819&highlight=

11.GAPS IN HEALTH STATISTICS
Subpopulations Groups and Minorities
As efforts continue to reduce health disparities among special population groups of low-income persons, racial and ethnic minorities, and persons with disparities, it is recognized that data are needed to monitor our progress toward eliminating these disparities. Except for the data derived from the decennial Census and from the vital registration system (birth and death statistics), the existing sources of health data do not permit examination of socioeconomic differences for any but the three largest race and ethnic categories: non-Hispanic white persons, non-Hispanic black persons, and persons of Hispanic or Mexican origin. Data shown for broad groupings usually mask significant differences among subgroups. For example, “Asian or Pacific Islander” includes persons with ancestry in such countries as China, Vietnam, the Phillippines, Japan, and Samoa, while “Hispanic” combines persons whose origins were Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, or any other countries of Central or South America. These subgroups often have very diverse health status and risk behavior. It is essential that our health statistical systems at the national and state levels capture this diversity.

Most states have their own hospital discharge data systems conducted by state rate setting, planning offices, and health systems agencies. In the private sector, hospital data are collected by the American Hospital Association, many abstracting organizations, Blue Cross, Professional Standard Review Organizations, and health maintenance organizations. It is recognized that hospital data are necessary to understand, monitor, and evaluate programs related to hospital-based delivery of health care.
http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/50thvision21stcent.htm

IS HCA IPO and Celgene Pharma a part of our surprise? BCBSNJ going public part of our surprise? I believe so, soon we know. Thx