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WellPoint's National Government Services Subsidiary Teams With Northrop Grumman on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ... Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 6:00AMWellPoint, Inc. announced today that its National Government Services subsidiary is partnering with Northrop Grumman to provide information technology support to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' National Fraud Prevention Program.
U.S. News ranks Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center among top five American hospitals Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 5:54AMRonald Reagan UCLA Medical Center ranks among the top five American hospitals, according to a U.S. News & World Report survey that reviewed patient-outcomes data, reputation among physicians and other care-related factors.
BRIEFLY REGION Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:07AMCougar Lake health advisory lifted A health advisory prompted by high algae levels found in Cougar Lake, 52 miles east of Eugene on Highway 126, was lifted Tuesday by the Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division and Lane County Health Department officials. The advisory went into effect June 14. Water …
Redding given low resiliency rank; study gauges cities' ability to handle stress Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:36AMA team of university researchers says Redding would have a tougher time bouncing back from a natural disaster or a financial calamity than most other metro areas in the country.
Panel advocates free access to birth control Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:25AMWashington — Millions of women stand to gain free access to a broad menu of birth control methods, thanks to a recommendation issued Tuesday by health experts advising the federal government.
Advisors push free birth control Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 12:31AMWASHINGTON -- Millions of women stand to gain free access to a broad menu of birth control methods, thanks to a recommendation issued Tuesday by health experts advising the government.An Institute of Medicine panel recommended that the government req ...
Beyond raising the debt limit: What a Republican government would be like Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:49PMThe battle over raising the debt limit has raised a lot of concern about how Republicans act as an opposition party. They have shown that they are willing to risk crashing the economy to get their way with a Democratic president. But they won’t be in opposition forever.
Heavy teens need more health talks - study Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:14PMPediatricians often miss important opportunities to talk about nutrition, exercise, and emotional issues with overweight teens, suggests new research from California.
BC-ID--Idaho News Digest at 3:45 pm, ID Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:09PMThe supervisor in the Boise bureau is Todd Dvorak. The bureau can be reached at (208) 343-1894. The West Regional Desk can be reached at (602) 417-2400. AP stories, along with the photos that accompan
Free birth control? Panel makes recommendation Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:06PMWomen may soon gain free access to various types of birth control, thanks to a recommendation issued by health experts.
Women Should Get Free Birth Control, HHS-Backed Group Urges Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:41PMBirth-control pills are among the contraceptives that could be offered at no cost to Americans; Creative Commons photo by flickr.com/nateone All U.S. women should have access to free birth control as part of the 2010 health care reform law, the Institute of Medicine recommended Tuesday, along with eight other suggestions for preventive health services. Commissioned by the Department of Health ...
Panel Recommends All Health Plans Cover Contraception Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:40PMTo reduce unintended pregnancies, a 16-member panel said that insurers should cover the full range of contraceptive methods.
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Rated One of Top Hospitals in the U.S. Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:25AMRonald Reagan UCLA Medical Center ranks among the top five American hospitals, according to a U.S. News & World Report survey that reviewed patient-outcomes data, reputation among physicians and other care-related factors. The medical center also was rated the best hospital in the western United States for the 22nd consecutive year and the No. 1 hospital in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Experian QAS Releases Latest Research Report: The Dilemma of Multichannel Contact Data Accuracy Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:47AMResearch Finds Organizations Are Diversifying Channels but Wasting Large Resources on Inaccurate Data
'American Individualism': The path to revitalize the GOP Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:26AMIn her quest to clear up misconceptions about the legacy of her great-grandfather President Herbert Hoover, political commentator Margaret Hoover shares her insights on how today's young conservative can reclaim and reinvigorate the Republican Party and blaze a trail forward. Read an excerpt.
National C-section rate highest ever, study says Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:10AMEmily Hartley Mahalie Stackpole/Flick r More than one in three babies in the U.S. is now delivered by cesarean section, according to a study released today by the hospital quality tracking group HealthGrades . Thirty-four percent of single-baby births in 2009 were done surgically, the highest percentage ever. The study – based on data from 19 states, including California – reflects the growing ...
Business Briefly July 17 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:23PMA new electronic newsletter is available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Nevada.
EVENT: Charity Plans 'Night of Sweet Relief' Concerts Will Benefit Musicians Without Health Insurance Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:18PMSweet Relief Musicians Fund, the non-profit organization devoted to securing health care for uninsured musicians, is establishing "A Night of Sweet Relief," a nationwide live music event on Oct. 15. Participating venues will donate a one-dollar surcharge added onto the base ticket price to the Huntington Beach-based charity, which was founded in 1994 to benefit ill, disabled and aging musicians ...
The Lesson of the Fear of Vaccines. Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:21PMTime for Society to Say Enough is Enough. The science community laments that people deny the evidence science produces. Usually this complaint is merely de scriptive, intellectual frustration sometimes tinged with arrogance. Sometimes the criticism of denialism also offers solutions, which usually include education and communication to make the deniers stop denying, to make them see ...
Overweight Teens Often Miss Obesity Screening Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:09PMOverweight teenagers are no more likely than their normal-weight peers to receive screening designed to prevent childhood obesity, according to a new study.
NFL mediation on tap as league meeting looms Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:04AMNFL owners and players will return to the negotiating table in a mediation setting on Monday and Tuesday in Washington D.C. to settle a handful of unresolved issues, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.
Albert R. Hunt: Supreme Court may wade into election-year politics Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:18AMWASHINGTON — A familiar pattern of past presidential elections is that early in the cycle both parties gin up their base with warnings about dire consequences if the other side controls the next Supreme Court selections. After a few speeches and fundraising appeals, the matter is usually ignored by the electorate.
Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Pulling the rug out from underneath gay adoption Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:18AMBy MICHAEL KIRKLAND WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- A decision by a federal appeals court in New Orleans threatens to undermine hard-won gains by gays and lesbians, and the U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to review it.
FBI: Local Weight Loss Doc On the Run Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:25PMBased on frequently played tv and radio commercials, you may know Gautam Gupta as as a local weight loss doctor. He's now also known as one of "Chicago's Most Wanted."
Is PrEP the future of HIV prevention? Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:22PMAccording to 2008 data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were approximately 56,300 new HIV infections in the United States in 2006. That number has remained relatively steady since the late ’90s, and has actually increased overall since the early ’90s, when new infections reached a low of around 50,000 per year.
Sources: NFL, players set for mediation Monday Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:33PMNFL owners and players will return to the negotiating table in a mediation setting on Monday and Tuesday in Washington D.C. to settle a handful of unresolved issues, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.
Alabama insurance premium hikes may soon come under federal scrutiny Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:15AMIn other state insurance news, the Georgia health plan that covers about 700,000 state workers, retirees and dependents is facing low reserves, and two California insurers announces new coverage for autism therapy.
Waiting in the dark with Dad Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:26AMI tell myself death can be a blessing, but is that the selfish thinking of someone who can handle the liberating finality of death but can't handle the inconvenient business of dying? In the first decade of the 1900s, a Spanish couple boarded a ship in Malaga and sailed to Hawaii to work in the sugar cane fields. They later continued to California, opened a small grocery store an hour east of ...
PSU raises tuition, but with restraint Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:00AMKelley King saw one bright spot in the news that the Pennsylvania State University is raising tuition next year.
Insurers Ordered to Cover Autism Therapy Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:42PMThe state Department of Insurance has taken action to get autism therapy covered. Regulators say Blue Shield has not complied with state law. It already requires that ABA, Applied Behavior Analysis therapy, be covered. It could be the breakthrough that families dealing with autism need.
Not a dime’s worth of difference? Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:38PMA growing number of “independent” voters hold that there is no meaningful difference between Democrats and Republicans. I disagree. Democrats favor progressive taxation. Republicans favor huge tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
ConsumerWatch: Insurers Deny Autism Treatment Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:03PMParents of Bay Area autistic children are fighting with insurance companies over coverage of a commonly used behavioral therapy called Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) and claim state regulators aren’t doing enough to force insurers to pay.
Health insurers agree to cover autism therapy Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:51PMBlue Shield of California and Anthem Blue Cross have agreed to cover the initial cost of autism therapy.
UPDATE: J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Satisfaction With Price is Lower Among Auto Insurance Customers Who Bundle ... Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:40AMIn the news release, J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Satisfaction with Price is Lower among Auto Insurance Customers Who Bundle Policies, issued on June 28, 2011 by J.D. Power and Associates over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that in the chart titled, âCustomer Satisfaction Index Ranking,â Infinity P&C was inadvertently included in the rankings, but has been removed because of ...
Locals Joins The Roll-Your-Own Revolution Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:20AMA mini tax revolt by smokers is sweeping across the nation as the price of smokes keeps soaring.
Initiative would outlaw collective bargaining, tax pensions Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:35AMA rather quixotic visiting economics professor at UC Santa Barbara has submitted
Minn. experts welcome new soft deadline for health insurance exchanges Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:10AMMinnesota health insurance are busy preparing for health care overhaul, but many are welcoming a proposal to soften deadlines for a cornerstone piece of the program.
Going Legit, Part 2: Finding a Commercial Kitchen Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:08PMAlbert LawSaucy Dumplings at the April 2011 Underground Market. Part 2 of a series in which SFoodie asked the question: With the Underground Market now shut down, what would it take for San Francisco'
How to obtain a salvage certificate Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:01PMExpert answers to common DMV questions by George Valverde – Director, California Department of Motor Vehicles
This is a Special Report On Labor Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:53PMThe U.S. labor market has barely improved since the recession officially ended two years ago. Nearly one in 10 workers remain unemployed, and job creation has stagnated. Archaic labor laws restrict employee involvement in the workplace while forcing many workers to support unions they oppose. Government-employee unions use their enormous political influence to maintain special privileges ...
Oral Health Care Needed For Underserved Populations Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:12PMNew analysis from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) finds that fewer than half of all Americans see a dentist each year and millions live in areas where access to dental care is limited at best. A severe shortage of dentists, especially in rural areas and minority settings, is contributing to the “persistent and systemic” barriers to oral health care, IOM’s report notes. Various factors create ...
Judges Skeptical of Suit Challenging Health Care Law Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:07AMA panel of Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge appeared unlikely yesterday to reach the merits of an ex-lawmaker’s suit challenging the constitutionality of last year’s federal health care overhaul.
Blue Shield to pay for autism behavioral therapy Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:46AMParents of children with autism are hopeful they have scored a victory this week after Blue Shield of California has agreed to pay for a form of therapy for the developmental disorder that it previously refused to cover....
Staten Island JCC installs new board, elevates Bea Victor and Roger Auerbach Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:36AMSusan Sappin is the new president of the organization's board of directors
Law delays DMV notices to buy time for fee renewal Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:31AMSACRAMENTO, Calif.—Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Wednesday that buys him more time to try to persuade Republicans that the higher vehicle license fees the Legislature approved in 2009 should continue for another five years, rather than expire on July 1 as scheduled.
Georgiou competes for Senate seat against Berkley Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:16AMBy Mark Waite An interview with Byron Georgiou, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in the 2012 election didn’t turn out to be another run-of-the-mill chat with an underdog politician. Georgiou imparted his thought-provoking views about being one of two Nevadans who served on the 10-member Financial Crisis Inquiry Committee. The committee held 19[...]
Top city parks and rec exec: $225,543 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:13AMParks make life better! the folks at the California Park & Recreation Society tell us.And that certainly seems to be the case. As our colleagues at
California Health Plans Cautiously Approach the Future as Healthcare Reform Effects Play Out Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:00AMHealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that health plans in California emerged from an enrollment slump in 2010 with slightly better prospects for commercial growth in 2011.
Meningitis vaccine debated at CDC forum Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:20AMAt a forum in Shoreline Tuesday on whether to add meningitis to the vaccination schedule for children, more than 100 parents, health-care providers and others interested in the topic considered questions about vaccine safety, effectiveness and whether mandates are advisable. The Centers for Disease Control and its advisers, who are seeking citizen views around the country, will ultimately decide.
AM Alert: 'Card-check' veto sprouts a satirical certificate Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:20AMGov. Jerry Brown's veto last month of the so-called "card-check" bill, which would have allowed farmworkers to unionize more easily, is triggering a bit of street theater today.