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Colorado wins millions to boost school clinics Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:25AMColorado public health clinics won nearly $2.5 million in new federal grants to expand school-based medical centers for the poor and underserved, as providers gear up for an influx of new patients under the Affordable Care Act.
Viewpoints: Teaching hospital cuts; Medicare & debt deal politics; end-of-life care Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:30PMTeaching hospitals educate the next generation of physicians—who are clearly essential for our future. But the importance of academic medical centers and teaching hospitals goes far beyond delivering care.
Press Release Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:00AMTeva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Posted on:14 Jul 11 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of effectively 100% of the outstanding shares of Taiyo Pharmaceutical Industry Co. Ltd. for $934 million in cash.
Do You Need Pet Insurance? Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:06PMWe adopted an eight-year-old beagle, Tobey, two years ago and it was one of the best decisions we ever made. He's brought so much excitement and love into our lives. He also became one of the biggest ...
Great American Supplemental Benefits Group Launches New Fixed Indemnity First Dollar Health Insurance Product Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:26AMAUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Great American Supplemental Benefits Group Launches New Fixed Indemnity First Dollar Health Insurance Product
Health Highlights: May 10, 2011 Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:20PMHere are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
BankMuscat launches Zeinah critical care insurance plan for women Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:01AMMUSCAT -- BankMuscat BankMuscat , the leading financial services provider in the Sultanate, as part of its continuing efforts to promote specialised banking service, has enhanced the Zeinah suite of products for women.
Rep. Chris Murphy: Don't Forget Medicaid Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 3:45PMWhile it seems that just about every major industry or interest group has teams of lobbyists in Washington looking out for them, some of our most vulnerable citizens simply don't have a voice in a town where unfortunately, money still talks the loudest.
Major Health Problems Linked to Poverty Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 11:37PMAlong the border, water- and mosquito-borne illnesses are rampant, as are asthma and other chronic conditions.
Affordable Health insurance now available with pre-existing conditions Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 12:49PMCARSON CITY - Officials with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services put out the word today that a new affordable health insurance plan is available for Nevadans with pre-existing medical conditions.
Tele-Health Monitoring: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2011 to 2017 Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 3:22AMNEW YORK , July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Tele-Health Monitoring: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2011 to 2017 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0569001/Tele-Health-Monitoring-Market-Shares-Strategies-and-Forecasts-Worldwide-2011-to-2017.html#utm_source=prnewswire ...
Make sure you're protected when dealing with student loan debt Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 1:04PMRecent college graduates have a lot on their minds - where they'll live, what kind of job they'll get, and, in many cases, how they'll manage to pay off their student loan debt.
OCEANSIDE: Senior exercise program saved Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 8:10PMAnthony Adanandus is a happy man.
Health happenings: July 5 Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 5:06PMSend information about free or low-cost health-related events open to the public one week ahead of publication. Information can be emailed to jmorreale@bradenton.com. Listings are due 10 days in advance.
House Medicaid Plan Would Stunt California Economic Recovery Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 2:28AMPhoto: Rep. Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., author of the House deficit-reduction plan, which would slash federal Medicaid spending.SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – California could lose as many as 28,440 more jobs, and up to $3.7 billion in related revenue, if federal...
Medicaid Cuts Would Stunt California's Recovery Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 2:28AMPhoto: Rep. Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., author of the House deficit-reduction plan, which would slash federal Medicaid spending.SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – California could lose as many as 28,440 more jobs, and up to $3.7 billion in related revenue, if federal...
Health law mandate to carry insurance is upheld on appeal Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 11:56PMA federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the most contentious provision of the health care overhaul law, ruling that Congress can require Americans to carry insurance coverage. In backing the individual mandate, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati became the first appellate court to rule on President Barack Obama's signature domestic initiative.
In major test, appeals court upholds Democratic healthcare law Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 3:02PMThe healthcare law President Obama signed last year survived its first test before a federal appellate court Wednesday, as the 6th U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati concluded that the law’s insurance requirement is constitutional.
El Camino CEO says he's leaving hospital in good shape Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 1:28PMLess than a week before his final exit, El Camino Hospital CEO Ken Graham’s office is noticeably emptied – a...
Boone County men catching up to women in life expectancy Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 6:04PMCOLUMBIA — Women live longer than men in Boone County, but men are closing the gap. Male life expectancy in the county improved by 18 months between 2000 and 2007, compared to an increase of only about three months in female life expectancy during the same period, according to a new scientific study . The research, conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of ...
MDs gather at AMA meeting amid reform uncertainty Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 6:28AMMDs gather at AMA meeting amid reform uncertainty LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO -- Medicare crises, looming doctor shortages, more pa ...
Surprising drop in physicians' willingness to accept patients with insurance Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 3:39PMAs required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, millions of people will soon be added to the ranks of the insured. However, this rapid expansion of coverage is colliding with a different, potentially problematic trend that could end up hampering access to health care.
Healthy Living: Cancer Patients Ask Governor to Sign Bill Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 4:11AMIt's the best weapon against many forms of cancer, but the side effects of chemotherapy, in it's traditional IV form, were so debilitating the pharmaceutical industry spent years developing pill forms of these powerful drugs. There's still one major obstacle - cost.
Hospital officials field questions before commission Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 9:59PMArmed with an audit, financial statements and his well-honed ability as New Mexico's lead death penalty defense attorney, Gary Mitchell stood ready Tuesday to answer questions about the Lincoln County Medical Center posed by county commissioners.
CEOs of Idaho's largest health care organizations are bracing for a shaky transition Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 7:11PMUncertainty faces the CEOs of Idaho’s two largest hospital systems as they try to confront coming mandates under the federal health-care reform law.
McKinsey Defends Survey on Health Care Law’s Effects Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 11:32AMA survey by McKinsey & Company about health coverage under the new law has come under fire, while other polls show conflicting predictions.
Weighty agenda at AMA meeting Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 9:09AMCHICAGO #8212; Medicare crises, looming doctor shortages, more patients without health insurance. And that doesn't even count the big changes coming from a revamped health care system.
First Edition: June 20, 2011 Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 8:34AMToday's headlines include reports about new trends in the health care marketplace, including efforts to help seniors live at home longer and why some consumers may face bigger bills for out-of-network care.
KMSI Announces KMx Version 7.2 – A Highly Scalable Learning Platform to Support Customers, Dealers, Agents and Employees Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 8:00AMThe KMx platform provides an extremely scalable solution for organizations that need to provide education, training and certification programs for customers, dealers, agents, employees or other large-scale audiences.
Helping seniors live at home longer Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 11:17PMThe new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act aims to provide at-home alternatives to nursing home care. Patricia McGinnis has six brothers and sisters who help her take care of their 89-year-old mother. Though their mother is alert and able to live on her own, she is blind and has balance problems that have led to several falls, for which she has received care.
Tuition increase of 5.8 percent proposed at Muskegon Community College Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 2:52PMMUSKEGON — Muskegon Community College administrators have proposed a 5.8 percent tuition increase for the next school year, more than half of which would cover salary increases for the college's faculty and staff, one trustee said.
Rishi Manchanda: Medicaid: A Lifeline Under Attack Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 3:18PMInstead of trying to improve health care and help those in need, some are debating ways to take the lifeline of Medicaid away from seniors, the disabled, low-income adults and children. That's a prescription for disaster.
Danger in the Gap Between Pediatrics and Adult Primary Care Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 3:04PMStudies show that the zone at the end of the pediatric period is fraught with uncertainties and risks, especially for children with chronic illnesses and disabilities.
Faith group launching Rainier Valley clinic for kids Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 9:12PMOn Sunday, Seattle faith-based group Urban Impact will launch a Rainier Valley clinic to provide free or low-cost medical care for children.
Targeted Cancer Drugs Offer New Therapy Options Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 9:33AMIn the future fight against cancer, doctors are looking beyond afflicted organs—whether lung, brain or stomach—and finding new answers by disrupting the genetic mechanisms of specific tumor cells
Health insurance 101 Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 2:19AMBottom line: Health insurance is confusing and ready to get even more so. Every restaurant has questions. Be ready to give answers with this tutorial from the Culinary Institute of America.
MediTouch EHR® User Receives First $18,000 Stimulus Check towards $44,000 Government Incentive Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 5:43PMSOLANA BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Michigan doctor becomes one of first in nation to earn $18,000 in stimulus funds, utilizing MediTouch EHR to demonstrate Meaningful Use. The funds encourage the adoption of electronic health records.
Editorial: Choices can help cut Detroit's auto insurance rates Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 2:35AMFor more than a decade, the insurance industry and consumer groups have locked grills over how to lower Michigan's unaffordable auto insurance rates -- especially in major cities like Detroit.
New Jersey Seeks To Shrink Medicaid Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 1:48AMGov. Chris Christie wants to cut $500 million in Medicaid spending in part by freezing more than 20,000 state residents out of the program. The state would do that basically by disqualifying any adult who makes more than $6,000 a year. Critics say the cuts would hurt those who can least afford...
Readers Write 6/7 Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 5:41PMReaders Write 6/7
Prescription for healthcare shopping: Take two aspirins and call me in the morning Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 4:56PMJim Abraham thought he had gotten a great deal at Jackson Memorial Hospital when he was told that a nuclear stress test would cost $1,200. Then he got the bill: $5,500. Why so much more? The staff told him it was because he had insurance.
NY Bill Would Reduce Costs on Oral Chemotherapy Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 8:55AMMegan Bonstein says modern health care has provided her oral...
Alabama pushes health reforms Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 4:11AMAlabama is a deep red state with a health policy that is taking on a decidedly blue tinge these days.
Cost of oral chemotherapy could change if NYS Legislature passes bill Sunday, June 5, 2011 @ 4:11PMALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Megan Bonstein says modern health care has provided her oral chemotherapy in a pill to fight her leukemia, but modern health insurance has failed her. “Ten years ago, that was a very grim diagnosis,” the 26-year-old...
House Republicans lacking bumper sticker message for Medicare reform Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 5:34AMRepublicans know they must improve their Medicare message, but are split on how to do it. Read more...
U.S. physicians call for new approach to address national 'epidemic of mass incarceration' Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 6:21PMWith 2.3 million people behind bars and an estimated 10 million Americans cycling in and out of correctional facilities each year, the United States is in the midst of an "epidemic of mass incarceration," says a group of researchers.
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Obama Health-Care Law Goes Before Appeals Court in Cincinnati Tuesday, May 31, 2011 @ 11:43PMPresident Barack Obama’s health-care law, including its mandate that most Americans obtain insurance, goes before a U.S. appeals court, the second of at least three such panels that will consider the act’s constitutionality.
Key to success: ‘Burning desire to win’ Tuesday, May 31, 2011 @ 8:14PMJohn W. Bluford prefers to recall the opportunities he was afforded, rather than the obstacles he overcame.
8. Senior living - novel concept or business opportunity? Friday, May 27, 2011 @ 10:11PMSeniors living requires some focus from our government and business communities, writes CAROL YIP.