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Posted December 28, 2007 Comments Off
Despite opposition from the nation's leading lobby representing seniors, the move by the federal agency is a clarion call for the need for some kind of reform to address soaring health care costs that are crippling employers' bottom lines.
Posted December 28, 2007 Comments Off
Two days too late for Christmas, but still in time to celebrate the new year, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina announced Thursday that effective Jan. 1, it is waiving the co-payment for some generic drugs and lowering the cost of 40 brand-name drugs.
Posted December 28, 2007 Comments Off
Insurer ING Group said Friday it will sell its reinsurance unit, NRG., to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway / for about $435.7 million.
Posted December 28, 2007 Comments Off
It's long been suggested that socio-economic issues, like lack of transportation to a doctor's office, can influence rates of disease in minorities.
Posted December 28, 2007 Comments Off
Starting Jan. 1, all Massachusetts residents 19 and older must have health insurance or they'll lose their personal exemption of $219 when filing their 2007 state personal income taxes.
Posted December 28, 2007 Comments Off
The deal is part of a nationwide network of more than 500 counties and CaremarkPCS of Irving, Texas, which negotiates discounts directly with 57,000 participating pharmacies.
Posted December 28, 2007 Comments Off
A new computer system to run the state's Medicaid program will cost $64.2 million, twice as much as originally projected, officials said Thursday.
Posted December 28, 2007 Comments Off
Instead of frustration over a seven-hour wait to have their son treated for a common respiratory infection, Rob and Debra Tofil sensed a business opportunity.
Posted December 28, 2007 Comments Off
With millions of colonoscopies performed each year and specialists advising all Americans over 50 to be screened, the proper use of this anesthetic could become a multibillion-dollar point of contention.
Posted December 28, 2007 Comments Off
Faced with rising obesity, diabetes and hypertension rates among inner city residents, officials have recently constructed five "Fitness Zones" around the county on plots of land about the size of a small office.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
The state already has one of the lowest percentages of uninsured children in the nation, and the new proposal could make the state even more of a leader.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
Ave Maria Nursing Home has moved one step closer in replacing a 52-year-old wing with four new buildings and adopting a concept in nursing home care that gives residents a more home-like environment.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
With the new enhancements in place, each agency is now able to view the other agency's clinical encounters, medical procedures, and lists of medical problems on shared patients using BHIE.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
Looking for Space The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, the federal agency that covers treatment for poor, disabled and elderly patients, requested the inspection.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
A federal judge blocked that city's plan to require businesses with more than 20 employees to help pay for coverage for the uninsured, saying it violated federal law.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
QMed, Inc., (Nasdaq: QMED) today announced that its subsidiary, QMedCare of New Jersey, Inc., is concluding its involvement in the Special Needs Plan in New Jersey.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
A genetic mutation known to increase the odds of breast cancer in some Jewish women has been found in significant numbers of Hispanic and African-American breast cancer patients as well, underscoring the need for genetic testing across ethnic lines to determine who is at risk.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
The Louisiana Business Group on Health, which lobbies for employers, is doing a "gap analysis," taking a look at what other states did or are doing and whether Louisiana can do the same things, said Butch Passman, chief executive officer of the group.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
With eight days to go until the Iowa caucuses, Hillary Clinton and Mike Huckabee brought out the big guns. But only Huckabee shot anything.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
Doctors often fall for the same health myths that their patients do, Drs. Rachel Vreeman and Aaron Carroll report in the Christmas- New Year's issue of the British Medical Journal. Among seven myths they cite is the eight-glasses-of-water one.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
The state has settled a federal class-action suit brought by three disabled Medicaid clients who waited up to nine months for a decision on whether they qualified for benefits.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
A state delegate said yesterday he will introduce legislation that would require Maryland to increase funding for tobacco prevention programs by 2012 to ensure the state meets federal recommendations.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
Cheaper generic copies of some of the world's most expensive medicines could be on the way -- good news for consumers but painful for companies' bottom lines.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
By 2010, Alzheimer's care will cost Medicare about $160 billion a year. One analysis has estimated that by 2050, Alzheimer's will cost Medicare more than $1 trillion annually.
Posted December 27, 2007 Comments Off
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Wednesday that employers could reduce or eliminate health benefits for retirees when they turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare.
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