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Barney & Barney’s report evaluates best approach to managing employee benefits

Mid-sized employers should consider self-funding employee benefits, move to a private exchange or establish a defined contribution approach to control health care costs over the next decade, according to a new white paper by Barney & Barney, a Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company.

1 Oct 2014

Open payments database debuts, detailing financial connections between physicians and drug makers

Consumer advocates have pushed for years for this kind of government database in an effort to protect against physicians' conflicts of interest, to safeguard patient care and to prevent unnecessary costs to public health programs.

1 Oct 2014

On the campaign trail, GOP Gov. Snyder highlights Michigan's Medicaid expansion

Mich. Gov. Rick Snyder pointed out -- as part of his re-election bid -- that 63,000 more low-income adults have signed up for the program than was projected this year.

1 Oct 2014

N.J. gets new insurer; Oregon shifts to HealthCare.gov

One year in, separating fact and political fiction about the Obamacare marketplaces remains difficult, reports CBS News.

1 Oct 2014

State highlights: Fla. toughens drug compounding laws; Conn. hospitals leave largest insurer

A selection of health policy stories from Florida, Connecticut, New York, Michigan, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Arkansas.

1 Oct 2014

Judge rules that states using federal health exchange can't offer premium subsidies

The decision by a federal district judge in Oklahoma is the latest ruling regarding whether consumers in states that opted to use the federal insurance marketplace are entitled to subsidies.

1 Oct 2014

First U.S. case of Ebola diagnosed in Texas

The patient, who reportedly took a Sept. 20 commercial flight from Liberia to Dallas, represents the first case in the current outbreak diagnosed outside of Africa.

1 Oct 2014

Doctors, hospitals went digital, but still can't share records

After spending billions to switch from paper to digital records -- much of it taxpayer subsidized through the economic stimulus package -- providers say the systems often do not share information with competitors.

1 Oct 2014

Agingcare.com introduces Prescription Drug Assistance Locator tool

Paying for prescription medications just got easier for families who frequent AgingCare.com, the go-to destination for family caregivers.

1 Oct 2014

Advocates cry foul over move to terminate immigrants' health coverage

Two immigrant groups bring civil rights complaints with the Department of Health and Human Services to block the cancellations for about 115,000 people who bought coverage through healthcare.gov but whose immigration status the government hasn't been able to verify.

1 Oct 2014

Viewpoints: Mergers causing health costs to rise; reauthorize CHIP; Obamacare's influence on politics

Health care costs are going up, and there's a lot of debate about why. Is it the high cost of drugs or our aging population?

1 Oct 2014

Cardinal Health releases 2014 digital report and annual report for shareholders

The Cardinal Health 2014 digital report to shareholders is now available. Interested parties can learn about the company's fiscal year performance and how Cardinal Health is supporting the health care continuum by accessing the report at http://cardinalhealth.com/annualreport.

1 Oct 2014

Health Care News and Research

Barney & Barney’s report evaluates best approach to managing employee benefits

Open payments database debuts, detailing financial connections between physicians and drug makers

On the campaign trail, GOP Gov. Snyder highlights Michigan's Medicaid expansion

N.J. gets new insurer; Oregon shifts to HealthCare.gov

State highlights: Fla. toughens drug compounding laws; Conn. hospitals leave largest insurer

Judge rules that states using federal health exchange can't offer premium subsidies

First U.S. case of Ebola diagnosed in Texas

Doctors, hospitals went digital, but still can't share records

Agingcare.com introduces Prescription Drug Assistance Locator tool

Advocates cry foul over move to terminate immigrants' health coverage

Viewpoints: Mergers causing health costs to rise; reauthorize CHIP; Obamacare's influence on politics

Cardinal Health releases 2014 digital report and annual report for shareholders

Political cartoon: 'Expensive Stutter?'

Today is the deadline for thousands to provide information to keep subsidies

Viewpoints: Shop around for health coverage; 'gaming' Obamacare; FDA and painkillers

State highlights: New Calif. health laws signed; Mass. judge considers partners deal

Senate control still up in the air as Democrats shift focus to Medicare, other popular programs

Drug and device news: Study questions medical devices' safety evidence

American Cancer Society, Lane Bryant team up to support breast cancer awareness

Research performed in anemic mice shows acetate stimulates the formation of red blood cells

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