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Political cartoon: 'Sounds Promising?'

Kaiser Health News provides a fresh take on health policy developments with "Sounds Promising?" by Eric Allie.

24 Sep 2014

Californians divided over health law, according to survey

The Affordable Care Act continues to divide Californians, who remain skeptical four years after its passage despite the state's relatively smooth launch in which more than 1.2 million people enrolled in health insurance coverage.

24 Sep 2014

Kennedy University Hospitalists implements MedAptus' Pro Charge Capture solution

MedAptus today announced that Kennedy University Hospitalists recently completed implementation of the company's Professional (Pro) Charge Capture solution.

24 Sep 2014

Simplot offers Wiser Health to help employees make personalized treatment decisions

WiserTogether, Inc., which offers a healthcare information decision tool for consumers, today announced that J.R. Simplot Company will offer Wiser Health to its employees and their dependents.

24 Sep 2014

Patients and healthcare professionals willing to trade false-positive diagnoses, study finds

Both patients and healthcare professionals believe diagnosis of extracolonic malignancy with screening computed tomography (CT) colonography greatly outweighs the potential disadvantages of subsequent radiologic or invasive follow-up tests precipitated by false-positive diagnoses, according to a new study published in the October issue of the journal Radiology.

24 Sep 2014

E-cigarettes fail to help cancer patients give up smoking

In a new study of cancer patients who smoke, those using e-cigarettes (in addition to traditional cigarettes) were more nicotine dependent and equally or less likely to have quit smoking traditional cigarettes than non-users.

24 Sep 2014

Physicians wage campaign to urge Congress not to allow Medicaid Pay Parity to expire

A national report showing the benefits of preventing a reduction in the rates physicians receive for providing Medicaid services was released today by the American College of Physicians.

24 Sep 2014

Teens around the world frequently use OTC and prescription medications without doctor's order

Adolescents around the world are frequently using over-the-counter and prescription medications without a doctor's order, a risky practice that can lead to overuse and abuse and is often continued into adulthood, reveals a new review in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

24 Sep 2014

Decision-support guide for prenatal genetic testing, no cost for testing result in less prenatal test use

An intervention for pregnant women that included a computerized, interactive decision-support guide regarding prenatal genetic testing, and no cost for testing, resulted in less prenatal test use and more informed choices, according to a study in the September 24 issue of JAMA.

24 Sep 2014

Diabetes rates among U.S. adults stabilizing

Following a doubling of the incidence and prevalence of diabetes in the U.S. from 1990-2008, new data suggest a plateauing of the rate between 2008 and 2012 for adults, however the incidence continued to increase in Hispanic and non-Hispanic black adults, according to a study in the September 24 issue of JAMA.

24 Sep 2014

Viewpoints: Surgery surprise: Out-of-network doctors' bills; consequences of making Medicaid enrollees pay premiums

The New York Times' Elisabeth Rosenthal offered an important lesson in healthcare economics over the weekend that's a must-read for anyone about to undergo a major medical procedure.

24 Sep 2014

Hospitals seek to control costs by setting standards for care

One group in Delaware looked at high spending on cardiac monitoring for patients who really didn't need it and encouraged doctors to instead use guidelines from the American Heart Association. Costs fell by 70 percent for the monitoring, a study finds.

24 Sep 2014

Drugmakers warned against giving coupons to Medicare beneficiaries

While brand-name drugmakers regularly use coupons to boost sales, it is illegal to induce Medicare Part D enrollees to use them. Meanwhile, a researcher asks members of the public how they would fix Medicare.

24 Sep 2014

DNA sequencing may lead to greater care for patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

A patient survives life-threatening trauma, is intubated in the intensive care unit (ICU) to support his or her affected vital functions, starts to recover, and then develops pneumonia.

23 Sep 2014

Kaiser Permanente supports AHA to improve blood pressure control for African-Americans

Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest integrated health care system, will support the American Heart Association in a broad effort to improve blood pressure control for African-Americans in two U.S. cities over three years.

23 Sep 2014

State highlights: Medicaid bankruptcy ruling could save some nursing homes; high HIV rates in Southern states

A federal judge's recent ruling blocking Medicaid officials from cutting off a struggling nursing home could help troubled health care facilities survive using bankruptcy, according to restructuring professionals.

23 Sep 2014

Court dumps Obamacare lawsuit brought by doctors

A federal appeals court in Chicago tosses a lawsuit challenging the administration's delay of the health law's employer mandate -- a case similar to the one that House Republicans plan to file.

23 Sep 2014

Police, parents learning to better handle mental illness

And in Arizona, a judge approved an agreement to expand services for the people with serious mental illnesses, ending a 30-year-old class action lawsuit.

23 Sep 2014

Rutgers awarded $2 million NIH grant to prepare students for academic research careers

Rutgers is one of seven institutions in the country selected by the National Institutes of Health to receive this year's BEST Award - a $2 million grant designed to expose many of the university's most promising biomedical sciences graduate trainees to career opportunities that go beyond the academic path that they have traditionally taken.

23 Sep 2014

University of Louisville School of Medicine completes renovation of instructional building

Ushering in a new era in medical education, officials with the University of Louisville School of Medicine formally celebrated the completion of a $9 million renovation of the school's 40-year-old instructional building.

23 Sep 2014

Health Care News and Research

Political cartoon: 'Sounds Promising?'

Californians divided over health law, according to survey

Kennedy University Hospitalists implements MedAptus' Pro Charge Capture solution

Simplot offers Wiser Health to help employees make personalized treatment decisions

Patients and healthcare professionals willing to trade false-positive diagnoses, study finds

E-cigarettes fail to help cancer patients give up smoking

Physicians wage campaign to urge Congress not to allow Medicaid Pay Parity to expire

Teens around the world frequently use OTC and prescription medications without doctor's order

Decision-support guide for prenatal genetic testing, no cost for testing result in less prenatal test use

Diabetes rates among U.S. adults stabilizing

Viewpoints: Surgery surprise: Out-of-network doctors' bills; consequences of making Medicaid enrollees pay premiums

Hospitals seek to control costs by setting standards for care

Drugmakers warned against giving coupons to Medicare beneficiaries

DNA sequencing may lead to greater care for patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

Kaiser Permanente supports AHA to improve blood pressure control for African-Americans

State highlights: Medicaid bankruptcy ruling could save some nursing homes; high HIV rates in Southern states

Court dumps Obamacare lawsuit brought by doctors

Police, parents learning to better handle mental illness

Rutgers awarded $2 million NIH grant to prepare students for academic research careers

University of Louisville School of Medicine completes renovation of instructional building

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