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Training program for nurses can help address knowledge gaps related to AHCDs, end-of-life care

An educational program for nurses can help address knowledge gaps related to advance health care directives (AHCDs)-thus helping to ensure that patients' wishes for care at the end of life are known and respected, reports a paper in the October/December Journal of Christian Nursing, official journal of the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

17 Sep 2014

State highlights: N.Y. sues drugmaker over Alzheimer's drug switch; Ariz. Republican resigns over Medicaid remarks

New York State's attorney general filed an antitrust lawsuit on Monday seeking to stop a pharmaceutical company from forcing patients with Alzheimer's disease to switch to a new version of a widely used drug. The lawsuit contends that the switch is designed to blunt competition from low-priced generic versions of the medication (Pollack, 9/15).

17 Sep 2014

GAO: Many insurers flout health law's abortion rule

A report by the Government Accountability Office found many examples of insurance plans not complying with the health law's requirement that they separately itemize a charge for coverage of elective abortion on enrollees' bills. The agreement that no federal funds go to pay for elective abortions was the basis of a political compromise that allowed the health law to pass in 2010.

17 Sep 2014

Missing paperwork puts coverage at risk for tens of thousands of people

According to the Obama administration, as many as 115,000 people could lose the new insurance they obtained under the health law because they did not prove they were legal immigrants or U.S. citizens who were eligible for that coverage. Another 363,000 people must submit documentation to verify their incomes by Sept. 30 or lose their subsidies. These two numbers combined represent about 10 percent of the people who signed up through the online insurance marketplaces.

17 Sep 2014

Covered California unveils ad campaign, awards $14.6M for outreach

And new enrollment numbers for that state show a growing individual insurance market, officials said. Meanwhile, a Nebraska woman recounts her experience as a navigator, and Oregon officials say a tax credit error will affect fewer people than expected.

17 Sep 2014

Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group named recipient of 2014 AMGA Acclaim Award

The American Medical Group Association today announced that the recipient of the 2014 AMGA Acclaim Award is Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group for an innovative and integrated method to drive population health using a collaborative, team-based approach.

16 Sep 2014

ADA Maryland Chapter, WellDoc collaborate to empower patients with type 2 diabetes

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) Maryland Chapter and WellDoc®, a health care behavioral science and technology company, have announced the launch of a collaboration to empower people in Maryland with type 2 diabetes to take control of their diabetes by improving their day-to-day self-management.

16 Sep 2014

GOP accuses VA of interfering with report on deaths

Meanwhile, the health-tracking device company Fitbit hires a D.C. lobbying firm to deal with privacy questions from lawmakers.

16 Sep 2014

Viewpoints: New uninsured numbers are outdated; chiropractors' unusual move into nutrition

The federal government released some very reliable estimates of how many people had health insurance in the first three months of 2014.

16 Sep 2014

More doctors optimistic about future of medicine

Family doctors are also pushing to change how the nation pays for medical education and are proposing shifting training funds away from hospitals for residencies.

16 Sep 2014

Specific blood test could indicate neoadjuvant treatment regimens for ESCC patients

A blood test may be beneficial in indicating neoadjuvant treatment regimens for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), according to research presented today at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's 56th Annual Meeting.

16 Sep 2014

RT alone effective in decreasing dysphagia in patients with advanced esophageal cancer

Radiation therapy (RT) alone is as effective in decreasing swallowing complications experienced by advanced esophageal cancer patients as RT combined with chemotherapy, thus allowing patients to forgo chemotherapy, according to research presented today at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's 56th Annual Meeting.

16 Sep 2014

Brain stimulation increases cravings for high-calorie foods, shows study

Magnetic stimulation of a brain area involved in "executive function" affects cravings for and consumption of calorie-dense snack foods, reports a study in the September issue of Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, the official journal of the American Psychosomatic Society.

16 Sep 2014

Intimate partner violence may trigger irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia

One in five men in the U.S. reports violence towards their spouse or significant other, says a new nationally-representative study by the University of Michigan.

16 Sep 2014

Is early detection of cancer a 'double-edged sword'?

Early detection has long been seen as a powerful weapon in the battle against cancer. But some experts now see it as double-edged sword.

16 Sep 2014

AANS, ASTRO partner to launch national registry for SRS treatments

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the American Society for Radiation Oncology are partnering to launch and support a national registry for stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) treatments.

16 Sep 2014

Viewpoints: Crediting the health law for modest premium increases; Hollywood misses the mark on sick teens

The rate of growth on premiums for employer-based health coverage in the first five months of this year was one of the lowest in 16 years. Despite longstanding concerns that employer-sponsored coverage might become too costly to sustain, that market seems to have stabilized for now .... Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, federal tax credit subsidies - available for people earning up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level ($95,400 for a family of four) - are helping to make these policies affordable and cushioning the impact of premium increases in some cities (9/14).

16 Sep 2014

State Highlights: Calif. prop 45 ad truth check; Medi-Cal autism coverage

Proposition 45 would give California's elected insurance commissioner the authority to reject excessive health insurance rate hikes, a power the commissioner already wields for auto and homeowners insurance rates. The campaign against it -- for which the insurance industry has so far put up $37.3 million -- is now airing a 60-second radio ad narrated by a nurse named Candy Campbell.

16 Sep 2014

Study: Subsidy quirk means young people pay more for bronze plans

How the government calculates insurance subsidies makes the cheapest bronze plans more costly for young people relative to those aged 54 to 64, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer. Meanwhile, Oregon budgets $2 million for a lawsuit fight with Oracle over its health insurance marketplace.

16 Sep 2014

Medicaid: 25 ways states game the system

The Department of Health and Human Services has identified the key problems the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services need to address to ensure that states pay their fair share of the state-federal low income insurance program.

16 Sep 2014

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Training program for nurses can help address knowledge gaps related to AHCDs, end-of-life care

State highlights: N.Y. sues drugmaker over Alzheimer's drug switch; Ariz. Republican resigns over Medicaid remarks

GAO: Many insurers flout health law's abortion rule

Missing paperwork puts coverage at risk for tens of thousands of people

Covered California unveils ad campaign, awards $14.6M for outreach

Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group named recipient of 2014 AMGA Acclaim Award

ADA Maryland Chapter, WellDoc collaborate to empower patients with type 2 diabetes

GOP accuses VA of interfering with report on deaths

Viewpoints: New uninsured numbers are outdated; chiropractors' unusual move into nutrition

More doctors optimistic about future of medicine

Specific blood test could indicate neoadjuvant treatment regimens for ESCC patients

RT alone effective in decreasing dysphagia in patients with advanced esophageal cancer

Brain stimulation increases cravings for high-calorie foods, shows study

Intimate partner violence may trigger irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia

Is early detection of cancer a 'double-edged sword'?

AANS, ASTRO partner to launch national registry for SRS treatments

Viewpoints: Crediting the health law for modest premium increases; Hollywood misses the mark on sick teens

State Highlights: Calif. prop 45 ad truth check; Medi-Cal autism coverage

Study: Subsidy quirk means young people pay more for bronze plans

Medicaid: 25 ways states game the system

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