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UMMS professor receives EUREKA grant to develop light activated nanoparticles for imaging brain tissue

University of Massachusetts Medical School Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Gang Han, PhD, has received a $1.3 million EUREKA (Exceptional Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration) grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop light activated nanoparticles that can be used to image live brain tissue.

25 Oct 2013

Insurers huddle at the White House; talk health exchange technical difficulties

About a dozen CEOs from major insurance companies met with administration officials to address the online marketplace's flaws, especially those related to generating the enrollment files that the insurers receive.

25 Oct 2013

CUMC plans to build new home for Columbia University School of Nursing

Columbia University Medical Center announced plans today to build a new home for the Columbia University School of Nursing, one of the oldest nursing schools in the nation. The seven-story building will be located on existing Columbia property at the corner of W. 168th Street and Audubon Avenue, at the east end of the CUMC campus. Construction is expected to begin in late 2014.

25 Oct 2013

States report vastly differently Obamacare enrollment experiences

Navigators in states relying on the federal website to enroll people in coverage are focused on education while they wait for fixes, while officials in states like New York and Washington with functional websites are reporting high demand and enrollment. Meanwhile, consumer advocates express skepticism about directing people in federal exchange states to call centers as a way to enroll.

25 Oct 2013

Researchers develop robots for bridge inspection, mine rescue, aid for blind

Robotic rotorcraft for inspecting bridges and other infrastructure, tools for minimally invasive surgery that guide surgeons by creating 3D maps of internal organs and assistive robots for blind travelers are among seven new Carnegie Mellon University research projects sponsored through the National Robotics Initiative.

25 Oct 2013

Health law opponents queue up new ad campaign

Americans for Prosperity, the Tea Party group that has made rolling back the health care law one of its priorities, is starting a $2 million campaign of television, radio and Internet advertisements aimed at lawmakers facing tough re-election battles in four House swing districts (Stolberg, 10/23).

25 Oct 2013

Dems grow frustrated with Obamacare website, impact on broader law

Even some Obama allies are calling for major changes -- as well as someone's firing -- after the technically flawed rollout of the health law's online insurance marketplace. Democrats are also worried about what the problems could do to support for the broader law, and some are even calling for a delay to a mandate that Americans buy insurance.

25 Oct 2013

HIV-positive patients with high CD4 cell counts are not at increased risk for heart attacks

Patients who are HIV-positive and have high CD4 cell counts - or have a high number of white blood cells that fight infections - aren't at an increased risk for heart attacks compared to patients who are HIV-negative, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that appears in the current online issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

25 Oct 2013

White House to give consumers extra time to buy coverage before facing penalty

The Wednesday announcement gave people an extra six weeks -- until March 31 -- to comply with the health law's requirement that they enroll in a health plan.

25 Oct 2013

GOP reconsidering strategy on health law fight

House Republicans are seeking to shift public attention from a government shutdown over the health law to problems in the marketplace website with hearings on the issue. But GOP Senate and House leaders do not seem to have a consensus on tactics for their overall efforts on the law.

25 Oct 2013

OPTIMISTIC study aims to reduce avoidable hospitalizations, increase access to palliative care

The OPTIMISTIC study, an innovative initiative developed by research-clinicians from Indiana University and the Regenstrief Institute to improve health care, reduce avoidable hospitalizations and increase access to palliative care, is now underway in 19 nursing facilities throughout Central Indiana.

25 Oct 2013

Health law fails to bring competition to rural areas but spurs changes in mental health care

The New York Times examines the effects of the law on prices of coverage in rural areas while KHN details how therapists' may be forced to move away from their solo practices.

25 Oct 2013

Merck provides overview of clinical trial program for HPV vaccine V503

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today provided an overview of the clinical trial program for V503, the company's investigational 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccine, to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in the United States.

25 Oct 2013

Adcare Health Systems prices underwritten public offering of Series A Preferred Stock

AdCare Health Systems, Inc. the "Company") announced today that it has priced a "best efforts" underwritten public offering of its 10.875% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock") at a public offering price of $25.00 per share.

24 Oct 2013

CVS Caremark receives PBM and DTM accreditation from URAC

CVS Caremark announced today that it has been awarded Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) and Drug Therapy Management accreditation from URAC, a Washington, DC-based health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry.

24 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 24, 2013

Today's headlines include reports that the Obama administration plans to tweak the tax-penalty deadline for signing up for health insurance as well as previews of what might happen when the contractors who built the health law's online insurance marketplace testify today on Capitol Hill.

24 Oct 2013

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Heart and Stroke Foundation to improve health of Canadians

The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer and the Heart and Stroke Foundation, are pleased to announce a $16 million investment in a first of its kind partnership between the cancer and cardiovascular research communities that will strengthen our understanding of chronic disease.

24 Oct 2013

Viewpoints: 'Elementary errors' in insurance exchange; problems could lead insurance pool imbalance; recalcitrant govs could have made Obamacare launch better

Clearly, the government picked the wrong people to manage this project and it was a terrible decision to fragment it among so many contractors. Anyone who's ever been involved in creating a new computer application knows that you don't just assemble the thing and then see if it works. You're supposed to test the components, obsessively, along the way (Andrew Rosenthal, 10/22).

24 Oct 2013

Little evidence Obamacare is costing full-time jobs

Reuters and The Wall Street Journal challenge the notion, based on recent jobs data, that the health law is causing an erosion of full-time work. Other media outlets look at the endangered status of new insurance co-ops funded by the law, the high price of many prescription drugs and concerns about the people enrolled in high-risk insurance pools that will close at the end of the year.

24 Oct 2013

State highlights: Cuccinelli blasts health law, Sebelius in bid to gain ground in Va. governor's race; N.Y. residents split over law; medi-cal cuts threaten access

A selection of health policy stories from Virginia, New York, California, Oregon, Michigan, Texas and Georgia.

24 Oct 2013

Health Care News and Research

UMMS professor receives EUREKA grant to develop light activated nanoparticles for imaging brain tissue

Insurers huddle at the White House; talk health exchange technical difficulties

CUMC plans to build new home for Columbia University School of Nursing

States report vastly differently Obamacare enrollment experiences

Researchers develop robots for bridge inspection, mine rescue, aid for blind

Health law opponents queue up new ad campaign

Dems grow frustrated with Obamacare website, impact on broader law

HIV-positive patients with high CD4 cell counts are not at increased risk for heart attacks

White House to give consumers extra time to buy coverage before facing penalty

GOP reconsidering strategy on health law fight

OPTIMISTIC study aims to reduce avoidable hospitalizations, increase access to palliative care

Health law fails to bring competition to rural areas but spurs changes in mental health care

Merck provides overview of clinical trial program for HPV vaccine V503

Adcare Health Systems prices underwritten public offering of Series A Preferred Stock

CVS Caremark receives PBM and DTM accreditation from URAC

First Edition: October 24, 2013

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Heart and Stroke Foundation to improve health of Canadians

Viewpoints: 'Elementary errors' in insurance exchange; problems could lead insurance pool imbalance; recalcitrant govs could have made Obamacare launch better

Little evidence Obamacare is costing full-time jobs

State highlights: Cuccinelli blasts health law, Sebelius in bid to gain ground in Va. governor's race; N.Y. residents split over law; medi-cal cuts threaten access

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