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Government of Equatorial Guinea to improve all hospitals in the country

The government of Equatorial Guinea is working to renovate all the hospitals in the country within the next four years, according to Minister of Health Tomas Mecheba Fernandez Galilea.

18 May 2013

Patient and physician prescribing information a powerful aide in drug marketing

The information allows drug makers to know which drugs a doctor is prescribing and how that compares to a colleague across town.

18 May 2013

Parents need to protect children from allergen exposure, says Hope Paige CEO

A report released earlier this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls allergy rates among U.S. children an "epidemic."

18 May 2013

CBO: Cadillac tax's bark may be worse than its bite

The U.S. health-care law's projected tax bite on businesses with more generous health benefits is dropping as medical spending slows and employers look to rein in the cost of coverage.

18 May 2013

Meridian Health to hold annual Research Day at Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Meridian Health's annual Research Day will take place at Jersey Shore University Medical Center on Tuesday, June 11, from 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in Jersey Shore's Lance Auditorium.

18 May 2013

Viewpoints: Health law's effect on patient safety; Angelina Jolie's surgery is the ultimate 'choice'

Much of the discussion over the Affordable Care Act has focused on whether it will bring down health care costs. Less attention has been paid to another goal of the act: improving patient safety. Each year tens of thousands of people die, and hundreds of thousands more are injured, as a result of medical error (Joanna C. Schwartz, 5/16).

18 May 2013

Research roundup: Surgical residents not happy with new schedules; ICU admissions rise sharply; Lessons from Mich. for coverage enrollment

In 2011, the organization that oversees medical student training instituted a new regimen to replace the traditional 24-hour call schedule for medical residents, to improve patient safety and the residents' health. Under this new policy, residents in their first year of post-graduate training get increased supervision and are limited to 16-hour shifts.

18 May 2013

Updated diagnostic guidebook for mental disorders to be unveiled this weekend

In advance of its release, the new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has triggered debate and controversy surrounding the many changes included in this 947-page book.

18 May 2013

Republicans ask GAO to probe Sebelius' fundraising

GOP lawmakers seek an investigation of the Health and Human Services secretary's efforts to secure more funding for a private group that will help with the implementation of the health law. At the same time, an HHS spokesman offered more detail regarding whom she contacted.

18 May 2013

EHRA EUROPACE 2013 to feature late breaking clinical trials

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear the results of cutting edge studies, and to learn about the new Guidelines which are likely to have a tremendous impact on the European health care system.

18 May 2013

Liberty University's challenge to the health law has a day in appellate court

Mathew Staver, the university's lawyer, told the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that Liberty would face millions of dollars in penalties if it refuses to provide employee health insurance that violates its religious beliefs.

18 May 2013

Some hospitals under the microscope for steep pricing

The New York Times and Los Angeles Times report on specific hospitals that have been shown to be among the most expensive in the nation. Meanwhile, Modern Healthcare reports on interest from some senators in overhauling Medicare's hospital payment system.

18 May 2013

Highlights: State Medicaid investigators get more money to investigate fraud; Texas compromise end-of-life bill still splits lawmakers

State Medicaid fraud investigators will be able to get federal matching funds to electronically search for potential fraud, under a final rule to be published on Friday. The rule, which will be published by the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, is expected to save the federal government about $34.3 million from fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2023 in fraudulent claims that would have been paid (Adams, 5/16).

18 May 2013

USAID honors URC with the first ever Excellence in Mentorship Award

The United States Agency for International Development awarded University Research Co., LLC the first ever Excellence in Mentorship Award during the agency's Sixth Annual Small Business Conference on Thursday, May 16th, in Washington, D.C.

18 May 2013

IRS controversy fuels Republican health law opposition

Just as the House took its 37th vote to repeal the health law, largely along party lines, the Republicans held their first hearing on the IRS's tax-exempt and government-entities division. Several media outlets report that Sarah Hall Ingram, who led the division when the questioned operations began, is now in charge of the branch overseeing implementation of parts of the health law.

18 May 2013

Local leaders call on state lawmakers to enact new legislation to preserve health care safety net

Citing the devastating impact that pending Medi-Cal payment cuts would have on the Valley's most vulnerable patients, Assemblymember Henry T. Perea (D-Fresno) joined with local hospital leaders today to call on state lawmakers to enact new legislation that would preserve the state's health care safety net.

18 May 2013

Health care providers warn that Medi-Cal cuts jeopardize access to quality care

Citing the devastating impact that pending Medi-Cal payment cuts would have on the North State's most vulnerable patients, local hospital leaders in Redding today joined with patient families to call on state lawmakers to enact new legislation that would preserve the state's health care safety net.

18 May 2013

Conservative lawmakers seek to capitalize on link between current 'scandals' and health law

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., was among the members of Congress linking the I.R.S. scandal to the repeal vote and even talk of impeachment.

18 May 2013

CMS examines interaction between Medicaid and health insurance exchanges

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has put out most of the rules to implement coverage changes under the health care law, but a top official said Thursday that the public should expect more guidance on such issues as outreach and the enrollment of lawmakers and their staffs into the new marketplaces that will start accepting people in October.

17 May 2013