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Hawthorn and Cypress settle Medicaid fraud lawsuit

Hawthorn Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its parent company, Cypress Pharmaceutical Inc., have paid the federal government and certain states a total of $2.8 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Phillips & Cohen LLP that alleged Hawthorn falsely marketed unapproved prescription drugs as being eligible for reimbursement by Medicaid and other government health care programs.

29 Mar 2012

Obstacles standing in the way of cancer prevention

More than half of all cancer is preventable, and society has the knowledge to act on this information today, according to Washington University public health researchers at the Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis.

29 Mar 2012

Skeptical justices ask tough questions about the insurance mandate

In yesterday's oral arguments, the grilling aimed at the Obama administration's lawyer by the court's conservatives raised the prospect that the law's centerpiece could be overturned.

29 Mar 2012

Capital Caring to honor ML Strategies' Senior VP with Distinguished Advocacy Partner Award

Tom Koutsoumpas, Senior Vice President of ML Strategies, is being honored by Capital Caring for his efforts to improve hospice services in Washington, D.C. Mr. Koutsoumpas will be presented with the Distinguished Advocacy Partner Award at the fifth annual "Hospice Comes to Washington" event on Wednesday, March 28, 2012.

29 Mar 2012

Capsules: House debates Ryan budget: Predictably partisan

Now on Kaiser Health News' blog, Marilyn Werber Serafini reports on the latest develoments regarding the Ryan budget plan: "The tone was immediately and undoubtedly partisan Wednesday when the House began considering the Republican-backed 2013 budget resolution that the House Budget Committee recently approved."

29 Mar 2012

BHECN designs new online training modules to treat mental health issues

It's estimated that more than half of all U.S. mental health care takes place at the primary care level and that percentage jumps considerably in rural areas where there often are no mental health practitioners for hundreds of miles. New online training modules have been designed by the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN) to help primary care providers better treat patients with mental health issues.

29 Mar 2012

PLoS launches new publication for disasters-related researchers, practitioners

Despite the breadth of technological possibilities available, publishers and scientific journals have not provided adequate solutions for publication during fast moving emergencies. The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction has identified that "the sharing of research findings, lessons learned and best practices" are a priority in its Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015.

29 Mar 2012

High court's Medicaid ruling could have significant ripple effects

A ruling against Medicaid could touch a variety of federal statutes and reshape the federal-state legal framework.

29 Mar 2012

A double dose of arguments -- severability, Medicaid expansion on today's docket

In the final day of debate, the justices consider whether the entire law must be thrown out if the mandate is overturned. That issue will get 90 minutes, while the challenge to the expansion of Medicaid is on for 60 minutes.

29 Mar 2012

Outside the court: Roaring rallies, rhetoric and reviews

The second day of the momentous Supreme Court hearing on President Obama's health law ended almost exactly at noon. By 12:03, many conservative lawmakers and television commentators who had been in the packed chambers stood on the marble steps outside, saying the health insurance mandate at the heart of the law appeared to be in deep trouble.

29 Mar 2012

Justices explore merits of preserving parts of the health law if mandate is overturned

On the third day of the Supreme Court's consideration of the health law, justices sparred over whether some parts of the measure could proceed even if the court decides to void its insurance mandate.

29 Mar 2012

States offer mixed legislative bag on abortion, birth control

Birth control and abortion legislation are making the rounds at state capitols. An abortion bill in Georgia was stopped Tuesday while Idaho backed away from its own pre-abortion ultrasound bill. Missouri advanced a bill to let some employers opt-out of providing coverage for contraception.

29 Mar 2012

Roberts, Kennedy emerge as the court's key swing votes

If the wily chief justice felt squeamish about leading the Supreme Court into an election-year political maelstrom, that was nowhere on display Tuesday, when the Roberts-led conservative majority signaled its collective skepticism, even hostility, for President Barack Obama's health care law.

29 Mar 2012

Global Fund's general manager discusses future direction, achievement of fund in interview

Gabriel Jaramillo, general manager of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, "has given an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, in which he outlines the direction and achievements to-date in making the Global Fund a more efficient and successful organization," according to a Global Fund press release.

29 Mar 2012

Lack of aid money in Haiti threatening health, human rights of displaced people, U.N. official warns

"The United Nations warned on Tuesday that a lack of aid money for Haiti was putting hundreds of thousands of displaced people at risk by forcing humanitarian agencies to cut services in one of the world's poorest countries," Reuters reports.

29 Mar 2012

Retired top military leaders advocate for 'strong and effective' International Affairs Budget in letter to Congress

"More than 80 retired top military leaders are calling on Congress to support a strong and effective International Affairs Budget and reiterating how critical this funding is to our national security in a letter released by the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition's (USGLC) National Security Advisory Council (NSAC)," according to a USGLC press release.

29 Mar 2012

Bipartisan group of lawmakers offers budget plan modeled on Simpson-Bowles

The group of House members has incorporated in a new budget proposal parts of the plan put forward by an Obama-backed deficit reduction commission. The effort is likely to be rejected by the House this week.

29 Mar 2012

Castlight Health launches new mobile offerings

Castlight Health, developer of a personalized health care shopping platform, today announced the launch of Castlight Mobile, a new offering that extends the power of the Castlight Health platform to users' preferred mobile devices.

29 Mar 2012

Philippines health department reports 72% increase in number of HIV cases recorded in February 2012 versus 2011

"Philippine health authorities diagnosed 274 people with new cases of HIV/AIDS in February this year, the health department said, adding the new figure represented a 72 percent rise compared with 159 cases reported in February 2011," Gulf News reports.

29 Mar 2012

State experiences with insurance mandates offer cautionary tales

In Massachusetts, reforms are proceeding with an individual mandate, while Washington state and New Jersey faced hardships when they overhauled their health insurance markets without one.

29 Mar 2012

Health Care News and Research

Hawthorn and Cypress settle Medicaid fraud lawsuit

Obstacles standing in the way of cancer prevention

Skeptical justices ask tough questions about the insurance mandate

Capital Caring to honor ML Strategies' Senior VP with Distinguished Advocacy Partner Award

Capsules: House debates Ryan budget: Predictably partisan

BHECN designs new online training modules to treat mental health issues

PLoS launches new publication for disasters-related researchers, practitioners

High court's Medicaid ruling could have significant ripple effects

A double dose of arguments -- severability, Medicaid expansion on today's docket

Outside the court: Roaring rallies, rhetoric and reviews

Justices explore merits of preserving parts of the health law if mandate is overturned

States offer mixed legislative bag on abortion, birth control

Roberts, Kennedy emerge as the court's key swing votes

Global Fund's general manager discusses future direction, achievement of fund in interview

Lack of aid money in Haiti threatening health, human rights of displaced people, U.N. official warns

Retired top military leaders advocate for 'strong and effective' International Affairs Budget in letter to Congress

Bipartisan group of lawmakers offers budget plan modeled on Simpson-Bowles

Castlight Health launches new mobile offerings

Philippines health department reports 72% increase in number of HIV cases recorded in February 2012 versus 2011

State experiences with insurance mandates offer cautionary tales

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