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Oversight investigation turns up CMS memo warning of 'high' website security risks

But news outlets are reporting that the project manager working on the healthcare.gov website was not made aware of these issues.

13 Nov 2013

New service represents 'the next generation of life science communication'

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) today announced the launch of a new stage in the evolution of life science communication -- a new, free service, called bioRxiv (pronounced "bio-Archive").

13 Nov 2013

Insurers push for workaround that would allow them to directly enroll people

The New York Times reports on this push, which is one of several ways some are discussing to get around the current technology problems plaguing the Obama administration's enrollment effort. Also in the news, The Wall Street Journal reports that some of these difficulties are trickling down from the federal online insurance marketplace to certain state exchanges.

12 Nov 2013

Early enrollment numbers far below administration targets

The projections, which put the total number of enrollees so far at fewer than 50,000 people, is just a fraction of the tally the Obama administration initially was hoping for.

12 Nov 2013

Kaiser Permanente's Medicare health plan website launches new seminar search tool

Kaiser Permanente's highly rated Medicare health plan website, kp.org/medicare, has launched a new feature that is designed to help seniors find information more easily and conveniently.

12 Nov 2013

Zients warned years ago about problems with federal IT; Obama administration turning to insurers' expertise for website difficulties

Jeffrey D. Zients, a multimillionaire entrepreneur and management consultant, joined the Obama White House in 2009 with a mandate to streamline the federal bureaucracy. A year later, he issued a prescient warning. The government "largely has missed out" on the information technology revolution, Mr. Zients said in a 2010 internal memo. "I.T. projects too often cost hundreds of millions of dollars more than they should, take years longer than necessary to deploy and deliver technologies that are obsolete by the time they are completed," he wrote. These days, Mr. Zients is witnessing that ineptitude up close as the emergency fix-it man charged with righting HealthCare.gov (Stolberg, 11/10).

12 Nov 2013

GOP sees potential in health law's problems, as website issues and overhaul complications take toll on Obama's ratings

Even as Republican lawmakers took a hard line during the weekend talk shows, Democrats still maintain the measure will, in the end, be a political advantage.

12 Nov 2013

Issa issues another subpoena about health law website -- his target: Top White House tech officer

So far, the White House has resisted congressional Republican efforts to speak with chief technology officer Todd Park about the roll-out of healthcare.gov.

12 Nov 2013

'Crunch time' for Obama on health law; the problems with that apology; young people feeling the sting of higher prices

But today, it's Obama in the spotlight. A president famous for his unflappability, he is now struggling to square assurances that he is on top of the problems confronting his administration with assertions that he was unaware of the problems as they were developing.

12 Nov 2013

In states not expanding Medicaid, hospitals face a squeeze as federal funds dry up

The New York Times examines the dilemma for some safety-net hospitals that will not see a drop in the uninsured but will lose federal money that used to help pay for those patients.

12 Nov 2013

More numbers expected this week on October health law enrollment

In related news, The New York Times reports that state and federal exchanges are using "happy talk" to market the new health coverage options available through the online insurance marketplaces, but they rarely mention the penalty. Other news outlets report on developments from Maryland, Oregon and Colorado.

12 Nov 2013

Delmar Pharmaceuticals announces quarterly update, strengthens intellectual property portfolio

As of September 30, 2013, Delmar Pharmaceuticals has cash and equivalents of approximately $5.2 million and its working capital balance is in line with its expectations.

11 Nov 2013

European Medicines Agency awards orphan drug designation to NanoViricides' DengueCide

NanoViricides, Inc. announced today that the European Medicines Agency, has awarded orphan drug designation to DengueCide, the Company's drug candidate for the treatment of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever.

11 Nov 2013

First Edition: November 11, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about how Republicans are positioning themselves to capitalize on the health law's implementation difficulties in the upcoming election season.

11 Nov 2013

Sinai Hospital cardiologist named one of Baltimore magazine's 2013 Top Doctors

Ali Tabrizchi, D.O., a clinical interventional cardiologist at the Heart Center at Sinai, has been named one of Baltimore magazine's 2013 Top Doctors. Tabrizchi is the only cardiologist practicing in Harford County to be chosen for this honor.

11 Nov 2013

Viewpoints: Campaigning won't help solve health care problems; health law sought 'sturdier safety net;' court's decision on contraception benefit 'goes wrong way'

The Obamacare Web site doesn't work. Hundreds of thousands of insured Americans are seeing their plans summarily terminated. Millions more face the same prospect next year. Confronted with a crisis of governance, how does President Obama respond? He campaigns (Charles Krauthammer, 11/7).

11 Nov 2013

Website News and Research

Oversight investigation turns up CMS memo warning of 'high' website security risks

New service represents 'the next generation of life science communication'

Insurers push for workaround that would allow them to directly enroll people

Early enrollment numbers far below administration targets

Kaiser Permanente's Medicare health plan website launches new seminar search tool

Zients warned years ago about problems with federal IT; Obama administration turning to insurers' expertise for website difficulties

GOP sees potential in health law's problems, as website issues and overhaul complications take toll on Obama's ratings

Issa issues another subpoena about health law website -- his target: Top White House tech officer

'Crunch time' for Obama on health law; the problems with that apology; young people feeling the sting of higher prices

In states not expanding Medicaid, hospitals face a squeeze as federal funds dry up

More numbers expected this week on October health law enrollment

Delmar Pharmaceuticals announces quarterly update, strengthens intellectual property portfolio

European Medicines Agency awards orphan drug designation to NanoViricides' DengueCide

First Edition: November 11, 2013

Sinai Hospital cardiologist named one of Baltimore magazine's 2013 Top Doctors

Viewpoints: Campaigning won't help solve health care problems; health law sought 'sturdier safety net;' court's decision on contraception benefit 'goes wrong way'

10 GOP senators want Sebelius to be fired; some Democratic senators beginning to press for individual mandate delay

USA Today reports 140,000 people have enrolled in plans on marketplaces run by 13 states

People with canceled policies could dampen financial risks of online marketplaces

Officials acknowledge new capacity problems with Healthcare.gov

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