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Improvements in health care use associated with community coalitions allies against asthma initiative

Children living in areas where there was wide-ranging and active support for improving outcomes for their chronic asthma were hospitalized less and made fewer visits to the emergency room, when compared with those in other communities.

26 Apr 2013

HMS Holdings revenue increases 8.7% to $116.6M in first quarter 2013

HMS Holdings Corp. today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2013 and provided revised 2013 guidance.

26 Apr 2013

Roundup: Calif. employer health premiums soar 170% over decade; Minn. hospitals allege blues cut hospital payments; Mass. AG warns on hospital sale market impact

Premiums for employer health insurance in California jumped 170 percent over the last decade, more than five times the 32 percent increase in the state's inflation rate. That escalation in premiums has taken a toll on employers' willingness to offer health benefits, according to an annual survey by the California HealthCare Foundation (Terhune, 4/24).

26 Apr 2013

House measure introduced to 'eliminate consumer confusion' about who is, and is not, a doctor

The measure would make it illegal for a health care professionals to make false or deceptive advertising claims. In addition, two Senate committees are focusing on various aspects of either fruad within the health care markeplace, or misleading sales tactics, as a means to find savings in Medicare and Medicaid.

26 Apr 2013

Universal Health Services net revenues increase 2% to $1.83 billion in first quarter 2013

Universal Health Services, Inc. announced today that its reported net income attributable to UHS was $119.8 million, or $1.21 per diluted share, during the first quarter of 2013 as compared to $128.6 million, or $1.31 per diluted share, during the comparable quarter of 2012.

26 Apr 2013

Molina Healthcare reports strong quarterly results for 2013

Molina Healthcare, Inc. today reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.

26 Apr 2013

NIAID findings provide structural basis for developing RSV vaccine

An atomic-level snapshot of a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) protein bound to a human antibody represents a leap toward developing a vaccine for a common-and sometimes very serious-childhood disease.

26 Apr 2013

Tavenner's smooth path to confirmation hits a bump

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, has put a hold on the Obama administration's pick to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in order to highlight his concerns about the administration's interest in raiding the health law's prevention fund to pay for the costs of getting health exchanges up and running.

26 Apr 2013

FDA announces public-private partnership to identify counterfeit anti-malarial medicines with CD-3

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a public-private partnership to help identify counterfeit or substandard anti-malarial medicines, including falsified products, with the deployment of the FDA-developed Counterfeit Detection Device, called CD-3.

25 Apr 2013

States continue tussling with Medicaid expansion plans

CQ HealthBeat reports that even in jurisdictions that opt not to pursue the Medicaid expansion, the number of people who are left without insurance coverage will not be as large as expected. Meanwhile, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe signed his state's private insurance option plan into law while debate is ongoing in Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida and South Dakota.

25 Apr 2013

First Edition: April 24, 2013

Today's headlines include stories about the health law's implementation as well as health policy developments from Capitol Hill.

24 Apr 2013

State roundup: S.F. looks into allegations of patient dumping

San Francisco will investigate allegations that Nevada has bused hundreds of indigent people with mental illnesses out of state, including to the Northern California city.

24 Apr 2013

Researchers examine impact of Allies Against Asthma initiative on health care use

24 Apr 2013

For states, rejecting the health law's Medicaid expansion comes with consequences

The Associated Press reports on the wrinkles that state leaders will face as a result of opting against the sweeping expansion.

23 Apr 2013

FDA: Balanced Solutions voluntarily recalls sterile non-expireddrug products

Balanced Solutions Compounding Pharmacy, a division of Axium Healthcare Pharmacy, Inc., of Lake Mary, Fla., is voluntarily recalling all lots of its sterile non-expireddrug products due to a lack of sterility assurance and concerns with product quality controls.

23 Apr 2013

New studies stress the health benefits of dietary fibre

The health benefits of fibre are relatively well known yet average fibre intake around the world continues to be inadequate . Many diets continue to lack recommended servings of foods naturally high in fibre like fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes and whole grains resulting in low fibre intake.

22 Apr 2013

Highlights: Local Kan. program seeks to prevent readmissions with food deliveries; Conn. officials want stricter limit on insurer markup

A selection of health policy stories from Kansas, Connecticut, Oregon, the District of Columbia, Texas, Florida, Minnesota and California.

20 Apr 2013

Romark Laboratories starts NT-300 Phase 3 trial for treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza

Romark Laboratories announced that it has begun enrolling patients in a global Phase 3 clinical trial of NT-300 (nitazoxanide) for treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza.

19 Apr 2013

Viewpoints: Karl Rove says GOP reluctance isn't hampering exchanges; CDC's efforts on 'sugary' snacks assailed

In congressional testimony last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius blamed Republican governors for her department's failure to create a "model exchange" where consumers could shop for health-insurance coverage in states that don't set up their own exchange.

19 Apr 2013

Ribavirin, interferon-alpha 2b inhibit virus replication in cell culture, NIH study finds

National Institutes of Health scientists studying an emerging coronavirus have found that a combination of two licensed antiviral drugs, ribavirin and interferon-alpha 2b, can stop the virus from replicating in laboratory-grown cells.

19 Apr 2013

Health and Human Services News and Research

Improvements in health care use associated with community coalitions allies against asthma initiative

HMS Holdings revenue increases 8.7% to $116.6M in first quarter 2013

Roundup: Calif. employer health premiums soar 170% over decade; Minn. hospitals allege blues cut hospital payments; Mass. AG warns on hospital sale market impact

House measure introduced to 'eliminate consumer confusion' about who is, and is not, a doctor

Universal Health Services net revenues increase 2% to $1.83 billion in first quarter 2013

Molina Healthcare reports strong quarterly results for 2013

NIAID findings provide structural basis for developing RSV vaccine

Tavenner's smooth path to confirmation hits a bump

FDA announces public-private partnership to identify counterfeit anti-malarial medicines with CD-3

States continue tussling with Medicaid expansion plans

First Edition: April 24, 2013

State roundup: S.F. looks into allegations of patient dumping

Researchers examine impact of Allies Against Asthma initiative on health care use

For states, rejecting the health law's Medicaid expansion comes with consequences

FDA: Balanced Solutions voluntarily recalls sterile non-expireddrug products

New studies stress the health benefits of dietary fibre

Highlights: Local Kan. program seeks to prevent readmissions with food deliveries; Conn. officials want stricter limit on insurer markup

Romark Laboratories starts NT-300 Phase 3 trial for treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza

Viewpoints: Karl Rove says GOP reluctance isn't hampering exchanges; CDC's efforts on 'sugary' snacks assailed

Ribavirin, interferon-alpha 2b inhibit virus replication in cell culture, NIH study finds

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