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Viewpoints: Why can't health website be like Amazon?; debunking GOP's resistance to Medicaid

For an "Amazon-like" experience, it isn't enough to have a website that functions on the front end, the back end and in between. ... You also need an Amazon-like culture, which is the product of other Amazon-like realities.

5 Dec 2013

Federal judge hears arguments on health law subsidies

Millions of people in 34 states could be denied government subsidies to help them pay for insurance if the latest lawsuit brought by the opponents of the health law is successful.

5 Dec 2013

White House advances positive messages to defend health law, urges Americans to enroll

President Obama on Tuesday embarked on the difficult task of persuading Americans to reconsider his landmark health-care law after its botched launch, imploring people to sign up as part of a major push to publicize the benefits of the Affordable Care Act. Republicans immediately lampooned the effort - coming more than three years after passage of the law and two months after its disastrous rollout - and conservative activists vowed to wage a counterassault publicizing the law's downsides (Goldfarb and Eilperin, 12/3).

5 Dec 2013

New, improved healthcare.gov gets praise, but problems persist

Administration officials lauded the website fixes and said that 750,000 users logged on Monday, but insurers continued to have concerns about the transfer of inaccurate data and automated subsidy calculations.

5 Dec 2013

1.46 million enroll in Medicaid through health law exchanges

The Obama administration said Tuesday that more than 1.46 million people have been found eligible and signed up for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program in October.

5 Dec 2013

States lead in health law insurance sign-up race

States operating their own insurance websites are leading the federal government in signing up people for health coverage. Though healthcare.gov, the federal website which serves the residents of 36 states, is working better for some, complicated cases still bewilder "navigators" -- and Texas has proposed new rules and background checks for the workers.

5 Dec 2013

First Edition: December 4, 2013

Today's headlines spotlight the White House's push to defend the health law and advance positive messages about its benefits.

4 Dec 2013

Results of national survey and benchmark study on employee healthcare benefits released

The results of a recent national survey and benchmark study on employee healthcare benefits are now available. The 2013 Healthcare Benefits Trends Benchmark Study report provides insights into the adoption of new healthcare benefits, health exchanges, wellness, and related topics. The research was sponsored by the Healthcare Trends Institute, an educational platform for employers, consumers, and other healthcare benefits stakeholders.

4 Dec 2013

Update on reimbursement coverage for Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation procedures

Uroplasty, Inc. a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative proprietary products for the treatment of voiding dysfunctions, today provided an update on reimbursement coverage for Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS) procedures delivered via the Company's Urgent® PC Neuromodulation System for treatment of overactive bladder (OAB) and associated symptoms of urinary urgency, urinary frequency and urge incontinence.

4 Dec 2013

Electronic informational technologies provide better means of transparency in health care costs

-The "shroud of secrecy" once draped across private health care service costs could be lifted with innovative information technologies, Princeton University professor Uwe Reinhardt wrote in a review published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

4 Dec 2013

CJR surgeons to perform free joint replacement surgeries on 17 patients

More than 2 million Americans suffer from debilitating hip, knee and joint conditions. Severe joint pain and arthritis can affect almost all aspects of an individual's life, often preventing them from working, enjoying the activities they love and performing simple, everyday tasks.

4 Dec 2013

Supreme Court turns down Liberty University's challenge to the health law's employer mandate

The Christian college, located in Virginia, argued that the mandate is unconstitutional, but the high court rejected the petition, marking the second time in two years that it has declined to review the constitutionality of the overhaul's requirements for most large employers regarding health coverage for workers.

4 Dec 2013

Cell Therapeutics concludes agreement with GKV-SV regarding reimbursement price of PIXUVRI

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) announced today that it concluded an agreement with the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV-Spitzenverband) in Germany for PIXUVRI® (pixantrone).

4 Dec 2013

Reviews mixed for 'fixed' health care website

Some said the Monday's healthcare.gov relaunch -- marked by heavy traffic -- was "rocky" and "bumpy," but administration officials maintained the user experience was much smoother as a result of fixes.

4 Dec 2013

White House readies new health law push after website woes

President Barack Obama and the White House will launch a new three-week health law offensive to re-sell the law to Americans after woes with the federal online website to buy health coverage hurt public perception of the law. Obama himself plans on buying coverage on the federal exchange website.

4 Dec 2013

Earlier signs of website problems weren't addressed

The Wall Street Journal examines how officials building the federal marketplace failed to alert others to problems they were encountering. Other reports look at the concerns about some functions on the site that still are not working properly.

4 Dec 2013

California's small business insurance exchange opens for business

Even though the federal government announced last week that it would delay the federal small business online marketplace, California's began operating on Monday for businesses with as many as 50 employees.

3 Dec 2013

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center renews contract for Zix Email Encryption Services

Zix Corporation, a leading provider of email data protection, announces that Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has renewed its contract for Zix™ Email Encryption Services in a three-year agreement. A leading, fully integrated academic medical center, Wake Forest Baptist began using Zix Services in 2004 and continues to select ZixCorp based on its consistent leadership in email encryption and its dedication to ease of use.

3 Dec 2013

First Edition: December 3, 2013

Today's headlines include coverage of the mixed reviews regarding healthcare.gov's "relaunch" as well as the White House strategy to move past the website's difficulties.

3 Dec 2013

Members of Congress get different health marketplace experience than most ordinary customers

The Los Angeles Times explores the experiences for lawmakers and their staffs as they leave the federal employee health insurance system and move to the new exchanges.

3 Dec 2013

Health Insurance News and Research

Viewpoints: Why can't health website be like Amazon?; debunking GOP's resistance to Medicaid

Federal judge hears arguments on health law subsidies

White House advances positive messages to defend health law, urges Americans to enroll

New, improved healthcare.gov gets praise, but problems persist

1.46 million enroll in Medicaid through health law exchanges

States lead in health law insurance sign-up race

First Edition: December 4, 2013

Results of national survey and benchmark study on employee healthcare benefits released

Update on reimbursement coverage for Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation procedures

Electronic informational technologies provide better means of transparency in health care costs

CJR surgeons to perform free joint replacement surgeries on 17 patients

Supreme Court turns down Liberty University's challenge to the health law's employer mandate

Cell Therapeutics concludes agreement with GKV-SV regarding reimbursement price of PIXUVRI

Reviews mixed for 'fixed' health care website

White House readies new health law push after website woes

Earlier signs of website problems weren't addressed

California's small business insurance exchange opens for business

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center renews contract for Zix Email Encryption Services

First Edition: December 3, 2013

Members of Congress get different health marketplace experience than most ordinary customers

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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