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Wis. Senator suing Obama administration over health law subsidies

Meanwhile, fellow Republicans Sen. Rand Paul and Phil Gingrey also are heavily criticizing the law.

7 Jan 2014

Pinnacle Anesthesia to become founding partner in U.S. Anesthesia Partners

Pinnacle Anesthesia today announced it will become a founding partner in U.S. Anesthesia Partners, an anesthesia-focused physician services organization.

7 Jan 2014

Eyes peeled on health law, GOP shrinks expectations for major election year legislation

Republican lawmakers are refocusing their election-year political efforts on hammering the health law's unpopularity even as the agenda for getting legislation done shrinks amid a tightening political climate, which could stall immigration and unemployment benefit measures.

7 Jan 2014

White House seeks to tighten background checks to keep guns from mentally ill

The Obama administration is proposing regulatory changes to clarify who is prohibited from owning a gun for mental health reasons and to tighten background checks. In the meantime, lawmakers consider increasing mental health funding after the Sandy Hook massacre.

6 Jan 2014

Study examine effect of high out-of-pocket drug costs for targeted cancer therapies on patients

The cost of insurance co-payments for cutting-edge pharmaceuticals can vary widely from patient to patient. When the patient's share of prescription costs becomes too high, many patients skip doses or stop taking medication entirely, according to research conducted at the University of North Carolina.

6 Jan 2014

Medicaid expansion efforts facing challenges from HealthCare.gov problems

The Washington Post and Kaiser Health News report that some people who would be eligible for this coverage may be falling through the cracks. Meanwhile, Bloomberg examines how access to health care plays out differently in states that pursued the expansion and those that didn't and a look at the difficult issue of people moving between Medicaid and private insurance.

6 Jan 2014

How Obamacare coverage is shaking out

Even with the health law's insurance options, consumers struggling with chronic diseases may still face such high out-of-pocket costs on some plans that they could have trouble staying out of debt, reports the Associated Press. Meanwhile, several major drugstore chains are offering to fill prescriptions for those who enrolled in new health plans but don't have ID numbers yet.

6 Jan 2014

Stephen J. Teach receives $2.2M award to study how cell phones help manage asthma in children

Stephen J. Teach, MD, MPH, Associate Chief of Emergency Medicine at Children's National Health System, says that aggressively managing parental stress and using cell phone apps to monitor medication usage in at-risk youth with asthma may improve children's adherence to asthma medications.

6 Jan 2014

Administration: Contraception rule does not burden religious groups

In the latest legal skirmish over the so-called contraceptive mandate in the health law, Obama administration lawyers urged Justice Sonia Sotomayor to drop an appeal from the Little Sisters of the Poor and other Catholic groups.

6 Jan 2014

Biocides used in food industry at sublethal doses may be endangering public health

Biocides used in the food industry at sublethal doses may be endangering, rather than protecting, public health by increasing antibiotic resistance in bacteria and enhancing their ability to form harmful biofilms, according to a study published ahead of print in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. This is among the first studies to examine the latter phenomenon.

6 Jan 2014

Acadia Healthcare expands geographic presence in the US

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. today announced the acquisition of inpatient psychiatric facilities in Seattle, Washington, and Riverside, California, expanding the Company's geographic presence to two new states. Effective, December 1, 2013, the Company completed the purchase of an acute inpatient psychiatric facility from Highline Medical Center, a nonprofit healthcare system headquartered in Seattle.

6 Jan 2014

First Edition: January 6, 2014

Today's headlines include reports about how the health law fits into the Capitol Hill agenda for the year ahead.

6 Jan 2014

Viewpoints: Stop 'bailout' of Obamacare; health law not to blame for all insurance woes; 'theft' of Medicare advantage money

Shrinking revenues and rising costs could bring on the "death spiral" - an unbalanced patient pool forcing huge premium increases (to restore revenue) that would further unbalance the patient pool as the young and healthy drop out. End result? Insolvency

6 Jan 2014

Plant-based milk for people with lactose or gluten intolerance

Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València have obtained new products fermented with probiotic bacteria from grains and nuts - what is known as plant-based or vegetable "milks" - which are an alternative to conventional yogurts.

6 Jan 2014

New study provides first contemporary findings on how risk of arrest varies across race, gender

Nearly half of black males and almost 40 percent of white males in the U.S. are arrested by age 23, which can hurt their ability to find work, go to school and participate fully in their communities.

6 Jan 2014

Romney, Paul knock health law, Reid: 'It's already working'

On ObamaCare, Reid defended the new law, even though he criticized the initial rollout by the Obama administration as "awful." Citing a recent conversation with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, Reid said the enrollment numbers for the insurance exchanges would be "staggering" come April 1, when the six-month sign-up period ends. "It's already working," he said of the law (Berman, 1/5).

6 Jan 2014

Henry Schein signs agreement to acquire five companies from Arseus

Henry Schein, Inc., the world's largest provider of healthcare products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners, today announced the signing of an agreement that will further strengthen its European dental and technology businesses.

6 Jan 2014

Making lists: Parts of the health law to note

A variety of lists detail important provisions of the overhaul and how they might impact the public's feelings about it.

6 Jan 2014

Kentucky Health Cooperative adds more staff to address consumers’ queries related to health insurance

Kentucky Health Cooperative, Inc. is addressing higher call volumes and Kentuckians' interest in enrolling in health plans by extending call center hours and by adding call center staff.

6 Jan 2014

HMHB's new infographic provides guidance on folic acid consumption for children ages 0-13

National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), a recognized leader and resource in maternal and child health, in partnership with TJL Enterprises, makers of innovative natural health products for families, today released a new informational graphic that provides clinical guidance about the vitamin folic acid, and the recommended consumption for children ages 0-13.

6 Jan 2014

Healthcare News

Wis. Senator suing Obama administration over health law subsidies

Pinnacle Anesthesia to become founding partner in U.S. Anesthesia Partners

Eyes peeled on health law, GOP shrinks expectations for major election year legislation

White House seeks to tighten background checks to keep guns from mentally ill

Study examine effect of high out-of-pocket drug costs for targeted cancer therapies on patients

Medicaid expansion efforts facing challenges from HealthCare.gov problems

How Obamacare coverage is shaking out

Stephen J. Teach receives $2.2M award to study how cell phones help manage asthma in children

Administration: Contraception rule does not burden religious groups

Biocides used in food industry at sublethal doses may be endangering public health

Acadia Healthcare expands geographic presence in the US

First Edition: January 6, 2014

Viewpoints: Stop 'bailout' of Obamacare; health law not to blame for all insurance woes; 'theft' of Medicare advantage money

Plant-based milk for people with lactose or gluten intolerance

New study provides first contemporary findings on how risk of arrest varies across race, gender

Romney, Paul knock health law, Reid: 'It's already working'

Henry Schein signs agreement to acquire five companies from Arseus

Making lists: Parts of the health law to note

Kentucky Health Cooperative adds more staff to address consumers’ queries related to health insurance

HMHB's new infographic provides guidance on folic acid consumption for children ages 0-13

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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