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Highlights: Calif. insurer satisfaction; Manchin and W. Va. abortion bill; Md. mental health legislation

For the seventh consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente ranked highest in customer satisfaction for health insurance among California policyholders, according to ratings firm J.D. Power & Associates.

12 Mar 2014

Parsing the ACA's impact on farmers, community health centers

Farmers, who often rely on individual policies, may find it easier to get routine medical care through policies sold on the health law's online exchanges. Meanwhile, community health centers face reduced federal support in fiscal 2016 and the battle over the law's contraception mandate highlights a dispute over whether certain forms of birth control prevent conception or destroy a fertilized egg.

12 Mar 2014

GOP to vote Friday on tying Medicare doctor pay fix to repeal of health law's insurance mandate

House Republicans are rallying around a new strategy to undermine the president's signature health care law. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor scheduled a vote on Friday to tie a delay of Obamacare's individual mandate, requiring all Americans to possess health insurance by March 31 or pay a penalty, to a piece of bipartisan legislation that would permanently fix Medicare's flawed physician payment system.

12 Mar 2014

Study: Sadness might aid consumers in becoming less prone to indulging in unhealthy foods

The instant gratification and the pleasure derived from consuming excessive chocolate and deep-fried foods can lead way to a double-edged sword of negative consequences ranging from weight gain to feelings of low self-esteem.

12 Mar 2014

Viewpoints: Exploiting botched exchanges; falling number of uninsured; Medicare drug plan retreat

Now that the badly botched rollout of the federal government's health care website seems to be behind us, Republicans have shifted their criticisms to several states that are experiencing problems enrolling people on their state-run exchanges.

12 Mar 2014

Senate Dems launch counterattack on Koch brothers

Charles and David Koch have underwritten millions of dollars worth of ads criticizing Democratic candidates on the federal health law and their ties to President Barack Obama.

12 Mar 2014

Asian Diabetes Prevention Initiative website aims to put stop to type2 diabetes in Asia

The rapidly emerging diabetes epidemic in Asia has the potential to overwhelm health care systems, undermine economic growth, and inflict unprecedented levels of disability on the world's most populous continent.

12 Mar 2014

Education improves cognitive performance decades after school completion

European populations are growing older on average, a trend that could pose serious challenges to health care, budgets, and economic growth. As a greater proportion of a country's population grows into old age, average cognition levels and national productivity tend to decline, and the incidence of dementia increases.

12 Mar 2014

HHS inspector general to examine Maryland's troubled health exchange

Rep. Andy Harris, the state's only Republican member of Congress, requested the investigation even as lawmakers from both parties -- who have used the difficulties of the online insurance marketplace in the run up to this year's gubernatorial election -- say they welcome the review.

12 Mar 2014

Employers can prevent workplace violence by keeping dangerous employees positively engaged

Two UT Arlington management professors argue that employers can prevent workplace violence by keeping dangerous employees positively engaged and closely supervising them to ensure they get the help they need.

12 Mar 2014

High animal protein diet may reduce functional decline in older adults

A diet high in protein, particularly animal protein, may help elderly individuals function at higher levels physically, psychologically, and socially, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

12 Mar 2014

Cancer doctors push for payment changes

Also, some health companies are trying to improve patient outcomes by using predictive software to deliver care more efficiently, and a company lost another court decision to patent a genetic test.

12 Mar 2014

STS collaborates with DCRI to improve patient safety

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons continues to break new ground in patient safety and quality measurement through a new collaboration with the Duke Clinical Research Institute. DCRI will establish a link with STS clinical data and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services claims data. This link will enable participants and researchers using data from the STS National Database to track long-term patient outcomes.

11 Mar 2014

UCSF School of Medicine ranked fourth nationwide in research and primary care education

UC San Francisco's School of Medicine ranked fourth nationwide in both research and primary care education this year, according to a new survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report.

11 Mar 2014

Connecticut Children's OCCH receives $1M grant to address critical public health issues for children

UnitedHealthcare has provided a $1 million grant for the Connecticut Children's Medical Center's Office for Community Child Health to help enhance care delivery and address critical public health issues for children. These issues include child development, wellness, and chronic conditions such as asthma and obesity.

11 Mar 2014

Study examines differences between Magnet- and Non-Magnet hospitals

Magnet recognition is considered a leading source for measuring organizational success in nursing. Magnet hospitals show higher job satisfaction and lower odds of patient mortality than non-Magnet hospitals. However, only nine percent of American hospitals are recognized as Magnet. Currently, there is little research into the causes of the differences between Magnet and non-Magnet hospitals, research that could create an infrastructure for positive change in nurse and patient outcomes.

11 Mar 2014

Novel approach to track Montreal consumers' food choices

Poor food choices, such as overconsumption of carbonated soft drinks, are an important factor driving the global obesity epidemic and have been linked directly to diabetes and heart disease. While public health agencies are working to help people to make healthier choices, monitoring the effectiveness of these efforts has been costly and difficult. But now, using the same digital data employed by marketers to promote food products, McGill University's David Buckeridge has developed a way for health agencies to track Montreal consumers' food choices, neighborhood by neighborhood.

11 Mar 2014

Legal concerns raised over making Medicaid recipients work in Missouri

Elsewhere, some business groups enlist help to get their states to expand the program. Also, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urges Georgia's governor to accept the expansion, which also makes news in New Hampshire and Utah.

11 Mar 2014

WiserTogether, Truven Health Analytics team up to help consumers make better healthcare decisions

WiserTogether, Inc., a cloud-based, consumer-focused, health decision-making platform, today announced it has entered into a partnership with Truven Health Analytics, a leading provider of healthcare data and analytics solutions and services. The partnership enables Truven Health Analytics and WiserTogether to provide employers and healthcare plans with a unique set of solutions to help their consumers make better healthcare decisions.

11 Mar 2014

Uninsured rate hits lowest point in five years

According to a Gallup survey released Monday, the health law appears to be reaching its central goal -- reducing the number of Americans without insurance. But NBC News reports that Latinos continue to be more likely to be uninsured than white or black Americans.

11 Mar 2014

Healthcare News

Highlights: Calif. insurer satisfaction; Manchin and W. Va. abortion bill; Md. mental health legislation

Parsing the ACA's impact on farmers, community health centers

GOP to vote Friday on tying Medicare doctor pay fix to repeal of health law's insurance mandate

Study: Sadness might aid consumers in becoming less prone to indulging in unhealthy foods

Viewpoints: Exploiting botched exchanges; falling number of uninsured; Medicare drug plan retreat

Senate Dems launch counterattack on Koch brothers

Asian Diabetes Prevention Initiative website aims to put stop to type2 diabetes in Asia

Education improves cognitive performance decades after school completion

HHS inspector general to examine Maryland's troubled health exchange

Employers can prevent workplace violence by keeping dangerous employees positively engaged

High animal protein diet may reduce functional decline in older adults

Cancer doctors push for payment changes

STS collaborates with DCRI to improve patient safety

UCSF School of Medicine ranked fourth nationwide in research and primary care education

Connecticut Children's OCCH receives $1M grant to address critical public health issues for children

Study examines differences between Magnet- and Non-Magnet hospitals

Novel approach to track Montreal consumers' food choices

Legal concerns raised over making Medicaid recipients work in Missouri

WiserTogether, Truven Health Analytics team up to help consumers make better healthcare decisions

Uninsured rate hits lowest point in five years

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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