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With 2014 budget process beginning, NIH cuts decried

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., is joined by executives from the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins to call for an end to sequestration cuts of medical research budgets.

10 Jul 2013

Study: Some current Medicaid enrollees may not qualify for benefits that newly enrolled will get

George Washington researchers find that key preventive services included in the health law and slated for millions who will get coverage in the law's Medicaid expansion may not be extended to people already covered by Medicaid.

10 Jul 2013

Agreement expands national presence of Cleveland Clinic Laboratories

Cleveland Clinic Laboratories will now be the main provider of specialized testing and diagnostics services for ACL Laboratories, one of the largest hospital system laboratories in the United States.

10 Jul 2013

One woman tries, but fails, to find out what a hospital will charge to deliver her baby

A New York Times reporter details her uninsured daughter's struggle to find out what she will have to pay when she gives birth.

10 Jul 2013

AMA establishes new CPT code for RF Ablation of Uterine Fibroids

Halt Medical is very pleased to announce that the American Medical Association Current Procedure Terminology Panel has established a new CPT code specifically for Radiofrequency Ablation of Uterine Fibroids.

10 Jul 2013

Rural hospitals, clinics at center of Obamacare success or failure for poor

A new hospital and network of rural health care clinics in Missouri could become emblematic of how successful Obamacare is in treating the nation's poor -- a key tenet of the health law.

10 Jul 2013

Judge blocks new Wis. abortion law; Texas rallies draw thousands

After a hastily called hearing, a federal judge Monday put a 10-day freeze on a new state law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have hospital-admitting privileges. In a 19-page opinion issued Monday evening, U.S. District Judge William M. Conley cited a "troubling lack of justification" for the law and said he would stay enforcement of the admissions provision until July 18, a day after a more deliberate courtroom hearing scheduled before him next week. … Conley's ruling does not affect a separate provision of the new law requiring women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion (Stein, 7/9).

10 Jul 2013

Agfa HealthCare's DX-D 35C detector now available for orthopaedic, general radiography imaging

Agfa HealthCare announces today the availability of its newest Direct Radiography (DR) detector, the DX-D 35C, an 11x14 inch sized wireless panel which will be on display in booth #310 at AHRA 2013, the Association for Medical Imaging Management's Annual Meeting, July 28-31, 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

10 Jul 2013

Study explores relationship between safety culture, adverse patient outcomes of care

When hospital senior management supports the creation and maintenance of a strong safety culture, patient outcomes improve, staff productivity increases, and there is less clinical employee turnover, according to research reported in the Journal for Healthcare Quality, the peer reviewed publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality.

10 Jul 2013

Music can provide tangible health advantages to older adults

Music - as poets have noted - has the power to wash away the dust of everyday life, and medical experts believe it may also imbue physical and social benefits. Now a new UC San Francisco research project is exploring whether singing in a community choir can provide tangible health advantages to older adults.

10 Jul 2013

Lawson Farm of Irasburg shut down for selling animals with illegal drug residues for food

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that the United States District Court for the District of Vermont entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Lawson Farm of Irasburg, Vermont, its owner, Robert Lawson, and its manager, George R. Lawson, for selling cows and bull calves for human food that contain illegal drug residues in violation of federal law.

10 Jul 2013

Health insurance exchanges: Vermont announces rates, state marketing efforts take shape

Vermont regulators on Monday announced monthly rates for health insurance to be sold under Vermont Health Connect, the health insurance exchange being set up to comply with the federal Affordable Care Act. Middle- and upper-class consumers who begin buying through Vermont Health Connect when it takes hold of Vermont's individual and small-group health insurance markets in January won't notice much difference in costs of insurance and benefits provided (Gram, 7/8).

10 Jul 2013

Obama touts health care in government technology push

President Obama says government should do what his administration did with the new healthcare.gov and health insurance application -- make better use of technology to make government more efficient.

10 Jul 2013

Study reveals that contaminated ultrasound gel causes healthcare-associated infection

After a 2011 outbreak of P. aeruginosa, investigators at Beaumont Health System near Detroit, Michigan determined contaminated ultrasound gel was the source of bacteria causing the healthcare-associated infection.

10 Jul 2013

NSF provides $150,000 for device to assist blind and visually impaired

The National Science Foundation is providing $150,000 for a device developed by a Magnolia-based company with input from University of Arkansas at Little Rock experts and facilities.

10 Jul 2013

Administration defends Obamacare, employer mandate delay decision

Sebelius is on the defensive more than ever now that the White House has delayed a major provision of the law that requires larger employers to offer health insurance to full-time employees. Republicans say she has given a far too rosy picture of progress in carrying out the law. And they are demanding that she explain why people should be required to carry insurance next year if employers are not required to offer it. In her zeal to make the health care law work, Ms. Sebelius has tested the limits of her authority. After Congress refused to provide as much as she wanted for a nationwide campaign publicizing the new insurance options, she shuffled money between government accounts and sought cash from outside groups (Pear, 7/8).

10 Jul 2013

TYRX's AIGISRx R Antibacterial Envelope technology gets FDA clearance

TYRX, Inc. announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance to market the Fully Resorbable AIGISRx R Antibacterial Envelope for use with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators.

10 Jul 2013

Different financial incentives between Medicare Advantage and FFS influence use of CV procedures

In a study that included nearly 6 million Medicare Advantage and Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries from 12 states, rates of angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions were significantly lower among Medicare Advantage beneficiaries and geographic variation in procedure rates was substantial for both payment types, according to a study in the July 10 issue of JAMA.

10 Jul 2013

Dr. Mirmirani shares tips for preventing hair damage and hair loss

How you style your hair, along with the styling tools you use, can cause significant hair damage. This damage can cause your hair to look brittle, frizzy and lackluster or even fall out. The good news is that you can prevent damage by following tips from dermatologists.

10 Jul 2013

Miami Children's Hospital implements AnyPresence solution for mobile app development

AnyPresence, the leading enterprise backend-as-a-service platform, today announced that Miami Children's Hospital has implemented the AnyPresence solution for mobile app development, including unique new capabilities in their Fit4KidsCare app.

9 Jul 2013

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With 2014 budget process beginning, NIH cuts decried

Study: Some current Medicaid enrollees may not qualify for benefits that newly enrolled will get

Agreement expands national presence of Cleveland Clinic Laboratories

One woman tries, but fails, to find out what a hospital will charge to deliver her baby

AMA establishes new CPT code for RF Ablation of Uterine Fibroids

Rural hospitals, clinics at center of Obamacare success or failure for poor

Judge blocks new Wis. abortion law; Texas rallies draw thousands

Agfa HealthCare's DX-D 35C detector now available for orthopaedic, general radiography imaging

Study explores relationship between safety culture, adverse patient outcomes of care

Music can provide tangible health advantages to older adults

Lawson Farm of Irasburg shut down for selling animals with illegal drug residues for food

Health insurance exchanges: Vermont announces rates, state marketing efforts take shape

Obama touts health care in government technology push

Study reveals that contaminated ultrasound gel causes healthcare-associated infection

NSF provides $150,000 for device to assist blind and visually impaired

Administration defends Obamacare, employer mandate delay decision

TYRX's AIGISRx R Antibacterial Envelope technology gets FDA clearance

Different financial incentives between Medicare Advantage and FFS influence use of CV procedures

Dr. Mirmirani shares tips for preventing hair damage and hair loss

Miami Children's Hospital implements AnyPresence solution for mobile app development

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