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Rule on home health care workers causing rift between Medicaid directors, labor advocates

Directors of state Medicaid programs and disability rights groups are warring with labor advocates over a long-awaited federal regulation that would extend federal minimum wage and overtime pay to in-home health care workers.

17 Apr 2013

Cigna offers free telephonic consultations to people affected by Boston Marathon explosions

Cigna's behavioral health unit is offering free telephonic consultations for two weeks to people who are coping with yesterday's tragedy at the Boston Marathon.

17 Apr 2013

Aetna opens student, employee assistance program lines following Boston Marathon tragedy

In the wake of the tragedy at the Boston Marathon, Aetna has opened its student and employee assistance program lines for any person who may be having difficulty coping with this senseless act of violence.

17 Apr 2013

Roundup: Ariz. lawmakers revive vetoed health care price transparency bill; Big tobacco starts health care payments to states

The Arizona Senate voted Monday to revive the major provisions of a medical pricing transparency bill that was vetoed by Gov. Jan Brewer just last week. Senate Bill 1115 by Republican Sen. Nancy Barto would have required health care providers to post prices for common medical procedures (Christie, 4/15).

17 Apr 2013

ACR awarded ACCME Accreditation with Commendation

The American College of Radiology has been awarded Accreditation with Commendation for six years as a provider of continuing medical education for physicians by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

17 Apr 2013

U.S. Marshals seize food products from rodent-infested warehouse in NY, FDA reports

U.S. Marshals have seized food products at a Ridgewood, N.Y. warehouse that manufactures and distributes kosher food products, after investigators from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found widespread rodent infestation in the facility.

17 Apr 2013

Panel expected to give Tavenner the nod, send nomination on to the full Senate

This week brings a full schedule as top federal health officials head for Capitol Hill to defend their 2014 budget requests.

17 Apr 2013

Researchers develop new tool to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in surgical procedures

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new tool to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in "minimally invasive" surgical procedures while also limiting the patient's exposure to radiation from the X-rays.

17 Apr 2013

In Rhode Island, Blue Cross signals rate increase

Rhode Island Blue Cross, the state's largest insurer, indicated that it would increase its average rates for small businesses by 15 percent, according to filings released on Monday. In Georgia, the push for earlier renewal dates is billed as an effort to avoid "rate shock."

17 Apr 2013

Melanoma patients with lower educational background more likely to die of the disease

There are socioeconomic differences in Sweden in survival amongst people with malignant skin melanoma, according to a study published in the European Journal of Cancer.

17 Apr 2013

Study seeks to model mechanisms behind memory decline in old age

Like birds which stop foraging too early on a berry-laden bush, a new study suggests older people struggle to recall items because they flit too often between 'patches' in their memories.

17 Apr 2013

With Bio-patch sensor, health care can be moved into home, researcher says

The future of health care could be found in a tiny, paper-thin skin patch that collects vital information. The Bio-patch sensor developed by researchers at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology is inexpensive, versatile and, best of all, comfortable to wear.

17 Apr 2013

Medicare auditors say millions could be saved by limiting advance payments to insurers

According to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, the federal program prepays private insurers approximately 20 days before they pay their pharmacy bills but does not require them to return any of the interest earned during the time they hold that money.

17 Apr 2013

New research shows that use of social media can offer additional support to older people

The use of social media by older people can offer valuable additional support in cases of sickness and diseases, new research from the University of Luxembourg has shown.

17 Apr 2013

New partnership to introduce advanced genetic testing technologies to Turkey

BGI Health and ACIBADEM Healthcare Group Genetic Diagnostic Center in cooperation with Genoks Company Molecular Biology, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for jointly introducing the advanced genetic testing technologies to Turkey and improving Turkish reproductive healthcare.

17 Apr 2013

House panels kick off hearings on slowing Medicare, social security spending

Among the proposals that will be discussed and debated are increasing Medicare premiums for higher-income seniors and raising the program's eligibility age.

17 Apr 2013

Cardiovascular risk factors may be overlooked during survivorship care, research finds

Many people survive their cancers, but end up dying of cardiovascular disease. New research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center finds that CVD risk factors may be overlooked during survivorship care.

17 Apr 2013

New study shows algorithm can cut radiation dose by 41% in lumbar spine CT

An algorithm that takes the patient's size into consideration can cut radiation dose by 41% in lumbar spine CT without compromising the diagnostic quality of the images, a new study shows.

17 Apr 2013

Arkansas compromise on Medicaid expansion hits roadblock

The compromise, which was viewed as a model for other states, failed to garner the necessary 75 votes in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives.

17 Apr 2013

Abortion opponents use regulation as weapon against clinics instead of banning them

Abortion opponents have shifted their strategies away from pursuing outright bans to using regulations to hamper the availability of the procedure, Stateline reports. In Mississippi, a judge has stopped part of a state law that would have likely forced the closure of the state's only abortion clinic.

17 Apr 2013

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Rule on home health care workers causing rift between Medicaid directors, labor advocates

Cigna offers free telephonic consultations to people affected by Boston Marathon explosions

Aetna opens student, employee assistance program lines following Boston Marathon tragedy

Roundup: Ariz. lawmakers revive vetoed health care price transparency bill; Big tobacco starts health care payments to states

ACR awarded ACCME Accreditation with Commendation

U.S. Marshals seize food products from rodent-infested warehouse in NY, FDA reports

Panel expected to give Tavenner the nod, send nomination on to the full Senate

Researchers develop new tool to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in surgical procedures

In Rhode Island, Blue Cross signals rate increase

Melanoma patients with lower educational background more likely to die of the disease

Study seeks to model mechanisms behind memory decline in old age

With Bio-patch sensor, health care can be moved into home, researcher says

Medicare auditors say millions could be saved by limiting advance payments to insurers

New research shows that use of social media can offer additional support to older people

New partnership to introduce advanced genetic testing technologies to Turkey

House panels kick off hearings on slowing Medicare, social security spending

Cardiovascular risk factors may be overlooked during survivorship care, research finds

New study shows algorithm can cut radiation dose by 41% in lumbar spine CT

Arkansas compromise on Medicaid expansion hits roadblock

Abortion opponents use regulation as weapon against clinics instead of banning them

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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