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Larsen leaving CCIIO, agency responsible for implementing major parts of health reform law

Steve Larsen, the government administrator directing enactment of U.S. insurance regulations created by the 2010 health-care overhaul, is leaving to return to the private sector, according to e-mails to staff.

16 Jun 2012

Insurers, providers announce partnerships in Wash., Pa. and Minn.

Group Health Cooperative and Tacoma-based Franciscan Health System have signed a five-year contract aimed at reducing costs and providing a more seamless experience for patients. Since 1996, Group Health has sent South Sound patients needing hospital care to Franciscan facilities, primarily St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma.

16 Jun 2012

GAO: Medicaid anti-fraud audit program falls short on cost-benefit analysis

Private contractors received $102 million to review Medicaid fraud data, yet had only found about $20 million in overpayments since 2008, according to a new report by the federal government.

16 Jun 2012

Urgent need for O Negative blood donations before the Olympics

New statistics from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) announced yesterday reveal a gap between demand and supply of blood type O Rh Negative (O Negative) during national celebrations and underline an urgent need for O Negative donors to come forward ahead of the Olympics next month.

16 Jun 2012

Efforts to eradicate polio need international financial support

Noting that polio is endemic in only Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria, and the WHO recently declared the disease a "programmatic emergency" to "galvanize work" in those three countries, a Washington Post editorial states, "A renewed campaign [against the disease] will be costly."

16 Jun 2012

Limited driving privileges for teens reduces incidence of drinking and driving

State laws that limit driving privileges for teens have reduced the incidence of drinking and driving among the nation's youngest licensees, according to a new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

16 Jun 2012

Research roundup: Best health care for homeless, new business model for pharma

The cost and coordination of health care for homeless individuals can be a challenge for states. But as this brief describes, establishing supportive housing - which provides social services, usually on site - "can help improve health, increase survival rates, foster mental health recovery, and reduce alcohol and drug use."

16 Jun 2012

The Guardian examines results of Countdown to 2015 report, provides interactive map

"More than 50 countries look set to miss both Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets for cutting mortality rates for young children and mothers by the 2015 deadline, according to" the Countdown to 2015 report, "Building a Future for Women and Children," released by the WHO on Wednesday, the Guardian reports.

16 Jun 2012

White House, lawmakers brace for high court health care decision and plot responses

As almost all of Washington waits breathlessly for the Supreme Court's ruling on the constitutionality of the health law, Reuters profiles the actual "secret keepers" -- the court clerks.

16 Jun 2012

Illinois to cut $1.6B in health costs; Medicaid advocates protest

The cuts include eliminating some popular programs, raising some co-pays and creates a system for hospital exemptions from taxes.

16 Jun 2012

Not many EHR systems meet new federal standards

Electronic health records (EHRs) are used widely by California physicians, but many of their systems are not designed to meet new federal standards aimed at improving the quality of health care, according to a report from UCSF researchers.

16 Jun 2012

GOP states weigh health exchanges even if health law is struck down

Politico reports that some conservatives think that despite their disdain for the health law, a number of Republican-controlled states might want to go forward with health exchanges to help lower the number of uninsured.

16 Jun 2012

CDC: About half of adults in U.S. get preventive care

This finding, which is part of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study, is designed to serve as a baseline as prevention-related health law provisions are implemented.

16 Jun 2012

Governments, private sector partners come together at Child Survival Call to Action in Washington

The two-day Child Survival Call to Action, "a conference hosted by the government in collaboration with Ethiopia, India and UNICEF to recognize and promote efforts to curtail child mortality," began in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, the Associated Press/Washington Post reports, noting that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and actor Ben Affleck, founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, "were two of more than 80 governmental, civil society and business leaders slated to speak at the conference Thursday and Friday."

16 Jun 2012

Social-class discrimination can contribute to physiologic changes associated with poorer health

Discrimination felt by teenagers based on their social class background can contribute to physiologic changes associated with poorer health, according to a new study led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher.

16 Jun 2012

What's at stake in health law ruling?

News outlets offer perspectives regarding how the much-anticipated Supreme Court decision could impact people without insurance, small businesses and nearly every corner of the health care industry.

16 Jun 2012

Addition of physical activity intervention to usual care does not reduce depressive symptoms

Current clinical guidance recommends physical activity to alleviate the symptoms of depression. However, new research published in the BMJ, suggests that adding a physical activity intervention to usual care did not reduce symptoms of depression more than usual care alone, even though it increased levels of physical activity.

16 Jun 2012

Blog responds to 'Policy Review' article calling for structural, philosophical shift in global health

In this globalhealthpolicy.net blog post, Andrew Harmer, a research fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, responds to an article published last week in "Policy Review," a publication of Stanford University's Hoover Institution, by Mark Dybul, co-director of the Global Health Law Program and the inaugural global health fellow at the George W. Bush Institute; Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; and Julio Frenk, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health.

16 Jun 2012

Freedom Innovations’ Plie 2.0 MPC Knee receives American Technology Award

Freedom Innovations, LLC, today announced that its Plie 2.0 MPC Knee has been selected as winner of the Health & Medical Technologies category for the TechAmerica Foundation's American Technology Awards, the only national "Best Of" awards that recognize products and services across the technology industry.

From PROTEOR 16 Jun 2012

Senate Appropriations boosts HHS funding on party-line vote as GOP attacks health reform provisions

Partisan wrangling over the health law, as well as funding of HHS, is continuing on Capitol Hill.

16 Jun 2012

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Larsen leaving CCIIO, agency responsible for implementing major parts of health reform law

Insurers, providers announce partnerships in Wash., Pa. and Minn.

GAO: Medicaid anti-fraud audit program falls short on cost-benefit analysis

Urgent need for O Negative blood donations before the Olympics

Efforts to eradicate polio need international financial support

Limited driving privileges for teens reduces incidence of drinking and driving

Research roundup: Best health care for homeless, new business model for pharma

The Guardian examines results of Countdown to 2015 report, provides interactive map

White House, lawmakers brace for high court health care decision and plot responses

Illinois to cut $1.6B in health costs; Medicaid advocates protest

Not many EHR systems meet new federal standards

GOP states weigh health exchanges even if health law is struck down

CDC: About half of adults in U.S. get preventive care

Governments, private sector partners come together at Child Survival Call to Action in Washington

Social-class discrimination can contribute to physiologic changes associated with poorer health

What's at stake in health law ruling?

Addition of physical activity intervention to usual care does not reduce depressive symptoms

Blog responds to 'Policy Review' article calling for structural, philosophical shift in global health

Freedom Innovations’ Plie 2.0 MPC Knee receives American Technology Award

Senate Appropriations boosts HHS funding on party-line vote as GOP attacks health reform provisions

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

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