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New insurers rule meets resistance from Florida, Iowa

Florida officials plan to ask for a bye on the new health law's requirement that insurers spend at least 80 percent of premiums on medical care, and refund policyholders if they fall short, the St. Petersburg Times reports.

25 Nov 2010

New drug research, incidence rates and Pope's comments brighten AIDS outlook

The Associated Press: "In the nearly 30 years the AIDS epidemic has raged, there has never been a more hopeful day than this. Three striking developments took place Tuesday: U.N. officials said new HIV cases are dropping dramatically worldwide. A study showed that a daily pill already on pharmacy shelves could help prevent new infections in gay men. And the pope opened the way for the use of condoms to prevent AIDS" (Marchione, 11/23).

25 Nov 2010

Bio-Optronics to showcase workflow software solutions at RSNA annual meet

Bio-Optronics, Inc. will be showcasing its workflow software solutions at this year's Radiological Society of North America's annual meeting at the McCormick Place Lakeside Center in Chicago, Illinois, November 28 to December 3. Visit Booth 8710 for demonstrations of Momentum™ automated physician and staff scheduling and intelligent patient scheduling, and day-of-care workflow solutions.

25 Nov 2010

Obama administration clashes with insurers over controlling costs

Better coverage. Health insurance premiums lower than they would have been otherwise. Millions of Americans eligible for rebates in just a little over a year.

25 Nov 2010

USAID's Shah announces Bureau for Food Security; Bread for the World releases 2011 Hunger Report

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah announced on Monday the creation of a Bureau for Food Security within the agency "to manage the Obama administration's Feed the Future initiative, which Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to turn over to USAID," National Journal Daily reports.

25 Nov 2010

New report from anti-poverty coalition Ontario Campaign 2000

Ontario's child poverty rate is on the rise with more than 1 in every 6 children growing up in a low income household, says a new report from the anti-poverty coalition Ontario Campaign 2000. The Ontario government needs to step up investment or it will not meet its target to cut child poverty by 25% by 2013.

25 Nov 2010

ADS MedicsDocAssistant V.5.2 EHR achieves ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification

Advanced Data Systems Corporation (ADS) announced today that MedicsDocAssistant Version 5.2 is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as an EHR Module on November 19, 2010 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable Eligible Provider certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

25 Nov 2010

Fla. GOP takes aim at health law; Hawaii considers cuts in mental health services

Florida Republican lawmakers are reviving a proposed constitutional amendment that takes aim at a major part of the federal health overhaul with Senate President Mike Haridopolos planning the unusual step of sponsoring the proposal himself.

24 Nov 2010

Medicaid: Texas GOP activists push to drop the program; Fla. nurse practitioners vie for larger role

Dallas Morning News: "Tea party members and other conservative activists pushed state lawmakers Tuesday to vote to nullify the federal health care law and get out of Medicaid, though one GOP senator said the largely federally funded program pays for nursing home care for the elderly and disabled and is 'not all bad.' … Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina and dozens of others said the Legislature should declare the federal law void and also refuse to set up a state health insurance exchange.

24 Nov 2010

End-of-life care raises difficult questions about quality issues

PBS Frontline has kicked off a series called Facing Death, which explores the way Americans die, issues around extending life or prolonging death, uncertainty, talking about the end of life and modern medicine's trade offs.

24 Nov 2010

Democrats, liberal groups urge GOP lawmakers who opposed health law now to reject federal insurance

When a little-known GOP Congressman-elect who campaigned against the new health law demanded that the benefits of his new federal health plan start immediately, it was an irresistible opening for some.

24 Nov 2010

Poll shows majority favor health reform; N.Y. Democrat dares GOP to repeal law; Court allows legal challenge

McClatchy Newspapers: "A majority of Americans want the Congress to keep the new health care law or actually expand it, despite Republican claims that they have a mandate from the people to kill it, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. The post-election survey showed that 51 percent of registered voters want to keep the law or change it to do more, while 44 percent want to change it to do less or repeal it altogether.

24 Nov 2010

KHN column: If employers walked away from health coverage

In their latest Kaiser Health News column, Brian Klepper and David Kibbe ask, What would happen if the rank and file of America's employers, financially overwhelmed by the burden associated with sponsoring health coverage, suddenly opted out.

24 Nov 2010

Today's OpEds: Medical students say don't repeal; 'Obamacare' waivers; The medical loss ratio; Medicare 'doc fix'

Here's the dilemma: The only way for the health-care industry to move toward accountable care is to further accelerate a process of consolidation that has already reduced competition and increased market power. … In such a market, government may be required to step in with more direct regulation and competition management than traditional antitrust rules now provide (Steven Pearlstein, 11/23).

24 Nov 2010

CCCA to improve Indigenous health services with cultural competency training for NSW GPs and nurses

The Centre for Cultural Competence Australia (CCCA) will provide new online Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural competency training to health professionals in New South Wales. Initially, 550 employees from the NSW General Practice Network will be trained in cultural competency, in order to improve the provision of health services for Indigenous communities throughout the state.

24 Nov 2010

Dr. Yves DeClerck honored as first recipient of Richard Call Family Endowed Chair

Yves A. DeClerck, MD, professor of Pediatrics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, has been inducted as the inaugural holder of the Richard Call Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research Innovation.

24 Nov 2010

Sheraton Denver to host Breakfast with Santa to help Ronald McDonald House

On Saturday, December 4, 2010, the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel will host a Breakfast with Santa in 15/Fifty, the hotel's restaurant. The entire price of admission, $10 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under, will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House.

24 Nov 2010

First Edition: November 24, 2010

In today's headlines, the political skirmishes of health overhaul debate continue, with liberals pressing the new law's congressional opponents not to accept federal health insurance coverage.

24 Nov 2010

Catholics for Choice comments on Vatican's clarification on condom usage

Jon O'Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, issued the following statement on the most recent news from the Vatican on condom use.

24 Nov 2010

Headline-grabbing offers may not best meet needs of Medicare Part D plan enrollees

National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Executive Vice President and CEO Kathleen Jaeger issued the following statement today in response to the Avalere Health study analyzing how the formulary and cost-sharing benefits changes made by various Medicare Part D prescription drug plans affect seniors:

24 Nov 2010

Healthcare News

New insurers rule meets resistance from Florida, Iowa

New drug research, incidence rates and Pope's comments brighten AIDS outlook

Bio-Optronics to showcase workflow software solutions at RSNA annual meet

Obama administration clashes with insurers over controlling costs

USAID's Shah announces Bureau for Food Security; Bread for the World releases 2011 Hunger Report

New report from anti-poverty coalition Ontario Campaign 2000

ADS MedicsDocAssistant V.5.2 EHR achieves ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification

Fla. GOP takes aim at health law; Hawaii considers cuts in mental health services

Medicaid: Texas GOP activists push to drop the program; Fla. nurse practitioners vie for larger role

End-of-life care raises difficult questions about quality issues

Democrats, liberal groups urge GOP lawmakers who opposed health law now to reject federal insurance

Poll shows majority favor health reform; N.Y. Democrat dares GOP to repeal law; Court allows legal challenge

KHN column: If employers walked away from health coverage

Today's OpEds: Medical students say don't repeal; 'Obamacare' waivers; The medical loss ratio; Medicare 'doc fix'

CCCA to improve Indigenous health services with cultural competency training for NSW GPs and nurses

Dr. Yves DeClerck honored as first recipient of Richard Call Family Endowed Chair

Sheraton Denver to host Breakfast with Santa to help Ronald McDonald House

First Edition: November 24, 2010

Catholics for Choice comments on Vatican's clarification on condom usage

Headline-grabbing offers may not best meet needs of Medicare Part D plan enrollees

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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