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Aetna releases statement on 6-month anniversary of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Aetna today released the following statement from Chairman and CEO Ronald A. Williams regarding the six-month anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

24 Sep 2010

How the health law changes could affect you

In this Kaiser Health News video, columnist Michelle Andrews and KFF's Jackie Judd discuss a number of the health law's key provisions that kick in today (9/23). Read the transcript.

24 Sep 2010

Disenrollment from hospice increases costs of care for cancer patients

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that the costs of care for patients with cancer who disenrolled from hospice were nearly five times higher than for patients who remained with hospice. Patients who disenroll from hospice are far more likely to use emergency department care and be hospitalized. The results are published in the October 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

24 Sep 2010

ICRE Conference to examine medical education programs for training doctors

Experts from around the world gathered in Ottawa today for the start of the third annual International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE), which is being organized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

24 Sep 2010

Maryland Forensic Medical Center becomes the latest addition to University of Maryland BioPark

With its official opening ceremony today, the Maryland Forensic Medical Center became the latest addition to the 10-acre University of Maryland BioPark in Baltimore.

24 Sep 2010

Use of massage therapy reduces among men: AMTA survey

Results from the 14th annual consumer survey conducted by the American Massage Therapy Association indicate the use of massage among men has dropped from 18 percent in 2009 to 10 percent in 2010, a drop that is attributed to the lagging economy these past two years. The survey results were announced at the AMTA National Convention in Minneapolis, September 22-25, 2010.

24 Sep 2010

Pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide 50% discount on brand-name prescription drugs

Vice President Joe Biden, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that the nation's pharmaceutical manufacturers will provide 50 percent discounts on the cost of covered brand-name prescription drugs for beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D coverage gap, or donut hole, starting in 2011.

24 Sep 2010

U.N. MDGs summit concludes with 'outcome document'

The three-day U.N. Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ended Wednesday with world leaders "adopting a declaration agreed [to] earlier this month, which promised intensified efforts by the 192 U.N. member states to achieve the world body's so-called Millennium Development Goals by 2015," Reuters reports (Worsnip/Wroughton, 9/22).

24 Sep 2010

Olympus Healthcare Solutions declared HIPAA Compliant

Olympus Healthcare Solutions is pleased to announce that it has achieved Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Certification. Olympus Healthcare Solutions, which includes its Olympus Managed Health Care, Inc., Healthcare Concierge Services, and Axiom Risk Management operating units, is now among a prestigious group of organizations that comply with the HIPAA regulations.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 24 Sep 2010

Tufts CTSI releases report from multi-state study on psychotropic medication oversight in foster care

The Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) today issued a landmark report from a multi-state study on psychotropic medication oversight in foster care.

24 Sep 2010

Arthritis Foundation announces major step in passing bi-partisan arthritis legislation

The Arthritis Foundation announces a major step in passing bi-partisan arthritis legislation in more than 30 years. The Arthritis Prevention, Control and Cure Act (H.R. 1210/S. 984) was approved today by the House Energy and Commerce Committee and will now go to the House of Representatives to vote on passage.

24 Sep 2010

Technologic innovation — Telephones! — could save health system money

Health-coaching more patients over the phone could help save the system money according to a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine and noticed by the Wall Street Journal's Health Blog. "Typically this kind of care management, as it's called, is offered to people who have trouble managing their chronic conditions or who are facing a big treatment decision — such as surgery or medical management for lower back pain.

24 Sep 2010

TJMS, Lily team up to raise awareness on diabetes epidemic

Angie Stone and Anthony Anderson, spokespeople for Lilly's Fearless African-Americans Connected and Empowered Diabetes initiative, are teaming up with The Tom Joyner Morning Show for the 9th annual Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day, taking place on September 28, 2010.

24 Sep 2010

MeYou Health launches online social well-being tool, Daily Challenge

MeYou Health has launched Daily Challenge, a free, online social well-being tool that helps you positively impact your life every day by completing simple, positive tasks and sharing the experience with your personal connections.

24 Sep 2010

Sokolove Law to recognize Mesothelioma Awareness Day on September 26

On September 26, 2010, Sokolove Law will recognize Mesothelioma Awareness Day, which was inaugurated five years ago by the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) to bring attention to this deadly, incurable and often overlooked cancer.

24 Sep 2010

U.S. House of Representatives declares September 2010 as 'Blood Cancer Awareness Month'

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed House Resolution 1433, declaring September 2010 as 'Blood Cancer Awareness Month.' The resolution helps raise awareness and support for issues affecting blood cancer patients within the halls of the Capitol.

24 Sep 2010

House passes fraud bill to keep executives associated with wrongdoing from future Medicare business

The Hill's Healthwatch Blog: The House Wednesday passed a bill that would ban executives from "doing business with Medicare if their companies were convicted of fraud, even if the conviction takes place after their departure. The bill was introduced by the Ways and Means health panel's chairman and ranking member, Reps. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) and Wally Herger (R-Calif.)."

24 Sep 2010

SCA enters formal agreement to enhance ambulatory surgical services

Surgical Care Affiliates, one of the country's largest providers of specialty surgical services, announced today it has entered into a formal agreement with Saint Joseph Health System and Catholic Health Initiatives to enhance ambulatory surgical services in the Lexington, Ky. area.

24 Sep 2010

New federal funds to create first national patient registry for pulmonary fibrosis

During the 8th annual National Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) Awareness Week, Sept. 11 to 18, the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) met with over 45 legislators, both Representatives and Senators, and as of this date there are 139 House co-sponsors for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act (PFREA) to fund research on this deadly disease.

24 Sep 2010

Albert Einstein College researchers to hold congressional briefing on global diabetes epidemic

On Monday, September 27, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University will hold a congressional briefing in Washington, D.C., aimed at focusing attention on the alarming global diabetes epidemic.

24 Sep 2010

Healthcare News

Aetna releases statement on 6-month anniversary of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

How the health law changes could affect you

Disenrollment from hospice increases costs of care for cancer patients

ICRE Conference to examine medical education programs for training doctors

Maryland Forensic Medical Center becomes the latest addition to University of Maryland BioPark

Use of massage therapy reduces among men: AMTA survey

Pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide 50% discount on brand-name prescription drugs

U.N. MDGs summit concludes with 'outcome document'

Olympus Healthcare Solutions declared HIPAA Compliant

Tufts CTSI releases report from multi-state study on psychotropic medication oversight in foster care

Arthritis Foundation announces major step in passing bi-partisan arthritis legislation

Technologic innovation — Telephones! — could save health system money

TJMS, Lily team up to raise awareness on diabetes epidemic

MeYou Health launches online social well-being tool, Daily Challenge

Sokolove Law to recognize Mesothelioma Awareness Day on September 26

U.S. House of Representatives declares September 2010 as 'Blood Cancer Awareness Month'

House passes fraud bill to keep executives associated with wrongdoing from future Medicare business

SCA enters formal agreement to enhance ambulatory surgical services

New federal funds to create first national patient registry for pulmonary fibrosis

Albert Einstein College researchers to hold congressional briefing on global diabetes epidemic

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