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First Edition: April 1, 2010

According to today's headlines, President Obama will head to Maine to continue efforts to sell the new health reform law. Meanwhile, his administration is ramping up education plans and efforts to smooth the shift.

1 Apr 2010

Workers take active role in selecting health care benefits during open enrollment for 2010

With U.S. health care and large-scale health reform in the media spotlight, a new analysis by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company, shows a record percentage of workers took an active role in selecting their health care benefits during open enrollment for the 2010 plan year.

1 Apr 2010

Health care law: Planned, well-financed lobbying strategy leads to impressive list of wins for U.S. drug industry

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc.. The U.S. drug industry fended off price curbs and other hefty restrictions in The President's health care law even as it prepares for plenty of new business when an estimated 32 million uninsured Americans gain health coverage. Lobbyists beat back proposals to allow importation of low-cost medicines and to have Medicare negotiate drug prices with companies.

1 Apr 2010

Advocates urge Representatives to support Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment Act

On March 30-31, 2010, advocates from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico called their Representatives in Congress, urging them to support the Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment Act (H.R. 1189) during the annual Congressional Butt-In.

1 Apr 2010

Inadequate life insurance coverage: Consequences from beneficiary's perspective

MetLife, a leading provider of employee benefits, today announced the availability of a new resource that highlights the consequences of inadequate life insurance coverage from the beneficiary's perspective and illustrates the significant role employers play in helping employees build a strong financial safety net.

1 Apr 2010

Nationwide initiative to improve checkout experience for Best Buy customers who are blind

Best Buy Co., Inc. today announced that it has begun a nationwide initiative to improve the checkout experience for Best Buy customers who are blind or visually impaired. The company has begun to add tactile keypads to point-of-sale devices at Best Buy stores, enabling shoppers who cannot read information on a touch screen to privately and independently enter their personal identification number in order to protect their financial privacy.

1 Apr 2010

U.S. lays out goals for role in Haiti recovery

As donors from more than 100 countries gather at the U.N. in New York Wednesday to discuss the rebuilding of earthquake-ravaged Haiti, Cheryl Mills, an advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, said that the U.S. "will be focusing on agriculture, energy, health and security. Also (on) support to the government in holding elections," Agence France-Presse reports (3/30).

1 Apr 2010

Conasa to distribute full MetaVision suite of solutions from iMDsoft in Spain

Conasa, one of Spain's most established IT service providers, will distribute the full MetaVision suite of solutions from iMDsoft. iMDsoft is a global leader in hospital-wide clinical information systems, with established market-leading solutions for critical care and with customers in 21 countries across the globe.

1 Apr 2010

Youth rally for ban on Alcoholic Energy Drinks in California

To advocate for the passage of AB 1598 – Authored by Assembly Member Jim Beall (D-San Jose), the measure will prohibit the import, production, manufacture, distribution, or sale of caffeinated malt beverages (Alcoholic Energy Drinks – AEDs) in California.

1 Apr 2010

Revive releases results of fourth annual National Payor Survey of hospital executives

Revive, a national public relations firm specializing in Health Care and Healthy Living, today released the results of its fourth annual National Payor Survey of hospital executives. The only one of its kind in the country, the survey targeted hospital leaders in the industry who negotiate managed care contracts with national health insurance companies - CEOs, CFOs, and directors of managed care. Participants represent 24% of hospitals in the U.S., up from 18% last year.

1 Apr 2010

$3.7M to be awarded in grants to help revolutionize nutrition services for older Pennsylvanians

Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced that $3.7 million in grants will be awarded to senior centers to help revolutionize nutrition services for older Pennsylvanians.

1 Apr 2010

Health Policy Experts to comment on topics related to health insurance reform

As the debate over healthcare insurance reform continues, faculty members of The George Washington University Medical Center are available to comment on topics regarding health insurance reform, including: general policy/political analysis, Medicare, Medicaid, compliance, community health centers, state health reform, affordability, finance and health technology information.

1 Apr 2010

With corporations already claiming pain from overhaul, business lobby prepares to fight back

A week after the health overhaul cleared Congress, a business lobby that opposed the plan is now regrouping to shape its implementation and exact political retribution on supporters, The Wall Street Journal reports. "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is planning a broad effort to blunt the health overhaul by trying to shape its regulatory language and spending heavily to unseat vulnerable Democrats who voted for it."

1 Apr 2010

VA may expand list of Gulf War illnesses

The Army Times/Veterans Today: "In a boost for veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War and those who have served in recent years in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Veterans Affairs Department has proposed changes to its list of illnesses that are presumed connected to service to include nine infectious diseases."

1 Apr 2010

Some states reject health reform lawsuits as others prepare to join fray

In Georgia, "the Democratic attorney general has rejected" the idea of lawsuits that challenge the constitutionality of the recently enacted federal health overhaul "as 'frivolous' and 'a waste of taxpayer money.' Now ... [31] Republicans in the state legislature signed a resolution Tuesday calling for the impeachment of the attorney general, Thurbert Baker." Mr. Baker is planning to run for governor, a race "expected to be closely fought, to succeed Gov. Sonny Perdue, a Republican, who is prevented by law from seeking a third term."

1 Apr 2010

Red Hill Studios, UCSF awarded two grants to develop computer-based physical therapy games

Red Hill Studios, a California-based serious games developer, in partnership with the UCSF School of Nursing, has been awarded two grants totaling $1.1 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue development, production and testing of computer-based physical therapy games for patients with Parkinson's disease and cerebral palsy.

1 Apr 2010

Newsweek examines challenges associated wtih U.S. food aid program

Newsweek examines how the U.S. farm bill influences food aid by tracking the efforts of U.S. entrepreneur Navyn Salem as she worked to launch a nonprofit capable of providing ready-to-use therapeutic (RUTF) food aid known as Plumpy'nut - "a squeezable package of fortified peanut-butter-based paste … used to feed severely malnourished children and pregnant or lactating women" - to NGOs that contract with USAID.

1 Apr 2010

Clearstone Central announces testing capability expansion at Toronto laboratory

Clearstone Central Laboratories, a leading global provider of clinical laboratory and centralized cardiac services for clinical trials, today announced the expansion of testing capabilities at its Toronto laboratory. Additional safety as well as esoteric testing capacity and capabilities will be added to the existing operations.

1 Apr 2010

Immediate access to life-saving first aid medical database

GotoAID.com is on a big mission -- to give every person on earth immediate access to first aid for emergencies with the use of technology. As the Internet is quickly becoming more accessible to people with a computer or web-capable mobile device, GotoAID is bringing a life-saving first aid medical database to the masses.

1 Apr 2010

Same-sex couples often pay more for health coverage

MarketWatch reports on higher health care costs for same-sex couples. "Even in states where same-sex marriages are legal, employers may exclude partners from coverage.

1 Apr 2010

Healthcare News

First Edition: April 1, 2010

Workers take active role in selecting health care benefits during open enrollment for 2010

Health care law: Planned, well-financed lobbying strategy leads to impressive list of wins for U.S. drug industry

Advocates urge Representatives to support Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment Act

Inadequate life insurance coverage: Consequences from beneficiary's perspective

Nationwide initiative to improve checkout experience for Best Buy customers who are blind

U.S. lays out goals for role in Haiti recovery

Conasa to distribute full MetaVision suite of solutions from iMDsoft in Spain

Youth rally for ban on Alcoholic Energy Drinks in California

Revive releases results of fourth annual National Payor Survey of hospital executives

$3.7M to be awarded in grants to help revolutionize nutrition services for older Pennsylvanians

Health Policy Experts to comment on topics related to health insurance reform

With corporations already claiming pain from overhaul, business lobby prepares to fight back

VA may expand list of Gulf War illnesses

Some states reject health reform lawsuits as others prepare to join fray

Red Hill Studios, UCSF awarded two grants to develop computer-based physical therapy games

Newsweek examines challenges associated wtih U.S. food aid program

Clearstone Central announces testing capability expansion at Toronto laboratory

Immediate access to life-saving first aid medical database

Same-sex couples often pay more for health coverage

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