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FEHBP's H.R. 4489 overhaul will undermine cost-saving tools and disrupt prescription drug benefits

“Regrettably, the FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (H.R. 4489) would undermine many of the cost-saving tools used in FEHBP and disrupt prescription drug benefits for 8 million federal employees, retirees, and their families.”

25 Feb 2010

Pew's report highlights need for effective oral health delivery system

"We welcome the Pew organization to our longstanding fight to improve the lives of American children by helping more of them enjoy the good oral health that too many of them now lack.

25 Feb 2010

Skills for Health launches new online resources to explore benefits of health sector apprenticeships

New online resources to help employers, learners and training providers explore the benefits of health sector apprenticeships are launched today.

25 Feb 2010

Obama’s version of healthcare reform will not reduce Medicare fraud, says IPI expert

Although Republicans will meet with President Obama tomorrow for a health care summit -- supposedly to negotiate a bipartisan agreement for health care reform -- Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) health care expert Dr. Merrill Matthews says the president's plan does nothing to appease the other side of the aisle

25 Feb 2010

Nancy Pelosi speaks in support of Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act

Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor today in support of H.R. 4626, the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, which passed by a overwhelming bipartisan vote of 406 to 19. Below are the Speaker's remarks.

25 Feb 2010

Sudbury Regional Hospital union charged for cutting 41,000 cleaning hours

The union representing 1,000 nurses, cleaners, maintenance, clerical, dietary and support staff at Sudbury Regional Hospital charged today that the cut of 41,000 cleaning hours and an expansion of the contracting-out of cleaning will lead to a steep increase in the rates of hospital acquired infections and put patients at risk.

25 Feb 2010

InTouch Health's Remote Presence telemedicine network: Over 100,000 clinical sessions performed

InTouch Health® announced today that it has surpassed 100,000 clinical sessions performed through its Remote Presence telemedicine network. InTouch Health provides comprehensive telehealth solutions that allow physicians to remotely perform complete and real-time consults with hospital patients.

25 Feb 2010

Slow economy forces U.S. employers to take aggressive measures to control rising health care costs

The continuing sluggish economy is forcing a growing number of large U.S. employers to take more aggressive measures to control rising health care costs and motivate workers to take charge of improving their own health, according to a survey conducted by Towers Watson, a global professional services company, and the National Business Group on Health, a non-profit association of large U.S. employers.

25 Feb 2010

Boston IVF The Maine Center opened to offer full range of infertility and reproductive health services

Boston IVF, a leading medical practice providing specialized infertility treatment since 1986, is expanding its patient care services in Maine and has opened Boston IVF The Maine Center, offering local patients state-of-the-art care closer to home.

25 Feb 2010

IARS commits over $1M to anesthesia research to advance the specialty of anesthesiology

The International Anesthesia Research Society announced 10 grant recipients in 2009, committing over $1 million to anesthesia research and other projects that will advance the specialty of anesthesiology. Grant recipients include researchers, clinicians and educators from around the world who have provided outstanding contributions to the anesthesia community.

25 Feb 2010

New report focuses on improving care delivery system for stroke patients

The American Stroke Association and other organizations have spent the last decade changing the care delivery system for stroke in the United States. Now the focus must include greater emphasis on prevention and recovery, according to a special report published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

25 Feb 2010

CDC ACIP's vote for universal influenza vaccination recommendation: FFF endorses

Families Fighting Flu (FFF) fully supports today's vote by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to expand the current influenza vaccination recommendations to include all adults aged 19 to 49 years of age. Previous recommendations included all other age groups with the exception of this new adult population. This new recommendation will be implemented beginning with the 2010-2011 influenza season.

25 Feb 2010

US Oncology acquires CURE Media Group and NexCura

US Oncology, Inc., the premier cancer care services organization supporting the nation's largest cancer treatment and research network dedicated to advancing the quality and cost-effectiveness of cancer care in America, announced today that it has acquired Dallas-based CURE Media Group and Seattle-based NexCura. These two companies serve as an important piece of the overall strategy for US Oncology to expand the availability of integrated and personalized information and resources on specific diseases and treatments to cancer patients in America.

25 Feb 2010

New book details how Greenway Medical Technologies' PrimeResearch integrates with PrimeSuite

Paper Kills 2.0: How Health IT Can Help Save Your Life and Your Money, is due out today by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Health Transformation.

25 Feb 2010

Former Connecticut governor urges Senator to amend economic recovery legislation

At a special briefing for Congressional staff today, former Connecticut lieutenant governor Kevin Sullivan testified for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) on the need for federal action to address the growing mental health crisis in states.

25 Feb 2010

AMA awards HMS contract for third party recovery activities

HMS today announced that it had been awarded a contract by the State of Alabama Medicaid Agency (AMA) to provide various third party recovery activities, including data matches with commercial and government insurors, commercial and Medicare recoveries, real-time pharmacy cost avoidance, subrogation, and credit balance audit services. This contract is for a two-year term, with three additional one-year renewal options.

25 Feb 2010

Health insurance premium discussion: HHS Secretary invites insurance company CEOs

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today invited insurance company chief executive officers to a March 3 meeting at HHS to discuss their companies’ insurance premiums. The CEOs of UnitedHealth Group Inc., WellPoint Inc., Aetna Inc., Health Care Service Corporation and CIGNA HealthCare Inc. along with leaders from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have been invited.

25 Feb 2010

State legislators decry their exclusion from health reform summit

State sponsors of the nationwide effort to block a government requirement to purchase health insurance today sent a letter to President Obama decrying their exclusion from tomorrow's bipartisan health reform summit.

25 Feb 2010

WSU Boonshoft School of Medicine and Miami Valley Hospital form new neuroscience institute

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and Miami Valley Hospital announced today the formation of the Wright State University & Premier Health Partners Neuroscience Institute to speed the transfer of research discoveries from bench to bedside, improving the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders such as stroke. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents Eric Fingerhut joined Wright State University and Miami Valley Hospital officials in making the announcement.

25 Feb 2010

HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals for 2010 identified

The HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals for 2010 were identified in a report issued today by the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. The analysis, which examined objective patient outcomes over three years at all 5,000 of the nation’s nonfederal hospitals, found that the 50 Best Hospitals had mortality rates that were, on average, 27% lower than other hospitals.

25 Feb 2010

Healthcare News

FEHBP's H.R. 4489 overhaul will undermine cost-saving tools and disrupt prescription drug benefits

Pew's report highlights need for effective oral health delivery system

Skills for Health launches new online resources to explore benefits of health sector apprenticeships

Obama’s version of healthcare reform will not reduce Medicare fraud, says IPI expert

Nancy Pelosi speaks in support of Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act

Sudbury Regional Hospital union charged for cutting 41,000 cleaning hours

InTouch Health's Remote Presence telemedicine network: Over 100,000 clinical sessions performed

Slow economy forces U.S. employers to take aggressive measures to control rising health care costs

Boston IVF The Maine Center opened to offer full range of infertility and reproductive health services

IARS commits over $1M to anesthesia research to advance the specialty of anesthesiology

New report focuses on improving care delivery system for stroke patients

CDC ACIP's vote for universal influenza vaccination recommendation: FFF endorses

US Oncology acquires CURE Media Group and NexCura

New book details how Greenway Medical Technologies' PrimeResearch integrates with PrimeSuite

Former Connecticut governor urges Senator to amend economic recovery legislation

AMA awards HMS contract for third party recovery activities

Health insurance premium discussion: HHS Secretary invites insurance company CEOs

State legislators decry their exclusion from health reform summit

WSU Boonshoft School of Medicine and Miami Valley Hospital form new neuroscience institute

HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals for 2010 identified

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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