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Home Depot will send part-timers to health insurance exchanges

The giant home improvement chain said it will send almost 20,000 part-time employees to the health law's online marketplaces for insurance. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that small businesses are racing to renew their health policies before year's end to avoid having to comply with the health law's requirements, which take effect Jan. 1.

21 Sep 2013

Skilled Healthcare announces funding of first loans insured by U.S. Department of HUD

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (NYSE: SKH) today announced the funding of its first loans insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The loans have a combined principal balance of $21.6 million and are secured by three skilled nursing facilities.

21 Sep 2013

Supreme Court may hear challenge to Obamacare's contraception rules

Some companies object to the health law's requirement that contraception services for women be provided free as part of a preventive care package.

21 Sep 2013

CeltiCare Health Plan awarded contract to participate in MassHealth CarePlus program

Centene Corporation announced today that CeltiCare Health Plan, its Massachusetts subsidiary, was notified by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services that it has been awarded a contract to participate in the MassHealth CarePlus program in all five regions, with a contract effective date of October 15, 2013 and commencement of coverage on January 1, 2014.

21 Sep 2013

SeraCare Life Sciences announces expansion of R&D facilities in Milford, Massachusetts

SeraCare Life Sciences, a manufacturer of life sciences tools, bulk plasma, and quality controls for diagnostic companies and clinical laboratories, announced an expansion of its research and manufacturing facilities at its Milford, Massachusetts headquarters.

21 Sep 2013

Study: Women with access to group prenatal care have improved birth outcomes

Women with access to group prenatal care had improved birth outcomes, including longer gestational periods and higher birth weight, in a study conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt's Peabody Research Institute.

21 Sep 2013

Friday face-off: With gov't shutdown looming, House to vote on stopgap funding measure that would defund health law

The GOP-controlled chamber is expected to approve the bill, which will then face stiff opposition in the Senate. The White House has also threatened a veto.

21 Sep 2013

Specialty asthma care no benefit to adherence in underserved children

Results of a study of underserved children with asthma in the USA suggest that they may be losing out on the benefits of specialty care.

20 Sep 2013

Adolescents with psychosis face long treatment delays

Adolescents have a duration of untreated psychosis that is approximately twice that seen in adults, UK study findings show.

20 Sep 2013

CHMP recommends approval of Xofigo for CRPC, symptomatic bone and visceral metastases

Bayer HealthCare announced today that the the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recommended Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) for approval with a proposed indication for the treatment of adults with castration-resistant prostate cancer, symptomatic bone metastases and no known visceral metastases.

20 Sep 2013

Viewpoints: Rove warns GOP that defunding could be 'self-defeating;' Jonathan Cohn says latest Obamacare fight reveals Republicans' will to overlook gains from law

Today, independents look more like Republicans than Democrats, especially when it comes to health care. In a new Crossroads GPS health-care policy survey conducted in 10 states likely to have competitive Senate races and in House districts that lean Republican or are swing seats, 60 percent of independents oppose President Obama's Affordable Care Act. If this holds through 2014, then Republicans should receive another big boost in the midterms. There is, however, one issue on which independents disagree with Republicans: using the threat of a government shutdown to defund ObamaCare (Karl Rove, 9/18).

20 Sep 2013

First Edition: September 20, 2013

Today's headlines include the latest on the Capitol Hill hijinx surrounding efforts to defund the health law and avert a government shutdown.

20 Sep 2013

CME Medical to highlight effectiveness of nutrition pumps at two key healthcare nutrition events

CME Medical will be promoting its nutrition pumps – the BodyGuard 323 Ambulatory Infusion Pump and the BodyGuard 2CH Twin Channel Infusion Pump and a new range of rucksacks to carry them in, at two key healthcare nutrition events coming soon.

20 Sep 2013

Reprieve over? Health spending projected to climb 6% next year

The nation's health care spending is slated to rise about 6 percent next year, according to a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report. This follows five years of slower growth expected to end as the nation's economy recovers and the health law expands coverage. The spending increase is likely lower than it would have been, however, if the Supreme Court hadn't allowed states to choose whether to expand Medicaid, researchers wrote.

20 Sep 2013

Genetics in Medicine's October 2013 issue details solutions for integrating genomic data into EHR

Genetic tests can now tell us whether we are at increased risk of various cancers, heart or kidney disease, asthma and a number of other conditions.

20 Sep 2013

Employers trim health costs using Obamacare as cover

Many of these practices began well before the federal health law took effect. But several news outlets report that the law is giving businesses cover to shift additional costs onto employees and their families -- an effort that may reinforce the law's unpopularity.

20 Sep 2013

Human breast tumors transplant could be valuable tools in search for better treatments

Breast cancer that spreads to other organs is extremely difficult to treat. Doctors can buy patients time, but a cure remains elusive. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that human breast tumors transplanted into mice are excellent models of metastatic cancer and could be valuable tools in the search for better treatments.

20 Sep 2013

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Home Depot will send part-timers to health insurance exchanges

Skilled Healthcare announces funding of first loans insured by U.S. Department of HUD

Supreme Court may hear challenge to Obamacare's contraception rules

CeltiCare Health Plan awarded contract to participate in MassHealth CarePlus program

SeraCare Life Sciences announces expansion of R&D facilities in Milford, Massachusetts

Study: Women with access to group prenatal care have improved birth outcomes

Friday face-off: With gov't shutdown looming, House to vote on stopgap funding measure that would defund health law

Specialty asthma care no benefit to adherence in underserved children

Adolescents with psychosis face long treatment delays

CHMP recommends approval of Xofigo for CRPC, symptomatic bone and visceral metastases

Viewpoints: Rove warns GOP that defunding could be 'self-defeating;' Jonathan Cohn says latest Obamacare fight reveals Republicans' will to overlook gains from law

First Edition: September 20, 2013

CME Medical to highlight effectiveness of nutrition pumps at two key healthcare nutrition events

Reprieve over? Health spending projected to climb 6% next year

Genetics in Medicine's October 2013 issue details solutions for integrating genomic data into EHR

Employers trim health costs using Obamacare as cover

Human breast tumors transplant could be valuable tools in search for better treatments

Memorial Sloan-Kettering initiates to reduce cancer and cardiovascular health disparities in U.S. South Asian

BHI raises awareness of link between cardiovascular and hearing health

House to vote Friday on bill tying govt. funding to repeal effort

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