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State Highlights: La. Grand Jury To Examine $200M Medicaid Contract
A selection of health policy stories from Louisiana, Oregon, Connecticut, Kansas, North Carolina, California, and New York. Modern Healthcare: States Delaying, Dropping Controversial Dual-Eligible Pilot Program More than half of the states that applied to participate in a controversial CMS pilot for dual-eligible beneficiaries have either dropped out or delayed implementation of their pr...
House Panel Considers Measure That Would Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks
The bill, which is national in scope, is a response to the conviction of abortion provider Kermit Gosnell as well as a range of new state laws. NPR: Abortion Opponents Try To Spin Murder Case Into Legislation As predicted, abortion opponents on Capitol Hill are wasting no time in their efforts to turn publicity over the recent murder conviction of abortion provider Kermit Gosnell to their legisla...
Tensions, Threats Emerge In Ariz. Medicaid Expansion Debate
In addition, the legislative debate continues in Texas while in Florida there's speculation about what's to become of the state's uninsured population now that the legislature didn't take action. Arizona Republic: Threat, Vetoes Fly As Tensions Rise Over Medicaid Expansion Gov. Jan Brewer sent five bills to the scrap heap Thursday in a pointed gesture intended to prod lawmakers into a deal on the...
California Unveils Tentative Price Tags Of Insurance Plans On Health Exchange
The monthly cost for policies sold on the state-run exchange came in lower than the 30 percent rate increases some had anticipated, though some consumers will still experience sharply higher premiums. Blue Shield of California estimated that current customers would see rate increases of about 13 percent. Kaiser Health News: California Insurance Exchange Rates: Not Too High, Not Too Low In the firs...
Health Law Politics Swirl Around Scandal Reports, Implementation Frustrations
Some of the political ebb and flow is exactly as expected, with news reports noting that Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., a staunch opponent of the overhaul, is focused on linking the Internal Revenue Scandal with the health law. However, in other coverage, The Associated Press reports that some labor unions, which were strong advocates, have become increasingly frustrated with some aspects of the...
Health Care Issues Become Hurdle For Immigration Reform Measure
The key question that seems to have stalled progress for House lawmakers is how to handle immigrants who do not have health insurance. Los Angeles Times: Immigrant Health Care Bills Stump House Group Differences over whether immigrants should be deported for failing to have health insurance or pay their health care bills have stalled a bipartisan group of House lawmakers, who blew past a self-imp...
Health Law Politics Swirl Around Recent Scandal Reports, Implementation Frustrations
Some of the political ebb and flow is exactly as expected, with news reports noting that Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn, a staunch opponent of the overhaul, is focused on linking the Internal Revenue Scandal with the health law. However, in other coverage, The Associated Press reports that some labor unions, which were strong advocates, have become increasingly frustrated with some aspects of the l...
A survey has found that CCGs doubt whether CSUs can work innovatively or are well led. The survey of 90 CCGs found only 8% of respondents were 'very confident' that CSUs could 'deliver commissioning support in a new and innovative way'.
Psychological therapies help with long term conditions
UK researchers say, patients suffering with long-term conditions, such as depression and anxiety would benefit from psychological therapies.
Poor care 'still haunts campaigner'
Campaigner Julie Bailey said she still lies awake at night haunted by the poor care her mother suffered at the hands of the NHS.
Thomson Reuters Quarterly Report on U.S. Generic Drug Industry
24th May 2013: Thomson Reuters Movers and Shakers quarterly report, focusing on the U.S. generic drug industry. Movers and Shakers is the best source of information on generic approvals and challenges, notable mergers and acquisitions, and emerging industry trends. Interested in learning more about the latest developments in generics? Click here to download the latest edition of...
Concern over NHS bed occupancy rate
NHS bed occupancy rates soared above safe levels for the first three months of this year, official figures show.
Hunt agrees new powers for NMC
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is to get new powers designed to speed up the fitness to practise process in the wake of the Mid Staffordshire scandal, it has been announced.
Community nursing 'failing people'
The state of community nursing in the NHS in England is “lamentable”, the RCN has warned.
Today's headlines include details on California's new health insurance exchange rates, whether consumers will experience "rate shock" and what these numbers say about the health law's implementation. Kaiser Health News: California Insurance Exchange Rates: Not Too High, Not Too Low Kaiser Health News staff writer Sarah Varney reports: "In the first disclosure of individua...
Breast cancer enzyme may slow tumour growth
"Cancer cell enzymes shown to act as 'good cops'," is the headline on the BBC News website. The BBC reports on laboratory research into an enzyme called MMP-8 and its effects on breast cancer. The research reveals that while MMP-8 appears to stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells in the short-term, it may slow tumour growth in the long-term. Scientists are likely to want to explore...
Could open plan offices be bad for your health?
Open plan offices make employees “less productive, less happy, and more likely to get sick” reports the Mail Online website. The article is actually based on a number of studies, but the one we found most interesting was a national survey from 2011, conducted in Denmark, looking at self-reported sick days of open plan workers compared to individual office workers. The study found that peopl...
California Insurance Exchange Rates: Not Too High, Not Too Low
SACRAMENTO – In the first disclosure of individual health insurance premiums by the nation’s largest state, California announced on Thursday a wide array of choices for the 5.3 million people expected to qualify to purchase coverage through its online marketplace established by the Affordable Care Act. The premiums, which aimed at a "just right" Goldilocks range, surprised many c...
Quality of care should be a higher priority
The King's Fund surveyed more than 900 NHS professionals and found that 73% of respondents did not think care was given enough of a priority.
All acute trusts to get some funding
NHS Engand says all acute trusts will receive 'some money' but will have to match the investment.Health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, announced that £260m will be made available for hospitals to increase their use of e-prescribing and electronic patient records.
Information sharing urged by WHO over coronavirus
The World Health Organisation has urged countries to share information about novel coronavirus after Saudi Arabia said development of diagnostic tests have been delayed by patent rights. Saudi Deputy Health Minister Ziad Memish said at the World Health Assembly in Geneva: "We are still struggling with diagnostics and the reason is that the virus was patented by scientists and is not allowed to be...
GPs say an independent inquiry is needed into the NHS non-emergency 111 phone line after the 'disastrous' roll-out of the service.GPs have said their workload has increased due to problems reported about the phone line.
Objective To investigate estimation of calorie (energy) content of meals from fast food restaurants in adults, adolescents, and school age children.Design Cross sectional study of repeated visits to...
Risk of incident diabetes among patients treated with statins: population based study
Objective To examine the risk of new onset diabetes among patients treated with different HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins).Design Population based cohort study with time to event analyses to...
Statins and the risk of developing diabetes
Statins are the cornerstone of treatment for dyslipidaemia, but a recent meta-analysis of randomised trials found an association between their use and incident diabetes.1 In a linked observational...
