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Workers face higher costs for employer-sponsored insurance

Kaiser Health News reports that "employers struggling with the steady rise of health insurance costs -- which in 2009 increased 5 percent to an average of $13,375 for family coverage -- are passing on more of the expense to their workers through higher deductibles and co-payments, according to survey released today." The survey was by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust (Galewitz and Villegas, 9/15).

16 Sep 2009

Breaking it down: A comparison of major health care plans in Congress

The Associated Press offers a look at the major health care plans pending in Congress, including the House Democratic bill, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee bill, the Baucus plan and the House Republican outline, plus President Obama's proposal.

16 Sep 2009

EHNAC HNAP accreditation for Capario

Capario, a provider of revenue cycle management solutions that connect healthcare payers and providers nationwide, announced today that it has again achieved full accreditation with the Healthcare Network Accreditation Program (HNAP) from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC).

16 Sep 2009

Insurers fail to keep up with speech technology, deny funding for devices that multi-task

Insurance companies push speech-impaired patients, like one New York woman with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, to buy expensive computers featuring text-to-speech software by refusing to pay for alternative devices, the New York Times reports. Furthermore, they insist on blocking all other capabilities of the proprietary machines they do cover.

16 Sep 2009

Today's Op-Ed selections: Medicare, Medicaid and the Constitution

My patient had just been the recipient of a rare and highly valued medical commodity, a treatment that is as quantifiable in its effects as the milligrams of a medication or the number of stitches in a wound: Time (Daphne Miller, 9/15).

16 Sep 2009

Generic drugs create significant cost savings

Generic drugs and mail-order systems can save health plans money since brand name drugs generally cost 50 percent to 70 percent more than generics.

16 Sep 2009

Also in Global Health News: PNG, Nepal outbreaks; Taliban Oks polio vaccination; Technology helps in developing countries; Satellite images for malaria control

VOA News examines the ongoing struggle for Papua New Guinea's health system to treat thousands of people infected by the "simultaneous outbreaks of influenza, dysentery and cholera that have killed about 120 people." The article includes information about the difficulties heath officials are having in assessing the various outbreaks and concerns of medical workers that conditions may soon worsen (Mercer, 9/14).

16 Sep 2009

Baucus works to iron out Medicaid, abortion and costs in health reform bill

Sen. Max Baucus is addressing the final questions in his Senate Finance Committee health care reform bill and plans to offer it Wednesday, opening the way for a committee vote next week and a floor vote the week after.

16 Sep 2009

Aviva Select series of Disease Management and Wellness programs launched

Avivia Health announces Avivia Select, a new series of affordable Disease Management and Wellness programs specifically designed to help companies provide important new benefits to their employees. Avivia Health is the only national provider of Disease Management and Wellness Solutions based on 60 years of evidence-based care by parent organization Kaiser Permanente.

16 Sep 2009

Activists organize around the overlap between health reform and illegal immigration issues

"As Congress's debate over health-care legislation lumbers toward a defining test for the Obama presidency, partisans on both sides of another issue -- immigration -- escalated their own proxy war this week, concluding that the fates of the two issues have become politically linked" (Hsu, 9/15).

16 Sep 2009

WHO says 3b people worldwide could receive H1N1 vaccine

Recent findings that a single dose of an H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine offers protection against the virus and anticipation of vaccination programs starting earlier than predicted will increase the number of people worldwide with access to the vaccine and the likelihood health officials may be able to control the spread of the virus, Bloomberg reports.

16 Sep 2009

Congressional aides for health care have industry ties

"Some of the most influential aides in the closed-door Senate Finance Committee negotiations over health care reform have ties to interests that would be directly affected by the legislation," Politico reports.

16 Sep 2009

eHealthInsurance's key questions to help women purchase health insurance plans

eHealthInsurance, the leading online source of health insurance for individuals, families and small businesses, today released a list of answers to questions frequently asked by women who call its customer care center. The customer care center includes a call center staffed with licensed insurance agents.

15 Sep 2009

Logical Progression offers complimentary license package of its Logical Ink software to hospitals

Logical Progression, a software company specializing in tablet-based charting for hospitals/clinical trials and visitor management solutions, announced today a special opportunity for hospitals to receive a complimentary license package of its Logical Ink® electronic charting solution for healthcare.

15 Sep 2009

Members of BCBSF to receive coverage for the administration of the H1N1 vaccine

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. (BCBSF) announces today its plans to offer coverage for the administration of the H1N1 vaccine to all members when it becomes commercially available to the public. The vaccine administration will be covered for members whose health care plans cover vaccines, as well as for those members whose plans currently do not include immunizations.

15 Sep 2009

Council briefing series to examine role of public policy in promoting medical innovation

The Council for American Medical Innovation will host a breakfast briefing on Capitol Hill titled "Translational Research - From Bench to Bedside." Health policy experts will explore important changes needed to improve the process of development and approval for safe and effective drugs, biologics, medical devices and diagnostics.

15 Sep 2009

DNC passes a resolution to commend the new direction set to honor America's service members

At this weekend's Democratic National Committee (DNC) meeting in Austin, TX, the full membership of the DNC passed a resolution to commend the new direction set to honor America's service members.

15 Sep 2009

Service Employees International Union illegally collect Kansas healthcare workers' information

The Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF) calls on Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson (D) to make information available regarding his Department's use of state resources and taxpayer money to obtain personal contact information of healthcare providers on behalf of the Service Employees International Union / SEIU Kansas.

15 Sep 2009

RAPS honors award recipients for contributions to healthcare product regulatory profession

The Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) today honored the recipients of its prestigious awards for outstanding contributions to the healthcare product regulatory profession. RAPS' Leonard Stauffer Award for mentoring and furthering regulatory professional education was given to independent consultant Nanci Dexter.

15 Sep 2009

Conference on how American auto industry's future could affect UAW patients

A conference to explore how the future of the American auto industry could affect United Auto Workers (UAW) patients and their physicians and dentists will be presented by the Michigan State Medical Society and the Michigan Dental Association on Thursday, Sept. 17, from Noon to 4:30 p.m. at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi.

15 Sep 2009

Healthcare News

Workers face higher costs for employer-sponsored insurance

Breaking it down: A comparison of major health care plans in Congress

EHNAC HNAP accreditation for Capario

Insurers fail to keep up with speech technology, deny funding for devices that multi-task

Today's Op-Ed selections: Medicare, Medicaid and the Constitution

Generic drugs create significant cost savings

Also in Global Health News: PNG, Nepal outbreaks; Taliban Oks polio vaccination; Technology helps in developing countries; Satellite images for malaria control

Baucus works to iron out Medicaid, abortion and costs in health reform bill

Aviva Select series of Disease Management and Wellness programs launched

Activists organize around the overlap between health reform and illegal immigration issues

WHO says 3b people worldwide could receive H1N1 vaccine

Congressional aides for health care have industry ties

eHealthInsurance's key questions to help women purchase health insurance plans

Logical Progression offers complimentary license package of its Logical Ink software to hospitals

Members of BCBSF to receive coverage for the administration of the H1N1 vaccine

Council briefing series to examine role of public policy in promoting medical innovation

DNC passes a resolution to commend the new direction set to honor America's service members

Service Employees International Union illegally collect Kansas healthcare workers' information

RAPS honors award recipients for contributions to healthcare product regulatory profession

Conference on how American auto industry's future could affect UAW patients

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