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Report: Health care law will mean less hiring, more part-time workers
Many businesses plan to bring on more part-time workers in 2013, cut hours of full-time employees, or curtail hiring because of the new health care law, according to a USA Today report in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - January 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: research
Snapshot: Lawmakers reach 'fiscal cliff' deal + Hillary Clinton has blood clot in head + US birthrates fall as Hispanic pregnancies dip + Ga. Tech wins, UGA suits up
Atlanta Weather
*The forecast for Atlanta on Tuesday calls for heavy rain at times with high temperatures in the mid 50s. Showers Tuesday night with lows in the low 40s, according to Atlanta Business Chronicle broadcast partner WXIA-TV.
National Weather
*Top Weather stories of 2012
Today’s Talkers
* President Barack Obama, Senate reach budget compromise.
President Barack Obama and Senate leaders have reached a deal that would “let income-tax rates rise for the first time in nearly 20…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - January 1, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Carla Caldwell Source Type: research
Short Takes
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson has announced that she will step down after leading the agency for four years. Although Jackson's tenure was often fraught with tense relations with congressional lawmakers--especially over climate change--the agency created the first greenhouse gas regulations under her leadership.
The nation needs one million addition graduates with an undergraduate degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM), according to a new goal set by the Obama Administration. The additional graduates will be produced over the next decade. The need for additional STEM-...
Source: Public Policy Reports - January 1, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Deadline Looms for Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
Lawmakers are running out of time to seal a deal to prevent tax hikes and spending cuts. With only hours left before the start of 2013, the policies that comprise the fiscal cliff will start to go into effect as soon as tomorrow unless legislation is enacted immediately.
Congressional leaders and the President worked through the weekend to try to negotiate a compromise. Although President Obama and Speaker Boehner had been the central players in the negotiations in recent weeks, Vice President Biden and Senator Minority Leader McConnell began their own talks over the weekend. Their negotiations continued through Monday mo...
Source: Public Policy Reports - January 1, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Employers Must Offer Family Health Care, Affordable or Not, Administration Says
The Obama administration said Monday that employers must offer health insurance to employees and their children, but will not be subject to any penalties if family coverage is unaffordable to workers.
Source: NYT Health - January 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ROBERT PEAR Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Health Insurance and Managed Care Internal Revenue Service Source Type: news
The Affordable Care Act and the Supreme Court: American health care reform inches forward despite dysfunctional political institutions and politics.
PMID: 23336495 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health Economics, Policy, and Law - January 1, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Jost T Tags: Health Econ Policy Law Source Type: research
New Congress, New Opportunities for Nurse Practitioners
Despite widespread voter dissatisfaction and one of the most partisan, expensive campaigns in the nation's history, the 2012 election ultimately returned largely the same cast of characters to Washington, DC to face the country's daunting economic challenges. Barack Obama won a second term as President by a relatively comfortable margin. Democrats defied expectations by slightly increasing their majority in the Senate, while Republicans retained a 33-seat majority in the House of Representatives. The 113th Congress comes to Capitol Hill with more than 80 new members, but observers expect an even more deeply partisan divide...
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - January 1, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Dave Mason Tags: Forum Source Type: research
A New Year's Spike in Poisonings
On New Year's Day, compared to non-holidays, we see "significantly higher numbers of suicide attempts by overdose."
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - January 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
F.D.A. Approves Drug for Resistant Tuberculosis
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Monday that it had approved a new treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis that can be used as an alternative when other drugs fail.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - January 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Fiscal cliff deadline looms
An agreement to avoid the worst impacts of the "fiscal cliff" appeared closer Monday evening, but House Republican leaders said they wouldn't vote on the matter until Tuesday at the earliest, meaning the nation would go over the edge for at least a day.
The cliff refers to a combination of tax increases and spending cuts that some economists fear will plunge the nation back into recession.
The question of what might happen was on the minds of Dallas-Fort Worth business people as the sun's rays…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Bill Hethcock Source Type: research
What The Fiscal Cliff Could Mean For The FDA
A lot of the discussion over the last-minute effort to come to a deal over the fiscal cliff have focused on whether congress and President Obama can stave off the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts. Such a deal appears to be near. But another question is whether they can avert what's known as sequestration: $110 billion in automatic spending cuts that will go into effect on Jan. 2 if legislators can't agree on a budget, or at least agree to agree.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 31, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Matthew Herper Source Type: news
Navigating the new health-care law: Some tips for employers
This week’s edition of the Puget Sound Business Journal includes some updates on the state Health Exchange – now branded as the Washington Healthplanfinder. It includes five key questions employers need to consider in 2013 (subscription required) as they march toward the exchange’s October enrollment period.
The updates are all part of a series of major changes introduced through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Below I’ve included a few extra considerations and helpful…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Valerie Bauman Source Type: research
Anti-diarrheal drug for HIV patients, made from South American tree bark, approved by FDA
An anti-diarrheal drug for HIV patients, developed by Napo Pharmaceuticals Inc. from the bark of a South American tree before a contentious handoff to a North Carolina drug maker, won Food and Drug Administration approval Monday.
The FDA’s end-of-the-year approval of Fulyzaq, the second botanical drug OK’d by the agency, caps a 20-year journey by Napo’s principals to sell the highly purified form of red, sappy tree bark latex into a drug to relieve diarrhea in HIV/AIDS patients on antiretroviral…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: research
A fiscal cliff bonus: The Apple products a tax deal could buy you
UPDATE: CNBC and several other news outlets are reporting that the House of Representatives will not convene Monday night to vote on any potential fiscal cliff deals approved by the Senate. Cue discussion about whether we're really heading off a cliff, or rather a more gradual slope...
Original Story: With all the chaos surrounding Washington’s inability to reach a deal on the fiscal cliff, some of you may have braced for a tax hike by setting aside more cash to pay the IRS in 2013.
It's a long…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Lauren Hepler Source Type: research
Five of the biggest real estate deals of 2012
Commercial real estate seems like it went through fits and starts in 2012, with some major projects in the St. Louis area moving forward and others at a stand still. Many of the projects that began in 2012 were driven by institutional users such as local universities and health-care providers, including BJC Healthcare and Washington University. Here's a sampling:
CORTEX’s $186 million plan to turn the blighted area between the campuses of Saint Louis University and the Washington University School…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Evan Binns Source Type: research
St. Louis’ 5 largest public companies end the year up
The S&P, Dow Jones and Nasdaq all ended the day up - the S&P by 1.7 percent, the Dow by 1.3 percent and the Nasdaq up 2 percent.
St. Louis’ five biggest publicly held companies also ended the year on a high note.
Express Scripts Holding Co. Inc. (Nasdaq: ESRX), led by CEO George Paz, closed Monday at $53.98 a share, up 2 percent from Friday’s close.Anheuser-Busch InBev. (NYSE: BUD), led by CEO Carlos Brito, closed at $87.42 a share, up .7 percent.Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR), led by Chairman…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Greta Weiderman Source Type: research
Growth prompts Oakstone to move HQ
Oakstone Publishing LLC, a health care education provider, has moved its headquarters to accommodate future growth, the Birmingham company announced.
The move, effective Dec. 10, kept Oakstone at the same office park but its address is now 2700 Corporate Drive, Suite 100.
The cost of the new headquarters was not disclosed.
The new place will be equipped audio and video studios, a suite of production and editing studios and a distribution center, a news release said.
"We look forward to accelerating…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Yann Ranaivo Source Type: research
Shriners tops projects filed with state in 2012
Fifty-four applications went before the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee in 2012, requesting a Certificate of Need (CON) for construction projects or the purchase of new medical equipment. Fifty-two of the 54 applications were approved by the committee and two were withdrawn by the applicants.
While not a record year, skilled-nursing and assisted-living projects dominated the docket.
Of the 10 largest projects throughout the state, with price tags exceeding $10 million, seven are in…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Samantha Liss Source Type: research
Stop-smoking program extended at Milwaukee Heart Institute
The University of Wisconsin-Madison's stop-smoking initiative will extend its offer of free testing, coaching and medications at Aurora Sinai Medical Center’s Milwaukee Heart Institute on Jan. 2.
UW was awarded a $10 million grant in 2011 for the university’s second Wisconsin Smokers Health Study. The grant was from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Md.
The program provides free artery scans that can signal impending risk of a stroke or heart attack. Participants also get…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Rich Kirchen Source Type: research
OHA launches initiative to curb obesity among Native Hawaiians
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has launched what it is calling a major health initiative to curb obesity among Native Hawaiians.
According to OHA, it will invest more than $1 million during the next two years for programs that will encourage Native Hawaiians to eat healthier and become more physically active. The program is also part of a strategy to combat health problems associated with not being physically active.
OHA said in a statement that it is partnering with The Queen’s Medical Center,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: research
FDA approves first anti-diarrheal drug for HIV/AIDS patients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Fulyzaq (crofelemer) to relieve symptoms of diarrhea in HIV/AIDS patients taking antiretroviral therapy, a combination of medicines used to treat HIV infection.
Source: Food and Drug Administration - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
FDA approves first drug to treat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis
On Dec. 28, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Sirturo (bedaquiline) as part of combination therapy to treat adults with multi-drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) when other alternatives are not available.
Source: Food and Drug Administration - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
ACOs become settled in the health care landscape
Connected coverage — selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.
Source: American Medical News - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Can doctors use hearsay to defend medical liability claims?
In the Courts - A column analyzing the impact of recent court decisions on physicians
Source: American Medical News - PROFESSION - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Despite warning, some hospitals get harsh patient safety grade
An updated scorecard from the Leapfrog Group has hospitals crying foul, with some big names getting poor marks.
Source: American Medical News - PROFESSION - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Demand rises for CME linked to physician quality improvement
Performance Improvement Continuing Medical Education allows doctors to meet increasing quality reporting requirements from multiple agencies in one fell swoop.
Source: American Medical News - PROFESSION - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Free outdoor gyms a new tool in the fight against fat
Park-goers can lift weights at 80 locations nationwide in an initiative that backers hope gives physicians another way to help patients battle obesity.
Source: American Medical News - HEALTH - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Doctors urged to counsel tweens on tobacco dangers
A task force recommends that brief counseling and education during office visits can reduce the risk of starting smoking.
Source: American Medical News - HEALTH - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
ED use drops when medical practices extend office hours
More than 40% of patients say their physicians offer care on nights and weekends, keeping some out of the emergency department, a new study says.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Hospitals raise alarm over sicker Medicare population
Changes to the entitlement program’s care delivery and payment are needed to manage the growing number of seniors with multiple chronic diseases, analysts say.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Medicaid primary care pay to more than double in 6 states
Payments will increase an average of 73% in 2013 under a health reform provision raising primary care rates to Medicare levels.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Court defeat could open door to Medicaid doctor pay cuts
A judicial panel gives California the go-ahead to reduce pay by 10% to physicians and others, but the state medical society will appeal.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Physician practices step up data security budgets
The boosts are a result of federal mandates to conduct regular security assessments that help identify vulnerabilities.
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Retail clinics position themselves in bid for rapid expansion
After a down year for openings, operators are counting on greater demand for primary care services by more insured patients to build momentum.
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
ACA tops list of 5 biggest physician concerns for 2013
Uncertainty about the health reform law is one of several burdens facing physicians, according to a new report.
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Online patient portals: Unveiling the doctor’s note
Growing demand for patient engagement has led some health care organizations to open physicians’ clinical notes to patients. But they’re doing it in different ways.
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
For Power And Status, Dominance And Skill Trump Likability
Finding the next Barack Obama or Warren Buffett might be as simple as looking at who attracts the most eyes in a crowd, a new University of British Columbia study finds. For the study, which used eye-tracking technology, participants who observed groups of strangers were able to accurately predict who would emerge as leader of the group in 120 seconds or less. According to the study - to appear in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology - two sets of behaviours will accurately predict future leadership and catch people's attention...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 31, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
Copayments for medications in 2013. Interim final rule.
Abstract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its medical regulations concerning the copayment required for certain medications. But for this rulemaking, beginning on January 1, 2013, the copayment amount would increase based on a formula set forth in regulation. The maximum annual copayment amount payable by veterans would also increase. For 2012, VA "froze'' the copayment amount for veterans in VA's health care system enrollment priority categories 2 through 6, but allowed copayments to increase based on the regulatory formula for veterans in priority categories 7 and 8. However, that formula did not tr...
Source: Fed Regist - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Department of Veterans Affairs Tags: Fed Regist Source Type: research
200 passengers sickened on Caribbean cruise, says CDC
More than 200 people on a luxury cruise liner have been sickened with a gastrointestinal illness causing vomiting and diarrhea, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Economic Conditions at Birth Linked to Behavior in Teen Years
Infants growing up in households struggling with chronic unemployment may face a higher risk for engaging in substance abuse and a range of other delinquent behaviors as adolescents, new research suggests.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Hispanic Pregnancies Fall in U.S. as Women Choose Smaller Families
Hispanic women in the United States, who have generally had the highest fertility rates in the country, are choosing to have fewer children. Both immigrant and native-born Latinas had steeper birthrate declines from 2007 to 2010 than other groups, including non-Hispanic whites, blacks and Asians, a drop some demographers and sociologists attribute to changes in the views of many Hispanic women about motherhood.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Readers Vent About Doc-Led Gun Safety Talks
(MedPage Today) -- Last week's MedPage Today poll question about doctors' role in promoting gun safety drew some 54,000 votes -- well over 10 times the previous record -- as well as heated opinions on both sides.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 30, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
[News] Burma: health reforms slow to reach cancer patients
US President Barack Obama's visit to Burma on Nov 19 this year renewed global interest in the country's democratic reforms announced in early 2011. However, aid workers remain cautious about the effect of a promised increase in government health funding on the treatment of cancer patients.
Source: The Lancet Oncology - December 29, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Georgina Kenyon Tags: News Source Type: research
Local Medical Device Makers Fear Fallout From Fiscal Cliff
BOSTON (AP) — Medical device makers in Massachusetts and elsewhere are warning of potential job losses and other consequences as the industry’s hopes of avoiding a 2.3 percent excise tax fade amid the stalled fiscal cliff negotiations.
The tax, scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, is expected to raise $20 billion over 10 years. It’s one of several taxes imposed on segments of the health care industry to help pay for President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
Lobbyists for medical device makers say implementation of the tax could jeopardize about 43,000 jobs nationwide in a $64.7 billion industry. The...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - December 29, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: reynold joseph Tags: Health Heard On WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Local Politics Economy Fiscal Cliff Health Care Medical Devices Taxes Source Type: news
Early Flu Season Could be Severe, Experts Warn
Flu season in the United States is having its earliest start in nearly a decade and health officials say this season could be a bad one.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - December 29, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
FDA approves Eliquis to reduce the risk of stroke, blood clots in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the anti-clotting drug Eliquis (apixaban), an oral tablet used to reduce the risk of stroke and dangerous blood clots (systemic embolism) in patients with atrial fibrillation that is not caused by a heart valve problem.
Source: Food and Drug Administration - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
GE Healthcare T-Piece Circuits for the Giraffe and Panda Resuscitation Systems: Class I Recall – Failure to Achieve the Desired Inspiratory Pressure During Ventilation
This product may cause serious adverse health consequences, including death.
Source: FDA MedWatch - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Embattled Fruitland Park City Manager Ralph Bowers admits to affair with city employee in criminal probe
Embattled Fruitland Park City Manager Ralph Bowers admitted to having an affair with a city employee and paying her money and some medical bills, according to a Lake County sheriff's investigative report.
The sexual-battery investigation was launched...
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Embattled Fruitland Park city manager admits to affair with city employee in criminal investigation
Embattled Fruitland Park City Manager Ralph Bowers admitted to having an affair with a city employee, paying her money and medical bills according to an investigation by the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
The sexual battery investigation, which was...
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - December 28, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
