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Ciguatera Fish Poisoning — New York City, 2010–2011
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Arkansas Lowers Medicaid Shortfall Projection to $61M
Arkansas Medicaid officials say they're no longer proposing cuts to nursing home care and three other areas after lowering the program's expected shortfall to $61 million. The state Department of Human Services last year had predicted a $138 million shortfall in the program.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Patel entity to acquire Universal Health Care
An entity owned by Dr. Kiran Patel has entered into a letter of agreement to acquire certain health plan assets with Universal Health Care Group Inc.
“The parties expect to close the transaction upon receipt of all required regulatory approvals,” according to a written statement.
Calls and emails seeking further verification and more detail are pending return.
Patel plans “to bring certain synergies to the operations of the health plans to improve overall performance and will have a laser…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: research
States using health IT to boost Medicaid sign-ups
A 50-state survey, however, reported continued gaps in coverage of parents and childless adults despite state efforts to improve enrollment.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
The exit of Trinity Health Insurance: Health Care Guide podcast
Health Care reporter Rich Kirchen discusses how Trilogy Health Insurance never gained a significant foothold in its target small-employer group market and exited the business in January.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: research
Acadia Healthcare purchases Delta Medical Center
Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare Inc. has purchased Delta Medical Center, a 243-bed hospital located at 3000 Getwell Road.
An official statement from Acadia (Nasdaq: ACHC) indicated the purchase gives the company “great opportunity” to settle into the facility, where a majority of beds are dedicated to inpatient psychiatric patients.
“Consistent with our acquisition strategy, we expect this transaction will be accretive to our financial results, and we further note that, with a license…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Cole Epley Source Type: research
NIH urges women to protect their heart health and to encourage others to do the same
During American Heart Month in February 2013, The Heart Truth campaign of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) will celebrate the stories of women taking action to protect their hearts and who are inspiring and motivating others to make heart-healthy lifestyle changes.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Blaine Medical Center sells for $14.6M
A Massachusetts real estate investment trust has bought the Blaine Medical Center, a 5-year-old medical office building.
Finance & Commerce reports that an entity related to Senior Housing Properties Trust of Newton, Mass., paid almost $14.6 million for the 83,624-square-foot building, which is anchored by physicians group Multicare Associates.
Multicare was also of the former ownership group, along with Ramsey-based Premier Commercial Properties. Premier had been looking to sell for a few…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Mark Reilly Source Type: research
Acadia buys Memphis facility
Franklin-based Acadia Healthcare Company (NASDAQ: ACHC) has purchased Delta Medical Center in Memphis, according to a news release.
The purchase price for the 243-bed hospital was not disclosed.
"The purchase of Delta Medical Center represents a great opportunity for Acadia to enter the Memphis market with a high quality facility and an outstanding medical staff," Acadia CEO Joey Jacobs said in the news release. "It also gives us the opportunity to treat acute inpatient psychiatric patients with…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Eric Snyder Source Type: research
Tennessee's health insurance exchange guru leaving post
The health reform expert in charge of setting up Tennessee’s insurance exchange is leaving his post today, a spokesman for the state Department of Heath Care Finance and Administration confirmed.
Brian Haile, who has served as director of Gov. Bill Haslam's Insurance Exchange Planning Initiative for the past two and a half years, is taking his talents and knowledge of health care reform over to the private sector. Haile will head up health policy for tax prep company Jackson Hewitt.
Sarah Tanksley,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: research
List Leaders: Minnesota's largest cancer care centers
Here is a list of Minnesota's largest cancer care centers, ranked by newly diagnosed cancer patients in 2011.
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Mary Zenzen Source Type: research
State senators back ban on Medicaid expansion
Nearly half of the Tennessee Senate has signed on to a bill that would ban Tennessee from expanding TennCare, its Medicaid program, as envisioned under the Affordable Care Act, WPLN 90.3 FM reports.
Gov. Bill Haslam, in his recent State of the State address, said he is still considering his options to expand the program.
Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey said he will not sign on to the bill and "will encourage the sponsors of this to hold off and let's get the facts in front of us first," according to…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: research
Medicaid: Cut Cost Not Benefits
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Reducing overall healthcare costs -- and not cutting benefits -- is the way to address rising spending on entitlement programs, a senior White House adviser said Thursday.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
HARC billed for clients who were dead or didn’t exist, report says
Key questions about state billing on a program to assist homebound seniors with domestic services has the Hillsborough Achievement and Resource Center near collapse.
A News Channel 8 investigation reports the nonprofit is under investigation by Florida’s Department of Financial Services for its Homelink program. Records are non-existent, and the analysis has found that the organization sent invoices to Florida for people who “did not exist,” the report said. For five others, state investigators…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: research
Echo Therapeutics prices stock offering
Philadelphia-based Echo Therapeutics said it has priced an offering of 13,333,333 shares of its common stock at 75 cents per share.
The company, which is developing a needle-free transdermal continuous glucose monitoring system, expects to raise $10 million.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: research
Report warns of U.S. state inactivity on consumer health reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Only 11 of the 50 U.S. states have moved to implement new consumer safeguards under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, raising questions about how major health insurance reforms will be enforced, a report released on Friday says.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Recalling Martin Luther King: Obama's Effect on Memory.
PMID: 23377643 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - February 1, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Morgan PT Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research
Flu Still Widespread but Easing in Some States: CDC
Continuing a trend that emerged late last month, flu activity remains high across the United States but there are reports that the number of infections may be leveling off in some regions of the country, federal health officials reported Friday.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Will Climate Change Mean Worse Flu Seasons?
Mild winters where few people catch the flu tend to be followed by serious flu outbreaks the next year, a new study finds, suggesting that global warming could mean harsher flu seasons ahead.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Hedgehogs Have Sickened 34 with Salmonella Since 2011
Since 2011, at least 34 Americans have fallen ill with a rare strain of Salmonella Typhimurium contracted from pet hedgehogs, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That case count includes one patient who died as a result of infection.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Women, Protect Your Hearts: NewPublicHealth Q&A With Nakela Cook
During American Heart Month in February 2013, the Heart Truth campaign of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) will share stories of women taking action to protect their heart.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
ACR Balances New and Continuing Policy Battles in the 113th Congress
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy,
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry.
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely,
Sunshine almost always makes me high.
—John Denver
After hundreds of millions of dollars raised and spent by all types of political action committees and interest groups and thousands of quotidian political advertisements on television and radio that brought many citizens to the brink of insanity, the results of the landmark 2012 election essentially retained the status quo of a divided federal government. In the end, the electorate rewarded President Obama with a second term, as well as allowing Republi...
Source: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR - February 1, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: Paul H. Ellenbogen Tags: ACR Chair's Memo Source Type: research
Most states lack healthcare consumer protection laws
If 39 states do not enact laws to enforce new consumer protections in the Affordable Care Act, the federal government may have to step in to guarantee them.WASHINGTON — Nearly 4 out of 5 states have not enacted laws essential to enforcing new consumer protections in President Obama's healthcare law, less than a year before it is supposed to be fully implemented, a new survey indicates.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - February 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Blacks Less Likely to Receive Kidney Transplant Early On, Study Finds
People without private insurance also wait longer, research shows
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: African-American Health, Health Disparities, Kidney Transplantation
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 31, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AHRQ Director to Step Down
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Carolyn Clancy, MD, the director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will leave the agency's top position after more than a decade, she announced Thursday.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 31, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Lawmakers Push for Medicaid Expansion
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Senators on Thursday urged governors to expand their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act and pushed advocates to lobby states for the same.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 31, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Arkansas Senate Votes to Ban Most Abortions
The Arkansas Senate voted Thursday to prohibit most abortions if a heartbeat is detected, ignoring warnings from opponents that banning the procedure as early as six weeks into a pregnancy would invite lawsuits.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - January 31, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
State Human Services Department Concerned About 'Tone' of Medicaid Audit
The Arkansas Human Services Department is expressing concern about the tone of an audit that is to be released to legislators, saying it has unsupported conclusions about the Medicaid program and was developed by using flawed procedures.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - January 31, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Cough & Cold Products Recalled Due to Defective Caps: May Cause Serious Harm to Children
Health Canada is advising Canadians that Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc. is conducting a voluntary recall of 17 products (see chart below) as the child resistant mechanism of the bottle cap can fail.
Source: Government of Canada News - Health Canada - January 31, 2013 Category: American Health Tags: Health Products Source Type: news
House Panel Advances Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks
An Arkansas House panel has advanced a proposal that would ban abortions starting at the twentieth week of a woman's pregnancy based on the disputed notion that a fetus is capable of feeling pain at that point.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - January 31, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Federal judge approves consent decree with Ben Venue Laboratories
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that a federal judge has approved a consent decree of permanent injunction against Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc., and three of its corporate officers for failing to comply with current good manufacturing practice requirements as required by federal law.
Source: Food and Drug Administration - January 31, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Some Unions Grow Wary of Health Law They Backed
Labor unions enthusiastically backed the Obama administration's health-care overhaul when it was up for debate. Now that the law is rolling out, some are turning sour.
Source: WSJ.com: Health - January 31, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news
Next-generation CT scanner provides better images with minimal radiation
A new computed tomography (CT) scanner substantially reduces potentially harmful radiation while still improving overall image quality. National Institutes of Health researchers, along with engineers at Toshiba Medical Systems, worked on the scanner. An analysis of data on 107 patients undergoing heart scans found that radiation exposure was reduced by as much as 95 percent compared to the range of current machines, while the resulting images showed less blurriness, reduced graininess, and greater visibility of fine details.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - January 31, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
UA Team Picasolar Wins Canadian Business Plan Competition
Picasolar from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville took the grand prize at a Canadian business competition for a process to improve solar cell efficiency, the UA announced today.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - January 31, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
White House Proposes Individual Mandate Rules
HealthLeaders Media article reports that the Obama administration's proposed rules governing the individual mandate include such extensive exemptions that only 2% of the population would owe a penalty, or "shared responsibility payment" for not having coverage under a health plan.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - January 31, 2013 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Are Republicans Bigger Spenders Than Democrats?
Overspending isn’t a problem exclusive to one political party or another. All you need do is observe the differences between the restraint witnessed under the Reagan and Clinton administrations and the excess of those of Bush and Obama to see that the public must keep close watch the government’s purse strings regardless of who’s residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. However, the political aisle may play a distinguish role in spending when it comes to Capitol Hill.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 31, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Chris Conover Source Type: news
Two candidates for presidency face off in CMA's first-ever Twitter debate
Source: cma.ca - January 31, 2013 Category: American Health Tags: cma.ca Healthcare News Source Type: news
More Adults Need Vaccines, and Not Just for Flu
The flu isn't the only illness adults should be immunized against, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday, as a new study found current adult vaccination rates in the country "unacceptably low."
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - January 31, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Arkansas Senate Panel Approves Jason Rapert's Heartbeat Abortion Restriction
An Arkansas Senate panel has advanced legislation that would ban abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected, a move that would ban the procedure as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - January 31, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Greater KC Chamber backs health levy, tourism tax ballot proposals
The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce backs two April 2 ballot proposals in Kansas City related to continuing the health levy and removing nonprofit exemptions to the convention and tourism tax.
The business advocacy group, whose staff works in Union Station, supports the nine-year continuation of the health levy that helps finance Truman Medical Centers, ambulance services and public health facilities.
The current levy, which assess 22 cents on each $100 in assessed valuation, raises $15…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - January 31, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Steve Vockrodt Source Type: research
Steven Chu Presents Merits of Scientific Thinking
On Friday, Feb. 1, Dr. Steven Chu announced that he would not be continuing as U.S. Secretary of Energy for a second term under President Barack Obama. I don't normally follow how these things work, but from what I gather it normally involves a pro forma letter written announcing the intention not to serve a second term. Chu ended up writing a 3,781 word term paper discussing his successes and failures as Energy Secretary and also outlining his vision for where American energy policy needs to head....Read Full Post
Source: About.com Physics - January 31, 2013 Category: Physics Source Type: news
Leading researchers warn of 'brain drain' as scientists struggle to find funding
(AHAF-American Health Assistance Foundation) A survey of more than 170 leading biomedical scientists reveals that a lack of dependable research funding threatens a brain drain of highly skilled scientists.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 31, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Corizon Inc. set to take over health care in Arizona prisons
A St. Louis company called Corizon Inc. will soon take over the health care responsibilities for the Arizona Department of Corrections.
KTAR.com reports that the corrections department had to terminate a previous contact to make the move. Get the full story here.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - January 31, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: research
Some Unions Wary of Health Law They Backed
Labor unions enthusiastically backed the Obama administration's health-care overhaul when it was up for debate. Now that the law is rolling out, some are turning sour.
Source: WSJ.com: Health - January 30, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news
FDA Panel Turns Down CF Drug
(MedPage Today) -- SILVER SPRING, Md. -- An FDA advisory committee voted unanimously, 14-0, against approval of inhaled mannitol (Bronchitol) for cystic fibrosis (CF), citing safety and efficacy concerns, particularly in pediatric patients.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 30, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
I.R.S. to Base Insurance Affordability on Single Coverage
In deciding whether an employer’s health plan is affordable, the Internal Revenue Service said it would look at the cost of coverage only for an individual, not for a family.
Source: NYT Health - January 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Income Obama, Barack Federal Aid (US) Sebelius, Kathleen Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Health Insurance and Managed Care Internal Revenue Service Kaiser Family Foundation Childr Source Type: news
Follow First Lady Michelle Obama's Lead
Pink slime, Frankenfish, meat glue and more. This call to action regarding our food supply also features an open letter to First Lady Michelle Obama.read more
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - January 30, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Karolyn A. Gazella Tags: Diet Health abominations binding agent chemical preservatives First Lady food choice food industry food manufacturers food supply GMO food grassroots effort grocery stores meat purveyors Michelle Obama multibillion dollar n Source Type: news
Childhood Abuse May Be Tied to Uterine Fibroids
They are the most common type of benign tumor in women of childbearing age
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: African-American Health, Child Abuse, Uterine Fibroids
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CDC: Produce Biggest Player in Foodborne Illness (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Nearly half of all foodborne illnesses are caused by tainted produce, but the greatest number of attributable deaths are caused by poultry consumption, according to data released by the CDC.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 30, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
