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Kaiser Health News

Ohio, Oklahoma Offering Coverage For Hard-To-Insure People

31 July 2010, 8:51 pm

Ohio and Oklahoma are the latest states to announce how their high-risk insurance pools will work.


EHealth Wins Contract To Help Run Federal Health Website

30 July 2010, 8:32 pm

Ehealth Inc., a large Internet health insurance broker, has been named to help operate the new federal health website, making it one of the first private companies to get a major contract from the fed...


Week In Review: High-Risk Insurance Pools Rules Stoke Abortion Politics; Seniors Perplexed About The Impact Of Health Reform

30 July 2010, 8:28 pm

This week, HHS issued rules on high-risk health insurance pools as well as guidance on children's coverage issues. Two new polls focused on seniors and health reform, and both political parties contin...


Abortion Rights Supporters, Children's Groups, GOP Pushing Back On Various Health Law Provisions

30 July 2010, 2:45 pm

Politics are swirling around various provisions in the new health law, including HHS rules for high-risk health insurance pools, the Independent Payment Advisory Board for Medicare and children's insu...


Florida Judge Blocks Proposed State Constitutional Amendment On Federal Health Law

30 July 2010, 2:44 pm

A Florida judge "blocked a proposed [state] constitutional amendment that targets the federal health-reform law, saying Florida Republican lawmakers included wording in the proposal that would mislead...


Illinois Quickly Begins Implementing New Law To End Violence In Nursing Homes; N.J. Reverses Cuts In AIDS Drug Program

30 July 2010, 2:28 pm

States address a range of health policy issues.


Louisiana's Medicaid Rate Cuts Kick in Aug. 1; Other States Seek Health Program Assistance, Make Tough Choices To Balance Budgets

30 July 2010, 2:20 pm

States experience Medicaid cuts, struggle to balance budgets.


Today's OpEds: Medicare At 45; The Politics Of Entitlement Spending; Deciding Health Care's Value

30 July 2010, 2:19 pm

Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Friday's opinions and editorials from across the country.


GovHealthIT.com

ONC finds exchange standards hard to nail

30 July 2010, 9:30 pm

Standards will need to be more specific in future stages of meaningful use to ensure health information exchange occurs, ONC says.


HHS offers $51M for state health insurance exchanges

29 July 2010, 8:07 pm

HHS makes available $1 million per state to plan insurance exchanges and asks for feedback on what they should look like.


CMS will start incentive payments in May 2011

29 July 2010, 2:45 pm

Medicare agency prepares its systems to register incentive plan participants, verify meaningful use and generate payments to providers.


Rite Aid will pay $1M for HIPAA privacy abuses

28 July 2010, 6:57 pm

HHS and FTC said pharmacy chain disposed of sensitive information on prescription pill bottles in publicly accessible trash containers.


FCC, FDA pledge cooperation on health IT

28 July 2010, 3:33 pm

Food and Drug Administration, Federal Communications Commission sign memo committing to oversight coordination on medical devices.


CCHIT announces EHR certifications in specialty areas

27 July 2010, 10:47 pm

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology launches EHR certification programs in three specialty areas.


Health IT key to national health security plan

27 July 2010, 10:27 pm

HHS plan calls for linking specific systems, real-time communications and social media, but warns no new money will be available.


Sustainability threatens HIEs even as their numbers increase

23 July 2010, 10:17 pm

Survey shows operational health information exchanges expanding to 73 from 57 last year, though “durable” business models are lagging.



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Army Health News

Using foot shape to select running shoe is 'sports myth'

26 July 2010, 4:00 am

Results of three military studies showed that prescribing shoes based on foot shape made no difference in the rate at which injuries occurred in Army, Marine and Air Force basic trainees, who spend qu...


Aggressive treatment of pain prevents future complications

25 July 2010, 4:00 am

Treating pain aggressively, at the time of injury all the way to healing, means fewer complications.


Army opens resilience evaluation to DA civilians

24 July 2010, 4:00 am

The Army's extended its concern about the mental fitness of Soldiers and their families to the civilians that serve stateside, abroad and in combat zones.


New policies protect troops from mild traumatic brain injuries

22 July 2010, 4:00 am

Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr. has sent a message to commanders throughout the force to reinforce new policies designed to minimize the effects of mild traumatic brain injuries.


Mullen: Military needs leaders to address suicide issue

22 July 2010, 4:00 am

Leadership and the effects it can have to help bring down the suicide rate were among the topics the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff discussed with servicemembers here today.


Conference focuses on minimizing stress on special-needs families

20 July 2010, 4:00 am

The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command Exceptional Family Member Program brought together about 100 EFMP program managers from around the world to discuss program initiatives, receive...


Army releases new video to combat suicides

17 July 2010, 4:00 am

The Army released a candid suicide prevention training video July 15 in an effort to deter the increasing number of suicides amongst troops.


Bouncing back: Mobile Master Resilience Trainer Course tried at Fort Meade

16 July 2010, 4:00 am

FORT MEADE, Md. -- Faced with challenges, how does a Soldier cope and bounce back from adversity?



HHS.Gov

Statement from Assistant Secretary for Health, Dr. Howard Koh, Regarding National Minority Donor Awareness Day

30 July 2010, 5:01 am

August 1, is National Minority Donor Awareness Day, an opportunity to honor minority organ donors and their families, encourage greater donor enrollment among all racial and ethnic groups, and promote...


Statement from Surgeon General, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, Regarding World Breastfeeding Week (Aug. 1-7, 2010)

30 July 2010, 5:01 am

World Breastfeeding Week provides an opportunity to highlight the benefits of breastfeeding and to make people aware of how we can lend support to mothers who want to breastfeed.


HHS Announces Availability of $51 Million in Resources for States to Build New Competitive Health Insurance Marketplace

29 July 2010, 5:01 am

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced two key steps in the process of partnering with states and other stakeholders to begin establishing health insurance Exchanges.


Rite Aid Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case

27 July 2010, 5:01 am

Rite Aid Corporation and its 40 affiliated entities (RAC) have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privac...


CMS Announces $2.25 Billion in Grants to Extend Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration

26 July 2010, 5:01 am

Americans with disabilities will have more help to live independently and remain in their homes and communities instead of in institutional long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes, through th...


HHS Awards $9 Million to Train Preventive Medicine Physicians

23 July 2010, 5:01 am

HHS Awards $9 Million to Train Preventive Medicine Physicians...


Administration Announces New Affordable Care Act Measures to Protect Consumers and Put Patients Back in Charge of Their Care

22 July 2010, 5:01 am

WASHINGTON – Today, the Obama Administration is announcing both new regulations to empower consumers to appeal decisions made by their health plans or insurance companies and the availability of res...


New Health Care Access Guidance Promotes Preventive Medical Care Services for People with Mobility Disabilities

22 July 2010, 5:01 am

WASHINGTON –The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights today issued new technical assistance guidance for me...


Health.Com

Calcium Supplements May Up Heart Attack Risk

29 July 2010, 11:14 pm

The millions of people who take calcium supplements to strengthen aging bones and ward off osteoporosis may be putting themselves at increased risk of a heart attack, a new study has found.


FDA Cites Its Food Safety Web Site

28 July 2010, 6:50 pm

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) — More than 100 reports of potentially hazardous food products were filed with the U.S. government’s food safety We...


New Drugs Eyed for Huntington’s Disease

28 July 2010, 6:30 pm

WEDNESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) — Enzymes associated with Huntington’s disease may offer targets for the development of new drugs to treat the neurodegenerative disease, a new study su...


Study: Alcohol May Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis

28 July 2010, 2:17 am

Drinking alcohol may ease the pain of—and lower the risk of developing—rheumatoid arthritis, a new study suggests.


Technology May Explain Mammogram’s Poorer Performance in Younger Women

27 July 2010, 5:27 pm

By Kathleen DohenyHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) — The poorer tumor detection rate offered by mammography for women in their 40s is due more to the technology itself than c...


Can a Mother’s Affection Prevent Anxiety in Adulthood?

27 July 2010, 1:48 am

Babies who receive above-average levels of affection and attention from their mothers are less likely than other babies to grow up to be emotionally distressed, anxious, or hostile adults, a new study...


Study Explores Links Between Obesity and Chronic Pain

26 July 2010, 4:42 pm

MONDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) — Obesity and chronic pain are both linked with family history and mood disorders, a new study suggests. Previous research has shown that overweight people are a...


Sunscreen Concerns Unfounded, Experts Say

26 July 2010, 4:39 pm

By Amanda GardnerHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) — Recent reports questioning the safety of many sunscreens have experts worried that some people may shun the very products t...



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