Posts tagged care

February 22, 2012

Social media invades health care – Springfield News Sun

Social media invades health careSpringfield News SunFacebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and others, as well as electronic newsletters, are making themselves known throughout Miami Valley health care agencies. But The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, more commonly know by the acronym …and more » Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act Of 1996 – Google News

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February 21, 2012

Choose Your Own Health Care Adventure, Part II – PBS NewsHour

PBS NewsHour Choose Your Own Health Care Adventure, Part IIPBS NewsHourSo employers continue dropping coverage or shifting to consumer-directed health plans with defined contributions and high deductibles. The triple aim of health care reform — enhancing the patient's experience, reducing per capita health care costs, …State Choices on Essential Benefits May Become More ComplicatedCalifornia Healthlineall [...]

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Consumer Power Report: Coburn and Burr Plant the Flag – Health Care News

Consumer Power Report: Coburn and Burr Plant the FlagHealth Care NewsBenjamin Domenech is managing editor of Health Care News and a research fellow at The Heartland… (read full bio) Washington, DC witnessed a confrontation last week that encapsulates, for good and for ill, the dire situation facing the United States …and more » Individual Health Insurance [...]

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February 18, 2012

US Health Care: The Good News – Freepress Online

GovInfoSecurity.com US Health Care: The Good NewsFreepress OnlineIn Miami, for example, health care costs more than it does in most places in the nation – and the quality is low. In Seattle, good health care is affordable. The difference? Efficiency and a coordinated commitment to patient care can reduce unnecessary …Washington Legislature: Debate over abortion [...]

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Affordable Care Act Extended Free Preventive Services to 54 Million Americans … – eNews Park Forest

Los Angeles Times Affordable Care Act Extended Free Preventive Services to 54 Million Americans …eNews Park ForestHealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the Affordable Care Act provided approximately 54 million Americans with at least one new free preventive service in 2011 through their private health insurance plans.Health care fraud efforts result [...]

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February 17, 2012

Health care exchange bill clears committee – vtdigger.org

vtdigger.org Health care exchange bill clears committeevtdigger.orgPearson said he wants to see universal health care, and to get there the state needs to draw down as many federal subsidies as it can. Getting more people in the exchange faster will do that, he said. Business groups like the Vermont Chamber of …Vt. health bill builds [...]

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February 16, 2012

Health care reform update – February 13, 2012 – Lexology (registration)

Health care reform update – February 13, 2012Lexology (registration)America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) issued a response stating that, while the final rule makes positive changes from the proposed rule, it does not given insurers sufficient time to comply. AHIP's statement can be found here.and more » Ahip Health Insurance Exchange Conference – Google News

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In health care reform, brokers’ future unclear – vtdigger.org

vtdigger.org In health care reform, brokers' future unclearvtdigger.orgThe Shumlin administration has singled out brokers as one of the factors in the unsustainable rise in health insurance premiums. Consequently, the role brokers will play when the state implements a health benefits exchange in 2014 has yet to be …and more » State Health Insurance Exchange Regulations – [...]

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February 15, 2012

WA House OKs bill tying abortion to maternity care – Seattle Post Intelligencer

WA House OKs bill tying abortion to maternity careSeattle Post IntelligencerStarting in 2014, most individual and small group health care plans will under federal law be required to cover a set of medical conditions, among them pregnancy. Exempted under the bill are multistate plans, which are not subject to state law, …and more » Individual Health [...]

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Health Care In Massachusetts Turns To Cost Control – NPR

The Moderate Voice Health Care In Massachusetts Turns To Cost ControlNPRby Richard Knox When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he made universal health care law. But the 2006 law didn't do anything about controlling costs, which were already among the nation's highest. So now the conversation has turned to cost …Health care in Massachusetts: [...]

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