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Lisa Fitzpatrick: Routine Testing For HIV Needed
AIDS In 2012: The medical director of infectious diseases at United Medical Center tells Joanne Silberner that in addition to more frequent testing, more attention needs to be paid to keeping people with HIV under the care of a doctor.
Forget The Company Plan-The Boss Wants You On Dad’s Insurance
Employers can encourage young adults to forego the office’s plan and take advantage of health law provision allowing them to join their parents’ policy.
Medicare IDs Few Hospitals As Outliers In Readmissions
Correction: An earlier version of this report incorrectly listed 10 hospitals as having better than average readmission rates for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia patients. Only two hospitals, Citrus Memorial Hospital of Inverness, Fla. and Sarasota Memorial Hospital of Sarasota, Fla., had better than average readmission rates for those three conditions tracked by Medicare’s Hospital Compare […]
Today’s Headlines – July 23, 2012
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the international AIDS conference taking place this week in Washington, D.C. The Associated Press: Working Poor Stand At Center Of Medicaid Debate Jose Gallegos’ company eliminated employee health insurance to save money, so when his gut started hurting and his skin took on […]
CBO’s Updated Health Law Cost Estimates Could Be Released This Week
Meanwhile, news outlets report on varying aspects of the implementation of state-based health exchanges — including the assistance provided to state officials by Michael O. Leavitt, an adviser to GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and head of a health care consulting company.
Working Poor At Heart Of Medicaid Debate As Govs Draw Line In The Sand
Even as state executives such as Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Florida Gov. Rick Scott remain firm in their opposition to the health law’s Medicaid expansion, health providers such as Cleveland Clinic CEO and President Tony Cosgrove express their support for it.
AIDS Conference Opens In D.C. With Snapshot Of The Disease In America
News outlets examine where HIV/AIDS stands in America, what’s being done to combat it, and where the future will lead.
Why It’s Hard For Medicine To Fix Its Mistakes
ProPublica offers an examination of the challenges hospitals face in adopting procedures to address medical errors.
Health Law’s Under-26 Provision Applies To Same Sex Partners’ Children
On Friday, adminstration officials published a proposed rule to this effect. Meanwhile, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is questioning the Obama administration’s decision to allow temporary firefighters to gain access to health insurance through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program.
Third-Party Groups To Target Health Law With New Wave Of Attack Ads
Also in the news, the Supreme Court — especially after the recent health law decision — is an effective tool to rally fundraising among both Democrats and Republicans. Meanwhile, a defense policy expert suggests presidential candidates focus on long-term military mental health issues. Finally, The Wall Street Journal examines how health care is playing in the Montana Senate race, where candidates are sparring over who is soft on cancer.
New Health Professionals Emerge Within The Marketplace
This pair of stories from Kaiser Health News reports on new kinds of health professionals and the roles they have within the health care continuum.
Views On AIDS: Despite Advances, Still No Cure, No Vaccine, And Indifference Grows
Several outlets offer opinions on the campaign against the virus causing AIDS, as an international conference opens in Washington.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the nation.
Rep. Burgess Offers Bill To Extend Current Medicare Doc Pay Rates Another Year
The measure on Medicare reimbursements to physicians would put off a dramatic rate cut scheduled to take effect next year.
State Roundup: Plan For New Md. Hospital Advances
A selection of health policy stories from Maryland, Texas, California, North Carolina, Oregon, Arizona and Massachusetts.
Medicaid Highlights: Calif. Medi-Cal Payments Could Be Hurting Patient Access
Shortcomings are examined in programs in California, where low reimbursements are discouraging doctors, and Kansas, where there’s a large waiting list for developmentally disabled care.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the international AIDS conference taking place this week in Washington, D.C.
Greg Millett: New HIV Infections Are Down, But ‘Much More’ To Be Done
AIDS In 2012: Senior policy advisor in the Office of National AIDS Policy tells Joanne Silberner the president’s National HIV/AIDS Strategy has improved coordination among federal agencies and that the 2010 health law will improve access to care for those living with HIV/AIDS.
Meet A New Breed Of Medical Professional: The Health Coach
Health coaches are becoming more popular as chronic and often preventable diseases like Type 2 diabetes consume more and more health care dollars.
‘Child Life Specialists’ Help Sick Kids Be Kids
Child life specialists help sick children and their families navigate difficult medical situations emotionally and psychologically while in the hospital.