New VA Undersecretary For Health Sworn In
"Robert Petzel has been sworn in as undersecretary for health at the Veterans Affairs Department, the agency announced," Modern Healthcare reports.
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"Robert Petzel has been sworn in as undersecretary for health at the Veterans Affairs Department, the agency announced," Modern Healthcare reports.
Anticipating "more people will need access to discount prescriptions no matter what ultimately happens in Washington" with health reform, Express Scripts' Rx Outreach program will become a nonprofit.
This week's research roundup includes reports from Health Affairs, the Institute of Medicine, the Urban Insitute, the Center for Studying Health Systems Change, UCLA, the Archives of Surgery, PLoS Medicine and George Washington University.
Case points up concerns about regulation of health savings accounts.
Some analysts expect an increase in hospital mergers if health care overhaul remains stalled and the head of the Cleveland Clinic discusses why he thinks an overhaul won't lower health costs.
News outlets report on the health care workforce, including the thriving job market in Nevada and an effort to institute mandatory staffing ratios for nurses in Florida hospitals.
Nearly every state is considering or already making cuts to its Medicaid program as the recession swells rolls for the state-run insurers of the poor.
Insurance premiums continue to rise as seniors see a sharp cost increase in their Medicare Advantage plans.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including coverage of a White House plan to "get specific" on health reform, an analysis showing a nationwide jump in Medicaid enrollment and the continuing firestorm surrounding health insurance premium increases.
The White House plans to post a set of reform proposals online three days before the bipartisan health care meeting.
A report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services stated that double-digit increases such as the proposed 39 percent hike by Anthem Blue Cross in California are a "worrisome sign of the times."
House Democrats Wednesday said their leaders may not be able to offer a health care proposal before next week's planned bipartisan health overhaul summit though they are making progress.
News outlets reports on the health care opinions of several lawmakers, including Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa.
Lawmakers in Kentucky, Florida and Georgia are in the midst of difficult decisions regarding their state Medicaid programs.
On Wednesday, the WHO "urged medical aid agencies to stay in Haiti as long as possible while health care is rebuilt following last month's devastating earthquake," Agence France-Presse reports. Henriette Chamouillet, the WHO's representative in Haiti, said the agency would like its largest partners to continue aid for "at least six months" and that it would take several months for hospitals with the least amount of damage to open. She said, "It's absolutely necessary because we have to replace the hospitals which won't work" (2/17).
States address rising health costs, insurance coverage issues, HIV testing, and marijuana.
Michigan's state unemployment insurance agency has sent letters to 500,000 residents warning them that their benefits could expire starting in March if Congress fails to act on extending jobless benefits, The Detroit News reports.
The Food and Drug Administration may eliminate a program that allows medical devices to be approved quickly over concerns that the program is overused, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The Obama administration has nominated former Clinton administration adviser Anthony Lake to lead UNICEF, Bloomberg/BusinessWeek reports. He would succeed Ann Veneman, who will step down at the end of her five-year term on April 30 (Varner, 2/18).
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