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Surgical Outcomes Depend on a Host of Variables
New studies show that numerous factors — such as the number of operations done by a surgeon or at a hospital — affect patient outcomes for various surgical procedures.
The findings were to be presented Wednesday at the Digestive Diseases Week 2008 meeting, in San Diego.
Insurance Department to urge consumers to embrace online health records
Backed by a report that surveyed major health insurers in California, the state Department of Insurance on Tuesday will encourage Golden State consumers to embrace online personal health records.
Many personal health records, or PHRs for short, are initiated and maintained by individuals, enabling them to manage much of their health care online. Used in conjunction […]
Private health insurance claims rejected
A study, commissioned by the Australian Health Insurance Association and conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, found changes to the Medicare thresholds introduced in the Budget would cause more than 908,000 people to return to the public health system - double Treasurer Wayne Swan’s estimate.
The study also found the threshold changes would force the states to find an […]
Lautenberg Measure To Keep New Jersey Children Covered By Health Insurance Passes Key Senate Committee, USA
Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) designed to make sure 8,000 New Jersey children can have access to health care passed a key Senate committee yesterday. The Lautenberg language is meant to counteract the Bush Administration’s so-called “August 17″ directive. The measure has the support of Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ).
“President Bush’s illegal and misguided policy jeopardizes health […]
Health plans say they’ll risk losing members to protect profit margins
The nation’s largest publicly traded health plans say they don’t plan to temper premium increases for the sake of keeping members on their rolls — particularly not while they are under pressure from Wall Street over what it sees as their disappointing earnings.
Wall Street analysts were shaken over the long-term prospects of the health plan […]
The bill would bar health insurers from basing eligibility or premiums on genetic information.
House and Senate passage of legislation to prohibit genetic discrimination has moved the federal government closer to eliminating a major barrier to these screenings — patients’ fear, physicians say.
“Genetic testing holds great promise for improving public health, and patients must be able to trust that their genetic information will be protected from inappropriate and […]
City squeezed by health care
Relentlessly rising health-care costs are making public employee benefits an increasingly significant piece of the budgetary pie, forcing area municipalities to find new solutions or begin pondering layoffs, local officials say.
All employers feel the financial crunch, but the public sector is taking a disproportionate hit because its employees receive dramatically higher benefits, statistics show. A […]
Federal Health Plan for Children Still Leaves Needs Unmet
Patients who had private health insurance before enrolling in a U.S. government children’s health insurance program called SCHIP still had unmet health-care needs, according to new research.
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A waiting period to qualify for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), a federally funded program offering health insurance to low-income children not eligible for Medicaid and without […]
CareFirst: D.C. universal health care plan ‘isn’t financially sustainable’
has questioned the financial feasibility of a $55 million proposal to offer health care coverage to all Washington, D.C., residents.
The health insurer expressed concern over the potential high cost of the universal health care plan before District of Columbia lawmakers May 2.