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Arkansas private insurance option is law, now the challenge is federal OK

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Arkansas private insurance option is law, now the challenge is federal OK

April 23, 2013 9:49 pm by | 1 Comments

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Arkansas's Democratic governor signed into law on Tuesday a plan to extend health insurance to more of the state's low-income residents in a move that could offer a model for other states wrestling with opposition to ... ... Read more
Cool science: Pinpoint causes of high blood pressure in this computer model

Cool science: Pinpoint causes of high blood pressure in this computer model

May 7, 2013 8:05 pm by | 0 Comments

  High blood pressure dramatically increases the risk of a stroke or heart attack and so is one of the biggest silent killers in the Western world. But while there ... Read more
Maine’s biggest hospital and payer prepare to launch an ACO

Maine’s biggest hospital and payer prepare to launch an ACO

May 4, 2013 3:50 pm by | 0 Comments

PORTLAND, Maine -- MaineHealth, parent organization of Portland's Maine Medical Center, has partnered with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine to launch an accountable care organization. ... Read more
FDA approves J&J sedation drug device for use during colonscopies

FDA approves J&J sedation drug device for use during colonscopies

May 4, 2013 11:06 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - U.S. regulators have approved Johnson & Johnson's Sedasys system to sedate patients during colonoscopies without the need for a physician to monitor delivery of the injectable sedating agent, ... Read more
India regulators pull J&J plant license on baby powder concerns

India regulators pull J&J plant license on baby powder concerns

May 3, 2013 5:45 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Health officials in India have revoked Johnson & Johnson's license to make cosmetics at a plant outside Mumbai after they discovered the company had used an unauthorized process ... Read more
Lawsuit aims to overturn Medicare rules for “observation” care

Lawsuit aims to overturn Medicare rules for “observation” care

May 3, 2013 5:52 am by | 1 Comments

Hospitals don't have to tell patients they are under "observation" care and Medicare will not cover the costs of that care if the patient is not admitted. Patients who are ... Read more
FDA panel votes against approval of Aveo’s kidney cancer drug

FDA panel votes against approval of Aveo’s kidney cancer drug

May 2, 2013 12:12 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc and Astellas Pharma Inc have not demonstrated that the benefits of their experimental kidney cancer drug tivozanib outweighs the risk, an advisory panel to the ... Read more
IRS: Wellness plans don’t count toward minimum coverage requirements

IRS: Wellness plans don’t count toward minimum coverage requirements

May 1, 2013 7:25 pm by | 0 Comments

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employer-sponsored healthcare plans cannot include most "wellness programs" as part of minimum coverage requirements, dealing a setback to many businesses, according to new federal rules for U.S. ... Read more
California lawmaker wants to protect smokers from higher Obamacare insurance costs

California lawmaker wants to protect smokers from higher Obamacare insurance costs

April 30, 2013 5:49 am by | 1 Comments

Smoking has its risks – but in California, higher prices for health insurance probably won't be one of them. The federal health law allows states to charge smokers up to 50 ... Read more
Healthcare’s ‘dirty little secret’: No one is officially coordinating care in the hospital

Healthcare’s ‘dirty little secret’: No one is officially coordinating care in the hospital

April 30, 2013 5:49 am by | 0 Comments

Betsy Gabay saw a rotating cast of at least 14 doctors when she was hospitalized at New York Hospital Queens for almost four weeks last year for a flare-up of ... Read more
IBC, NYU to use claims data for predicting the chances of a diabetic future

IBC, NYU to use claims data for predicting the chances of a diabetic future

April 30, 2013 4:20 am by | 0 Comments

Independence Blue Cross said Monday that it would spend close to $1 million over three years in a research collaboration with New York University to spot cases of undiagnosed diabetes ... Read more
USPSTF calls for routine HIV testing for all adults

USPSTF calls for routine HIV testing for all adults

April 29, 2013 5:11 pm by | 0 Comments

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An influential panel is calling for HIV screening for all Americans aged 15 to 65, regardless of whether they are considered to be at high risk, a ... Read more
Google has just posted more source code for Glass

Google has just posted more source code for Glass

April 29, 2013 4:52 pm by | 0 Comments

Google has just posted the kernel source for Glass. This is just the GPL-licensed Linux code, not the Apache-licensed Android code, for the company’s mysterious visor-like hardware project. This code ... Read more
Matterform offers low-cost 3D scanning, finds crowdfunding success

Matterform offers low-cost 3D scanning, finds crowdfunding success

April 29, 2013 4:20 pm by | 0 Comments

With less than 24 hours left on its fundraisingcampaign on crowdfunding site Indiegogo, Canadian startup Matterform has substantially surpassed its goal for its low cost 3D scanner called the Photon. ... Read more
Box CEO: We want to manage all the content in healthcare

Box CEO: We want to manage all the content in healthcare

April 24, 2013 11:53 pm by | 0 Comments

Cloud storage startup Boxis pushing into the health care vertical, regulatory challenges and all. Box’s team has spent a year researching the space and ensuring that the product is HIPAA ... Read more
Study: Doctors order fewer tests when they know prices

Study: Doctors order fewer tests when they know prices

April 24, 2013 4:39 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors order fewer laboratory tests during a patient's hospital stay if they know how much the tests cost, according to a new study. Researchers found ... Read more