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Health Insurance Law Weekly


Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . September 27th, 2009
Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only
Related Areas: Other Issues in Health Insurance Law Weekly | Other Publications

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Findings from K.A. Giles and co-authors broaden understanding of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Accelify - Ferguson-Florissant School District Awards Contract To Accelify

Aegis Living - Aegis Living Celebrates Assisted Living Week

Aetna - Aetna and the Aetna Foundation Sponsor Health Affairs Issue Offering Solutions to Address Rising Health Care Costs

Aetna - Aetna Reminds Members Affected by Southern California Wildfires Where to Call for Help

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - La terapia con radiacion mediante haz de particulas es prometedora pero no esta probada para el tratamiento de cancer

AmazingCharts.com, Inc. - Amazing Charts EHR Receives 2008 CCHIT Certification

Amedisys, Inc. - Amedisys Announces Appointment of Clinical Leadership

Amedisys, Inc. - Amedisys Reaffirms Guidance

American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Neurosurgeons Applaud President Obama's Call for an End to Defensive Medicine

American Lung Association - American Lung Association Supports Health Officials to Prevent the Spread of Seasonal Influenza by Urging People to Get Vaccinated

American Medical Association - AMA Reaction to President Obama's Address on Health-System Reform

Autism - With All Eyes On Swine Flu, Thousands of Parents Ask President Obama 'How Much Longer' Until Autism Gets Similar Attention

Bone and Joint Surgery - Studies conducted at University of Michigan on bone and joint surgery recently published

Breast Cancer - Recent findings from Boston University highlight research in breast cancer

Business Forward - Poll Shows Solid Business Support for Health Care Reform

Business Roundtable - Business Roundtable Releases Letter to President Obama on Eve of His Health Care Speech

Butzel Long - Butzel Long Expands Health Care Practice

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee - America's Registered Nurses to Obama:

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee - Nurses, AFL-CIO Unions to Host Michael Moore and Special Screening of New Film at AFL-CIO Convention

Cancer - Study data from N.J. Meropol and colleagues update understanding of cancer

CardiacAssist Inc. - CardiacAssist to exhibit and host symposium at "TCT 2009"

Cardiology - Regions Hospital Selected to Participate in National Cardiac Care Quality Improvement Effort

Catholic Healthcare West - Catholic Healthcare West Unveils September Campaign as Congress Enters Final Stage of Health Care Reform Debate

Center for Justice & Democracy - President Obama's Medical Malpractice Proposal Will Hurt Patients and Dump More Costs On Taxpayers

CEO Roundtable on Cancer - Independence Blue Cross Receives CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM Accreditation

Change to Win - Burger: Congress Must Act Now on Health Care

CIGNA - CIGNA Media Statement With Regards To California Nurses Association's Claims

CIGNA - It's Fun, It's Free and It Rewards You: CIGNA Launches learn4yourhealth

Clear One Health Plans, Inc. - Clear Choice Health Plans Unveils New Name, Logo, and Brand Promise

Clinical Infectious Diseases - Findings from J. Carlet and co-authors broaden understanding of clinical infectious diseases

Clinical Infectious Diseases - Studies from State University of New York add new findings in the area of clinical infectious diseases

Colon Cancer - Obama Speech Heralds Prevention Power of Screening Tests Like Colonoscopy

Colon Cancer - Research on colon cancer detailed by M. Simunovic and co-authors

Consumer Watchdog - Baucus Co-Op Plan Would Gut State Laws; Consumer Watchdog Report Calls for 'Prior Approval' Rate Regulation in Health Reform, Not Deregulation of State Consumer Protection Laws

Consumer Watchdog - Consumer Watchdog to Obama: Don't Sacrifice Malpractice Victims in the Name of Health Care Reform

Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP - Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP Files Class Action Suit against Coventry Health Care, Inc.

DeKalb Surgical Associates - 'Cash for Crow's Feet' Program Offers Effective - and Affordable - Laser Skin Treatments

Dementia - Data on dementia detailed by researchers at Technical University of Dresden

Diabetes - Research findings from Harvard University update understanding of diabetes

Diabetes Management - Back to School with Diabetes

Diagnostics - Unetixs Revs Up PAD Diagnostics

Endoscopy - Studies from Beaumont Hospital provide new data on endoscopy

Family Medicine - New family medicine study findings have been reported by scientists at University of Manchester

Geriatric Nursing - Researchers from University Hospital detail findings in geriatric nursing

HCMSGroup - Harold 'Hank' Gardner M.D. Named in the Future Health 100

Health and Medicine - Study data from A.H. Baqui and co-authors update knowledge of health and medicine

Health Insurance - Actuaries: Unemployment May Boost Number of Uninsured

Health Insurance - AHRQ News and Numbers: Some family health insurance plans cost $20,000 or more

Health Insurance - Insurance Commissioner Says Federal Health Care Reform Necessary to Fix a Broken System

Health Insurance - National Hispanic Medical Association Supports Universal Health Coverage

Health Insurance - President Obama Misleads Public on Health Care for Illegal Aliens; Illegal Aliens Would Benefit Under H.R. 3200

Health Insurance - The National Head Start Association and Together Rx Access Join Forces to Improve Prescription Access

Health Insurance - TOMORROW: Let's Get It Done: Organizing for America to Host Spanish-Language Forum on Health Insurance Reform Now in Tucson with Rep. Raul Grijalva

Health Insurance - USAction to Congress: 'Let's Get It Done!'

Health Maintenance Organizations - Rep. Boustany Hauled in $1.25 Million From Health and Insurance Industry

Health Net of California, Inc. - Health Net of California Earns Quality Awards for Its Work as a Medi-Cal Provider from California Department of Health Care Services

Heart Attack - Data on heart attack detailed by T.Y. Wang and co-authors

HERAE, LLC - HERAE CEO to Discuss How Electronic Payments Could Save Healthcare Industry Billions at TAWPI HPAS Summit in Chicago

HIV/AIDS - Research reports on HIV/AIDS from Emory University provide new insights

HP - EDS, an HP Company, Enhances Health Care IT Systems for U.S. Department of Defense

Huron Consulting Group - Huron Consulting Group Names Johnson and Yaeger to Vice President Positions

Immunization - Seasonal Flu Vaccinations Available Now at Target Clinics in Maryland

Immunization - Seasonal Flu Vaccinations Available Now at Target Clinics in Minnesota

JHD Group - JHD Group Announces TURNKEY EHR(TM) Service

Life Sciences - AHRQ News and Numbers: Per-Capita Health Care Sending for the Elderly Increases by Nearly One-Third

Life Sciences - AHRQ News and Numbers: Uninsurance among low-income, full-time workers has jumped

Life Sciences - Eldercare Weather Emergencies Keeping Your Family Safe, from Dr. Dan Tobin, CEO of Care Support of America

Life Sciences - New findings reported from University of Washington describe advances in life sciences in children

Life Sciences - New life sciences data have been reported by scientists at Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Life Sciences - Research conducted at University of Queensland has updated our knowledge about life sciences

Life Sciences - Researchers from State University of New York report on findings in life sciences

Life Sciences - Studies from University of Memphis provide new data on life sciences

Lifespan - Study finds US prison system falls short in treating drug addiction

Lockton - Health Reform Advisory Practice to Help Companies Respond to System Changes

LTC Financial Partners Llc - Industry Leader Praises Health Reform Bill that Provides 50% Tax Deduction for Long-Term Care Premiums

Managed Care - Health Integrated Enters into Agreement with Blue Cross of Idaho to 'Carve-in' Behavioral Health Management

Managed Care - OneBeacon Professional Partners and Medversant Offer New Electronic Credentialing Solution to Managed Care Organizations

Medicare and Medicaid - As August Congressional Recess Concludes, Polls Show Seniors, General Public Strongly Opposed to Medicare Cuts in Congressional Health Reform Plan, Says AHCA

Medicare and Medicaid - Kool Smiles Joins Governor O'Malley to Announce New Healthy Smiles Tour

Medicare and Medicaid - Medicare's Missing Link: Care Coordination and Family Caregiving, by Dan Tobin, M.D., CEO of Care Support of America

Medicare and Medicaid - PMC Questions Methodology of OIG Report on Power Wheelchair Acquisition Costs

Medicare and Medicaid - Prescription Solutions Modernizes Consumer Website With New Content and Tools, Including Real-Time Drug Pricing for Medicare Part D Members

Medicare and Medicaid - Research by C.H. Vanhoutven and colleagues in medicare and medicaid provides new insights

Medicare and Medicaid - Research from B. Satiani and colleagues has provided new data on medicare and medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - SCAN Health Plan Announces Expansion Into Northern California

Medicare and Medicaid - Statement on WellPoint's Re-Entry into Medicare Market

Medicare and Medicaid - Texas Kidney Community Expresses Hope DC Health Care Reform Debate Can Help Drive Continued Progress in Texas Opening Needed Dialysis Facilities

Mental Health - New Study Finds Links Between Video-Game Playing and Health Risks in Adults

Mental Health - Researchers from Deakin University discuss findings in mental health

Mental Health - Researchers from University of Pennsylvania report details of new studies and findings in the area of mental health

Men’s Health - Exclusive White House Interviews with the Obamas to Appear in October 2009 Issues of Men's Health and Women's Health

Michigan Business and Professional Association - Michigan Businesses Urged to Study Costs and Affects of U.S. Healthcare Reform Packages

Milliman - Milliman Consultant Receives Prestigious CDC Scientific Award

National Alliance for Hispanic Health - National Alliance for Hispanic Health Applauds President Obama's Efforts to Achieve Meaningful Health Care Reform in 2009

National Community Pharmacists Association - NACDS, NCPA, and NASPA Urge HHS to Direct State Medicaid Programs to Change Their AWP Reimbursement Rate to Ensure Continued Patient Access to Pharmacies

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization - NHPCO Working to Help Hospices With Compliance for Hospice Patients in Nursing Homes

New York Chiropractic Council - Blue Cross and Blue Shield Sued by Health Care Providers for Abusive Practices

Office of the Speaker of the House - Pelosi, Reid Remarks at Press Availability Following Meeting With President Obama

Osteoporosis - Most Surveyed MCOs Intend to Cover Amgen's Prolia for Osteoporosis When it is Launched in the U.S., but 28 Percent Do Not Know How They Will Tier the Agent

PCG Software - San Diego's Community Health Group Deploys PCG Software's Virtual Examiner(R) Automated Software

Peptic Ulcers - Researchers from Cooper University report details of new studies and findings in the area of peptic ulcers

Pharmaceuticals - Major Rollback of Pharmaceutical Bench Mark Prices Approved by Federal Court of Appeals, Hagens Berman Announces

Pharmaceuticals - Millennium Pharmacy Systems Named to Inc. 500 for Third Consecutive Year

PharMerica Corporation - PharMerica to Present at the Baird Health Care Conference

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union - Stand Up for Health Care! a Labor Day Message From RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum

Sermo - 10,000 US Physicians Appeal Directly to Their Senators

Silverlink - Silverlink Announces Medicare Communications Solutions for Health Plans to Help Beneficiaries With Their 2010 Plan Choices

Small Business California - Head of Small Business California Available for Comment on President Obama's Health Care Proposals

Sound Inpatient Physicians - Leslie Norwalk Joins Sound Inpatient Physicians' Board of Directors Former CMS Acting Administrator Provides Strategic Insight to Hospitalist Organization

SpectraCell Laboratories - SpectraCell Contracts With Beech Street Corporation

Speech - President Obama's Campaign Style Speech Points to a Health Care Plan on Life Support

U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform - Trial Lawyer TV Ads for Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Grew 1,400 Percent in Last Four Years, Study Shows

U.S. Department of Justice - Pennsylvania Businessman Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced in Puerto Rico Corruption Case

UnitedHealth Group - UnitedHealth Group Donates $25,000 to the American Red Cross to Help Residents Affected by California Wildfires

UT Southwestern Medical Center - Minorities have poorer results, higher rates of inappropriate surgery to prevent stroke

Walgreens - Walgreens Pharmacies and Take Care Clinics Now Offering Seasonal Flu Shots Daily from 10 A.M. - 4 P.M.

Wellness - ACLA Opposes Proposed LabTax

Wellness - Enclarity expands sales team to meet increased demand for better healthcare provider information

Women's Health - National Maternity Care Group, Childbirth Connection, Endorses H.R. 3200

A.M. Best Company - A.M. Best to Discuss Financial Data Products at Society of Insurance Research Annual Conference

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Affirms Missouri's General Obligation Bonds at 'AAA'

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Rates Presbyterian Healthcare Services' New Mexico $134MM Ser 2009 Revs 'AA-'

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Rates Via Christi Health System, Kansas' $155MM Revs 'A+'; Outlook to Positive

Research and Markets - This Latest Q3 2009 United States Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report is Now Available



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