Health|In New Calculus on Smoking, It's Health Gained vs. Pleasure Lost
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Rarely has the concept of happiness caused so much consternation in public health circles. Buried deep in the federal government's voluminous new tobacco regulations is a little-known cost-benefit calculation that public health experts ...
Liberian Health Workers Face Angry Residents Over Ebola Deaths
ABC News
As doctors in the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta fight to save the lives of two Americans infected with Ebola overseas, in Liberia, the epicenter of the outbreak, health officials are still struggling to contain the deadly virus. Liberia, where ...
Wall Street Journal
Small Firms Hit by Big Changes in Health Coverage
Wall Street Journal
Businesses with fewer than 50 workers are exempt from the most stringent requirements for larger employers under the federal health-care law. But that doesn't mean they're off the hook entirely. Smaller employers aren't required under the Affordable ...
Statewide health network broadens access, quality
Green Bay Press Gazette
A unique statewide health care network will allow patients access to 44 hospitals and 5,680 physicians across Wisconsin. The six network members are Aspirus in Wausau, Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee, Bellin Health in Green Bay, Gundersen Health ...
USA TODAY
The Kaiser Way: Lesson for US health care?
USA TODAY
The Affordable Care Act has been dramatically changing the way hospitals do business, forcing them to rethink which patients they admit and focus on keeping people healthy. For Kaiser Permanente, however, it's been largely business as usual, says CEO ...
Lawsuit: Blue Cross balks at residential mental health coverage
Crain's Chicago Business
Ms. Craft's health insurance policy, administered by Health Care Service subsidiary Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois, excludes residential treatment of mental illness. That runs afoul of federal rules that require health insurers to cover mental ...
Lawsuit: Blue Cross balks at residential mental health coverage
Crain's Chicago Business
Ms. Craft's health insurance policy, administered by Health Care Service subsidiary Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois, excludes residential treatment of mental illness. That runs afoul of federal rules that require health insurers to cover mental ...
SFGate
Health textbook too explicit for some East Bay parents
SFGate
The birds and the bees? Fine for high school kids. But sex toys, erotic touch and orgasms? Hundreds of Fremont parents say that's inappropriate and have organized a petition drive and are threatening legal action over the district's new ninth-grade ...
Fox News
GOP leaders offer ideas on Health Connect
BurlingtonFreePress.com
He noted that he knew nothing about Optum, the company expected to take over technology development for Vermont Health Connect. Scott said he hoped details of the financial arrangement, expected work products and company's expertise would be ...
GOP wants broader Vt. Health Connect changesRutland Herald
State To Drop CGI, Vermont Health Connect DeveloperVermont Public Radio
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Aurora Health Care, five other Wisconsin health care leaders forming statewide ...
Milwaukee Business Journal
Together, the organizations' service areas provide access to health care for about 90 percent of Wisconsin. The network would also serve neighboring Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota. The partners will use the same technology for electronic ...
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