Health Care
« Previous EntriesMedical expenses have ‘very steep rate of growth’
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Spending on health care consumed an estimated 17 cents of every dollar spent last year in the United States, representing the largest one-year increase since the federal government started tracking the number in 1960.
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Health Care’s ‘Radical Improver’
Friday, December 18th, 2009Jonathan Bush, chairman and CEO of Athenahealth, a major player in information technology services for physicians, spoke to the Wall Street Journal about electronic medical records, the health plan and “Project Mayhem.”
Baucus’ Plan To Lower Health Care Costs
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009The following is a press release sent Sept. 16 from the Senate Finance Committee.
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today introduced the America’s Health Future Act, landmark health care reform legislation to lower costs and provide quality, affordable health care coverage. The Chairman’s Mark will make it easier for…
Senate Finance Committee Passage of Health Reform Proposal
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009The Senate Finance Committee has approved the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 October 13, 2009, by a vote of 14 to 9, with Sen. Snowe (R-ME) joining Committee Democrats in supporting passage of the measure.
Sen. Snowe emphasized her vote in Committee was designed to move the process forward despite her continued concerns…
ASC career “recession-proof”
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Based on information from the US Department of Labor and the US Census Bureau, author Lawrence Shatkin says in his recently published “150 Best Recession-Proof Jobs” that careers in Ambulatory Health Care Services are in the third position in the top 10, right behind Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation” and Hospitals, and ahead of Insurance…
Proposed ADE Rule Changes
Friday, September 11th, 2009R380-210 Patient Safety Program Proposed Rule Changes: Read more here
Building and Sustaining State Programs to Prevent Healthcare- associated Infections
Friday, September 11th, 2009The purpose of the ELC cooperative agreement program is to assist state public health agencies improve surveillance for, and response to, infectious diseases by:
(1) strengthening epidemiologic capacity;
(2) enhancing laboratory practice;
(3) improving information systems; and
(4) developing and implementing prevention and control strategies
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What Utah’s Health Reform Means to Small Business
Friday, September 11th, 2009To help the small businesses on which its economy depends, the state has a new, market-based solution to health-care reform.
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Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009Achieving comprehensive health reform has emerged as a leading priority of the President and Congress. President Obama has outlined eight principles for health reform, seeking to address not only the 45 million people who lack health insurance, but also rising health care costs and lack of quality. In Congress, a number of comprehensive reform proposals…
Support Slips for Health Plan
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009WASHINGTON — Support for President Barack Obama’s health-care effort has declined over the past five weeks, particularly among those who already have insurance, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found, amid prolonged debate over costs and quality of care…
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