General Motors new direct-to-employer health insurance option
General Motors announced starting next year that it will offer a new “direct-to-employer” lower-cost health insurance option for their 24,000
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Health Care – General
Medicaid Expansion Making Diabetes Meds More Accessible To Poor, Study Shows
(By Pauline Bartolone for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Low-income people with diabetes are better able to afford
Read MoreCMS drops proposal to reduce public reporting of hospital infections, safety issues
(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS will publicly disclose hospital errors, injuries and infections it proposed removing from one of its
Read MoreHHS mulls changes to HIPAA
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) HHS is considering changes to the way substance abuse and mental health information
Read MoreCould the Zika virus be used to kill deadly neuroblastoma cancer?
A doctor with Nemours Children’s Hospital says a new treatment with the Zika virus might be able to target tumor
Read MorePoison control calls spike for unapproved drug that produces opioid-like highs
(By Megan Thielking for STAT) Calls to U.S. poison control centers about an unapproved antidepressant that has opioid-like effects have
Read MoreSenate hosts 3rd hearing on healthcare costs: 5 takeaways
(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) A Senate panel tackled administrative spending in healthcare during a hearing July 31, the third
Read MorePREVENTING PNEUMONIA IS EASY
(Source – blog.medicare.gov) Did you know that about 1 million Americans go to the hospital with pneumonia every year? Pneumonia
Read MorePROTECT YOURSELF FROM HEPATITIS
(Source – blog.medicare.gov) Did you know viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver, causes more than one million deaths per
Read MoreOff Your Mental Game? You Could Be Mildly Dehydrated
(By Allison Aubrey for NPR) Was it hard to concentrate during that long meeting? Does the crossword seem a little
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