HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that provider groups in California, including physician groups, independent practice associations, hospitals and medical foundations, are beginning to shape their role in the anticipated shift towards...
The Human Capital Practice of Willis Group Holdings (NYSE: WSH), the global insurance broker, announced the launch of its Health Care Reform Impact Analysis Calculator, a robust online tool that helps employers of all sizes assess the financial impact of health care reform measures on their...
The New York Times: The Obama administration is investigating widespread practices that don't pay nurses and other employees at hospitals and nursing homes properly for overtime they work. "Hospitals around the country have paid millions of dollars in back wages to settle claims by the...
The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "None of Your Business: Bus Driver Refuses To Bring Women to Planned Parenthood," Micole Allekotte, National Women's Law Center's "Womenstake": Allekotte, a health fellow at NWLC, writes that a Texas bus driver is suing a...
The Hill: "Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) has asked federal regulators to make sure new rules banning cost-sharing for preventive care don't inadvertently preclude employers from rewarding cost-effective care...
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...a Mexican spokesperson? Well, how does one not profile when the only group that is complaining, ostensibly appears to be from Mexico.
Really. They, the Mexicans, appear to be the only ones complaining?
So, shouldn't Mexicans be profiled? they appear to be all who are complaining.
convert to Orthodox? I'm not trying to do stepping stones or anything like that. But I would rather convert to Reform. However, if I meet a Jewish guy who was raised Orthodox and wanted to get married in an Orthodox shul, would I have to convert all over again, or are there other steps to be...
I'm not converting because of a man, this is what I feel is right. I'm aware if I convert to reform, I will still be Jewish although not recognized by Conservatives or Orthodox.
I live in NYC so there are plenty of rabbis around. But I'm wondering if anyone knew how a meeting with a rabbi go...
Thirty million women will benefit from the new health reform law over the next decade, either through new or strengthened insurance coverage, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund. In the first analysis of its kind, the authors report that the law will stabilize and reverse the...
Some advocacy groups that traditionally oppose abortion rights but were divided on health care reform are now trying to influence the re-election of Democrats, who oppose abortion rights and voted for the health care reform law (PL 111-148), Politico reports. Both sides are targeting fundraising...
Arguments over abortion coverage under the federal health reform law (PL 111-148) likely will persist as implementation of the overhaul continues, prompting some lawmakers to consider legislative approaches to the issue, CongressDaily reports. The most recent controversy involves an Obama...
Republicans are attempting to use President Obama's recess appointment of Donald Berwick as CMS Administrator to reignite the debate over the health reform and the government's role in health care, The Hill's "Healthwatch" reports (Lillis, "Healthwatch," The Hill, 7/7). Berwick -- a pediatrician...
In an effort to sway conservative voters in November's midterm elections, antiabortion-rights groups are targeting Democratic lawmakers who they claim "betrayed their pro-life views" by voting for the federal health reform law (PL 111-148), the Washington Post reports. Several...
Connecticut on Monday became the first state to expand eligibility for Medicaid coverage to low-income adults under a provision of the new health reform law (PL 111-148), the Hartford Courant reports. The state estimates that 45,000 residents will be eligible for the new coverage (Sturdevant...
Connecticut on Monday became the first state to expand eligibility for Medicaid coverage to low-income adults under a provision of the new health reform law (PL 111-148), the Hartford Courant reports. The state estimates that 45,000 residents will be eligible for the new coverage (Sturdevant...
Connecticut on Monday became the first state to expand eligibility for Medicaid coverage to low-income adults under a provision of the new health reform law (PL 111-148), the Hartford Courant reports. The state estimates that 45,000 residents will be eligible for the new coverage (Sturdevant...