Proposed bill aims to expand health IT funds to mental health providers

By Kimberly Leonard and Josh Israel

Stimulus bill left many providers out, but costs of including them may doom the measure....

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… ealth providers.Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) introduced the Behavioral Health Information Technology Act, the likely vehicle for this effort, earlier th …"

"… atmosphere of spending restraint.If enacted, the measure would extend the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act porti …"

"… e would extend the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act portion of the 2009 stimulus legislation. HITECH offers fundi …"

"… oners, long-term care providers, post-acute providers, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Centers, rehabilitation hospitals, and cancer center …"

Analysis — A Canadian-style single-payer health system in Vermont?

By Wendell Potter

A new governor in Vermont is boldly declaring his intent to look at a Canadian-style single-payer health care system....

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… endations — led by Dr. William Hsiao of the Harvard School of Public Health — told lawmakers they favored option three in part because it was li …"

"… st week, John O’Kane, an IBM lobbyist, said in a letter to the House Health Care Committee that his company was opposed to any single-payer proposal. …"

"… in: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans. …"

Analysis – One year later, health reform a law worth keeping

By Wendell Potter

Is the health care reform law a good deal for Americans or is it so badly flawed that Congress should repeal it?...

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… in: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans. …"

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Family docs not ready to leave AMA group with influence over Medicare pay

By Joe Eaton

Family docs have declined to withdraw from a powerful AMA group with influence over Medicare payment rates — at least for now

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… een family physicians and the RUC.According to a 2010 study in the journal Health Affairs, a cardiologist’s yearly paycheck is more than $100,000 fatter t …"

VA medical centers in hot water for failing to follow sterilization training

By Laurel Adams

GAO says some VA medical centers aren't following strict sanitation guidelines for reusable medical equipment

VA strengthens research and treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder

By Laurel Adams

As more veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars seek treatment for post—traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the Department of Veterans Affai
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Senator seeks deadline for Medicare to prevent prescription drug fraud

By Joe Eaton

Taxpayer-funded Medicare recently spent more than $1 billion on drug prescriptions missing a valid doctor identification number and a Senate

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… D prescription drug benefits. But the Office of Inspector General for the Health and Human Services Department says the CMS lacks a system to verify the ID …"

"… cribing patterns,” Robert Vito, an acting assistant inspector general at Health and Human Services Department, told a July Senate hearing.Vito compared th …"

"… e invalid prescriber IDs with Medicare Part D payments have come to light. Health plans that contract with Medicare found problems with invalid IDs on claim …"

The food lobby's war on a soda tax

By Christine Spolar and Joe Eaton

Washington lobbyists have been enjoying a multi-million-dollar sugar rush from the food industry. Soft drink makers, supermarket companies,

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… nt Obama raised the possibility of a soda tax in an interview with Men’s Health magazine. The proposal has not emerged in any of the Health care reform bi …"

"… bbling Over,” published in September by the California Center for Public Health Advocacy and UCLA. It found that 41 percent of the state’s children betw …"

Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

Human toll reaches millions as asbestos industry expands worldwide

Excerpts from this story referencing "Medicine":

"… , was a paper by Dr. Irving Selikoff of New York’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine reporting that insulation workers with relatively light exposures to asbes …"

The Brockovich of Brazil

By Jim Morris

Fernanda Giannasi fights a potent asbestos industry

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