• Health access workers ease care

      ANDERSON, Ind. -- Betty Austin had never heard of Hoosier Healthwise. Until just a few months ago she wouldn't need to know about it. Because of some life changes, the Anderson mother said she is no longer able to provide health insurance f...
    • Cancer Treatment Expansion at Halfway Mark

      Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southwestern Regional Medical Center in Tulsa reaches the halfway completion mark. The hospital, 81st Street and U.S. 169, is halfway through the construction phase of adding 60,000. SF. Construction fo...
    • NCPA Releases Consumer's Guide to Explain Health Reform Costs, Benefits

      The first detailed and objective consumer's guide on the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has recently been released by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), titled What Does Health Care Reform Mean To You?...
    • BRIEFING - ASIA HEALTH NEWS - AUG 24, 2010

      INDIAN INSURANCE PRODUCTS SHOULD BE MARKET-ALIGNED: FORTIS MD HYDERABAD - Indian hospital chain Fortis Healthcare Ltd (BSE:532843), which reportedly plans to foray into insurance business, yesterday said Indian insurance products need to be...
    • Medforma Unveils Next-Gen Health Portrait Platform

      To help employers reduce expenses while improving the health of their workforces, St. Paul-based Medforma Inc., said it has unveiled the next-generation of its Internet-based wellness platform called Health Portrait. In a release, the Compa...
    • Serbian army sees record applications for professional service

      We are offering regular pay, benefits, and health care in the military medical system to include the families of members of the VS [Serbian Army], says Col Stevica Karapandzin. From 1 January the VS is transforming itself into a professiona...
    • ORU nursing granted $1 million to recruit minorities

      The U.S. Department of Health Human Services Health Resources Services Administration awarded a grant for nurse education, practice and retention to the Anna Vaughn School of Nursing at Oral Roberts University. The $977,792 will be disbursed...
    • ITA Partners Extends Its Oncology Decision-Support Offerings With eviti(TM)

      ITA Partners, Inc., an independent, third-party expert with nearly a decade of experience supporting oncology treatment decisions and patient care, is extending its decision-support services with the introduction of eviti(TM). This innovati...
    • Health Insurance Reform Schedule

      This health insurance reform schedule is the official announced schedule from Easy To Insure ME to help citizens understand the future of health insurance in the United States. Health Insurance Reform Schedule 2010 New programs: Temporary r...
    • Relatively Good Performance Detected in Shares of MetLife in the Life & Health Insurance Industry

      Below are the top five companies in the Life Health Insurance industry as measured by relative performance. This analysis was compiled based on yesterday's trading activity as we search for stocks that have the potential to outperform. MetL...
    • China tweaks villagers' health insurance system to encourage timely outpatient healthcare

      China will encourage villagers to seek timely outpatient healthcare through an adjustment to the New Rural Cooperative Medical Care System (NCMS), a medical insurance scheme for villagers. To improve rural areas' health services, 50 percent...
    • RSA launches Claims Protect for businesses

      businesses to help minimize the number and cost of claims they may face. The Claims Protect service comprises an audit to test a business' ability to manage workplace incidents and training to resolve any weaknesses identified. Existing clai...
    • Perspectives: State/Federal Divide Blurs in Health Care Reform

      For state officials charged with turning health care reform into reality, 2014 is here in 2010. When Congress debated the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, just a few months ago, the target date of 2014 for full implementation of...
    • SDPI seminar Call to start health insurance for poor

      Dr AJ Khan, former Federal Minister for Health, has asked the government to start a health insurance scheme in the country for the poor and rich and asked the employer to pay the premium. Dr Jamil was speaking at a seminar on Federal Budget...
    • AUSTRALIAN HEALTH INSURER NIB ACQUIRES IMAN INT'L FOR US$21 MLN

      Private Australian health insurer NIB Holdings Ltd (ASX:NHF) has entered the temporary migrant workers market through the acquisition of IMAN International Pty Ltd for A$25 million (US$21.06 million). NIB managing director Mark Fitzgibbon s...
    • ASIA HEALTH NEWS - JULY 5, 2010

      An executive briefing on Health for July 5, 2010, prepared by Asia Pulse, the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. AUSTRALIAN HEALTH INSURER NIB ACQUIRES IMAN INT'L FOR US$21 ML...
    • Jinggoy re-files 'Kasambahay' Bill

      Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has re-filed a Senate bill once called the ?Freedom Charter for the Household Workers,? after the counterpart bill in the House of Representatives has not been approved during the last 14th Congress. Estrada...
    • State receives grant for Native American health care

      The Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services awarded grants to improve outreach and enrollment of uninsured Native American children eligible for but not enrolled in the states Medicaid and the Childrens Health Insurance Programs. Grants were...
    • Christensen and HHS Regional Director Talk Health Care Reform Implementation

      Delegate to Congress Donna M. Christensen met Wednesday with Dr. Jaime Torres, Director of Health and Human Services Region 2 which oversees Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As we enter the implementation phase of health care reform...
    • ON-SITE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN

      NOTICE TYPE: Amendment to Combined Synopsis/Solicitation DATE POSTED: 29-JUN-10 AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services OFFICE ADDRESS: Department of Health and Human Services; Food and Drug Administration; Office of Acquisitions an...