• Health Care Reform:Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Cutting Fraud, Waste, Abuse

      Health Care Reform: SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS BY CUTTING FRAUD, WASTE, ABUSE Landmark health care reform signed into law by President Obama cuts waste and inefficient spending, including a provision to curb substantial taxpayer subsidies to p...
    • Secretary Locke Explains Impact of New Health Care Legislation On Businesses

      SECRETARY LOCKE EXPLAINS IMPACT OF NEW HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION ON BUSINESSES WASHINGTON - The Wall Street Journal today published an opinion piece by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on how reform of the American health care system will b...
    • Device Makers Weigh Costs of Health Care Reform

      San Diegos medical device makers made last-minute pleas to lawmakers last week to stop a proposed excise tax on their products to help pay for health care reform. The medical device excise tax, a 2.3 percent levy included in the federal hea...
    • Cummings Holds Press Conference To Discuss Healthcare Benefits

      Contact: March 30, 2010 Paul Kincaid, 202-225-4289 Cummings Holds Press Conference To Discuss Healthcare Benefits Congressman will focus on help for children in recently passed reforms. (Baltimore, MD) - Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, (MD-...
    • Panel Discusses Shortcomings in Health Care Bill

      The recently passed health care reform bill does little for health care, an executive with one of the Valleys largest medical groups said. Speaking at a panel on reform, Dr. Keith Richman said the legislation does not address the costs of h...
    • Democrats Attack McCollum's Healthcare Challenge

      Florida Democrats launched multiple attacks Thursday on Attorney General Bill McCollum's legal challenge of the new federal health care law, including a motion on the state Senate floor to prohibit his lawsuit as well as calls for a state a...
    • Have Plane, Will Travel for Lower Cost Health Care

      Steven Lash is CEO of Satori World Medical, which helps companies reduce their health care costs. | Photo by Stephen Whalen Just four days before surgery to alleviate chronic back pain, 36-year-old Sacramento insurance agent Wayne King foun...
    • OU Research Receives $9 Million in Stimulus Grants

      Scientists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center receives more than $9 million in research grants as part of the federal recovery program to jumpstart the economy. President Obama formally announced the grant program today at...
    • Could McCollum's Fight to Block Healthcare Backfire?

      The lawsuit against the health care overhaul filed Tuesday by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is focused on a provision that has long been advocated by conservatives, big business and the insurance industry. The lawsuit by McCollum,...
    • State health care boosts by $5.3 million

      The Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality announced it was awarded $5.3 million in government stimulus funding to serve as one of 32 Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers in the nation. OFMQ will provide technical assist...
    • Health department opens phone bank for questions about meningococcal cases

      The Oklahoma State Department of Health has opened a phone bank to provide information to the public regarding the cases of meningococcal disease in the Oologah-Talala elementary school. Callers can dial toll-free 1-866-278-7134 from 5 to 8...
    • OSU Medical Center recognized nationally for ER patient satisfaction

      Oklahoma State University Medical Center recently was recognized with an award from HealthStream Research for overall emergency department patient satisfaction in the large hospital category. Its rewarding to be recognized for doing what we...
    • Cherokee Nation dubbed Oklahoma healthy business

      The Cherokee Nation recently received a Certificate of Excellence from the Oklahoma Certified Healthy Business Program, a yearly health initiative from the Oklahoma Turning Point Council, Academy for State Goals, State Chamber of Commerce an...
    • A Small Antidote for an Ill Health Care System

      Sen. Charlie Scott (R-Casper) has made health care issues his specialty even wrote a book about it and last year advanced his solution, in pilot form: a program that would offer health insurance to a few working people with low incomes, wit...
    • Genetic Privacy Raises Questions About Insurers

      A federal law designed to prevent employers and health insurers from discriminating against an individual based on their genetic predisposition to disease took effect late last month, signaling a new era where intermingling genetic advances...
    • New report: small biz employees risk losing health insurance

      U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills today released a new report, Insurance at Risk: Small Business Employees Risk Losing Coverage. The report examines the...
    • A Sharp Move: Health Care System Develops Online Tool

      Two years in the making and $2 million later, Sharp HealthCare has unveiled an online tool that allows patients to track their health and e-mail their doctor with any questions. Called mySharp, the online portal also gives patients a way to...
    • Major Commercial Tenant Leaves Downtown for Sorrento Mesa

      Health services provider American Specialty Health Inc. is leaving the downtown building its called home for the past decade, as it moves its headquarters and 750 employees to Sorrento Mesa in October. The company has signed a 10-year lease...
    • Legislation to reform state workers’ compensation system

      Legislation seeking to further protect injured Oklahoma workers while also bringing workers compensation costs under control passed the House yesterday. The four bills will now move to the Senate for consideration, although they remain works...
    • Health Care in a Tough Economy

      Employers are preparing for another hike in health insurance costs , somewhere between 6 and 7 percent, report benefits consultants. That money cuts into operating margins and the ability to grow a business. And in a sluggish economy, that...