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2/19/14 - Gender Gap Greater Concern To Insurers Than Low Young Adult ...

2/19/14 Gender Gap Greater Concern To Insurers Than Low Young Adult ... Bloomberg BNA Health insurers aren't alarmed by the relatively low enrollment of young adults ...Previously, women were charged more because their health-care costs are ...

2/19/14 - CBT for Insomnia Effective, Saves Healthcare Costs

2/19/14 CBT for Insomnia Effective, Saves Healthcare Costs

Medscape

 

Sleep improved in most insomnia patients who completed at least 3 sessions of CBTi, and their healthcare utilization decreased andhealthcare-related costs fell ...

2/19/14 - Employers in US Turn to Private Exchanges to Cut Health Costs

2/19/14 Employers in US Turn to Private Exchanges to Cut Health Costs Businessweek Traditionally, most large employers are self-insured, meaning they take on the financial risk of their employees' health costs. Under a private ...

2/18/14 - Heavy Kids May Suffer Worse Elbow Fractures

2/18/14 Heavy Kids May Suffer Worse Elbow Fractures U.S. News & World Report   Obese children who break their arm just above the elbow are more likely to suffer complex fractures and have ...

2/18/14 - Federal exchanges induce consumers to overspend on health ...

2/18/14 Federal exchanges induce consumers to overspend on health ... Employee Benefit News Such a family is shown a list of 65 health plans ranked by premium cost, after adjustment for the tax credit subsidy the family can expect. First on the list is a ...

2/18/14 - Long-term care insurance rising

2/18/14 Long-term care insurance rising

Richmond Times-Dispatch

For about 40 years now, millions of Americans have been buying long-term care insurance policies designed to help cover the costs of nursing home and assisted-living care as they age or become disabled. As the U.S. population grows older, that type of coverage will become more important, experts say.

2/14/14 - ADA says chairside screenings for chronic diseases could save US ...

2/14/14 ADA says chairside screenings for chronic diseases could save US ...

Dentistry IQ

money Screenings by dentists for the most common chronic medical diseases could save the American health care system as much as $102.6 million annually, ...

2/14/14 - Food Price Hikes May Affect Those With Type 2 Diabetes

2/14/14 Food Price Hikes May Affect Those With Type 2 Diabetes

HealthDay

From the first study, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ... As the costs of healthy foods like fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy products ...

2/14/14 - California takes down online health insurance exchange for small businesses ...

2/14/14 California takes down online health insurance exchange for small businesses ...

Washington Post

The portals were meant to curb rising health care costs for small businesses by increasing competition among insurers. The White House has said they are ...

2/13/14 - As Health Care Shifts, US Doctors Switch to Salaried Jobs

 

2/13/14 As Health Care Shifts, US Doctors Switch to Salaried Jobs New York Times American physicians, worried about changes in the health care market, are ... it can yieldcost-efficient and coordinated patient care, like the Kaiser system in ...

2/13/14 - ICD-10 costs higher than previously estimated, AMA report finds

2/13/14 ICD-10 costs higher than previously estimated, AMA report finds

ModernHealthcare.com

But costs will vary widely depending on practice circumstances. ... “no actual implementation experience existed” and before the healthinformation technology ...

2/12/14 - Heart disease isn't just a man's disease

2/12/14 Heart disease isn't just a man's disease Newnan Times-Herald Every 33 seconds someone in the United States dies from cardiovascular disease — which is roughly the equivalent of a September 11th-like tragedy repeating ...

2/12/14 - New York Hospitals Set to Move Dialysis Care to Private Chain ...

2/12/14 New York Hospitals Set to Move Dialysis Care to Private Chain ... New York Times For 400,000 people across the country with failed kidneys, dialysis care is a ... had a superior track record where it counted: running both acute and chronic ...

2/12/14 - 1 in 4 Americans struggle to pay doctor bills

2/12/14 1 in 4 Americans struggle to pay doctor bills

Deseret News

About one in four Americans say they are struggling to pay health carecosts — or can't afford to pay them at all, according to a study from the CDC. Anyone who ...

2/11/14 - Eight in 10 Uninsured Latinos May Qualify for Medicaid, CHIP or ...

2/11/14 Eight in 10 Uninsured Latinos May Qualify for Medicaid, CHIP or ...

eNews Park Forest

... may qualify for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), or lower costs on monthly premiums through the HealthInsurance Marketplace.

2/11/14 - Unvaccinated Flu Patients Found To Require More Intensive Care

2/11/14 Unvaccinated Flu Patients Found To Require More Intensive Care

RedOrbit

“The public health implications are important, because not only could a potentially deadly infection be avoided with a $30 shot, but costlyhospitalizations could ...

2/11/14 - Some middle-class families find cost of subsidized healthcare ...

2/11/14 Some middle-class families find cost of subsidizedhealthcare ...

New Haven Register

The lure used to get uninsured Americans to sign up for health law coverage was the promise of generous premium subsidies. But the promise comes with a ...

2/10/14 - Dexamethasone Tames Acute Asthma in Kids, With Less Vomiting

2/10/14 Dexamethasone Tames Acute Asthma in Kids, With Less Vomiting

Medscape

"This is a huge win for those of us in emergency medicine and, more ..."There's really no difference, and it's more patient-centered," said Dr. Teach, who was not ...

2/10/14 - Autism Costs Average $17000 Yearly for Each Child, Study Finds

2/10/14 Autism Costs Average $17000 Yearly for Each Child, Study Finds

Health.com

Past studies into the costs of autism have mainly focused on health care, said Tara Lavelle, a researcher at RAND Corp. in Arlington, Va., who led the new study ...

2/10/14 - Smart Benefits: New Study Shows Health Costs Hurt Small Biz Hiring

2/10/14 Smart Benefits: New Study Shows Health Costs Hurt Small Biz Hiring

GoLocal Worcester

According to the National Small Business Association 2014 survey of more than 780 small businesses, 91% saw their healthcare insurance premiums rise in ...