handled a case involving Joe Sauceda Gallegos, accused of killing two young boys at a playground Dec. 23.
DHS also is looking at how Magellan is dealing with other mentally ill patients, including those receiving court-ordered treatments.
Magellan provides mental and behavioral health services in the Phoenix area under a contract with the state agency.
ADHS spokeswoman Laura Oxley said she could not comment on specific cases and investigations Read the rest of this entry »

Using bold images and personal anecdotes Hill led the enraptured crowd through her life story as a standard-setting athelete. From her invincible teenage years in the 1970’s learning the ropes on the granite walls of Yosemite and Joshua Tree through her history-making first free ascent of “The Nose”, a difficult route on the steep prow of Yosemite’s El Capitan, Hill highlighted how her flexibility, strength, and dedication helped her “find Read the rest of this entry »

“With the current state of the economy, we made the difficult decision to adjust the size of our workforce as we continue to meet our members’ needs while appropriately controlling operating expenses,” Angela F. Braly, WellPoint’s president and chief executive, said in a statement.
WellPoint didn’t say how much the job cuts would reduce expenses. WellPoint will record a $24 million after-tax charge to fourth-quarter 2008 earnings to reflect costs Read the rest of this entry »

The government is poised to extend health coverage to 4 million more lower-income children, a first step in President Barack Obama's promise to shrink the ranks of theuninsured.
The House was expected to approve the expansion of a children's health insurance program Wednesday and deliver it to Obama for his quick signature. The bill passed the Senate lastweek.
Over the next four years, up to 13 million children could be covered under Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation that would increase spending for children’s health care has lost support from some key Senate Republicans, but they acknowledged that they probably can’t do much to block the effort.
Sen. Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said Democrats lost his support for the estimated $32 billion spending increase when they sought to extend coverage to children of legal immigrants and Read the rest of this entry »

Ontario is facing “difficult choices” when it comes to health-care spending as the province’s economic problems deepen, Health Minister David Caplan warned today.
The government will have to strike the “right balance” in deciding which health-care projects will take priority and which ones may have to sit on the backburner, he said.
“The choices and the trade-offs are – given that you can’t do everything or to the extent that you would like Read the rest of this entry »

A new £4.8m purpose-built women’s health unit has opened at Perth Royal Infirmary (PRI).
The facility, which also incorporates the new community maternity unit, should provide more modern facilities for women in Tayside.
It offers antenatal care, ultrasounds, physiotherapy and a patient education room and it is thought that further services may be added.
Last year, 4,610 patients were treated in the women’s health clinic.
Jane Black, a senior Read the rest of this entry »