Both houses of Congress have now voted to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, extending health insurance to an additional 4 million children in low-income families.
Only time will tell whether this represents the start of a federal push to enact comprehensive health reform or not.
Despite much talk of a growing consensus on reform, signs of sharp division on the issue remain.
Generally, Republicans don’t like the prospect Read the rest of this entry »

NASHVILLE — Although the number of uninsured and the cost of coverage have ballooned under his watch, President Bush leaves office with a health care legacy in bricks and mortar: he has doubled federal financing for community health centers, enabling the creation or expansion of 1,297 clinics in medically underserved areas.
For those in poor urban neighborhoods and isolated rural areas, including Indian reservations, the clinics are often the Read the rest of this entry »

Attorney Ted Franklin, who represents groups challenging the hospital expansion, urged the council to demand the extra environmental review, a process that typically takes at least a year. The judge dropped several hints that the hospital expansion needs more analysis but did not rule on it directly.
If the council reapproves the project, opponents will simply go back to the judge and ask him to require an environmental impact report — delaying Read the rest of this entry »

NASHVILLE — Although the number of uninsured and the cost of coverage have ballooned under his watch, President Bush leaves office with a health care legacy in bricks and mortar: he has doubled federal financing for community health centers, enabling the creation or expansion of 1,297 clinics in medically underserved areas.
For those in poor urban neighborhoods and isolated rural areas, including Indian reservations, the clinics are often the Read the rest of this entry »

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 based on current
expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. These risks
and uncertainties include, without limitation: general risks affecting the
real estate industry (including, without limitation, the inability to Read the rest of this entry »

Sadhna Paralkar, MD, MPH, is providing national support for the
Company’s Total Health Management initiatives,
thought leadership for new analytical tools and assistance with a wide
variety of client projects. She is an expert on designing and managing
care management and disease management vendor programs. Dr. Paralkar has
more than 10 years of experience in corporate health and managed care.
Most recently Read the rest of this entry »

Equinox Fitness Clubs has over 45 locations across the country, including five new clubs opened in 2008. The company plans to open six new Equinox clubs in 2009. According to Equinox’s VP of Real Estate, John Klein, the company is planning to expand in the New York metro area, Dallas, Boston, Washington DC, Orange County, Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area. Equinox, who partnered with Pure Yoga out of Asia to launch the first American outpost Read the rest of this entry »

The Matheny Medical and Educational Center has been at its location in the Peapack section since 1954, and center leaders say demand for its extremely specialized services, along with the need to update, is the reason the facility is seeking to expand.
But at least some of the 80 or so residents who attended a Wednesday, Sept. 29 land use board hearing on Matheny’s application to add on 49,000 square feet at its Highland Avenue campus said such Read the rest of this entry »

The Bush administration will likely finalize an HHS
regulation expanding provider conscience clause protections this week, but Obama staffers
are already looking at ways to undo the regulation,
.  That regulation
is only one of many Bush-era policies harmful to women’s health that Obama will
address during his administration.  The
Journal reports:
Decisions that the new administration will weigh include: whether to cut
funding for sexual abstinence Read the rest of this entry »

, which announced plans in August to build a new hospital in Germantown and expand its existing Silver Spring facility, said both projects will cost around $476 million.
Holy Cross, the second-largest hospital in Maryland, just filed two applications for certificates of need with the Maryland Health Care Commission that outline details of the two endeavors.
The proposed five-story, 93-bed hospital in Germantown on
’s campus is estimated Read the rest of this entry »