A Nashville judge has ruled the state was wrong to refuse to pay for special foods for two young TennCare patients with a rare genetic disorder.
State officials fought the decision, fearing it could lead to a flood of requests from people who want TennCare to cover food for medical diets.
Chancellor Carol McCoy ruled Wednesday in favor of two Coffee County children.
The children have phenylketonuria, an incurable disease that can cause permanent Read the rest of this entry »
FORT WAYNE, IN, Dec 30, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) –
(PINKSHEETS: PINR) Kevin May, Pine Ridge Holdings CEO, is pleased to announce the consolidated, total revenues for the Pine Ridge Holdings companies totaled $1,214,122 (unaudited) through November 30, 2008. This number represents a 7% increase over the same period in 2007.
This total includes the revenues for Pine Ridge Racquet Club ($834,008), Pine Ridge Fitness Club ($250,228) Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON, N.J. – A Jersey City hospital has been fined more
than $20,000 for violating state procedures after the remains of a
stillborn baby were mistakenly thrown out with its trash several
weeks ago.
Christ Hospital was notified of the penalty in a Jan. 20 letter
from the state Department of Health and Senior Services.
State officials said the body of Bashere Davon Moyd Jr. was put
in the hospital’s morgue after he was stillborn Dec. 21. It Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The Prison Officers’ Association (POA) is so not impressed with proposals for existing staff to take annual fitness checks which involve running several times between bollards 20 metres apart that it is expected to vote against the idea, leading the Ministry of Justice to lose the £50m it had been given to ‘modernise’ the workforce in prisons.
Currently, new recruits have to take the test and only 10 out of 8000 Read the rest of this entry »
In three separate lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Connecticut, the states and groups sought an immediate court order preventing the regulation from going into effect Jan. 20 and a permanent decision voiding the rule.
“The Bush administration has left a ticking political time bomb that is set to go off,” said Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who filed one of the suits on behalf of his state as well as California, Illinois, Read the rest of this entry »
In 2008, the NJ National Guard deployed the highest number of troops in it’s history. This information was given to Ryan Toth, the founder of Total Core Fitness Boot Camp, by a boot camper who is in the Guard. To help the families of the Guard, toys which are collected for the Annual Boot Camp For Toys workout, would be donated to them.
“When word got out that we were collecting for the families of our troops, people opened up their pockets and Read the rest of this entry »
Dec. 19, 2008 — An 11th-hour ruling from the Bush administration gives health care workers, hospitals, and insurers more leeway to refuse health services for moral or religious reasons.
The rule, issued today, becomes effective in 30 days. Its main provisions widen the number of health workers and institutions that may refuse, based on “sincere religious belief or moral conviction,” to provide care or referrals to patients.
“This rule protects Read the rest of this entry »
A local medical group, facing a lawsuit over a car crash into Brockton Hospital that killed two people, is seeking to have the case quashed by a special court-appointed tribunal.
Compass Medical and four of its doctors are accused of failing to warn the elderly driver in the crash, a patient of theirs, against driving while medicated.
In a Plymouth County Superior Court filing Monday, Compass Medical denied all accusations of negligence and fault Read the rest of this entry »
An estimated 10,000 people across all ages received free health checks during the month long festival while the kiosks saw a many-fold footfall of visitors who went away well acquainted with common healthcare disorders through games, counseling and distribution of educational material.
‘The tremendous response received by Family Health Festival is indeed very encouraging. The enthusiastic participation in every activity has definitely contributed Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. consumer group said Thursday it filed a class action lawsuit against Coca-Cola Co, accusing the company of making deceptive health claims about its VitaminWater beverages.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) said Coke made a range of claims that go beyond those allowed by the Food and Drug Administration.
“Coke markets VitaminWater as a healthful alternative to soda by labeling its several flavors Read the rest of this entry »