Dr. Kevin M. Sherin, director of the Orange County Health Department, has been elected president of the
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He will serve two years as president of the statewide group that represents all county health departments across the state. The association works to influence public health policy and assist with training and education for county health departments to promote health and prevent disease.
Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He became director Read the rest of this entry »
The coverage at issue was established in 1996 by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA. A key goal was ensuring that people who lost their jobs were able to remain insured. HIPAA works in tandem with COBRA, a federal law that extends job-based group insurance coverage, entirely at the individual’s expense, for up to three years after a person leaves or loses a job. (COBRA stands for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Read the rest of this entry »
Proponents say there are cost savings; critics say there are too many risks.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Nowhere in Texas government has the ideological divide over privatization — and the potential pitfalls — been more pronounced than in the arena of health and human services.
Privatization critics say human services are the absolute last government functions that should be hired out. But in the past decade, the Legislature has hired Read the rest of this entry »
HARTFORD, Conn. – The Republican leader of the
Senate says the state’s only psychiatric hospital for children
should be closed because costs are much too high at a time when the
state faces billions of dollars in budget deficits.
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and sent children to other treatment centers.
State officials say it costs $862,000 a year to treat one child
at Riverview, although that figure includes workers’ benefits.
A spokesman for the state Department Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
RALEIGH Administrators at a troubled state mental hospital in Goldsboro failed to provide their report of a recent patient death with a pathologist, as required.
A law enacted in July, as well as administrative rules approved in March, mandate that all state institution deaths be reported to a local medical examiner for review. The body is not to be moved without the approval of a pathologist, and the hospital is supposed to share its written Read the rest of this entry »
Published February 9, 2009
People with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental illnesses are having trouble getting care since Hurricane Ike closed many of the countys treatment facilities, health workers say.
Since the hurricane struck Sept. 13 and disrupted mental health services, patients with psychosis and suicidal thoughts travel to a Houston hospital to receive treatment. Some wait for days in the emergency room at Read the rest of this entry »
Recently, I had the privilege of sharing some frank and direct conversation with state legislators regarding the proposed cut to Maine’s hospital-employed physicians. As Eastern Maine Medical Center’s vice president and chief medical officer, I make sure that EMMC has the physician work force to provide specialty medical services for the northern two-thirds of Maine. That responsibility is weighing heavily on me as I contemplate the risks involved Read the rest of this entry »
Three years ago, Pawlenty vowed that all Minnesota children should have health care coverage. But an estimated 77,000 children (along with 300,000 adults) remain uncovered, and that number could skyrocket as moms and dads lose their jobs and their insurance. So it’s puzzling that Pawlenty’s main fix now is to cut tax rates on Minnesota corporations in half. Even if such a plan paid off in the long run with new jobs, it ignores the present crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
A day after he was charged with stabbing his companion in the face with a broken glass, State Senator-elect Hiram Monserrate said he was incapable of such a crime, and vowed to take his Senate seat come Jan. 1.
In a one-page statement issued Saturday evening, Mr. Monserrate said he deeply loved and cared for his companion, Karla Giraldo, and called her injuries an “unfortunate accident.”
“I have been charged with offenses that Read the rest of this entry »