Bill ensuring autism treatment coverage passes House
Cape Gazette Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:45 AM PDT
Legislation requiring health insurers to cover autism therapies unanimously cleared the House June 27 and is headed to Gov. Jack Markell for his signature. SB 22 will require insurers to cover behavioral health treatment, which includes ABA, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, mental health care, and prescriptions for autism when the condition is diagnosed by a physician or ... |
State at center of events
The Journal News Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:45 AM PDT
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on health care last week shook the nation, but what Congress did the day before rocked Louisiana, for better and worse. |
RILA to Obama: Release Employer Healthcare Regulations
Convenience Store News Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:43 AM PDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a letter sent to the White House this week, Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) President Sandy Kennedy urged President Barack Obama to direct his administration to issue proposed health care regulations affecting nearly 170 million Americans currently receiving employer-sponsored health coverage. |
Area VA director is reassigned
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:43 AM PDT
The director of the Veteran Affairs Northern Indiana Health Care System has been appointed director of the Wilmington, Del., VA Medical Center. |
Health Center hosts monthly breastfeeding support group
Bolivar Herald-Free Press Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:42 AM PDT
One of the reasons mothers choose not to breastfeed or quit soon is there is no one around to support them or help answer questions they may have. Discouraged or uninformed, they quit. To help, the Po |
Health Care Law Could Still Face Challenges
ABC News Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:40 AM PDT
The Supreme Court challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have been the most recent obstacle to implementing the healthcare reform law, but it won't be the last, according to a Harvard professor. |
Call for plan before further ED debate
Otago Daily Times Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:40 AM PDT
Southern District Health Board committees might need to be "banned" from discussing emergency department (ED) volumes until management comes up with an action plan, hospital advisory committee member Richard Thomson says. read more |
U.S. OKs Lupin generic of Pfizer nerve pain drug
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:40 AM PDT
(Reuters) - India's Lupin Ltd said it won U.S. approval for a generic version of Pfizer Inc's big-selling Lyrica nerve pain treatment. A spokesman for Lupin said it has not yet launched its version of Lyrica, which is also known as pregabalin. Lyrica tallied U.S. sales of about $1.8 billion for the year ended in March, Lupin said, citing data from IMS Health Inc. (Reporting by Lewis Krauskopf ... |
Group seeks reversal of abortion decision
Otago Daily Times Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:39 AM PDT
Southland anti-abortion campaigners presented an unusual sight at yesterday's Southern District Health Board meeting - a full public gallery. read more |
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