City insurance deficits cause concern
Muskogee Phoenix Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:04 PM PST
â€" Recurring deficits in Muskogee’s self-funded employee health insurance plan sparked concerns about how it is funded. Ward II Councilor Shawn Raper said he noticed the problem a couple of years ago during an audit of the city’s finances. |
Nelson: Health care reform law saving Nebraska seniors millions
Grand Island Independent Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:04 PM PST
U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., who voted for health care reform legislation, said the law is now making a positive impact on Nebraska seniors, which is also the nation’s trend with aging Americans. |
Indian hospital hit hard by loss of funds
Santa Fe New Mexican Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:04 PM PST
In November, Kewa Pueblo decided to assume control of about $3 million worth of federal health care funding that previously supported services at Santa Fe Indian Hospital. |
Bumbo Baby Seats causing serious head injuries
Logan Herald-Observer & Woodbine Twiner Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:02 PM PST
Harrison County Home and Public Health would like to make Woodbine parents aware of the issues surrounding the popular Bumbo seat. |
Health exploration day
Logan Herald-Observer & Woodbine Twiner Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:01 PM PST
Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital and West Central Iowa Area Health Education Center partnered to present the second “Experience Health†occupation exploration day Nov. 22 at Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital. Micki Paulsen, WCI AHEC recruitment coordinator, Jodi Potts, case management and Jennifer Gilgen, quality control at Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital, worked ... |
Funders ask Richmond Center, CFR to split
Nevada Journal Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:58 PM PST
Major funders of the outpatient mental health care clinic Richmond Center formally asked its managing organization this month to cut ties with the financially struggling non-profit as soon as possible. |
Mercy Medical announces sale of facilities
BaldwinCountyNow.com Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:56 PM PST
DAPHNE, Alabama â€" Mercy Medical announced the pending sale of a large portion of its physical facilities in Baldwin County this morning to SE Healthcare, Inc. of Florida. Jake Bell, CEO and president, said the sale comes after a three-year examination into the future of Mercy Medical, which opened its main bayside campus as a convalescent home in 1949 and later pioneered hospice and home health ... |
Senator earns ire of women RH advocates
Sun Star Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:40 PM PST
FOR his filibustering against the Reproductive Health (RH) bill and lambasting advocacy groups involved in the passage of the much-delayed RH bill in the Senate floor, Senator Tito Sotto has earned the ire and disgust of women advocates based in Iloilo City. Dr. Betty Polido, president of the Family Planning Organization of the Philippines (FPOP) Iloilo chapter, said the senator is issuing black ... |
Ashland artist provides light touch for heavy reading
The MetroWest Daily News Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:39 PM PST
Thanks to an Ashland native, health care reform just got exciting. A local man drew the mummies, vampires, and a two-headed alligator that explode from the pages of a new comic book that hits shelves in a few weeks. In the book, people go BOOM! and SLAM! and POOF! but these characters battle the rising cost of health care, not the Green Goblin. |
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