First edition June 18, 2014 -
Today the titles include a report that the cost of health law grants can push the entire price tag the measure beyond the projections
Kaiser health News: FAQ: Observation hospital care can be costly for Medicare patients
Writing for Kaiser health News, Susan Jaffe reports: "Some seniors think Medicare made a mistake others are amazed when they discover that being in a hospital. for days does not always mean they were actually admitted. instead, they received observation care, regarded by Medicare as an outpatient. The observation designation means they may have higher expenses out of pocket and fewer benefits to Medicare. However, a government survey found that observation patients often have the same health problems than those admitted "(Jaffe, updated 6/18). Check the FAQ
Kaiser Health News Capsules: Enroll America kicks off the second registration period begins ;. Insurer Huge palliative care Program
Now on the blog of Kaiser Health News, Lisa Gillespie reports Join America meeting "Join America organized a national conference in Washington this week to discuss strategies proven over the first opening Affordable Care Act registration period and prepare for the next, which will start on November 15 the organizers also want to ensure browsers and organizations working for inclusion of maintaining their energy - despite reports of logged Medicaid applications and ongoing struggles in a state-run exchanges "(Gillespie 6/18)
also on Capsules, Marissa Evans reports on a new hospice program :. " Cambia Health Solutions, which includes Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield, will provide training to providers and additional benefits for insured :. more than 2.2 million members in the family of Cambia health plan businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah palliative care improves the quality of life in pain management and other problems for people who have serious life-threatening diseases such as cancer, heart and kidney failure. It differs from palliative care, particularly because patients may not be less than six months to live "(Evans, 6/17) Find out what else is on the blog
Los Angeles Times :. . Obamacare subsidies Push cost of health law above projections
large subsidies for health insurance that has helped fuel the success drive to register some 8 million Americans to coverage under the affordable care Act may push the cost of the law significantly above current projections, a new federal report says Nearly 9 in 10 Americans who bought health coverage on healthcare markets by federal government received help from the government to offset their premiums (Levey, 6/17)
Los Angeles Times: .. healthy young adults after the passage of Obamacare, study finds
increasing the number of young adults with health insurance seems to have improved their health and save money, according to a new study is among the first to measure the effect of the health care law that President Obama signed four years since. From 2010, the Affordable Care Act has enabled adults under 26 to stay on the health plans of their parents, the first extension of coverage to take effect under the law (Levey, 6 / 17).
The Washington Post Fact Checker: complaints Old Obamacare do not age well in New Crossroads GPS Ad
The announcement of the pro-GOP Crossroads GPS group is almost like a record oldies of the best tunes lambasting ACT affordable care, and it has the same touch as well. Just about everything in this announcement has been questioned before, except its opening scenes-, which highlight our colleagues PolitiFact had judged the promise of President Obama you could keep your health care plan the "lie of the year." No argument about that - Obama's statement was also one of the biggest Pinocchios of 2013- but even the lie of the year reference seems dated. (We have seen in what looks like a gadzillion ads.) Let's look at the other elements of this ad (Kessler, 6/17)
The Associated Press. Lawmakers Urge Medicare cancer test coverage
More than 130 lawmakers are urging the Obama administration to expand coverage for lung cancer test in Medicare that could cost program logs by calling significant screening for vulnerable seniors. In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, lawmakers called for a quick decision on coverage for low dose CT for higher risk patients aged developing lung cancer (6/17).
The Wall Street Journal: delays medicine health care payers cost the United States millions of dollars
delays generic versions of an Indian company of three blockbuster drugs annually US payers care health of millions of dollars- cost and preserve millions of dollars of revenue for makers of branded versions. heartburn drug Nexium to AstraZeneca is the latest great medicine to deal with delays in its generic version. key patents on the "purple pill" of the company in the UK, which ranks among the best-selling prescription drugs in the world, expired at the end of May, but manufacturing issues at Ranbaxy Laboratories India prevented the launch of a generic competitor expected (Plumridge and McLain, 6/17)
the Associated Press. 1000-a-Pill Sovaldi Jolts US health system
Leading medical societies recommend the drug as first-line treatment, and patients clamoring for it. But insurance companies and state programs gag on price. In Oregon, officials propose to limit the number of low-income patients can get Sovaldi. Yet if Sovaldi did not exist, insurers would still pay in the numbers of high-five medium to treat the most common form of hepatitis C, a new price survey indicates. Some older alternatives involve more side effects and are less likely to provide remedies (6/17)
The Wall Street Journal :. Overhaul Novartis Case Lift profitability
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis Wednesday offered details of how the review of the scanning business increase its performance, saying its profit base operating margin would have been more than two percentage points higher if the changes were implemented last year. Novartis in Basel is in the midst of a series of transactions worth about $ 25 billion including the sale of its vaccines division at GlaxoSmithKline and animal health activities to Eli Lilly. Novartis also buys oncology business of Glaxo in the Offers (Revill, 6/18)
Politico :. House Bill Advances VA
The House moved closer Tuesday to give veterans stuck on federal waiting lists MEDICAL free to visit private providers. The Rules Committee approved legislation that would allow veterans who live far from a Department of Veterans Affairs medical service or have been delayed longer than "standard" time waiting for the VA to process request care of a private physician (french, 6/17)
the Associated Press. New Jersey Hospital to provide former combatants priority
veterans go to the front of the line in New Jersey private health care system as part of a new start running program in response to problems with the health system of the federal Government administration veterans. As part of the initiative announced Tuesday, the veterans in the seven counties in southern New Jersey are promised the same day appointments for primary care and help from health care browsers to health care of Cooper University. Veterans would be served at the Camden hospital and clinic system in southern New Jersey (6/17)
The New York Times :. Governors Unite to fight against Heroine In New England
Faced with a heroin crisis they say has reached epidemic proportions, the governors of the five states of New England met Tuesday to develop a regional strategy against the rise in overdoses and deaths from opioid abuse (Seelye, 6/17).
Los Angeles time: IPC The Hospitalist defrauded Medicaid and Medicare, US lawsuit says
in a complaint filed Monday in Chicago, federal lawyers said IPC The Hospitalist Co. defrauded Medicare and Medicaid by billing care more expensive than planned. The company attributes to hospital doctors in 28 states and bill insurers, including government programs, for the treatment they provide. The company reported $ 610 million in revenue last year (Pfeifer, 6/17)
Los Angeles Times :. The bill requiring health labels on soft drinks fails in the Assembly Panel
proposal to affix warning labels to the health of soft drinks, including sodas and drinks athletes failed to win enough support in a key Assembly panel Tuesday. The measure would have required sugary drinks sold in California to be labeled with a warning that sugar contributes to obesity, diabetes and tooth decay (Mason, 6/17).
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