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HealthDecisions.org News Feed Transparency, Strength at the FDA For complete story, click here. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:19:26 GMT Experts Issue New Physical Exercise Guidelines For complete story, click here. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:14:23 GMT CDC's "Preteen Vaccine" Campaign Aimed at Parents For complete story, click here. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:12:06 GMT PHRs Available on iPhones For complete story, click here. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:38:20 GMT As More Patients Turn to the Web Every Day, Are Doctors Prepared for the Influx? For complete story, click here. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:37:25 GMT What Does a Chief Medical Information Officer Do? For complete story, click here. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:35:51 GMT Nagin Begs Feds to Send Doctors New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin found support from members of Congress, both Republicans and Democrats, in a public venting Wednesday over what he said is a lack of urgency in the federal government's response to a continuing health-care crisis in post-Katrina New Orleans. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:47:05 GMT Disability Claims Speeded Up Utah has gotten speedier at processing Social Security disability claims, at least when compared with other states. With 2,903 backlogged claims in 2006 - 9 percent of all 32,274 beneficiaries - Utah ranks 13th-best in a state-by-state comparison done by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD). Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:47:04 GMT Senate Near Vote on Kids' Health Bill A bipartisan measure to add 3 million lower-income children to a popular health insurance program headed for a final Senate vote after a much broader and more expensive version passed the House over stiff Republican opposition. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:47:02 GMT Doctors Increasingly Asking Patients for Fees Taking a cue from lawyers, a small but growing number of doctors in South Florida and elsewhere have started charging patients annual fees to help make ends meet. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:47:02 GMT Amgen Challenges New Medicare Policy Amgen has challenged a portion of a new coverage policy issued by the agency that runs Medicare, saying it will limit cancer patients' access to drugs that fight anemia. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:47:04 GMT House Approves Boost for Children's Healthcare Plan A divided House on Wednesday approved sweeping healthcare legislation that would expand government benefits for children and seniors while boosting tobacco taxes and cutting Medicare payments to private insurance companies. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:47:03 GMT House Votes to Push Millions of Seniors out of Medicare Advantage Three million seniors could lose their Medicare Advantage coverage, while millions more would face benefit cuts and higher out-of-pocket health care costs under legislation passed today by the U.S. House of Representatives. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:47:02 GMT OMB Adds Health IT to Management Agenda Score Card For complete story, click here. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:37:59 GMT Aging U.S. Population at Risk for Eye Disease For complete story, click here. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:33:15 GMT Analysis: Single Dads' Kids See Doc Less For complete story, click here. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:24:18 GMT Local Seniors Could Lose Their Medicare Advantage Coverage Under House Bill Tens of thousands of Arkansas seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans could lose their coverage altogether if Congress passes legislation that would slash payments to Medicare Advantage plans. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:47:03 GMT Are Big Insurers Protected From the Subprime Fallout? Investors will be listening intently when the world's biggest insurance companies report financial results in coming weeks, anxious to hear new evidence about whether the pain from subprime-mortgage debt is spreading further. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:47:03 GMT H.I.V. Patients Anxious as Support Programs Cut Back In many cities, AIDS advocates say, changes in the distribution of federal assistance for indigent H.I.V. and AIDS patients are causing hardship and deep anxiety. Congress rewrote the Ryan White Care Act in December in ways that expanded the regions eligible for money and allowed less assistance for support programs like meals and legal aid. Five new cities have joined the list of recipients, but without any increase in overall financing. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:47:02 GMT Disability Backlog Hits State The American Association of People with Disabilities and Allsup Inc., a Social Security disability representation company, released state rankings Tuesday on the massive backlog in the federal Social Security Disability Insurance program and touted it as a negative manifestation of the crisis. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:47:02 GMT |