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GlaxoSmithKline To Pay $3 Billion To Settle Bribery, Fraud Allegations With US

Wed, 2012-07-04 23:23 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Luis Kun

bulletinhealthcare.com - July 3, 2012

The announcement by the Justice Department of a settlement with drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline of bribery allegations generated heavy media coverage last night and this morning, including more than seven minutes of coverage on network newscasts.

        The CBS Evening News (7/2, story 6, 2:50, Pelley) reported, "The US government is calling it the biggest case of healthcare fraud in American history. The British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline is accused of withholding important safety information about the diabetes drug Avandia [rosiglitazone] and illegally promoting two other drugs for unapproved uses. GSK agreed to pay $3 billion in fines."

 

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Health Care Reform Stands: How It Impacts Your Coverage

Fri, 2012-06-29 11:09 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

The Supreme Court upheld health care reform Thursday, which includes a mandate that consumers have to buy coverage by 2014 or pay a penalty.  PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

by Parija Kavilanz - CNNMoney - June 28, 2012

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Supreme Court's ruling Thursday to uphold health care reform has widespread implications for both insured and uninsured consumers.

Beginning in 2014, uninsured individuals must buy coverage -- either on their own, through an employer's plan or through a health insurance exchange -- or else pay a tax penalty. Meanwhile, insured consumers will continue to enjoy key mandates of the law, such as free preventive care and coverage of adult dependents up to age 26, but at the expense of higher out-of -pocket costs.

Several key mandates of health reform have already gone into effect since the law passed in 2010. Here's a rundown of those provisions and new mandates rolling out over the next two years that will impact almost all of these consumers.

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Outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease severe in Alabama

Wed, 2012-06-20 17:52 — Corey Watts

blog.al.com - February 13, 2012 - by Hannah Wolfson, The Birmingham News

 

 

Alabama has been hit with the first U.S. outbreak of a foreign form of the virus that causes the childhood illness called hand, foot and mouth disease this winter, according to state health officials.

That's causing more and tougher cases of the disease, including infections in adults and some hospitalizations, said Mary McIntyre, an infectious disease specialist at the Alabama Department of Public Health. 

People are more vulnerable because they've never been exposed to it, McIntyre said. Even adults who likely had hand, foot and mouth as a child and have been resistant in the past are more vulnerable to the new strain. 

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Sherpaa

Wed, 2012-06-06 22:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

What is Sherpaa?

Sherpaa is around the clock email and phone access to our friendly, NYC-based doctors (or Guides as we call them). Whenever you have a health question or concern, we're here for you. And we play nicely with the insurance you've got.

Who is a Sherpaa Guide?

Our Guides are well connected, in-the-know local doctors. Sometimes they can solve everything for you right away, and other times they’ll collaborate with other New York City specialists to arrange the most appropriate care for you. They make your health simple.

Services

For Individuals

Ask your employer to join us. Our Guides are here 24/7 to solve as many of your health issues as possible.

For Employers

Your employees will love Sherpaa, because they’ll get a doctor they can call or email at any time. But you’ll love Sherpaa because you’ll have healthy, happy, productive employees.

Here are some things our Guides can do for employees:

Medicine's Mobile Mania Raises the Threat Level, DHS Warns

Wed, 2012-05-23 01:07 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Luis Kun

gcn.com - by Kevin McCaney - May 16, 2012

Health care facilities are increasingly going wireless, employing smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices to diagnose and treat patients and make medical records easy to get to. It’s a trend that’s not going to slow down, either.

In fact, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is expected May 17 to call for freeing up wireless spectrum to boost another wireless tool, “mobile body area networks,” which allow doctors to remotely monitor patients through the use of sensors and wireless transmissions.

But all that mobile connectivity, along with an array of network-connected devices, comes with risks, particularly since the medical industry isn’t known to be strong on security, as a recent report from the Homeland Security Department points out.

CDC Considering Recommending Hepatitis C Test for Boomers

Sun, 2012-05-20 16:05 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

A bus promoting testing for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C drives through Leicester Square in London on May 18, 2009

thechart.blogs.cnn.com - by Jacque Wilson - May 18, 2012

It's a "silent epidemic," an "unrecognized health crisis," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And it's affecting 2.1 million baby boomers in the United States.

The CDC announced Friday that it is considering recommending Hepatitis C testing for everyone born between 1945 and 1965.

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FCC Plans Nationwide Spectrum Grant for Medical Monitoring Networks

Sat, 2012-05-19 23:23 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Luis Kun

nationaljournal.com - by Adam Mazmanian - May 17, 2012

Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski announced on Thursday that the agency will likely adopt a plan to dedicate a nationwide swath of spectrum to the operation of wireless medical monitoring devices.

Final approval is expected at the FCC’s next open meeting, scheduled for May 24. The spectrum allocation is part of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan.

The move would make the “U.S. the first country in the world to dedicate spectrum for Medical Body Area Networks in hospitals, clinics, and doctors’ offices,” Genachowski said.

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Grand Challenges Explorations - Winners Announced May 9, 2012

Thu, 2012-05-10 15:11 — Kathy Gilbeaux
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Subject: Grand Challenges Explorations - Winners Announced May 9, 2012
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4 Consumer-Focused Revolutions That Will Change Health Care

Sat, 2012-04-28 18:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Janine Rees

fastcoexist.com - by Andrew J. Rosenthal

In our flailing attempts to fix our health care system, there are some rays of hope. Insurance providers are being forced to start thinking of patients as people, not as revenue streams.

Health care is broken. Insurance is hard to access, and expensive. What you pay often has little to do with the care quality you receive. Physicians are pressed for time, when you can see them. And the relationships between patient and doctor, and employer, and health insurer often seem to have broken down completely.

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Tropical Diseases Surfacing More in Texas - Texas and Mexico: Sharing a Legacy of Poverty and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Sat, 2012-04-28 11:21 — Kathy Gilbeaux

chron.com - by Todd Ackerman - April 27, 2012

Houston scientists have launched an attack against little-known tropical diseases, scourges of the developing world, increasingly showing up in poor areas of Texas.

The diseases, spread by all manner of blood-sucking insects, cyst-forming tapeworms and tissue-invading bacteria and viruses, typically don't kill, but they cause chronic disabilities that trap sufferers in lasting poverty.

"They may have been here all along, but now that we're looking we're seeing these diseases more and more," says Dr. Peter Hotez, a Baylor College of Medicine infectious disease professor leading the effort. "They have a huge impact - heart disease, epilepsy, mental retardation – even though they fly beneath most everyone's radar."

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