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Health Care Reform : CareFirst Says Health Reform My Jeopardize its Local Philanthropy

Posted on 9/13/2010 (146 reads)

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Inc., one of the mid-Atlantic's major sources of corporate philanthropy, is threatening that federal health care reform could jeopardize its community giving.

Health Care Reform : Health Care Reform? Not the costs

Posted on 9/13/2010 (130 reads)

The political and health care world is abuzz this morning over this report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Office the Actuary, which predicts the impact of federal health care reform on actual medical spending.

Health Care Reform : At Hospitals, New Methods With a Focus on Diversity

Posted on 9/8/2010 (171 reads)

At Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, a borough that is home to 2.3 million people from more than 100 countries, lactation consultants spend extra time explaining to Bangladeshi women that the yellow breast milk they produce right after birth is not dirty.

Health Care Reform : For Chronic Care, Try Turning to Your Employer

Posted on 7/29/2010 (266 reads)

IF you are one of the 133 million American grappling with a chronic illness like diabetes, asthma or heart disease, where do you turn for help managing your condition?

Your employer may seem like an unlikely choice. Chronic conditions account for 25 percent of all medical costs, studies show, and an employee with a longstanding illness can mean higher health care expenses and lower productivity to company bean counters.

Yet many firms have come to realize that it makes economic sense to help improve the health of workers who are the greatest users of medical services.

Health Care Reform : Senate Panel Previews Electronic Health Technology

Posted on 4/27/2010 (384 reads)

The Senate Committee on Aging last week offered a preview of the government's future role in health care, showing how Americans will interact with doctors and other health care providers. The demonstration offers a glimpse at an overlooked effect of health care reform.

The effort, loosely called e-Health or e-Care, combines health-care technology with 21st-century Internet connectivity. It will allow doctors to interact with their patients through innovations such as video chats, telephone health checkups, and home-health monitoring devices that relay data over wireless Internet connections.

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