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Massachusetts' Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, which oversees the Commonwealth Care insurance portion of the state's comprehensive health reform plan, is making significant program changes in an effort to hold down costs to taxpayers.
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Spurred by complaints from pharmacist and drug store associations, some members of Congress are backing legislation to fix what they say is a flawed Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicaid pharmacy reimbursement rule for generic drugs.
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While states and local governments have made significant progress in critical areas of the nation's emergency health preparedness effort, critical areas still require attention and sustained funding, according to the fifth annual report from Trust for America's Health (TFAH).
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The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) has been kept alive with President Bush's signature on legislation to continue funding through March 2009, but the program will not expand the way congressional Democrats had hoped.
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A public opinion poll commissioned by Trust for America's Health (TFAH) finds that nearly seven years after the Sept. 11, 2001, more than half of all Americans believe the country is less safe now than it was before the terrorist attacks.
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Stop smoking drug Chantix rates stronger warning from FDA; Type 2 diabetes surgery on the way?; Vytorin study inconclusive; Influenza A virus found resistant to Tamiflu; FDA actions.
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Most cases of thrombocytopenia seen are expected. Patients are known to have hematological disease or are receiving chemotherapy. At times, however, the physician is confronted with an unexpected laboratory finding in an asymptomatic patient, or with a patient who is bleeding. The challenge, as usual, is to determine the need for acute treatment and the appropriate disposition.
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