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Questionable treatments for children with autism Chicago Tribune \| 1 day 2 hours 12 minutes ago The Tribune examined four treatments in depth for this series. Medical experts said the therapies have not been proven to help children with autism and that each also carries risks. Genetics anti-bias law takes effect Seattle Times, The \| 1 day 8 hours 7 minutes ago The first federal anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years takes effect today, prohibiting employers from hiring, firing or determining promotions based on genetic makeup. New law bans genetic discrimination Los Angeles Times \| 1 day 9 hours 3 minutes ago The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the most sweeping anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years, prohibits employers from hiring or firing based on a person's genetic makeup. Gene preferences banned Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.), The \| 1 day 9 hours 14 minutes ago WASHINGTON ? The first federal anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years takes effect today, prohibiting employers from hiring, firing or determining promotions based on genetic makeup. New Law Prohibits Genetic Discrimination Sun (Baltimore), The \| 1 day 15 hours 53 minutes ago The first federal anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years takes effect today, prohibiting employers from hiring, firing or determining promotions based on genetic makeup. Heritage Provider Network CEO Dr. Richard Merkin, Announces the Acquisition of Lakeside Medical Systems, Inc. [Press Release] PRNewswire \| 1 day 16 hours 5 minutes ago ...partnership will offer patients and physicians resources from the HPN family that include home visiting physicians, disease management programs, home based electronic medical monitoring equipment, case managers dedicated to patients at high risk... Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan Provides Mercy Health Plans Option [Press Release] PRNewswire \| 1 day 17 hours 12 minutes ago SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Missouri state employees in the Southwest and South Central Missouri regions will now have the option to choose Mercy Health Plans thanks to an agreement reached Tuesday between Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan (MCHCP) and Mercy Health Plans. Medication Compliance Is a Key Concern for Employers, According to New Survey [Press Release] PRNewswire \| 1 day 20 hours 50 minutes ago ...compliance by lowering out-of-pocket costs for prescriptions and may provide other means of support, such as disease management programs. "Results of the survey are very consistent with broader trends we're seeing among large, self... Problems of health care system still exist Business Insurance \| 1 day 22 hours 1 minute ago No reform proposal addresses the core problems of the nation's health care system, says Chandler J. Rapson, president and chief executive officer of Lakeland, Fla.-based First Service Administrators Inc. Health care reform must address networks that hamstring the ability of regional insurers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers to contract with enough quality providers to make serving an individual market financially feasible, he says. In a Tough Year, Employers Hold the Line on Health Benefit Cost Increases InsuranceNewsNet \| 2 days 1 hour 17 minutes ago ... In a Tough Year, Employers Hold the Line on Health Benefit Cost Increases Mercer Survey [Press Release] Business Wire \| 2 days 3 hours 27 minutes ago According to the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, conducted annually by Mercer and released today, many employers feared that health benefit cost growth would spike in 2009 as employees, worried about keeping their jobs and health coverage, consumed more health services than usual. In fact 2009 saw the lowest annual increase in a decade, as the average per-employee cost of health benefits rose 5.5 percent to reach $8,945 after four years of increases of just over 6 percent.... Southern California Nursing Students Are Awarded $256,500 in Scholarships from Kaiser Permanente [Press Release] Business Wire \| 2 days 23 hours 15 minutes ago Nursing students from 46 Southern California colleges received a financial boost today to help meet expenses and complete their education when Kaiser Permanente awarded 145 scholarships totaling $256,500. Kaiser Permanente?s Deloras Jones RN Scholarship program has awarded more than $4 million to 1,942 students statewide since it was established in 2001. Vital Data Technology Adds Nearly 735,000 Covered Medicaid Lives to its Program Designed to Enhance ER Care Coordination and Improve Patient Outcomes [Press Release] Business Wire \| 3 days 33 minutes ago Vital Data Technology, an innovator of emergency medical information systems, announced today that the company has signed an agreement with AMERIGROUP Corporation to serve health plans in Texas and Florida. CleveMed Receives ISO 13485, CE Mark, Canadian Certificate Approval [Press Release] Business Wire \| 3 days 1 hour 30 minutes ago CleveMed recently received ISO 13485 certification issued by BSI Management Systems America Inc., one of the foremost auditing bodies in the world. CleveMed has also received the CE Mark and CMDCAS allowing its products to be distributed to the large European and the Canadian markets which will strengthen its worldwide market presence. Fifty Percent of MS Patients Avoid Treatment Over Injectable Delivery Fears - Pharmaceutical Technology [Press Release] PharmTech.com \| 3 days 1 hour 49 minutes ago Around half of all multiple sclerosis (MS) patients that are eligible for treatment do not receive it and one in five of those patients that do begin therapy, delay doing so because of fear and anxiety over the treatment process, and not fear and anxiety about the disease. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ... Next > 488 Results

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