Category Archives: Headline of the Day
Aetna withdraws from state’s health insurance exchange
August 9, 2013The CT Mirror By Arielle Levin Becker Monday, August 5, 2013 Aetna has withdrawn its proposal to participate in Connecticut’s health insurance exchange, becoming the second carrier in recent weeks
Medicare To Punish 24 State Hospitals For High Readmissions
August 9, 2013Connecticut Health I-Team | Lisa Chedekel | August 6, 2013 Twenty-four of Connecticut’s 31 hospitals will face Medicare penalties in the fiscal year starting in October, in the second round
Bone-Chilling Mistakes Hospitals Make And Why They Don’t Want You To Know
August 6, 2013FORBES Leah Binder 7/15/2013 Claire* was detained by security at the airport when the metal detector went off. Guards couldn’t figure out why. Eventually, they let her board the flight, but
‘Top’ hospitals aren’t always tops, new report finds
August 6, 2013Maggie Fox NBC News July 31, 2013 The top hospitals don’t always live up to their reputations when it comes to handling surgery, according to a new report released on Wednesday. Consumer
Scientists Seek to Rein In Diagnoses of Cancer
July 31, 2013The New York Times | Cancer | July 29, 2013 | By TARA PARKER-POPE “A group of experts advising the nation’s premier cancer research institution has recommended changing the definition
Slow Ideas – Some innovations spread fast. How do you speed the ones that don’t?
July 30, 2013Annals of Medicine by Atul Gawande July 29, 2013 “Why do some innovations spread so swiftly and others so slowly? … technology and incentive programs are not enough. “Diffusion is
New insurer lowers proposed rates for Obamacare health plans
July 29, 2013By Arielle Levin Becker Thursday, July 25, 2013 HealthyCT, a new insurer, has significantly reduced what it’s proposing to charge customers who buy health plans through the marketplace created by
How Your Insurance Reimbursement Amounts are Calculated or How a Secretive Panel Uses Data That Distort Doctors’ Pay
July 23, 2013The Washington Post By Peter Whoriskey and Dan Keating, Published: July 20 “Unknown to most, a single committee of the AMA, the chief lobbying group for physicians, meets confidentially every year
Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $22.9 million to end recall lawsuit
July 19, 2013Reuters Wed, Jul 17 2013 By Jessica Dye NEW YORK – Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $22.9 million to end a lawsuit from investors who claimed the company
Yale study identifies ways to prevent Medicare patient readmission
July 18, 2013Published: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 By Register Staff / NEW HAVEN — A study led by Yale University researchers has identified ways to avoid readmission of Medicare patients to hospitals,