Healthcare

So exactly why are health insurance premiums increasing so fast for so many small employers?  

A newspaper says it has evidence the University Medical Center has been leaking information about patients to personal-injury lawyers seeking clients. Hospital chief executive Kathy Silver tells the Las Vegas Sun she's considering seeking a police investigation of the release of information. It would violate federal patient-privacy laws and could result in fines and prison time.  

Take Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu. She's now likely to vote with Mr. Reid on Saturday after an amendment was inserted to increase her state's federal Medicaid subsidies by $100 million. The amendment devotes two pages to language making certain that only Louisiana would be entitled to the extra cash.  

FOUR people here have been caught peddling drugs illegally online in a worldwide sting to crack down on unapproved Internet sales. In all, 107 online platforms - websites, forums, blogs, auction sites and online classified sites - were screened here over the past five days by Health Sciences Authority (HSA) officers. It took part in a global effort led by Interpol and the World Health Organisation to weed out an increasing number of websites offering prescription drugs or health products containing po  

NEWARK, New Jersey--The New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services, in partnership with the New Jersey Dental Association, will introduce a new online toolkit for high school career counselors. DHSS Commissioner Heather Howard NJDA President Dr. Steven R. Fink, and others, will be on hand at 10 a.m. Nov. 23, 2009, to assist and support the rollout at Newark's Central High School.  

Alpha Omega Home Health LLC has been in business since 2004, offering quality home health care services. Their trained staff is there to take care of your needs on a timely basis. Owner Joanne Sopko, R.N., M.S.N., has devoted her life to taking care of people's needs, and began the business with an eye toward serving the community for years to come.  

FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota--MRLB International has announced the reduction of recommended retail prices 30 to 60 percent on its DentaPure Microbiological Water Purification System products for dental operatories. The price reduction was made possible through the use of new cost-saving manufacturing techniques. DentaPure products are produced, assembled, and manufactured in the United States.  

Chiropractors get a lift in the Senate health care bill, thanks to a senator from the state practitioners consider the birthplace of their profession - Iowa. Search the fine print of the bill unveiled this week by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and you'll find scores of provisions making winners out of some interest groups and losers of others, from makers of costly biological drugs to insurance company executives. It's not surprising considering the $1 trillion, 10-year price tag of the 2,  

Bulgarian Doctors and Nurses from across the country held a 15 minute voluntary silent protest at 12:00 Friday against the violence they are subjected to by patients and their relatives. The Chairman of the Plovdiv medical society, Totko Naydenov, called on the Bulgaria Parliament to address the issue by changing the Penal Code to provide more severe punishment for perpetrators of attacks on medical staff. Naydenov reported that he himself had been threatened, beaten up and even attacked with an axe w