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NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Aetna rose $.03 or .1 percent, to $29.81. CIGNA rose $.13 or .4 percent, to $31.09. Coventry Healthcare rose $.01 or percent, to $22.69. Humana rose $.15 or .4 percent, to $41.66. UnitedHealth fell $.06 or .2 percent, to $29.07. WellPoint fell $.05 or .1 percent, to $52.31.
A lawsuit launched against Amgen Inc. on Oct. 30 raises important questions about what is accepted practice when it comes to manufacturing and administering certain drugs and whether the company encouraged the fraudulent sale of free drugs to increase their use. The fifteen state attorneys general behind the suit allege that Amgen exceeded the amount of “overfill” necessary in its vials of ...
It may not be much comfort to Dr. Richard Fisher.But he is not alone.Fisher, a Brookfield dentist, found out last month that Blue Cross/Blue Shield may have leaked his Social Security number and other personal identification in a security breach that may be affecting as many as 850,000 doctors, dentists, therapists and other health providers.
More than half of Shelby County's federally funded nursing homes earned failing marks in a recent federal ranking -- below-average scores that at least one local expert credits to a shortage of area nurses. According to data pooled by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, state inspectors found widespread patterns of medication errors, improperly marked drugs, unnecessary use of ...
The owner of Advance Home Health in Brooklyn Park and two of the company's personal-care assistants have been charged with stealing more than $89,000 from Medicaid.
New data from a long-term survey suggests that U.S. teens are no less active today than they were in 1991. Yet they've gotten increasingly heavier over the same period
This is a release from Blue Cross Blue Shield in response to our request for reaction to the Healthcare bill passed in the House over the weekend. read more
Dr. Michael Reinstein: Psychiatrist is heavy prescriber of antipsychotic drugs No psychiatrist in Illinois -- or Texas, Florida and California, for that matter -- has come close to Dr. Michael Reinstein in prescribing the antipsychotic drug clozapine to public aid patients, Medicaid records show.
TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- While there are plenty of good reasons to avoid obesity in your teens, a new study now suggests that extra weight in adolescence may increase your risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) later.
Myths about Medicaid: By "myths" I mean common misconceptions. With Medicaid, there is no such thing as ‘partly right’; one is either eligible or one is not!
( Physicians for a National Health Program ) A research team at Harvard Medical School estimates 2,266 US military veterans under the age of 65 died last year because they lacked health insurance and thus had reduced access to care. The researchers pointedly say the health reform legislation pending in the House and Senate will not significantly affect this grim picture. They found that 1,461 ...
BioVex , a Woburn, Mass.-based biotechnology company that raised $40 million in venture capital in March to develop a novel cancer-fighting treatment, plans to announce Tuesday that it has raised another $30 million, The Boston Globe reported.
LANSDALE — January 1, 2010 won’t be a good day for more than 10,000 seniors in Montgomery County.
( Boston University Medical Center ) The Vasculitis Center at Boston University School of Medicine has received a five-year $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The grant will be used to research new biomarkers for vasculitis disease activity and prognosis. The research will also develop and standardize outcome measures for the different types of vasculitis, and develop and ...
Question: I worked for the same company for more than 27 years and then was laid off eight months ago. Although at age 57 I have lots of experience, my employment prospects look bleak. My 401(k) has gone down the drain the past two years and is currently worth about $320,000. As I approach retirement, I wonder: Will this be enough to live on? --David, Los Angeles, Calif.
Senate Democrats are looking to former President Bill Clinton to jump-start their push to overhaul America's health care system, hoping a battle-scarred veteran of past health care fights can motivate their ranks to finish the politically tricky job this time.
