12/25/2008 News For: Low Cost Family Health ServicesKaiser donates $50,000 to Health Express for transportation to doctor appointments Kaiser Permanente recently donated $50,000 to Auburn-based Health Express to expand its free and low-cost transportation services for patients who don't have access to reliable and affordable transportation to and from their medical appointments. A project of the nonprofit Placer Collaborative Network and Seniors First, the Health Express program was launched late last year to serve western ... Low-cost clinic's financial health needs a booster shot Staff ?members at the Community Health Centers of Pinellas see evidence of the bad economy on a daily basis. More people are coming in who have lost their jobs and their health insurance. Aetna, BayCare Health System sign agreement to continue services in Tampa Bay Aetna, a US-based provider of health insurance products and related services, and BayCare Health System have reached an agreement on a new multi-year contract that ensures continuation of their long-term relationship in the Tampa Bay area. The new contract takes effect on January 1, 2009. Michigan chooses prison health firm, angering critics LANSING - Michigan is hiring a new company to treat state prisoners with medical problems after investigators criticized the existing health provider for low productivity and not having enough doctors. Prison Health Services Inc. was notified earlier this month that... Doctors offer free care for needy CEDAR RAPIDS and#8212; Good news for Linn County residents who could use some and#8212; the uninsured.Eleven doctors have enrolled in Linn County Public Access, a new program for the county that matches low-income adults without health insurance with doctors willing to donate their services.Patients who qualify can see doctors for free.Linn County modeled its program on Project Access in ... Mich. chooses prison health company, angers foes LANSING, Mich. ? Michigan is hiring a new company to treat state prisoners with medical problems after investigators criticized the existing health provider for low productivity and not having enough doctors. Pennsylvania gov's top health care aide to leave HARRISBURG ? The director of Gov. Ed Rendell's efforts to expand health insurance to low-income children and adults, help doctors pay their malpractice bills and modernize Pennsylvania's health care system is stepping down. County to pay nearly $100,000 for inmate health IRON MOUNTAIN - The Dickinson County Board of Commissioners voted to accept a proposal from Health Professionals, Ltd. HPL of Peoria, Ill. to provide inmate health care services at the county jail for an annual cost of $99,386.28. Health care for jail inmates is mandated by state law and can include prescription drug coverage, medical supplies, laboratory and radiology testing, and visits from Low risk to public health from Southdown fire Auckland Medical Officer of Health, Dr Denise Barnfather, says the risks to the public remain very low from the fire at the Southdown freezing works site. Angola: Eleven Health Units Built in Kwanza Norte Province Ndalatando ? Eleven new health units, including a maternity hospital, were built and rehabilitated during the year 2008, in the northern Kwanza Norte province, in the light of local action of increasing the supply of basic health and medical assistance services to the population. |




