News For: health care Major Medical InsurancePennsylvania Physicians Concerned About Renewal Of Medical Malpractice Insurance Subsidy Program Physicians in Pennsylvania are concerned that the state's Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error fund, which provides doctors with subsidies for malpractice insurance, could expire this year as lawmakers debate changes to the state's health care system, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.Gov. Obama criticizes McCain on health insurance regulation Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama Ill. over the weekend criticized Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain Ariz. for an article that McCain wrote about the health insurance market in an "obscure journal," the Washington Post reports. Nigeria militant leader seeks urgent medical care: wife The suspected leader of Nigeria's main militant group in oil-rich Niger Delta, who is in detention on treason charges, needs urgent medical care for a kidney ailment, his wife and lawyer said Monday. After attack, victim faces big medical bills Jen Hall has suffered from one cold in the last two decades, so she wasn't worried that her new job didn't offer health insurance during a three-month probationary period. But a random attack outside a South Loop grocery store in August left her dealing with several serious medical issues, including a brain injury, seizures and 20 knocked-out teeth. Armed With Knowledge, Driven to Fight Dr. Ron Davis speaks about major health care issues while battling pancreatic cancer, which is the nation?s fourth-leading cause of cancer death. Increasing Medicare Physician Payments, Testing 'Medical Home' Model Could Improve Quality Of Care, Experts Say At ... An increase in Medicare reimbursements for primary care, revisions to the current payment system and a pilot program to test the use of medical homes for beneficiaries could lead to major changes in the U.S. health care system, witnesses said at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Tuesday, CQ HealthBeat reports. MD Health Medical Research Inc. and Lakeridge Health sign research service agreement MD Health Medical Research Inc. and Lakeridge Health are pleased to announce an agreement for research services to all campuses of the Lakeridge Health hospital network. The intention of this agreement is to support interested clinicians at LH in all phases of clinical research including proposals, development, review, management, publication and/or presentation of research studies. Employees to face greater burden of health care costs Despite a leveling off in health insurance premium hikes, the tough economy is forcing more than half the nation���s employers to shift more of the cost of health coverage to their workers in the coming year. Calypso Medical and The University of Pennsylvania Health System Announce Collaboration for Proton Therapy Calypso Medical today announced that it has received a $1 million grant from The University of Pennsylvania Health System to develop a compatible version of the CalypsoR 4D Localization System that would enable real-time tumor tracking during proton therapy for cancer treatment. This funding will go toward developing a modified version of the Calypso System, utilizing GPS for the BodyR ... Insurance Denies Life-Saving Surgery, Calling It "Cosmetic" "Aetna health insurance has denied me coverage to treat a disconnected jawbone and insufficient airway, which is called mandible/maxillary hypoplasia," explains Karen George of Woodbridge, Virginia. "Aetna stated they see no necessity for surgery except for cosmetic reasons despite the fact that I have medical necessity letters from six different doctors. |


