1/11/12 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find info on health-related portions of Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State address (or lack thereof), a new program to limit painkiller access in NYC hospitals, a new biotech hub proposed for Nassau County, and more!
1/4/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll learn about the impact the fiscal cliff deal had on Medicare, 39 new FDA-approved drugs for 2013, a study finding no clear link between higher spending on healthcare and improved quality and more!
12/28/12 – In this week’s summary, you’ll learn about the risks and benefits to Medicare managed care plans, clinical trials research of a new drug that could treat multiple cancers, a study that shows cancer screening rates have declined, and more!
12/21/12 – The big news this week was that NYS received federal approval to establish its health insurance exchange, which will start serving patients in Jan 2014. Other health news include reports that show: cigarette use is falling among teens; no clear link between dust/debris/fumes from WTC site and cancer; and talks of banning a mercury compound used in vaccines.
12/14/12 – In this summary, you’ll find new info on taxes and Medicaid under the ACA, how insurance exchanges will impact companies, how drug innovation and research can ease the country’s fiscal woes, and more!
12/7/12 – In this summary, you’ll find new developments on health insurance exchanges, essential health benefits, and Medicare Rx benefits under the ACA, new regulations that will make it easier for Veterans to receive care for Traumatic Brain Injury, and more!
11/30/12 – In this summary, you’ll find info on a new program that awards Medicaid patients, the movement of Medicaid and Medicare-eligible patients into managed care, a study on physician’s salaries, and more!
11/30/12 – On behalf of National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and Family Caregivers Month, Marilynn Garzione has appeared as a regular guest blogger. This is her last post. We thank her for her thoughts, feelings, and vast personal experience with Alzheimer’s Disease.
11/23/12 – On behalf of National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and Family Caregivers Month, Marilynn Garzione will appear as a regular guest blogger for the month of November. She will share her thoughts, feelings, and vast personal experience with Alzheimer’s Disease.
11/17/12 – In this summary, you’ll find information on the federal government’s extension of the deadline for states to submit plans for health insurance exchanges, new developments in Alzheimer’s research, expansion of a NYS biotech company, and more!