Displaying items 37-48 of 2058
» View burbankleader.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-172
•
Next >
-
The importance of health care hand-offs
The passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act has made health care a topic of everyday conversations around our dinner and conference tables. However, most of the discussion is political and not about whether our health care system works for...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Dietary Supplements, Herbal Supplements, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics
-
Medicare financial outlook improves, but problems still loom
WASHINGTON — The federal government projected Friday that Medicare's main trust fund would not run in the red until 2026, two years later than projected last year, in part because of slower growth in healthcare costs. Prospects for the Social...Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Social Security, Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace
-
HealthSpring changes its name
HealthSpring, an arm of Cigna that manages Medicare plans, said Wednesday it is rebranding and changing its name to Cigna-HealthSpring. Tennessee-based HealthSpring serves more than 18,200 Medicare Advantage patients in Maryland. HealthSpring...
Tags: Prescription Drugs, Agriculture, Cigna Corporation, Government Health Care, HealthSpring Inc.
-
Medicare outlook improves as healthcare costs grow more slowly
WASHINGTON — In another indication of the impact of slowing healthcare costs, the federal government Friday upgraded its assessment of the financial health of the Medicare insurance program for the elderly and disabled. Medicare’s main trust...Tags: Parties and Movements, Symptoms, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Health Insurance Cost, Social Security
-
Voice of the People, Jun. 07
Fresh leadership Unlike state House Speaker Michael Madigan, state Senate President John Cullerton and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, I have read your editorials on the dire financial situation in the state of Illinois caused by the pension situation. The...Tags: Trials, Bradley Manning, Social Security, Public Officials, Michele Bachmann
-
Northampton County seniors sicker than most in state
Elderly people in Northampton County are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, depression, diabetes and other diseases, and they cost more to treat compared with the elderly throughout Pennsylvania, newly released federal data show. In 19...
Tags: Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Heart Disease, Lehigh County, Hospitals and Clinics, Diabetes
-
Debating just how long to wait before fixing Social Security
The trustees overseeing the finances of Social Security and Medicare issued their latest report Friday, declaring that a) the Social Security Trust Fund is expected to run out of money in 2035, the same estimate as last year; b) Medicare's hospital...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Social Security, Economy, Business and Finance, Hospitals and Clinics, Crime, Law and Justice
-
Maryland hospital rate increase recommended
Maryland hospitals would get some help dealing with federal cuts under a proposed plan that would increase the rates they can charge by 1.65 percent. The staff of the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the agency responsible for setting hospital...
Tags: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care
-
Voice of the People, Jun. 01
Liberal arts skills Doug Oberhelman, CEO of Caterpillar Inc., says he "can't employ philosophers in manufacturing in the United States." I would suggest that that attitude is one of the problems facing his company and others. A liberal arts degree...Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Health Insurance Cost, Science and Technology, Students, Insurance
-
Maryland panel approves hospital rate increase
A state panel voted unanimously Wednesday to increase the rates hospitals can charge by 1.65 percent, but the medical institutions say the amount is inadequate and will collectively drive hospitals into the red. The Maryland Hospital Association said the...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Economy, Business and Finance, Hospitals and Clinics, Finance, Government Health Care
-
Hospital charges vary widely across region, nation
Making hospital charges more transparent, the federal government this week released data showing what medical centers across the country charge for treating 100 of the most common reasons patients get admitted. The charges vary dramatically —...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Orlando Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Consumers, Government Health Care
-
Comparing healthcare prices
With increasingly wide-ranging costs for medical procedures, here are some resources to help you find and understand medical prices. • Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Data base shows charges for the 100 most common hospital-based...Tags: Health Treatments, Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care, Prices, Private Health Care
Jun 3, 2013
|Story| South Bend Tribune
May 31, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 29, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 31, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jun 7, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jun 3, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 31, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 31, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 1, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jun 5, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 9, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
May 9, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for Medicare topic gallery.
