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DuPont to Turn Grindsted Plant Carbon Neutral Using Green Energy

Jun 20, 2016

DuPont Nutrition & Health plans to turn its plant in Grindsted, Denmark, into a carbon dioxide neutral facility by next year. To achieve this, the company will retrofit the plant's large coal boiler to burn wood chips. By doing so, ...

Tags: DuPont Nutrition, carbon dioxide, green transition

Shares of Humana Went up as Estimates of The 2015 Payment Rate Reduction Estimates

Feb 28, 2014

Shares of Humana, UnitedHealth, Aetna and others went up Monday as estimates of the 2015 payment rate reduction estimates appeared to land closer to 4 percent than to the initial expectations around 7 percent or even deeper. Shares of ...

Tags: Medicare reimbursement cuts, Health&Medicine, pay health plans

Today's Headlines Include Continuing Coverage of Medicare Advantage Payment Rates

Feb 27, 2014

Today's headlines include continuing coverage of Medicare Advantage payment rates, as well as a range of stories about the health law's Medicaid expansion and online insurance marketplaces. Kaiser Health News: Impact Of Medicare ...

Tags: Medicare Advantage, Obama Administration, Medicare Data, Obamacare

Interest in Health Coverage Helped New Memberships Rise 50 Percent

Feb 27, 2014

eHealthInsurance reports that interest in health coverage ginned up by the new federal law has helped new memberships rise 50 percent. Meanwhile, NPR examines the mixed record of the 14 states running their own marketplaces. USA Today: ...

Tags: CT, Health Care, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Mental Health

Covered California Has Almost Reached Its Enrollment Goal for March 31

Feb 27, 2014

Covered California has almost reached its enrollment goal for March 31, according to numbers released Wednesday. Still, the state plans to spend millions on Spanish-language advertising in the weeks remaining before the open enrollment ...

Tags: Health Insurance, Health Coverage, Health Plan, Obamacare

Use Of Telemedicine Can Reduce Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Residents

Feb 26, 2014

Health Affairs: Use Of Telemedicine Can Reduce Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Residents And Generate Savings For Medicare Hospitalizations of nursing home residents are frequent and result in complications, morbidity, and Medicare ...

Tags: Telemedicine, Medicaid, Medicare Premium

Obama Administration's Announcement Will Delay a Health Law Requirement

Feb 26, 2014

Today's headlines include detailed coverage of the Obama administration's announcement that it will delay a health law requirement that mid-sized employers provide health insurance to workers while also allowing larger employers more ...

Tags: Medicaid Managed Care, Health Law, Obamacare, Anti-ACA Sentiment

Today's Headlines Include Stories About The Health Law's Coverage Gap

Feb 25, 2014

Today's headlines include stories about the health law's coverage gap. Kaiser Health News: Arkansas' Medicaid Experiment, Key To Obamacare Expansion, On Ropes Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz reports: "The Arkansas' ...

Tags: Kaiser Health, Health Law, ACA, CMS

A Downward Trend in Antibiotic Use Among Children May Have Leveled off in Certain Areas

Feb 13, 2014

TUESDAY Feb. 4, 2014, 2014 -- A downward trend in antibiotic use among children may have leveled off in certain areas of the United States, a new study shows. Researchers from Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School reviewed ...

Tags: Antibiotic

6.3 Million People Were Found Eligible for Medicaid and Children's Insurance Program

Feb 10, 2014

More than 6.3 million people were found eligible for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program since October,but it is unclear how many are newly insured since recipients must re-enroll each year.Meanwhile,Health and Human ...

Tags: Medicaid, Health Insurance, Medicaid Signups

Google's Internet-Connected Eyewear Glass Is Coming to People

Feb 8, 2014

Google's Internet-connected eyewear Glass is coming to people who need prescriptions to correct their vision. New spectacles from Google's design team will be compatible with corrective lenses and, thanks to a collaboration with a private ...

Tags: Google, eyewear Glass, VSP, AFP

New York Has Revised Its Request for a $10 Billion Medicaid Adjustment

Feb 8, 2014

A selection of health policy stories from New York, Washington state, California, Virginia, Idaho, Connecticut and Georgia. The Associated Press/Wall Street Journal: Feds Urge More Talks On N.Y. Medicaid Application New York has ...

Tags: Decry Insurance Rule, Brain-Dead, health care

For President Obama, The State of The Political Union Could Be Better

Feb 8, 2014

The Washington Post: Obamacare Breeds Distrust Of Liberalism For President Obama, the state of the political union ... could be better. It is not only that the president's political support is diminished; it is diminished, in large part, ...

Tags: SOTU, medicaid myth, tax reform, Obamacare

Federal Officials Made The Emergency Payment to Verizon Terremark

Feb 8, 2014

Politico reports that federal officials made the emergency payment to Verizon Terremark after discovering the federal website was unable to handle sufficient traffic. Also in the news, the Maryland House is scheduled to vote on legislation ...

Tags: Verizon Terremark, Health Exchange Bill, CMS, Millman and Meyers

Each Week, KHN Compiles a Selection of Recently Released Health Policy Studies and Briefs

Jan 21, 2014

Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Hospitalization Of Elderly Medicaid Long-Term Care Users Who Transition From Nursing Homes To compare ...

Tags: Nursing Home Transitions, Medicare Premiums

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