Health Organizations News

10:06 AM EST
2/10/2012 HHS unveils final design for insurance labelsThe Obama administration today unveiled final regulations that detail what information health insurers must provide on new consumer labels mandated by the federal health law to explain their plans.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Health Organizations, Economy, Business And Finance, Financial And Business Service, Insurance

12:51 PM EST
2/9/2012 Rising prices and looming maize shortagesMalawi's maize-growing central and southern regions have not had good rains, prompting concerns about possible shortages of the staple in the coming months.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Foreign Aid, Economy, Business And Finance, Agriculture, Arable Farming, Weather, Statistic

10:08 AM EST
2/3/2012 As Komen defends itself, Planned Parenthood rakes in substitute fundsWhile Komen officials argued that it wasn't pressure from anti-abortion groups that led them to end their years-long relationship with Planned Parenthood, outraged supporters of the reproductive health organization were rushing to make up the lost funds.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Health Organizations, Social Issue, Abortion, Politics

11:17 AM EST
2/2/2012 Donations to Planned Parenthood soar after Komen Foundation halts fundingDonations have poured into Planned Parenthood after Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the largest and best-funded breast cancer organization in the United States, withdrew its funding on Tuesday.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Health Organizations, Social Issue, Abortion

1:03 PM EST
2/1/2012 Weather data for allDisaster risk reduction officials planning emergency responses now have the option to consult a new online international weather, climate and water system operated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Source:IRIN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Meteorological Disaster, Weather, Statistic

10:18 PM EST
1/30/2012 People In state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behindThe 2010 health-care overhaul creates state-based health plans for those who have medical conditions that make them uninsurable in the private market. These "preexisting-condition insurance plans" (PCIPs) are intended to act as a bridge until 2014, when insurers will no longer be able to refuse to cover people with medical problems or charge them more than other consumers. However, there is a much larger group, more than 220,000 people, who have coverage through 35 state high-risk pools that were in existence before the overhaul was passed.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Health Organizations

12:39 PM EST
1/24/2012 Health plans launch own exchanges ahead of public versionsHealth plans are trying to lock in business before government-sponsored health insurance exchanges go online in 2014. Several large insurers are launching private insurance exchanges to protect themselves against competition from the public exchanges.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Health Organizations, Government Health Care

7:02 AM EST
1/23/2012 In quest to grow, Catholic hospital system pares religious tiesCatholic Healthcare West, one of the nation's largest hospital systems, is ending its governing board's affiliation with the Catholic Church and changing its name, two steps intended to help the system expand throughout the states in which it operates — California, Arizona and Nevada — and beyond. The changes, which executives plan to announce Monday, underscore the unique challenges facing Catholic hospitals in the marketplace.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Health Organizations

7:12 AM EST
1/20/2012 Bird flu returns to Vietnam as first casualty reportedVietnam on Thursday reported its first bird flu casualty in nearly two years. However, local authorities claimed the situation was under control and insisted there was no need to be alarmed. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization WHO on Wednesday confirmed Cambodia’s first bird flu fatality this year after the death of a 2-year-old boy.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Disease, Virus Diseases, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap, Health Organizations

3:12 PM EST
1/9/2012 Building health reform's research armPCORI is not quite a household name, but if Dr. Anne Beal has her way, it will be soon. The acronym stands for Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute—a group of doctors, researchers, statisticians and patient advocates who will commission evidence-based research for the health care system.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Medical Research, Health Organizations