http://www.bling.org health care headlines Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-26/department-of-health-fails-to-account-to-parliament-on-domestic-violence-mandate.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-26/department-of-health-fails-to-account-to-parliament-on-domestic-violence-mandate.html#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:01:13 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-26/department-of-health-fails-to-account-to-parliament-on-domestic-violence-mandate.html ...of abused women. I will today be writing to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee to request her to call the Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, to appear before the committee. It is high time that someone accounts for how effective the Department has...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-26/department-of-health-fails-to-account-to-parliament-on-domestic-violence-mandate.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-20/lamar-county-applying-for-health-grant.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-20/lamar-county-applying-for-health-grant.html#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:01:07 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-20/lamar-county-applying-for-health-grant.html ...reported that the Board of Supervisors gave Fire Coordinator George Stevens permission Thursday to apply for a $1.26 million "Health Care Innovation Grant." Funded through the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Preparedness and...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-20/lamar-county-applying-for-health-grant.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-15/california-health-officials-recall-bed-bath-beyond-tissue-boxes.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-15/california-health-officials-recall-bed-bath-beyond-tissue-boxes.html#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:01:21 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-15/california-health-officials-recall-bed-bath-beyond-tissue-boxes.html ...of a truck at a California Highway Patrol inspection station. After the discovery, the CHP notified the California Department of Health Services. The department said Friday as part of a voluntary nationwide recall, the boxes have been pulled from shelves in...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-15/california-health-officials-recall-bed-bath-beyond-tissue-boxes.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-15/health-notes-reclaiming-control.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-15/health-notes-reclaiming-control.html#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:01:06 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-15/health-notes-reclaiming-control.html ...of the treatment. Who it helps Over 30 million Americans suffer from bladder dysfunction, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. For people with these and other conditions such as fecal incontinence, interstitial cystitis and chronic...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-15/health-notes-reclaiming-control.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-09/great-recession-still-affects-health-care-spending.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-09/great-recession-still-affects-health-care-spending.html#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:01:12 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-09/great-recession-still-affects-health-care-spending.html ...and private spending for health care totaled nearly $2.6 trillion in 2010, or $8,402 per person, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. That's up from nearly $2.5 trillion, or $8,149 per person, in 2009. The 3.9 percent growth in spending...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-09/great-recession-still-affects-health-care-spending.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-08/kan-health-officials-issue-annual-fish-warning.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-08/kan-health-officials-issue-annual-fish-warning.html#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:01:12 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-08/kan-health-officials-issue-annual-fish-warning.html ...recommended. Subject: Name: (Required. Will appear) Email: (Required. Will not appear) Enter text seen above: The Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism compiled this year's consumption advisory....

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-08/kan-health-officials-issue-annual-fish-warning.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-08/brooklyns-fractured-demographics-as-seen-in-a-new-report-on-health-care.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-08/brooklyns-fractured-demographics-as-seen-in-a-new-report-on-health-care.html#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:01:19 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-08/brooklyns-fractured-demographics-as-seen-in-a-new-report-on-health-care.html ...report from the state Department of Health, At the Brink of Transformation: Restructuring the Healthcare Delivery System in Brooklyn (see Greater NY Hospital Association comments), aims to restructure Medicaid, but also offers some broader perspective on Brooklyn's...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-08/brooklyns-fractured-demographics-as-seen-in-a-new-report-on-health-care.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-12-28/feds-award-oregon-22-5-million-for-childrens-health-insurance-enrollment.html http://www.bling.org/2011-12-28/feds-award-oregon-22-5-million-for-childrens-health-insurance-enrollment.html#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:01:18 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-12-28/feds-award-oregon-22-5-million-for-childrens-health-insurance-enrollment.html ...a time when Oregon's budget could use a little good news, the state's success in enrolling children in health coverage has paid off. The federal Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced bonuses to 23 states, including nearly $22.5 million...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-12-28/feds-award-oregon-22-5-million-for-childrens-health-insurance-enrollment.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-12-28/mont-gets-6-5m-childrens-health-insurance-bonus.html http://www.bling.org/2011-12-28/mont-gets-6-5m-childrens-health-insurance-bonus.html#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:01:32 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-12-28/mont-gets-6-5m-childrens-health-insurance-bonus.html ...a state must beat a Medicaid enrollment target and streamline its procedures in applying for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials did not specify in their statement Wednesday what...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-12-28/mont-gets-6-5m-childrens-health-insurance-bonus.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-12-17/ehb-coalition-releases-statement-on-hhs%c2%80%c2%99-essential-health-benefits-bulletin.html http://www.bling.org/2011-12-17/ehb-coalition-releases-statement-on-hhs%c2%80%c2%99-essential-health-benefits-bulletin.html#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:01:12 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-12-17/ehb-coalition-releases-statement-on-hhs%c2%80%c2%99-essential-health-benefits-bulletin.html ...and vice president and employee benefits policy counsel at the National Retail Federation, released the following statement on the release of a bulletin today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the essential health benefits package....

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