Health Insurance, Facilities & IT

The U.S. has granted Austrian firm Intercell approval for its Ixiaro vaccine to protect pediatric patients against Japanese encephalitis. Read More

New Mexico initially decided on a state-run health insurance exchange but has now elected to partner with the federal government on its marketplace for individuals because it is doesn't have sufficien… Read More

More emphasis on consumer-driven health plans and wellness programs helped keep cost increases for health insurance at Southeast Michigan companies to 4% this year, the lowest growth in a decade, acco… Read More

The American Psychiatric Association has included updated guidelines and criteria for PTSD in the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The new standard eliminates some of the restrictive criteria… Read More

A KLAS report finds that health care groups are turning more to partial outsourcing deals and less on extensive outsourcing services to meet their growing IT demands amid pressures to satisfy meaningf… Read More

The Healthcare Innovation Council has sent a letter to six members of the Senate urging them to stop the EHR meaningful use incentives if the program is not reformed, saying the incentives fail to boo… Read More

The American Dental Association is urging states to expand Medicaid dental benefits for adults. An estimated 5.3 million adults will gain dental benefits under the Affordable Care Act, but most will b… Read More

The ability of a Canadian lab to share samples of a SARS-like coronavirus has been restricted by agreements with the Dutch lab that provided the virus, according to the scientific director of Canada's… Read More

Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon, which makes sutures and wound-care devices, will be merged with Ethicon Endo-Surgery, which makes devices and implements for minimally invasive surgery. The move will s… Read More