Maryland reports first case of seasonal influenza
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 30, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, Health Care, illness, influenza, maryland
Maryland health officials are reporting the state’s first case of seasonal influenza.
The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced Friday that the first laboratory-confirmed case of seasonal influenza has been diagnosed in an adult in the Baltimore area.
This season’s first confirmed case comes months later than last season’s. Officials say last season’s first confirmed case [...]
Western Marylander diagnosed with Legionnaires
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 28, 2011
Tags: Allegany County Health Department, Grandview Apartments, Health Care, Legionnaires disease, western maryland
WESTERNPORT — Public health officials say one resident of a western Maryland senior-citizen apartment complex has been diagnosed with Legionnaires disease.
The Allegany County Health Department announced the confirmed case Wednesday at the Grandview Apartments in Westernport.
The agency says it’s investigating the source of the Legionella bacteria. The germs are usually found in water sources.
Meanwhile, the [...]
Maryland awarded $28.3M for children’s health coverage
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 28, 2011
Tags: Annapolis, children's health insurance program, families, Health and Human Services, health coverage, maryland, medicaid, medicare, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland is getting $28.3 million to help provide more children with health coverage, the U.S. Health Department announced Wednesday.
Maryland is one of 23 states to share more than $296 million in performance bonus payments for surpassing a Medicaid enrollment target and adopting procedures to improve access to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance [...]
Medicaid family planning benefits to expand in Maryland
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 28, 2011
Tags: Annapolis, expand, family planning benefits, General Assembly, Health Care, Law, low income, maryland, medicaid, services
ANNAPOLIS — More low-income women will be eligible for Medicaid family planning services in Maryland next week when a new law takes effect.
The expansion will allow Maryland women who are at or below 200 percent of the poverty level and under 51 years of age to be eligible for services such as pelvic exams, screenings [...]
Preventive care: It’s free, except when it’s not
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 28, 2011
Tags: doctor, Health Care, health care overhaul, health insurance, Law, legislation, physician, president barack obama, preventive care, screening
CHICAGO — Bill Dunphy thought his colonoscopy would be free.
His insurance company told him it would be covered 100 percent, with no copayment from him and no charge against his deductible. The nation’s 1-year-old health law requires most insurance plans to cover all costs for preventive care including colon cancer screening. So Dunphy had the [...]
Delaware’s Goodwill offering refurbished medical equipment
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 26, 2011
Tags: delaware, goodwill, medicaid, medical assistance, medical equipment, University of Delaware's Center for Disabilities Studies, wilmington
WILMINGTON, Del. — Goodwill has branched out with an innovative new business that has big potential for growth.
And it’s a new kind of recycling for 90-year-old Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County, Pa., extending its founding concept of “giving a hand-up instead of a hand-out.”
The nonprofit has launched a new business of refurbishing and selling [...]
Florida yoga teacher named ‘world’s oldest’
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 26, 2011
Tags: florida, Guinness World Records, PINELLAS PARK, Rosomoff Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center, teacher, yoga
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — The yoga teacher in the front of the room lay on the floor, her hands resting on her upper thighs. She lifted her right leg high in the air, foot flexed. Then she grabbed her right foot in her right hand and brought her leg toward her face as she raised [...]
State board defers decision on $120M pharmacy contract
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 21, 2011
Tags: board of public works, comptroller peter franchot, correct rx, correct rx pharmacy services, diamond pharmacy, gov. martin o'malley, Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals, t. eloise foster
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Board of Public Works has deferred action on a $120 million pharmacy contract for the state’s prison inmates after a long and contentious debate.
The board decided Wednesday to postpone a vote on the five-year contract with Diamond Pharmacy to wait for unsuccessful competing bids to have [...]
States get say on health benefits in Obama’s law
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 16, 2011
Tags: benefits, big brother, Health and Human Services, Health Care, health care overhaul, Kathleen Sebelius, obama health care, obamacare, president barack obama, private insurance, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Friday rolled out a benefits framework for millions of people who will get private insurance through the health care overhaul, but states will decide the specifics.
Under the new law, the federal government must set a basic benefits package for private insurance. That’s tricky territory for the administration, which is trying [...]
Plan would lift wages of home health care workers
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 15, 2011
Tags: Congress, disabled, elderly, Health Care, health service companies, home health care, medication, minimum wage, national policy director, obama administration, overtime, paraprofessional healthcare institute, professions
WASHINGTON — Workers in the home health care industry — one of the country’s fastest growing professions — would be guaranteed minimum wage and overtime protections under new rules proposed Thursday by the Obama administration.
The move would boost living standards for nearly 2 million employees who help the elderly and disabled with daily tasks such [...]
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