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LINCOLN —
Though the pace
has slowed, a fair number of companies are still
seeking state tax incentives for future
expansions.
An updated list of companies applying for
incentives, provided by the Nebraska Department
of Revenue, shows roughly three dozen new
applications since Aug. 1 last year, including
seven with operations in Lincoln.
Read more.
—
Lincoln Journal Star,
June 21, 2008
As the temperatures begin to warm up in the Sunland area, the threat for the West Nile virus that thrives in hot weather increases, particularly in the months of August and September, according to Public Health Solutions District Health Department officials. Read more.
— Beatrice Daily Sun, June 23 ,
2008
Covering low-income people through public rather than private health insurance results in lower per person medical spending and out-of-pocket expenses, according to a study published
online
Tuesday by Health Affairs. Covering the average low-income uninsured adult with Medicaid for a full year would have cost $3,084 in 2005, while covering that person with private health insurance would have cost $3,899, the study found. Their annual out-of-pocket expenses would have been $109 under Medicaid and $771 under private insurance. The findings are based on data from the 2005 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for Americans earning less than 200
percent of the federal poverty level, or $42,400 for a family of four. —
AHA News Now,
June 24, 2008
Prescription for protecting online health records
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
— Hoping to persuade more people to store their medical records online, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and a hodgepodge of health care providers and insurers have agreed on ground rules for protecting the privacy of the sensitive information.
Read more.
— Omaha World-Herald,
Michael Liedtke, June 25, 2008
Rotavirus activity in the ongoing 2007-2008 season appears to have started later than usual and have been less severe than during any of the previous seasons for which data are available, according to an interim report issued in today's early release edition of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Read more.
— Infection Control Today Magazine, June 25, 2008
OMAHA — Alegent Health
AfterOurs Urgent Care at 14450 Eagle Run Drive in Omaha opens after the doctor’s
offices close so when you need help late at night, over the weekends or on
holidays, there is a place you can go besides the emergency room. The new clinic
offers the same high-quality care you expect from Alegent Health without the
added cost that you incur at any hospital.
— Alegent Health,
June 25, 2008
OMAHA —
The latest jewel on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus - the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education – will open June 26 with a ceremony featuring top officials from the University of Nebraska, as well as local and state government leaders.
Read
more.
— UNMC,
June 25, 2008
LINCOLN —
Not one brick will be required for the newest hospital in Lincoln.
Instead, a specialized heart care hospital is taking shape within the walls of existing BryanLGH Health System buildings.
The "hospital within a hospital" will be a joint effort by physicians in the BryanLGH Heart Institute practice and the BryanLGH Medical Center, said Kim Russel, chief executive officer of the Lincoln-based health system.
The new entity will be known as the BryanLGH Heart Institute.
Read more.
—
Omaha World-Herald,
June 25, 2008
NORFOLK
—
VHA Inc., a national health care alliance,
has recognized Faith Regional Health Services for excellence in treating
hospitalized patients with pneumonia.
Read more.
— Faith Regional Health Services,
May 29, 2008
McCOOK
—
Community Hospital of McCook has received four "National Excellence in Healthcare" awards and has been named a "4-Star" and "5-Star" Hospital by Professional Research Consultants Inc. (PRC) of Omaha.
Read more.
— McCook Daily Gazette,
May 28, 2008
The House voted 355-59 today to pass
H.R. 6331, Medicare legislation that would block a July 1 physician payment cut and includes a number of hospital provisions. The bill would freeze physician payments for 2008 and provide a 1.1
percent increase for physicians in 2009. Like legislation sponsored by Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), the bill also would extend the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility grant program; provide rebasing for sole community hospitals; extend and expand the outpatient hold-harmless provision for small rural and sole community hospitals; extend Section 508 reclassification; and allow critical access hospitals to receive 101
percent of reasonable costs for clinical lab services whether the specimen was taken at the hospital or off site. In addition, the House bill would delay for 18 months the competitive bidding program for Durable Medical Equipment (DMEPOS).
— AHA News Now,
June 24, 2008
A subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday approved a bill specifying discretionary funding for federal health and human services programs for fiscal year 2009. The Labor-HHS spending bill would provide $30.1 billion for the National Institutes of Health; $2.2 billion each for community health centers and Ryan White AIDS programs; $570 million for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Strategic National Stockpile; $585 million for pandemic flu preparedness; $168 million for nursing education programs; $143 million for rural health programs; and $135 million for the National Health Service Corps, among other allocations. The full committee is expected to mark up the bill tomorrow.
—
AHA News Now,
June 25, 2008
Connecting for Health releases industry-first PHR framework
NEW YORK
— Connecting for Health has released a common framework for increasing consumers' privacy and control of their health information on online personal health records, or PHRs.
Dossia, Google, Intuit, Microsoft, WebMD, AARP, America's Health Insurance Plans, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians - among other health care stakeholders - are endorsing the framework created by the Markle Foundation's public-private collaboration.
The release yesterday follows
the 2006 announcement of a policy and technology
framework for privacy and security connecting
healthcare providers from different systems in
Internet-based networks.
Read more.
— Healthcare IT
News,
June 25, 2008
FAMC Presents Free Health Fair at Old Settler’s Day
in North Bend
June 28, 2008 - North Bend Senior Center, North Bend
UNMC
to hold public open house at new Sorrell Center
June
29, 2008 - Omaha
Proactive Connections: Lessons Learned from Mt. Sinai's Experience with the
California Nurses Association
July 9, 2008 - Kearney
July 10, 2008 - Omaha
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