The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Wisconsin Physicians Service Health Insurance Corp. has been awarded a five-year contract for the combined administration of Part A and Part B Medicare claims payment in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.
Despite recommendations for annual preventive exams for adolescents, only 10 percent of teens have enough visits within 12 months to receive the recommended three shots needed for HPV vaccine. Ideally the three shots are delivered within six months, and only 1 percent of teens see their physicians that often.
A Purdue University researcher is working on a new technique to diagnose hearing loss in a way that more accurately reflects real-world situations.
Despite recommendations for annual preventive exams for adolescents, only 10 percent of teens have enough visits within 12 months to receive the recommended three shots needed for HPV vaccine. Ideally the three shots are delivered within six months, and only 1 percent of teens see their physicians that often.
The number of uninsured children and adults in US increased from 2005 to 2006. This alarming finding is revealed in US Census Bureau report.
Physicians might want to be extra careful about how they treat HIV-infected patients –not just in the clinical sense but in the way they behave toward them. Even the perception that physicians are stigmatizing patients for carrying the virus that causes AIDS can discourage these individuals from seeking proper medical care, according to a new UCLA study.
The news today that an additional 2.2 million people in the U.S. lost health insurance coverage in 2006 is a shameful reflection of national priorities. Each year the release of new figures by the U.S. Census Bureau highlights the scope and severity of this problem, and yet the situation changes very little.
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) has launched a new national television ad campaign reminding Congress about the devastating impact on seniors of cuts to Medicare Advantage.
New findings that one in 20 North Carolina men who have sex with men (MSM) reported using crystal methamphetamine during the previous month suggests increased risk for spreading HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, according to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.
A new poll released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows that Americans overwhelmingly support the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which provides states with federal funds to design health insurance programs for vulnerable children.