U.S. access to emergency care – graphic of the day
U.S. emergency care varies widely by state – the American College of Emergency Physicians measured access to care and disaster preparedness, among other issues. Today’s graphic is a report card for all...
View ArticleJournalist spotlight: The reporting behind a scoop on AIDS patients in...
Earlier this month, Reuters was first with the news that hundreds of people with HIV/AIDS in Louisiana trying to obtain coverage under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform are in danger of being...
View ArticleFinancing the war against the global diabetes epidemic – graphic of the day
Upwards of 382 million people around the world are living with diabetes, according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). During 2013, the disease killed 5.1 million people—half of them under...
View ArticleJournalist spotlight: Christina Farr on her scoop of Apple preparing...
Last week, Reuters was first with the news that Apple Inc has been discussing how its “HealthKit” service will work with health providers at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins as well...
View ArticleObamacare subsidies at the center of rehearing petitions , Supreme Court review
By Michael Scott Leonard, Senior Legal Writer From Westlaw Journal Health Law: Less than a month after two federal appeals courts delivered a same-day circuit split concerning the scope of the...
View ArticlePrivate healthcare in China – Graphic of the day
Privatization is a key part of China’s push to revamp an unpopular national healthcare system, plagued by crowded hospitals, corruption and simmering tension between patients and staff. Spurred by...
View ArticleThe Obamacare exchange quilt – Graphic of the day
The legal question reviewed by the Supreme Court yesterday is whether a four-word phrase saying subsidies are available to those buying insurance on exchanges “established by the state” has been...
View ArticleThe most promising drugs of 2015
In January 2014, Thomson Reuters Cortellis Competitive Intelligence named three drugs to watch that were expected to enter the market that year and make sales of over $1 billion within five years. All...
View ArticleCare is king: Affordable Care Act subsidies upheld
By Logan Mortenson, Compliance Attorney — Healthcare Team, Finance & Risk Department A key decision by the U.S. Supreme Court means that 6.4 million people in states without exchanges will continue...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Insurance mergers face U.S. regulatory uncertainty despite...
Although the pharmaceutical industry has drawn a lot of the attention given to corporate inversions, the regulatory environment for these tax-saving corporate relocation transactions also affects...
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