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2006-06-21
Medical approval time cut from days to seconds
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 9 hours ago system, launched by Health Minister Pete Hodgson and Pharmac medical director Peter in as little as 17 seconds, bringing substantial time savings for patients
Dr Moodie said that until recently, applications involved filling out a form and faxing it to HealthPAC (part of the Ministry of Health) who then manually processed the form within 10 days.

2006-06-20
Union proposes free rent for health clinics
Inside Bay Area, CA - 17 hours ago fiscal year but plans to approve a balanced budget with one-time payments and savings, Steele said The medical center gets about $70 million a year from the tax
Under an agreement reached after Measure A passed, the medical center has a ceiling on the amount it can borrow from the county. That ceiling is lowered periodically. As of June 9, the medical center had a cash limit of $190 million and owed $180 million, meaning it still had about $10 million it could borrow from the county, Steele said.

2006-06-19
New hospital data on the way
The Casper Star Tribune, WY - 14 hours ago The board also heard a financial report showing the Medical Center has for the CFO Ed Renemans told the board the savings comes in part from cutting costs
Already the Hospital Compare website shows how the Medical Center performs on treatment of heart attacks, congestive heart failure and pneumonia. The hospital compares favorably to others in Wyoming and nationwide, and with the expanded information coming later this year, Diamond said, "I think we'll do very well."

2006-06-18
Put health care wishes on paper Guest Column
Kansas City Star, MO - 8 hours ago a third of families reported the loss of most or all of the family savings in the and often as the result of a decision about a medicine or medical treatment.
Third, and this step is critical, talk to everyone else who might be in the room when such decisions will be made about you. Speak to those family members who may be hardest to reach. Most medical providers who work with the seriously ill can tell stories of family arguments in the hospital hallway about what decision “Dad would want” because Dad never talked to his adult kids.

2006-06-16
New Analysis Says Health Savings Accounts are No Cure
The NewStandard, NY - Jun 14, 2006 purportedly encourages individuals to spend more prudently on medical care, many advocates for healthcare access say that health savings accounts actually
Critics of HSAs see them as an assault on traditional and employer-based health insurance. CBPP predicts that health savings accounts would erode the health of working families by pushing people toward the margins of the insurance system: people with fewer medical needs will gravitate toward high-deductible, HSA-backed plans, while sicker people who need more comprehensive coverage would stay with conventional insurance. The widening income and health gap would in turn raise premiums for people left reliant on hefty insurance plans – a greater share of them being high-risk patients.

2006-06-15
Campaign Green Me! Launches with a Team of Over 20 Primary Care
Emediawire (press release), WA - 20 hours ago tools, resources, coaching and leadership forums, which provide medical professionals the among employees and patients in the workplace; savings in money for
Campaign Green Me! Launches with a Team of Over 20 Primary Care Medical Professionals Committing to Environmental Stewardship in Medical Practices. Several notable "green" efforts exist today in the health care field focused on addressing the negative environmental impacts of hospital resource use and disposal. These important hospital-based initiatives promote the use of safer medical supplies and materials, and the reduction of toxic medical waste. What has been overlooked is the important role of primary health care practitioners operating in small- to medium-sized clinics. The Teleosis Institute is partnering with this influential and important group to transform health care as we know it. More than twenty health care professionals from throughout the Bay Area, including medical doctors, nurses, chiropractors and a diverse range of health practitioners, have joined the first round of The Teleosis Institute's Campaign Green Me! � an unprecedented venture aimed at implementing a new model of health care where health practitioners serve as environmental advocates, educators, and stewards.

2006-06-14
Why GST is payable on Shield insurance plans
Straits Times (subscription), Singapore - 10 hours ago like to explain that GST is a tax on domestic consumption of goods and services, and not on savings. GST is payable on premiums for group medical and Shield
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1. Caps off to you! More small-business opportunities can flow freely now that the SBA has finally removed its 7 loan cap - a - Dollar Signs - Small Business
Caps off to you! More small-business opportunities can flow freely now that the SBA has finally removed its 7(a) loan cap. (Dollar Signs).(Small Business ...

2. An ounce of prevention - medical savings accounts
Medical savings accounts (MSAs) help control health care costs by making consumers more aware of its real costs. Those who qualify receive a health insurance ...

3. Health nuts: how Congress kept me from giving my employees Medical Savings Accounts - Column
The Kassebaum-Kennedy health insurance bill includes a four-year test period for Medical Savings Accounts (MSA) in the small-group market. Insurance agents, ...

4. A step in the right direction: a recent estimate indicates that the average 65-year-old couple retiring today will need more than $190,000 to cover medical
When the Philadelphia Inquirer profiled Bill Brown on its front page in April of this year, it was because Brown was retiring as one of the last people ...

5. Consumer''s choice: is a health savings account plan right for you?
As health insurance costs continue to rise, health savings accounts may help bring those rates down to earth. HSAs--tax-free savings accounts paired ...