Healthcare Law News

State officials say they are within weeks of starting the first 'one-stop shop' in Louisiana that would give residents a central location for assistance usually gathered from several separate state agencies.

The state must come up with about $200 million a year for the next 20 years to pay off an estimated $13.3 billion in looming healthcare costs for its retirees, according to a stark new report by a Beacon Hill ...

Possible closure of the old Nevada State Prison will be on the table at the 2009 Legislature if the Department of Corrections must cut 14 percent out of its upcoming 2009-11 budget, a new report states.

A hospital CEO was arrested Wednesday and federal agents raided three medical centers as part of an investigation of a scheme to recruit homeless people and bill government programs for millions of dollars in ...

Associated PressHARTFORD -- The state's social services commissioner warned Gov.

MDRNA, Inc. today reported financial results for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008, and a further corporate restructuring.

Edgar K. Browning, professor of economics at Texas A&M University, has a new book aptly titled "Stealing from Each Other." Its subtitle, "How the Welfare State Robs Americans of Money and Spirit," goes to the ...

Attorney General Jay Nixon easily won the Democratic nomination for governor Tuesday and awaited the results of a more closely contested Republican primary to learn his next opponent.

Snack lovers, rejoice: Munching on potato chips just got a little healthier. Four food manufacturers agreed to reduce levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their potato chips and french fries under a ...

Thomas J. Lucente Jr. Imagine, if you will, the U.S. government voted to regulate gelato .

Big Tobacco lawsuit winnings would be tapped to help pay for $13.3 billion in health care benefits the state promised future state retirees but does not have the money for, according to a report a blue-ribbon ...

The Food and Drug Administration today announced several improved policies and procedures strengthening its management of FDA advisory committees.

Diatherix Laboratories, an independent clinical reference laboratory located in the Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, announced it has received its Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment certificate* ...

A former medical supply executive has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for Medicare fraud.

State Health Officer Dr. Ed Thompson is considering other options after lawmakers ended their special session without passing legislation designed to maintain the public health lab's certification.

The Mississippi Legislature is scheduled to resume a special session today on funding the state's Medicaid program, an issue that should have been settled months ago.

The Dallas Morning News Source: Dallas Morning News, The Wordcount: 997 Jul. 31--Four years ago, the hot new idea for reining in health costs was the health savings account, a savings vehicle tied to a ...

When state senators return to the Capitol on Friday to approve a school property tax cap, they also will adopt a series of mandate-relief measures aimed at appeasing school districts and moving closer to a ...

Of the $505 million that Kansas has received through a legal settlement with tobacco companies, just 1 percent has been spent on programs to help people stop smoking or not pick up the habit.

More accurate decisions about treatment of stroke patients in remote locations can be made using telemedicine consultations, compared with telephone consultations, according to U.S. researchers.