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 Ms. Susanne D Falk, LCSW-C Clinical Social Worker Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: 553 Sudbrook Lane, Pikeville, MD 21208 Phone: 443-438-9723 Fax: 443-438-9724 |
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Study sheds light on emergence and spread of drug-resistant malaria parasites in Africa
In the first continent-wide genomic study of malaria parasites in Africa, scientists have uncovered the genetic features of Plasmodium falciparum parasites that inhabit different regions of the continent, including the genetic factors that confer resistance to anti-malarial drugs.
More insured Americans avoid prescription drugs due to cost
The Wall Street Journal: "Growing numbers of Americans with health insurance are walking away from their prescriptions at the pharmacy counter, the latest indication that efforts to contain costs may be curbing health-care consumption. A review of insurance-claims data shows that so-called abandonment — when a patient refuses to purchase or pick up a prescription that was filled and packaged by a pharmacist — was up 55% in the second quarter of this year, compared with four years earlier.
China's Ministry of Health reports about 900,000 cases of active TB in 2011
"About 900,000 cases of active tuberculosis (TB) were discovered and treated in China in 2011, including 423,000 infectious cases, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced Monday at a press conference," Xinhua reports.
Vermont regulator demands $3 million payback from insurer
Burlington Free Press: "Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont overpaid its former chief executive officer by $3 million over an eight-year period and has been ordered to pay the money back to its subscribers by 2012 in the form of reduced premiums, a top state regulator said Wednesday. The action by the state Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration Department follows last year's disclosure that William Milnes, the nonprofit firm's former CEO, received a $7.2 million payout when he stepped down in 2008."
Viewpoints: Basic benefits package budget buster?; Colorado CHIP cuts; pharma's public image
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act aims for a delicate balance that even its champions acknowledge as highly challenging: Making medical services affordable for tens of millions of uninsured Americans, and yet restraining the expenditures needed to vastly expand coverage. To grasp why the reform bill risks missing both goals - and why the measure's margin for error is so perilously narrow - it's crucial to follow the debate over its central provision, what it calls the "Essential Health Benefits" package.
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