More Pennsylvanians requesting Medicaid
More Pennsylvanians than ever are requesting help from medical assistance programs.
PA has a high amputation rate
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette examines PA’s high amputation rate, and how it’s due mainly to poor controlled diabetes and poor diet.
HealthPoint announcement: Postings over the Holidays
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Sen. Greenleaf says he will push to make smoking ban tougher
Just months after a public smoking ban took effect in Pennsylvania, a ranking senator has launched an effort to make it even tougher, reports the York Daily Record.
Exec. director of PA School Boards Assoc. clarifies editorial on school employee healthcare costs
Tim Allwein, executive director of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, wrote a letter-to-the-editor featured today in the Patriot-News.
It seems nursing homes in only one PA county ranked well with the new rating system
The Daily American reports that most of the nursing homes in Somerset County received average or better ratings from the federal government.
Rendell’s top aide on healthcare is resigning
Rosemarie B. Greco, who has spearheaded Gov. Rendell’s health-care initiatives from easing doctors’ soaring medical-malpractice premiums to expanding coverage to the uninsured, will leave the administration at the end of the year; reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Hospitals round-up for 12/22
Today’s round-up includes stories about Mayview State Hospital, Mackenzie Medical Plaza, and Berks County hospitals.
President of children’s health advocacy group says we need to renew our focus on kids
Today the Patriot-News features an op-ed by Joan Benso, president and CEO of Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children. Benso says that the economic crisis should serve as an impetus for Pennsylvania to enact laws that benefit childrens’ healthcare.
New federal ranking system for nursing homes creating a frenzy
As HealthPoint reported last week, the federal government recently implemented a rating system that ranks nursing homes across the country on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being “much below average” and 5 being “much above average.” However, the system is drawing a backlash from those who say that it is unfair and misleading.