Health Headlines for Tuesday, December 29
Do You Speak Health Insurance? It’s Not Easy
New York Now
Solicit opinions about health insurance and you’re almost guaranteed to find consensus: It’s mystifying and irritating.
Health Law Reporting Extension Issued for Employers
New York Times
The Treasury Department on Monday gave employers an extension of critical reporting requirements, as it seeks to manage some of the most complicated parts of the federal health care law.
Syracuse hospitals want to lure Canadians weary of long health care waits
Syracuse Post Standard
Local hospitals and doctors would like to hawk their services to Canadians weary of waiting months in their country for knee replacement surgeries, colonoscopies, cancer treatment and other medical procedures.
Albany urgent care provider agrees to a settlement
Albany Times Union
The state attorney general’s office has reached a settlement with a medical company that owns a Western Avenue urgent care center over the company’s alleged misrepresentation of its participation with health plans.
Programs Expand Schizophrenic Patients’ Role in Their Own Care
New York Times
The idea was to go out in an emotional swan dive, a lunge for the afterlife that would stretch his 17-year-old imagination. He settled on a plan and shared the details with a Facebook friend: He would drop DMT, a powerful psychedelic, and then cut his throat.