Health Headlines for Thursday, September 22
Why MVP is hiring for 30-plus new jobs in IT and software development
Albany Business Review
The health care company is moving from a project-based management system to a more collaborative approach that will allow it to be more flexible.
Schneiderman asks Cuomo to veto e-prescribing exceptions
Albany Times Union/Blog
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office has asked Gov. Andrew Cuomo to veto two bills he said would weaken the state’s three-year-old electronic prescription monitoring system.
Mylan’s Chief Is Chastised by Lawmakers Questioning EpiPen Pricing
New York Times
Members of Congress on Wednesday pelted the chief executive of Mylan, the company behind the EpiPen, the treatment for severe allergy attacks, with questions about steep price increases on the product and accused her of turning her back on families that could no longer afford the lifesaving treatment.
Anne Filipic warns Obamacare doom-and-gloom can be self-fulfilling
Sound Cloud
Obamacare rates are going up 25 percent and insurers are dropping out. It’s been a rough few months for the law — and pundits’ doom-and-gloom predictions are only making Anne Filipic’s job harder.
Maternal Mortality Rate in U.S. Rises, Defying Global Trend, Study Finds
New York Times
One of the biggest worldwide public health triumphs in recent years has been maternal mortality. Global death rates fell by more than a third from 2000 to 2015.
Albany Med to provide student health services to SUNY Poly
Albany Times Union
SUNY Polytechnic Institute has signed a three-year deal with Albany Medical Center to provide medical services to students at SUNY Poly’s Albany campus.