Health Headlines for Friday, October 14
U.S. breast cancer deaths drop; rate among white women falls most
Reuters
U.S. death rates from breast cancer have dropped, although the decline was still greater among white women than black women, according to a study released Thursday.
Survey points to higher U.S. birth rate in future: CDC
Reuters
More U.S. women expect to have children some time in the future than they did in 2002, according to a federal study released on Thursday, which could point to a higher U.S. birth rate.
Health Department Overpaid Certain Medicaid Managed Care Premiums
The Lansing Star
The state Department of Health (DOH) overpaid managed care organizations nearly $19 million for the state fiscal year 2014-15, in part, because of a flaw in how it calculated premiums, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Auditors warned that another $56.8 million was at risk of overpayment over the next three years due to the flaw.
3 companies named ‘Healthiest Employers of Upstate New York’
Syracuse Post Standard
The second Healthiest Employers of Upstate New York Awards program recognized three companies committed to creating a healthy work place for employees.
Health Care Law’s Beneficiaries Reflect Its Strengths, and Its Faults
New York Times
Cara Suzannah Latil is living proof that the Affordable Care Act works — but also of why a central piece of the law is in turmoil.
Obesity and Diabetes Tied to Liver Cancer
New York Times
A large study has found that body mass index, waist circumference and diabetes are all associated with an increased risk for liver cancer. Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer, and its incidence has tripled since the mid-1970s in the United States.