Health Headlines for Wednesday, October 19
Regulators approve higher health premiums to strengthen Obamacare insurers
USA Today
State insurance regulators across the country have approved health care premium increases higher than those requested by insurers, despite a national effort to keep rates for policies sold on Affordable Care Act exchanges from skyrocketing, a USA TODAY analysis shows.
Medication abuse: Being part of the solution
USA Today
Did you know that one-in-25 youth ages 12 to 17 have abused cough medicine to get high, and one-in-five young adults have abused prescription drugs?
Roche’s lung cancer drug wins U.S. approval
Reuters
Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG’s new immunotherapy, Tecentriq, won approval on Tuesday from U.S. health regulators as a second-line lung cancer treatment, a decision seen likely to erode Bristol-Myers Squibb’s position in this hotly contested market.
HIT Think How HIPAA enables progress in healthcare innovation
Health Data Management
Many in healthcare blame difficulties over creating new solutions or trying to ease workflow burdens on HIPAA.