Category «Health Care»

New GAO Reports – Drug Discount Program, Homeland Security, James Webb Space Telescope, NASA, Unmanned Aerial Systems

Drug Discount Program: Status of GAO Recommendations to Improve 340B Drug Pricing Program Oversight, GAO-15-455T: Published: Mar 24, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 24, 2015. Homeland Security: Action Needed to Better Assess Cost-Effectiveness of Security Enhancements at Federal Facilities, GAO-15-444: Published: Mar 24, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 24, 2015 James Webb Space Telescope: Project Facing Increased …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine, Transportation

New GAO Reports – Border Security, DOJ Budget, Medicare, National Nuclear Security Administration, Nuclear Waste, Private Health Insurance

Border Security: Additional Efforts Needed to Address Persistent Challenges in Achieving Radio Interoperability, GAO-15-201: Published: Mar 23, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 23, 2015. Department of Justice: Alternative Sources of Funding Are a Key Source of Budgetary Resources and Could Be Better Managed, GAO-15-48: Published: Feb 19, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 23, 2015. Medicare: Payment Methods …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Medicine

WHO issues assessment on carcinogenicity of five leading insecticides and herbicides

20 March 2015 – IARC Monographs Volume 112: evaluation of five organophosphate insecticides and herbicides: “A Working Group of 17 experts from 11 countries met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) on 3–10 March 2015 to review the available published scientific evidence and evaluate the carcinogenicity of five organophosphate insecticides and herbicides: …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Government Documents, Health Care

Diagnostic Concordance Among Pathologists Interpreting Breast Biopsy Specimens

Diagnostic Concordance Among Pathologists Interpreting Breast Biopsy Specimens. Joann G. Elmore, MD, MPH; Gary M. Longton, MS; Patricia A. Carney, PhD; Berta M. Geller, EdD; Tracy Onega, PhD; Anna N. A. Tosteson, ScD; Heidi D. Nelson, MD, MPH; Margaret S. Pepe, PhD; Kimberly H. Allison, MD; Stuart J. Schnitt, MD; Frances P. O’Malley, MB; Donald L. Weaver, MD. JAMA. 2015;313(11):1122-1132. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.1405. [full text is available free] “Approximately 1.6 million women in the United States have breast biopsies each year. …

Subjects: Health Care

Two out of 3 people with invasive cancer are surviving 5 years or more

CDC press release: “Two out of 3 people diagnosed with cancer survive five years or more, according to a CDC study published in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The report found that the most common cancer sites continue to be cancers of the prostate (128 cases per 100,000 men), female breast (122 cases per …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

Private industry employers spend $31.32 per hr for employee compensation in December 2014

BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation news release, March 11, 2015: “Private industry employers spent an average of $31.32 per hour worked for total employee compensation in December 2014, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $21.72 per hour worked and accounted for 69.4 percent of these costs, while benefits …

Subjects: Economy, Health Care

Stanford scholars identify 10 work stressors that are destroying employee health

Stanford Business – Why Your Workplace Might Be Killing You: “Workplace stress — such as long hours, job insecurity and lack of work-life balance — contributes to at least 120,000 deaths each year and accounts for up to $190 billion in health care costs, according to new research by two Stanford professors and a former …

Subjects: Health Care

CRS – Genetic Testing: Background and Policy Issues

Genetic Testing: Background and Policy Issues. Amanda K. Sarata, Specialist in Health Policy. March 2, 2015. “Congress has considered, at various points in time, numerous pieces of legislation that relate to genetic and genomic technology and testing. These include bills addressing genetic discrimination in health insurance and employment; precision medicine; the patenting of genetic material; …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: An Overview

CRS – Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: An Overview. Kirstin B. Blom,Analyst in Health Care Financing, Ada S. Cornell, Information Research Specialist. February 25, 2015 “The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program provides health insurance to federal employees, retirees, and their dependents. This report provides a general overview of FEHB. It describes the structure …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care

New GAO Reports – 2020 Census, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Federal Workforce Performance

2020 Census: Key Challenges Need to Be Addressed to Successfully Enable Internet Response, GAO-15-225: Published: Feb 5, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 9, 2015. Comparative Effectiveness: Initial Assessment of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, GAO-15-301: Published: Mar 9, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 9, 2015. Federal Workforce: Improved Supervision and Better Use of Probationary Periods Are Needed …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care

Report – The Demolition of Workers’ Comp

The Demolition of Workers’ Comp Over the past decade, states have slashed workers’ compensation benefits, denying injured workers help when they need it most and shifting the costs of workplace accidents to taxpayers. by Michael Grabell, ProPublica, and Howard Berkes, NPR March 4, 2015. “Over the past decade, state after state has been dismantling America’s workers’ comp …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

The Hidden Costs of Unused Leave: Balancing Employee Needs with Business Liabilities

Project: Time Off – “There’s a hidden cost lurking on the balance sheets of American companies. It is nearly half the size of the current federal deficit, larger than the Gross State Product of half of U.S. states and 24 times the annual revenue of the NFL. The source may surprise many U.S. companies. In …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Health Care

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