Public Health

Novant Health Turns to Crowdsourcing to Improve Rowan Medical Center's Ability to Reduce Obesity

Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health is using crowdsourcing to generate ideas for its Salisbury, N.C.-based Rowan Medical Center's push to reduce obesity in its community, according to a report from the Salisbury Post.

All Vermont Hospitals Enroll in Sustainability Organization

The Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems has become the first association to enroll all of its hospitals in the Healthier Hospitals Initiative, a hospital-based organization focused around environmental sustainability in the healthcare sector.

Missouri Residents Want Medicaid Expansion, Report Finds

Missourians want the state to both expand and reform the Medicaid program, a group of state lawmakers and citizens has concluded, according to a Kaiser Health News report.

HHS Awards $69.7M for Maternal, Infant, Childhood Home Visiting Program

HHS has announced $69.7 million in grants to 13 states to expand services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Maternal, Infant and Early Childhod Home Visiting Program.

Sequestration's Impact on Healthcare Goes Way Beyond Medicare Reimbursement — Could a Cure for Cancer be on the Chopping Block?

Sequestration is a dirty word for many hospitals. The automatic, 2 percent spending cuts to hospitals' reimbursement from the federal government — required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 — put additional pressure on hospitals' already tight margins. Reduced…

14M Newly Insured Will Hit the Market Next Year: How to Start Preparing

About 14 million Americans will gain insurance from Medicaid expansion and the insurance exchanges by next year — and that number is expected to grow to 34 million by 2017, according to Truven Health Analytics. The influx of new patients…

6 Statistics on the Regional and Demographic Distribution of the Uninsured

Uninsured patients are not distributed evenly across the country or across demographic groups, according to Census Bureau information reported by The Wall Street Journal.

RWJF, Rutgers Partner for $56M Nutrition and Health Center

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers University broke ground on its $56 million New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health last week.

Census: 19 States Saw Significant Decrease in Uninsured in 2011

From 2010 to 2011, 19 states such as Texas, California and Florida experienced a significant decrease in their rate of uninsured residents, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The One Thing Scarier Than Exchanges for Healthcare Providers — Employers Offering Only High-Deductible Plans

A study released last week by an association of large U.S. employers found that more than 1 in 5 of U.S. employers (22 percent) plan to offer only high deductible health plans to their employees next year as a way…