> New Hampshire hospitals shifted $345 million onto privately insured patients in 2005, according to a new report. Article [1]
> Cigna HealthCare for Seniors has agreed to reimburse doctors for Web-based "e-visits" and online health services. Article [2]
> Autism diagnoses are on the rise. Now a furious debate is under way: is the disorder occurring more often or are health professionals simply getting better at detecting the condition? Article [3]
> Maryland's Dimensions Healthcare, long on the brink financially, may file for bankruptcy or close for good now that the state has backed out of a plan to pump money into the system. Article [4]
> The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will spend $23 million a year over the next seven years to establish a consortium of six research centers to investigate influenza viruses--including H5N1. Report [5]
> Which medical therapies will be discredited in the near future? Blog [6]
And Finally... A drug researcher is turning to patients to financially support his work. Article [7]
Links:
[1] http://www.healthdecisions.org/News/default.aspx?doc_id=113558
[2] http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/04/09/daily14.html?b=1176091200^1445126
[3] http://www.healthdecisions.org/News/default.aspx?doc_id=113552
[4] http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2007/04/09/daily19.html?b=1176091200^1445228
[5] http://www.fiercebioresearcher.com/story/niaid-budgets-161m-for-flu-research/2007-04-10
[6] http://www.freakonomics.com/blog/2007/04/09/which-medical-practice-will-be-discredited-next/
[7] http://www.fiercebioresearcher.com/story/researcher-turns-to-patients-for-financial-support/2007-04-10