HEALTH CARE
Forums to provide businesses with health reform info
The Affordable Care Act will have a major impact on North Dakota businesses that provide health insurance to their workers. While the health care reform law took effect in 2010, many of its key provis...
Posted on 6/17/13 at 12:56 PM
Site recommendation and building committees named for new UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of North Dakota President Robert O. Kelleygot the ball rolling this week on the planning process for UND's new School of Medicine and Health Sciences building. Kelley named the members o...
Posted on 6/14/13 at 2:20 PM
Nursing homes get financial bump as lawmakers OK health care bill
By Danielle Killey Nursing homes and other care facilities will get more state money than they have seen in years. Sen. Tony Lourey, DFL-Kerrick, said the budget plan lawmakers approved last week inc...
Posted on 5/18/13 at 6:40 PM
Change fatigue in health care
The patient was at the hospital for a straightforward same-day surgery but the admission process fell far short of efficient. She was directed hither and yon - first to the registration desk, then to ...
Posted on 5/9/13 at 3:39 PM
I'm a Believer -- So Are You
We disagree with one another a lot these days, but I think I've found three sentences we can all say, "Yes, that's true," to: 1) We are all born. 2) We all die. 3) In between, we operate each of ...
Posted on 12/19/12 at 3:11 PM
UND student nurses to show health care film 
UND student nurses will hold a showing of the documentary “Escape Fire: The fight to rescue American healthcare” at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Gamble Hall Room 1.
By Herald Staff Report , April 01, 2013
Minnesota health care providers post bigger profits 
An audit report says taxpayer-funded health care for low-income Minnesotans exceeded state targets by nearly $207 million between 2002 and 2011.
By Associated Press , March 29, 2013
Health overhaul to raise Minnesota claims costs 
A new study says medical claim costs for Minnesotans with individual health insurance policies won't jump as much as the projected national average.
By Associated Press , March 26, 2013
Auditor: DHS violated law in MinnesotaCare program 
Despite a decade of warnings that it was violating state and federal laws, the Minnesota Department of Human Services failed to properly check recipients enrolling in MinnesotaCare, a $526 million taxpayer-subsidized health insurance program, the legislative auditor said Tuesday.
By Associated Press , March 26, 2013
Health care law will raise claim costs in ND
A study by the Society of Actuaries estimates that the new federal health care law will raise medical claims costs in North Dakota by 8.4 percent.By Associated Press , March 26, 2013
Rochester feels strain of Mayo expansion 
As the Mayo Clinic makes expansion plans and asks for state help to build infrastructure in Minnesota’s third largest city, Rochester is feeling financial strain from the rapid growth it has already seen.
By Elizabeth Baier , March 22, 2013
Senate Dems vote to repeal part of health care law 
It isn't every day that more than half the Democrats in the Senate vote to repeal part of President Barack Obama's health care law. But that's what happened Thursday night when the Senate voted 79-20 to repeal a 2.3 percent sales tax on medical devices such as catheters, pacemakers and MRI machines.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar , March 22, 2013
MNsure to be where Minnesotans buy health insurance 
By Don Davis , March 20, 2013
No bill on hospital staffing 
By Don Davis , March 18, 2013
Legislative notebook: Health insurance marketplace only needs Dayton signature 
Minnesota senators approved 39-28 a health insurance marketplace along party lines Monday, leaving only Gov. Mark Dayton’s signature as the final step.
By Don Davis , March 18, 2013
Minn. health care exchange heads for final votes 
The Minnesota House moved closer Thursday to final passage of a plan to create an online health insurance marketplace that would give 1.3 million residents a new way to get coverage, a key element of the federal health care law.
By Patrick Condon , March 14, 2013
Tammy Osvold, Cavalier, N.D., letter: Thank you, N.D. House, for Medicaid expansion vote 
Improving access to Medicaid coverage will increase the probability that diseases such as cancer are found early, resulting in lower medical costs and an increased likelihood of survival.
By Tammy Osvold , March 12, 2013
Legislative notebook: Health marketplace a big change 
By Don Davis , March 08, 2013
Learning lessons from Grand Forks' TB epidemic 
Public health officials say they were challenged by patients, some were homeless and hard to reach, some would not or could not comply with medical orders.
By Brandi Jewett , February 21, 2013
Lobbying groups in North Dakota come together for Medicaid expansion 
A group of 23 insurance, medical, family and religious organizations have signed onto a pledge supporting the state’s expansion of Medicaid, and are calling on the Legislature to enact the federal program.
By TJ Jerke , February 20, 2013
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