Tag Archives: health care services

Univera founder to direct UB office – UB Reporter

Univera founder to direct UB office Univera founder, UB alumnus and adjunct faculty member Arthur Goshin has started a new career as director of the School of Public Health and Health Profession’s new Office of Global Initiatives. Print Comments “With cutbacks in state funding for UB, it seemed unlikely that the SPHHP would be able … Continue reading

Tricare Breach Shows Health Care Groups Still Not Encrypting Patient Data

Tricare Breach Shows Health Care Groups Still not Encrypting Patient Data (Page 1 of 2 ) Last week’s data breach of patient health records at a military health care provider is a sign that major organizations are still not properly encrypting their data, despite compliance regulations. Tricare, a provider of health care services to active … Continue reading

The money flow from households to health care providers

The graph misses a very major, and growing, component of the U.S. health care system. in between “the rest of society” and the “owners of health care resources” there is not only the “health care system” but also the United States government (unless we view the government as one of those resources). this is sapping … Continue reading

Survey: Health premiums up as costs shift to workers

Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance continued to escalate this year even as the share of workers receiving less generous coverage reached a new high, according to survey data released Tuesday. In 2011, for the first time, half of workers at small firms with individual policies faced annual deductibles of $1,000 or more. That figure was … Continue reading

DOH, PhilHealth conduct Forum on Universal Health Care Program – ZamboTimes

by Jennifer P. Gaitano BUTUAN CITY — the Philippine Health (PhilHealth) Insurance Corporation Caraga Regional Office headed by Regional Vice Pres. Johnny Sychua, and Department of Health (DOH) Caraga Regional Office headed by Dir. Leonita Gorgolon jointly spearheaded the Forum on ‘Kalusugan Pangkalahatan’ (Universal Health Care) Program with the Local Chief Executives in the region, … Continue reading