Cost of health benefits up 5.5% in '09
The cost of health benefits increased 5.5 percent in 2009, the lowest increase in a decade, according to Mercer's 2009 National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, released Wednesday.
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MARIETTA, Pa. —Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.
The cost of health benefits increased 5.5 percent in 2009, the lowest increase in a decade, according to Mercer's 2009 National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, released Wednesday.
Via Christi Senior Services has launched InMyHome, a membership program that targets baby boomers and seniors who are in good health and want to stay in their homes as they age.
Wichita Clinic has set up a temporary flu shot station and, beginning today, will offer seasonal flu shots to anyone and H1N1 flu shots to those in the Sedgwick County Health Department's priority groups.
The Kansas Health Foundation has awarded $954,874 in recognition grants to 57 projects designed to improve the health and wellness of Kansans.
The Center for Breast Cancer Survivorship is moving ahead and could be open by the end of the year at Cypress Medical Park, near 29th Street North and Webb Road.
Wichita-based CHA had hoped its Hawaii Medical Center would be out of Chapter 11 reorganization by now, but it still is waiting for a judge to look at all the plans and decide what to do, according to one of its officials.
With a long enough lever, the mathematician Archimedes said he could move the world.
Legend Senior Living has broken ground on a 66-unit assisted living facility in Topeka, the first component of what will be known as the Legend at Capital Ridge.
Five hospitals, including two in the Wichita area, will be honored this week by the Kansas Hospital Association's Education and Research Foundation for tackling health care challenges.
In an effort to draw new customers, Galichia Heart Hospital is cutting rates for uninsured patients and those with high deductibles.
Kansas Medical Center in Andover has signed a contract with Preferred Health Systems, making the medical center part of the PHS network.
Wichita's health care community has stepped back from planning a health information exchange, deferring to efforts to create a statewide system supported by federal funding.
WASHINGTON — In a blow to the White House, the Senate's top Democrat signaled Tuesday that Congress may fail to meet a year-end deadline for passing health care legislation, leaving the measure's fate to the uncertainties of the 2010 election season.
A 53-year-old woman from Sedgwick County has died of complications associated with the H1N1 virus, health officials said Monday.
WASHINGTON — Republicans have the answers to lower health costs and expanded coverage, not the Democrats who hold power in Washington and are creating more problems as they "recklessly pursue" a government takeover of the health care system, a GOP leader said.
WASHINGTON — What's all the fuss about?
RICHMOND, Va. —The doctor doesn't look like much of a crusader, bent over the frail frame of 90-year-old Alberta Scott.
H1N1's grip on the state is holding steady, according to a new report from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The absence rate at schools continues to be high. In Sedgwick County, the rate at elementary schools dropped last week but went up at middle and high schools.
Coventry Health Care had a better-than-expected third quarter, CEO Allen Wise said Friday, with operating revenue of $3.4 billion and net earnings of $70.6 million.