Health Care

...health plans are rated based on performance and quality of care....

Hawaii Health Connector failed to select the most qualified vendor for the best price, awarded a flawed, poorly written contract, and failed to monitor the contract....

...premiums are expected to rise further as a result of various Affordable Care Act-related fees....

...ranking states on two measures of safer sex: sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and contraception across eight (8) indicators....

CDC Youth Behavior Risk Survey data ....

...guest host Joe Kent speaks with physician Kyle Varner about the shortage of doctors in the Aloha state....

...statewide public briefings on three health care initiatives meant to improve insurance coverage, health care access, and coordination of care....

For adults 18 to 49 years, methamphetamine was the most frequently reported primary substance at the time of admission (42% - 50%)....

Public Safety Officials Encourage Residents to Create a Safety Profile with New Service....

Our data set includes such metrics as delivery costs, average annual infant-care costs, the per-capita number of midwives and OB-GYNs, and the per-capita number of child care centers....

It should thwart DOE attempts to yank students out of private placements while hearings are in progress....

Only 34% of females and 15% of males in Hawai'i have been fully immunized....

Mansha Consulting LLC was established in 2011 and operated out of a single-family home in Virginia....

...“widespread regulatory non-compliance” and "a serious disregard" for regulations for security, biosafety, incident response and training....

Reports on the cost vary, with estimates as low as $2 million and as high as $20 million....

Seattle is the best city in the United States for healthy retirement living, with Minneapolis-St. Paul, Denver, Portland (Oregon) and Hartford rounding out the top five....

...How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality....

...The percentage of schools with 8:30 a.m. or later start times varied greatly by state, ranging from 0% in Hawaii....

The UPW complaint alleges that the legislation violates the contract clause of the United States Constitution by impairing the contract between UPW and the State....

Department provides little support for and minimal oversight of staff involved in procurements....

...Kaiser policy said it would cover 80 percent of the cost of medically necessary emergency transportation services, Kaiser denied most of it, leaving him with a $36,000 balance due....

Family caregivers in Hawaii provided 144 million hours of care – worth an estimated $2.1 billion....

Approximately 85 percent of HIV cases in Hawaii occur in men....

The Hawaii exchange is collapsing....

The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling by the end of June in King v. Burwell....

HHIC Insights Medicare report illustrates the impact of the numerous Medicare payment cuts to Hawaii’s hospitals and how it would be potentially exacerbated by additional cuts proposed by Congress....

Laurie Temple Field, a former associate of the ACLU and now a representative for Hawaii Planned Parenthood, lost no time....

The idea that one’s sex is a feeling, not a fact, has permeated our culture and is leaving casualties in its wake....

...many common vegetables contain nicotine....

The federal government has been withholding about $70 million in grant money, but that will likely be released thanks to the board's vote, which will enable the exchange to continue doing outreach....

In Progressive World, there are at least four stages of legally becoming an adult....

Insurer finds scapegoat--will you be fooled?

...there are around 38,000 who have enrolled in coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, but have yet to pay their bills....

The university inadvertently confirmed that its Honolulu labs had been put in the performance improvement program in records it filed in January with Hawaii's Office of Information Practices, which is deciding USA TODAY's public records appeal....

...United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings Senior Report: A Call to Action for Individuals and Their Communities....

...government has the ability to ignore market realities until systems ultimately collapse....

The complete video from the presentation at the State Capitol Auditorium....

The Obama administration had implemented the special enrollment period from March 15 - April 30 to assist individuals who were unaware they would face a tax penalty for not having “qualifying” health insurance....

Hawaii ranked fourth for senior health this year, according to the third edition of United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings® Senior Report....

The collapse of Hawaii’s state-run health exchange has observers wondering which of the other beleaguered exchanges could be next to fail....

In 1987, the federal government repealed the CON mandate, and throughout the 1980s, states began retiring their CON programs--but not Hawaii....

Hawaii state legislators have refused to pour millions of dollars into Hawaii’s exchange, which means it could close by Sept. 30....

If Hawaii’s plan is not acceptable to CMS, Hawai’i risks losing $1 billion in matching federal Medicaid funds....

Hawaii now joins Oregon, Massachusetts, Maryland, Vermont, New Mexico, and Nevada as cautionary tales in government central planning....

Regarding E-Cigs, Hawaii should defer to the FDA for guidance on this regulatory framework....

Real choice and genuine market competition could spark the real health care change America has been waiting for....