Health Care

...the proportion of children who’d missed one or more shots increased from an average of 8 percent at the beginning of the study period to 12.4 percent at the end....

The cost of tobacco for every smoker is $1,029,646 over a lifetime....

...newly eligible adults will have access to addiction treatments this year, many for the first time....

...a new report from the Hawaii Commerce and Consumer Affairs Department shows the Connector won’t be fiscally sustainable until 2022....

Top concerns include the state economy, education, the Hawaii Health Connector, oversight of the Public Utilities Commission in light of the Hawaiian Electric Industries/NextEra merger, and positively affecting the cost of living for Hawaii residents....

The Affordable Care Act is now law, but controversy over the bill is far from over....

...five states with the lowest costs Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Hawaii....

All of the problems sister isle medical patients face trace back to Randy Perreira's need to keep his pathetic little union presidency job....

Setting the stage as the executives walked in, the Hawaiian flag flew upside down outside HHSC's Leahi Hospital....

Without the six-month extension, Medicaid providers in Hawaii would have suffered a 48 percent pay cut....

HHSC Maui Region Enters Partnership Discussion with Hawai‘i Pacific Health....

...It is projected that 2,470 will lose their lives this year in Hawaii because of cancer....

AP: Insurer reports ongoing problems with Hawaii health exchange....

Smokers earning less than $30,000 annually spent 14.2 percent of their income on cigarettes....

In Hawaii during this period, 1,039 eligible PCPs received an aggregate increased payment of approximately $44 million for services provided to Medicaid beneficiaries....

Then-Senator David Ige was a key supporter of the universal coverage plan in 2009, but whether he’ll pick up the cause as Governor is unclear....

Montreal-based CGI Group Inc. will be awarded another year-long state maintenance contract despite the ongoing problems with the site....

Monday, December 29, 2014, 9:00 AM, Conference Room 329, State Capitol....

This report does not make any substantive recommendations to the Legislature related to innovations that should be included in a waiver proposal....

3,500 is far short of the 130,000 cited by Kissel in a Nov 28 Star-Adv interview as a break-even figure for the Connector....

...to design and test health care payment and service delivery models that will improve health care quality and lower costs....

Study sheds new light on e-cigarette behaviors in teens as regulators consider curbing sales to minors....

according to a national report released today by a coalition of public health organizations....

...there’s a big difference between insurance coverage and access to health care services....

“Evidence suggests that e-cigarettes are being used by students who are not cigarette smokers....”

Hawaii’s strengths include low prevalence of obesity and low rate of preventable hospitalizations; state’s challenges include high prevalence of binge drinking and high incidence of infectious disease....

...HMSA, UHA, and HMAA now provide coverage for hearing aids, and Kaiser plans to begin covering hearing aids in January 2015.....

...In addition, there were some people who did not like the changes we needed to implement in order to create a culture of productivity, accountability and meritocracy....

"...researchers are asking 11-year-olds whether they’ve had sex, how many partners they’ve had and if they’ve had anal sex...."

In a hastily called faculty and staff meeting at the Cancer Center at about 2:30 p.m. Friday....

"...the Pono Choices survey instruments ... are part of an ongoing research project...."

...will lose their rural designation that allows acute care facilities within their boundaries to receive extra payments as critical access hospitals....

For many rural hospitals, partnering with big health systems is the only hope for survival....

WalletHub ranked the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia based on 11 key metrics....

Planned Parenthood’s Kona Health Center will shut down after Monday, November 10....

...McManaman announced that Governor Abercrombie approved and signed temporary emergency rules that maintain the status quo....

...continuous cuts to doctors will only reduce access to care....

In Hawaii 12.5% of births are premature....

Public hearing 5:30 p.m. Monday Nov 10, 2014 Maui Waena School, 795 Onehee St., Kahului....

...a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court validates the state’s authority to determine the level of health care coverage provided to noncitizens who are ineligible for federal Medicaid....

Staff from three complex areas will receive training and assistance....

If approved, this would be the largest rate hike in recent HMSA history....

The Hawaii Health Connector Is The Most Expensive Obamacare Exchange In The Country....

New Jersey, New York and Illinois have imposed mandatory quarantines for health care workers who treated Ebola patients in West Africa....

"Hawaii's medical doctors understand the need to reform healthcare in America the right way and I am honored to earn their support," commented Djou....

...Star Advertiser Editorial Slams Chairman Ige And His Fellow Legislators For Their Failure....

Certificate-of-need (CON) laws prohibit health care providers from offering new services or new medical equipment without approval from the state....

Hawaii Health Connector and more ....

... the Connector was “a creature of the legislature”....