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Improving Access to Healthy Food for Chicago’s Latinos, African-Americans
The University of Illinois at Chicago’s Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center has received a $850,000 grant to address health disparities in Chicago. The U.S.
Siemens Offers Imaging Innovation and Affordable High-end Performance at RSNA 2011
CHICAGO , Nov. 27, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — At the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), from November 27 to December 2 in Chicago , Siemens Healthcare (NYSE: SI) (Booth #822, East Building/Lakeside Center at McCormick Place, Hall D) again leads the way in medical imaging innovation by offering industry-redefining advancements in computed tomography, molecular imaging, ultrasound technology and more – while demonstrating an increasing cost consciousness that expands the availability of its cutting-edge systems to a wider range of customers than ever before.
$1.5M Grant Addresses Health Disparities in Rural Illinois Women
The University of Illinois at Chicago Office of Research on Women and Gender, in partnership with the Southern Seven Health Department, has received funding to improve the health of women and girls in the seven southernmost counties of Illinois. The five-year, $1.5 million grant from the U.S.
CHVI Releases Health Value Accelerator™ Results Showing Health Care Costs Can Exceed 20 Cents of Every Revenue Dollar
Initial employer findings expose opportunities to reduce health cost risk, maximizing dollars CHICAGO , Nov. 14, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — The nonprofit Center for Health Value Innovation (CHVI) released the initial results of employers completing the Health Value Accelerator finding that over 20 cents out of every dollar of revenue are going toward health care costs that are under managed.
Fort Lauderdale-Area Halfway House Owners Plead Guilty to Kickback Scheme
The two managers and operators of a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-area halfway house company pleaded guilty today for their role in a Medicare fraud kickback scheme that funneled patients through a fraudulent mental health company, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), announced the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Robert Jenkins, 36, and Nikki Jenkins, 36, each pleaded guilty before Chief U.S.
Miami-Area Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty in $25 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON—A patient recruiter of a Miami health care agency pleaded guilty yesterday for her participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Beatriz Torres-Cruz, 50, pleaded guilty before U.S.
Pop tax proposal on sugary drinks bubbles up again in IL
By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — If every man, woman and child in Illinois were to drink 18 ounces of sugary beverages each day, state coffers could get an additional $1.4 billion. A new study by the Cook County Department of Public Health said Illinoisans are set to drink 6.6 billion, 12-ounce cans of soda, sports drinks and other sugary beverages in 2011.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Supports the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Nationwide Prescription "Drug Take-Back Day"
Nationwide effort aims to clear homes of potentially dangerous, expired, unused, and unwanted prescriptions drugs CHICAGO , Oct. 27, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ –In a nationwide effort to prevent medication abuse and diversion by ridding homes of unwanted and unnecessary prescription drugs, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) is again supporting the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day taking place on Saturday, October 29 .
Boaters’ Risk of Illness on Chicago River Similar to Other Waterways
Chicago area residents have wondered for years about the health risks of using the Chicago River for recreation. According to a University of Illinois at Chicago study, canoeing, kayaking, rowing, boating and fishing on the Chicago River pose the same risk of gastrointestinal illness as performing these same activities on other local waters — a risk that turns out to be higher than that intended for swimmers at Lake Michigan beaches.
