WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (TNSeve) -- The National Council for Behavioral Health has scheduled a conference session as part of its Redefined NatCon22 on April 11, 2022, entitled "Achieving Improved Health Outcomes and Reduced Cost of Care as a Behavioral Health Home": According to the agency website: When compared to medical expense and utilization outcomes of behavioral health homes statewide, Innovative Care Partners (ICP) Behavioral Health Home had lower medical and psychiatric admissions up to 2  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions issued the following testimony by Georges C. Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, involving a virtual hearing on Feb. 17, 2022, entitled "Exploring Pathways to Affordable, Universal Health Coverage": * * * Thank you for giving me the opportunity to address you today on the need for universal health care coverage. I am Georges C. Benjamin, MD, executive  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions issued the following testimony by Paragon Health Institute President Blase involving a virtual hearing on Feb. 17, 2022, entitled "Exploring Pathways to Affordable, Universal Health Coverage": * * * My name is Brian Blase, and I was privileged to work for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2011 through 2014. You have vital jobs serving the American people, and it  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following data brief (No. 425) in December 2021 entitled "State Declines in Heart Disease Mortality in the U.S., 2000-2019" under the National Center for Health Statistics. The data brief was written by Anthony Sawyer and Lee Anne Flagg. * * * Key findings Data from the National Vital Statistics System * During 2000-2011, the U.S. age-adjusted heart disease  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Feb. 22 (TNSOps) -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Researchers in the University New Hampshire's Surface Enhanced Electrochemical Diagnostic Sensors (SEEDS) Lab have received an EPSCoR grant from the National Science Foundation for close to $6 million to lead a team in developing sensors to promote quality control in biomanufacturing--the production of important biomaterials used in medicine, food and even engineered human organs--a fie  more