Insulin Nation

MARCH 25, 2015

'Integrated Diabetes Services (IDS) provides detailed advice and coaching on diabetes management from certified diabetes educators and dieticians. Insulin Nation hosts a regular Q&A column from IDS that answers questions submitted from the Type 1 diabetes community. Q: My 4-year-old was diagnosed with Type 1 a little over a month ago. I am just curious about what it physically feels like for her to experience highs and lows.

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ACA Times

MARCH 26, 2015

A new report shows that a year after the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansion provisions took effect, physicians have not experienced a sharp increase in visits by new or sick patients. The report was prepared by Athenahealth, Inc., which provides office management software systems to medical practices, and was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Import Immunity

MARCH 23, 2015

I recently decided to stop participating in the ONC “Architecture, Services and APIs” workgroup. I have an incredible amount of respect for the people running the group, but I also believe that the momentum at ONC right now is just wrong. My plan was to just go quietly into the night, but looking through the recently-released Meaningful Use 3 requirements convinced me that I really ought to put this out there.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 24, 2015

'Quick Hit. Daytime doodling may one day become a medical necessity for people with Type 1 diabetes. Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a ballpoint pen that can draw blood glucose sensors directly onto skin. While the ink is still a long way off from being approved for daily use, it has accurately measured blood sugar levels in lab conditions, according to a Fierce Medical Devices article.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 26, 2015

'Part 4 of 4 in a series on diabetes and workplace law. One of the landmark diabetes work discrimination cases, Rodriguez v. Conagra , centered on an illegal pre-employment medical exam for a potential employee with diabetes. Here’s a primer for how to successfully navigate a fitness-for-duty pre-employment medical exam: Diabetes may be considered a disability, but there is a limit to what kinds of employer accommodations are considered “reasonable” for a job.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 24, 2015

'At Insulin Nation, we often get asked about how to find assistance to pay for diabetes treatment. The team at Integrated Diabetes Services put together a small guide of resources, which they were gracious enough to share with us. (In alphabetical order). The Bureau of Primary Health Care (also called the Hill-Burton Program) offers professional medical care for people regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 23, 2015

'Part 3 in a 4-part series The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 was forced to undergo an overhaul after its shortcomings were exposed in a lawsuit ( Sutton v. United Airlines ) over whether bespectacled pilots were considered disabled. In the Supreme Court ruling on that lawsuit, diabetes was brought up as a key stress test for the law, as we examined in a previous article in this series.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 27, 2015

'Many people with diabetes find it embarrassing to experience a low in public, and some choose not to tell those around them that hypoglycemia is even a possibility. While medical privacy is an individual choice, we argue in this short that it can be helpful to let others around you know what to do if a low strikes: Hypoglycemia awareness is a good thing for people with diabetes to have.

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ACA Times

MARCH 25, 2015

About one out five U.S. employers are reducing for part-time workers as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a new survey by Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found. The survey found that about 14% percent of employers have reduced for part-timers as a result of the ACA mandate that employees working 30 hours a be offered health care coverage, and another 6% plan to do so. 72% have not considered reducing hours for part-time workers.

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ACA Times

MARCH 24, 2015

An article by ACA Times Editor-in-Chief Robert Sheen providing CEOs with a brief “Guide to Obamacare” has been published by CEO Magazine. The article is also available on the magazine’s website. Five years after it was enacted the Affordable Care Act remains controversial, Sheen notes, but regardless of how one views the legislation, “it is now a necessary element in every CEO’s business planning.”.

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ACA Times

MARCH 24, 2015

The cost to hospitals uncompensated care was reduced by an estimated $7.4 billion in 2014, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency also found that expansion of Medicaid under the AcA had a positive economic impact in the states that participated in the expansion; in Kentucky alone the economic benefit was estimated at over $900 million and 12,000 jobs in 2014.

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