Insulin Nation

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

It’s not easy being in a relationship when you have Type 1 diabetes, especially during a blood sugar swing. In this edited excerpt from Persona Non Grata with Diabetes , Paul Cathcart asks for his love’s understanding with the many communication breakdowns during highs and lows. You see, the difficulty in being diabetic is in the living, and how blood sugar changes you.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

The NCQA announced on November 24th that CECity.com, Inc. and Arcadia Solutions, two leading data vendors, would be participating in the new eMeasure Certification Program. According to the NCQA press release, this means Health Plans will now be able to obtain certified data from these two health IT vendors. eMeasure Certification Program Basics. The eMeasure Certification Program launched in July of 2015 is designed to “certify the data extraction and reporting process” the new syst

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ACA Times

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

With recent governors’ elections in Kentucky and Louisiana refocusing attention on state Medicaid expansion decisions, the Kaiser Family Foundation has published an overview of the waivers obtained by six states, and planning now underway in other states. Arkansas, Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, New Hampshire and Montana are currently pursuing alternative Medicaid expansions under the Affordable Care Act.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

The HEART workgroup has developed three profiles that have been stable since April. They now want these formally reviewed for comments, with the expectation that this will result in a vote for approval as " Implementers Draft " status (equivalent to IHE "Trial Implementation", and HL7 "Draft Standard for Trial Use"). The three profiles that are ready for review for comment and approval are: HEART profile for OAuth 2.0.

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Insulin Nation

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Tara Layman and Kat Reed first met at a diabetes camp in northern California. Layman, a photographer, was working on her Master’s thesis photographing families touched by diabetes. As she worked, she was struck by the invisibility of the condition, so she and Reed joked that they should create a calendar showcasing people with Type 1 in tasteful, nude silhouettes, clad only in CGMs and exposed sensor sites.

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ACA Times

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

The Healthcare.gov online marketplace was used by 567,822 consumers to select insurance plans during the third week of open enrollment, according to the “weekly snapshot report” issued by the The Department of Health and Human Services. Total selections the prior week were 534,778, and the total for the three weeks was 1,645,698, HHS reported. About a third of those selecting health insurance plans on the federal marketplace during all three weeks were new insureds, while two-thirds were renewin

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ACA Times

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

The Center s for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued proposals for companies that will participate in the Health Insurance Marketplaces in 2017 that are aimed at improving the consumer experience, both when individuals shop for health insurance and when they use it. With millions of people turning to the Marketplace health coverage, said Kevin Counihan , CEO of Health Insurane the Marketplaces , the goal of the proposed changes is to “make the Marketplaces work even better so that con

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