Public Health & Welfare Law

Can e-cigarettes be the future of tobacco in the GCC? Kipp investigates... Business interests blocking a tobacco ban-this was the theme behind the excellent Jason Reitman movie 'Thank you for Smoking' and also...

Colorado's hospitals are expecting a legislative session with few health care bills -- but that doesn't mean they don't have some concerns. Rep. Marsha Looper has filed a bill that seeks to repeal...

A local health care group has created a Web page to spread the word about what health care reform means to you. The Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Campaign has created a Web page with links...

BOSTON -- Modern Healthcare, a leading healthcare industry publication, has named Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. one of the top ten largest healthcare law firms in the country for 2011....

Phillips & Cohen Forever Disqualified from Lawsuits Involving IASIS FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- IASIS Healthcare[R] LLC ("IASIS") today announced it has won another important victory in a six-year qui tam lawsuit brought by former...

HEADNOTE Lobbyist Cites Concern Over Reforms to Come HEALTHCARE Anew Bloomberg Government study shows that although insurance companies spent millions of dollars trying to defeat government healthcare reform, their profit margins have widened...

LAS VEGAS -- UK lone worker specialists, Connexion2, the developer of the award winning Identicom[R] lone worker device, will be showcasing its full product range at ISC West 2012 in Booth 16138 from...

NEW YORK -- Kronos Incorporated today announced that Family Dollar is using its suite of workforce management solutions to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve productivity - all of which help...

WASHINGTON -- Health insurance premium increases in five states have been deemed "unreasonable" by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today. After independent expert review, HHS...

HR executives recognize magnitude of change, but grapple with complexity of industry transformation NEW YORK -- A majority of human resource executives at U.S. hospitals and health care systems expect health care reform...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will invest approximately $1.8 million to increase its efforts to improve the treatment and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STD)...

As adult film's XBIZ.com honors porn mogul with its first ever Icon Award at Barker Hangar event in Santa Monica, safer sex advocates will protest Flynt over his complete disregard for his adult...

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. -- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that Kenneth C. Frazier, Merck's chairman and chief executive officer is scheduled to present at...

Most New Jersey companies of all sizes have begun doing at least some of their homework on how the 2014 health care reform law will impact employee health care insurance - or if...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Equation, a data driven healthcare consulting firm, announces today that Howard Salmon has joined the firm as Principal. Mr. Salmon, who is based in San Diego, will help address...

WASHINGTON -- Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) asked the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and the FBI to investigate Newt Gingrich and his Center for Health...

FARMINGTON, Conn. -- The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body, announced today the adoption of new program criteria for 2012. Following the standard, 60-day public...

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. -- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that Kenneth C. Frazier, Merck's chairman and chief executive officer is scheduled to speak at...