By Julie Appleby for The Washington Post Starting immediately, the federal government is making it harder for nursing homes to get top grades on a public report card, in part by increasing scrutiny of the facilities’ use of anti-psychotic drugs and raising the bar on an array of quality measures. The grades — in the form… Continue reading Government Raising Bar on Ratings Of Nursing Homes

By W. Scott Bailey of the San Antonio Business Journal for BizJournals The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded 58 new grants worth more than $111 million to a number of organizations across the state — including several to the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. CPRIT has awarded more… Continue reading CPRIT Awards Nearly $7 Million to San Antonio Cancer Researchers

Originally published by Kaiser Health News. Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a nonprofit national health policy news service. By Carrie Feibel, Houston Public Media As the health law’s second open enrollment season barrels to a close on Sunday, nearly a million Texans have purchased or applied for health insurance. This time around, insurance brokers are aggressively marketing… Continue reading Texas Insurance Brokers Play Bigger Obamacare Role

By Sherry Jacobson for The Dallas Morning News Federal and local officials announced Wednesday that 969,461 people in Texas have signed up so far for insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The enrollment effort already exceeds last year’s statewide enrollment by nearly a third. And a major sign-up push is underway as the Feb.… Continue reading Nearly 1 Million Texans Sign Up Under Affordable Care Act

By Chad Swiatecki of Austin Business Journal for BizJournals.com The Seton Foundation component of the Seton Healthcare Family has announced new leadership roles for three of its executives to help the organization with its latest fundraising goals. Donna Budak has been named executive director of The Seton Fund and will continue in her role as executive director of… Continue reading Seton Foundation Makes Changes to Executive Team

By Sherry Jacobson for The Dallas Morning News The new Parkland Memorial Hospital will officially open its doors to patients on Aug. 20, two months later than expected, the hospital announced Monday. Without explaining the delay, leaders of Dallas County’s lone public county hospital said the move remained on schedule for next summer. Earlier move… Continue reading Dallas County’s New Parkland Hospital Won’t Open to Patients until Aug. 20

When Home And Health Are Just Out Of Reach By Sarah Jane Tribble of WCPN for Kaiser Health News Donna Giron is frail. She has Crohn’s disease and uses a wheelchair to get around because walking exhausts her. But she doesn’t want to be in the nursing home where she has lived since May. Giron, 65,… Continue reading When Home And Health Are Just Out Of Reach

Baylor Announces Alliance with Cleveland Clinic By Susan Schrock for the Star-Telegram DALLAS – Baylor Scott & White Health announced a new alliance Thursday with one of the country’s top heart hospitals, a move officials say will advance medical research, help shorten transplant waiting lists and make quality care more accessible and affordable for Texas and… Continue reading Baylor Announces Alliance with Cleveland Clinic

By James Aldridge for BizJournals.com Four medical faculty members at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will be recognized next year at the American College of Physicians annual meeting for their contributions to the health care industry. They are: • Marvin Forland, professor emeritus of medicine, who left the University of Chicago in 1968 to help launch… Continue reading San Antonio Medical School Faculty Honored Nationally by Leading Physician Group

By Susan Schrock for the Star-Telegram FORT WORTH  Diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at 15, Samantha Daggett remembers how something as simple as a fuzzy pair of socks could make her hospital stay more comfortable. So on her way to work Tuesday, Daggett dropped off three sets of cozy socks and a warm blanket at the Rutledge… Continue reading Carley’s Closet Provides Comfort Items to Teen, Young Adult Cancer Patients