06/27/13 Healthcare Law Newswire

• Small Doses _{2013-06-26, 08:17 pm}
  In the past, researchers have seen that a post-meal walk, as short as 15 minutes, can help with digestion and improve blood sugar levels.
• Post-DOMA, Employers Face HR Challenges _{2013-06-27, 02:17 am}
  The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Windsor that overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act means that gay and lesbian couples who are legally married can now take advantage of a host of tax breaks, pension rights, and other benefits previously available only to married heterosexual couples.
• Protecting your Future: A special needs trust for disabled can ease worries _{2013-06-27, 02:14 am}
  Maria and Sean have a 41-year-old son, Joe, who has schizophrenia. He lives at home with them.
• The Supreme Court Rulings On DOMA And Prop 8: Everyone Deserved Better _{2013-06-27, 02:14 am}
  ... he can find a way to deal with a case by fiddling around with the rules (recall his creative rewriting of the healthcare law to salvage it?), he will resolve things that way, rather than on the merits. That has to be disappointing to conservatives ...
• FDA takes small step in tobacco product backlog _{2013-06-27, 01:49 am}
  The Food and Drug Administration is taking a small step to whittle away a backlog of 4,000 tobacco product applications, some of which have lingered for more than two years.
• Five with KC ties charged in $10.5 million synthetic drug conspiracy _{2013-06-27, 01:48 am}
  A federal grand jury has indicted five current and former Kansas City residents for their roles in a $10.5 million conspiracy to distribute synthetic marijuana.
• Mississippi lawmakers will start Medicaid session Thursday _{2013-06-27, 01:21 am}
  Mississippi lawmakers return to the Capitol at 10 a.m. Thursday for a special session designed to keep Medicaid alive and funded.
• Battling Fires, Fighting Cancer _{2013-06-27, 01:12 am}
  Firefighters are known as heroes, and one local man hasn't let having a brain tumor stop him from serving his community.
• Nassau County Comptroller's Report _{2013-06-27, 01:11 am}
  Last week my office released the County's 2012 year-end unaudited fiscal results and reported that the County is expected to end with a budgetary surplus of $41.6 million.
• Readers debate pros, cons of Medicaid expansion _{2013-06-27, 01:00 am}
  I see that state Sen. Patrick Colbeck, R-Canton , is busy pandering to his tea party base in criticizing the Affordable Care Act coming into Michigan.
• State budget crisis impacting county's health department _{2013-06-27, 12:57 am}
  The potential of a shutdown of governmental services and employee layoffs because of the state legislature's failure to pass a budget for the biennium beginning July 1 is affecting county services as well.
• Owner of Medical Supply Company Sentenced to Prison for His Role in... _{2013-06-27, 12:49 am}
  United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Jose Melendez, the owner and operator of Oceanside Medical Services, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his involvement in a health care fraud conspiracy that resulted in over $1 million in false claims to the Medicare trust fund.
• Louisiana Hospital Association asks Jindal for budget explanation _{2013-06-27, 12:40 am}
  The 140-member Louisiana Hospital Association has asked the Jindal administration for data it used to justify making more than $50 million in health care cuts, mostly in Medicaid - the government insurance program for the poor.
• SCOTUS decision a win for same-sex marriage _{2013-06-27, 12:37 am}
  In a major victory for gay rights, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act on Wednesday, opening the path for gay married couples to receive federal benefits they were denied under the act.
• Pepper Hamilton Adding Health Care Group in L.A. _{2013-06-27, 12:24 am}
  Pepper Hamilton is poised to welcome five health care lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright, bulking up its year-old Los Angeles office.
• FDA Granted Fast Track Designation for Genervon's Breakthrough... _{2013-06-27, 12:24 am}
  In a huge victory for ALS sufferers, FDA granted Genervon Biopharmaceuticals a fast track designation for its first in class highly effective multi-target master regulator biotechnology drug GM604 for ALS.
• Abortion regulations among changes in Ohio budget _{2013-06-27, 12:21 am}
  Abortion providers in Ohio would have to inform pregnant women in writing about the presence of a fetal heartbeat before the procedure under a last-minute change slipped into the state budget on Tuesday evening.
• FDA Granted Fast Track Designation for Genervona s Breakthrough... _{2013-06-27, 12:13 am}
  FDA approved clinical trial with Fast Track designation for ALS increases hope for victims of this heart-wrenching disease.
• Neal bill encourages new vaccines _{2013-06-27, 12:11 am}
  As a practicing physician for the past 38 years, I know how important seasonal flu vaccinations are to the public at large.
• Houston same-sex couples sort through impact of Supreme Court ruling _{2013-06-27, 12:11 am}
  HOUSTON Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling to strike down the nation's defense of marriage gives gay couples in Texas and elsewhere a reason to marry.