Help for rural communities
Imagine you get into a car accident in a rural area. It will take first responders and the ambulance 8 minutes longer than it does in urban areas to arrive. And then, it will… Read more.
How the Affordable Care Act is helping small businesses
You desperately want to change careers, but don’t want to risk it knowing you may lose your health insurance. You’ve thought about heading out on your own, but you know you couldn’t afford insurance… Read more.
08.11.2011 / / Insights Column
Giving Babies and New Mothers an Healthy Start
Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) decided to adopt all of the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) eight recommendations for fully covered preventive services. This step is a huge improvement for women’s… Read more.
08.04.2011 / / Insights Column
IOM Preventive Care Recommendations: Helping Victims and Survivors of Domestic Violence
This week, the Department of Health and Human Services took a recommendation from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to add screening and counseling to detect and prevent domestic and interpersonal violence to the… Read more.
08.03.2011 /
A win for women
Last month, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended that a range of benefits essential to women’s health be included as preventive benefits and therefore offered free of charge in all new health plans. We’re… Read more.