What the Health Services fee pays for
To the Editor: We would like to respond to Jared Lafer's '11 recent column ("Make the Health Services Fee Optional," Dec. 4). Lafer very accurately describes what the Health Services fee covers: unlimited appointments for primary care, dermatology, EMS, 24-hour Nursing Services, medical advice, health education, nutrition and appointments at Psychological Services.

Health law services 'must change'
The way contracts for legal services are awarded in the health service must improve, a committee is to hear.

Pocket-sized Map of Health Services for NYC Teens
A nonprofit is making a pocket-sized map of health services for New York City teens available citywide.

Regionalization: Officials hope to see savings by sharing health services
Salem?s health agent position has been open for four months, and instead of placing a help-wanted ad, the city is looking to its neighbors.

Hilo mental health services reduced
HILO, Hawaii (AP) - Health care services for the mentally ill in Hilo are feeling the statewide budget pinch. Kevin Hedlund of CARE Hawaii in Hilo says its funding has been cut by 75% and its work force will be reduced by half.

Mental health officials warn of cuts
The state's Commission on Mental Health and Developmental Services plans to urge Gov. Jim Gibbons to consider the needs of the mentally ill and developmentally disabled before axing percentages off upcoming budgets.

Census Report 2008 Confirms Damage Mental Health Services Are Having On Briton's Black Communities, UK
The conclusions in the fourth national census of the ethnicity of all inpatients in the NHS and independent mental health and learning disability hospitals in England and Wales shows that the discrimination within the services continues unabated.

Legislative caucus describes health and social services crisis
Three hours before the governor announced her health initiatives, Representative Sharon Cissna of Anchorage held her own press conference on healthcare in Alaska. The Anchorage Democrat, along with Senator Donny Olson of Nome, co-chairs the legislative health caucus. The group seeks to counter what it sees as a ?crisis level health care and social service [...]

Task force reviews mental health proposals
The mental health schools subcommittee has received two proposals for a prospective school-based mental health services provider for Macon County Schools according to Kathy McGaha of the mental health task force.

Mental Health Services struggles with high demand
Student demand for Counseling and Mental Health Services (CMHS) at UConn is up 30 percent since last year, according to director Barry Schreier. With understaffing a major issue, this increase could mean even longer waits for students seeking care. According to Schreier, UConn falls short of providing an adequate amount of counseling staff.

New state program offers family planning services
The Wyoming Department of Health will offer more low-income women the ability to receive family planning services through its new Pregnant by Choice program starting the first of the year.

Report Looks At Integration Of Health Services For Dual Eligibles; Primers Include Updated Information About Medicaid, ...
"Increasing the Use of the Capitated Model for Dual Eligibles: Cost Savings Estimates and Public Policy Opportunities," Association for Community Affiliated Plans/Medicaid Health Plans of America: The report, written by the Lewin Group, calculates state and federal spending for beneficiaries dual

State cutting mental health services 12%
The state Department of Mental Health on Tuesday announced budget cuts of 12 percent that will mean trimming services to people with mental illness around the state.

NIU health workers get 5-year contract
DeKALB ? The Board of Trustees for Northern Illinois University approved a collective bargaining agreement Thursday for 42 employees in the school?s Health Services office.

Health Ministry to use BSP Balanced Scorecard
Minister of Health with BSP's Managing Director. - LIZA MOHD The Ministry of Health will soon implement the BSP Balanced Scorecard system within the ministry's departments and hospitals to effectively reach its targets and improve public services in a more comprehensive manner.

Clackamas County cuts health care services
With dwindling revenue and increasing costs, Clackamas County will sharply reduce the amount of public health services offered directly by the county. Some will be taken over by the state, others by non-profit entities. County-operated primary care clinics are already closing, including the ...

Health care programs might see cuts as state tightens budget belt
The health and human services budget accounts for more than a quarter of the state's general fund spending. With the projected $5.2 billion state budget deficit, it is very likely that state-sponsored health care programs will be one of the first areas lawmakers review as they try to close the budget gap.

Adolescent health care -- Dec. 9 report release
( National Academy of Sciences ) "Adolescent health services: Missing opportunities," a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, looks at the unique health care needs of those ages 10 to 19, identifies crucial gaps in existing care, and recommends changes that could help promote healthy behavior, manage health conditions and prevent disease in this age group.

Hamilton approves of third-party review of Health Sciences plan
Hamilton councillors refused to give Hamilton Health Sciences a first look at a consultant?s report of the impact the hospital?s restructuring plan have on the city?s emergency medical services.

Perdue To Replace Health & Human Services Secretary
North Carolina Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue says Health and Human Services Secretary Dempsey Benton won't stay in that position permanently in her administration.