Health Care

... 2021’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections ....

... NOTE: Hospitals ranking best for outcomes and efficiency rank lowest for equity ....

...  Since 2006, state officials have rejected over $200 million worth of certificate-of-need requests, which would have added more than 200 hospital beds to meet Hawaii’s medical needs ....

... more than seven in 10 U.S. adults aged 20 and older are either overweight or obese ....

... On Saturday, November 13, 2021, Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions reached tentative agreement on a four-year contract ....

... Both HESD and DOH plan to expand the program to other selected alternative care sites throughout O’ahu and Neighbor Islands. Other alternative sites are being identified and may be ready by the end of this year ....

... In 2019, Gov. Ige signed Kal’s Law, which allowed individuals with a qualifying disability to work full-time at minimum wage without losing state or federal benefits. This year, Gov. Ige signed a bill that became Act 55 — which removes the practice of paying individuals a sub-minimum wage based solely on the fact the individual has a disability ....

... Clinicians are also seeking a state investigation into Kaiser’s violation of laws ensuring parity for mental health care ....

... Since legalization, a total of 59 people have died after taking advantage of the Our Care Our Choice Act ....

... a closer look at the government policies that have contributed to the problem ....

... Hawaii has low rates of vaccination against many diseases ....

... the small print reveals a trail of breadcrumbs leading to your bedroom ....

... Would the Hawaiian Kingdom Compel Everyone to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine? The Answer is “YES” ....

... Hawaii feed stores seeing spike in Ivermectin sales--One Person Poisoned ....

... They are expected to work in Hawai‘i for eight weeks each ....

... A key component of this affiliation agreement is the creation of a combined physician group to be named The Queen’s University Medical Group (QUMG). ...

... used his state computer and state email account to send an email to the Chief Executive Officer of a private health care facility in which he solicited the CEO to purchase personal protective equipment from a private company, M&W Suppliers ....

... Hawaii County 3rd worst, Maui 5th, Kauai 13th ....

... best and worst ranked states closely correlate with 2020 presidential election results ....

... Hawaii ranks 48th for nursing salary when cost of living is factored in ....

"...any portable device that is designed to discharge electric energy, charge, voltage, or current into the body...."

... 2021’s Best & Worst States for Children’s Health Care ....

... extension of a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for Marketplace coverage until August 15 ....

... the 11,260 Hawaii RNs annual mean salary is $104,830 ....

... One provision provides a 100 percent COBRA subsidy for up to six months. Another provision increases the Premium Tax Credit, which will extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies to higher-income individuals ....

... it is doubtful any of Hawaii’s proposed tax increases this year will, if enacted, achieve the goal of increasing state revenues. More likely, they will further damage the economy and prompt even more of our family, friends and neighbors to move away ....

... Hawaii has the 5th lowest Avg. Annual Wage for Physicians (adj for cost of living) ....

... There are few things more nonsensical than encouraging doctors to leave a state during a pandemic, but that is exactly what the Hawaii State Legislature is doing .... 

... I have a 5,000-square-foot, five-bedroom house on half an acre with a view that stretches to a river, and that house costs me $539,000 ....

... Hawaii is down by more than 1,000 physicians, with no prospect of the situation improving ....

... Lawmakers may impose the highest income tax in the nation on Hawaii residents making over $200,000, and this may be damaging to Hawaii's health system ....

... The oversized postcard measures eight by twelve feet long is now on display at Castle Medical Center ....

... The contract rewards the risks taken and sacrifices made by these workers during the pandemic ....

... Only 5 Hawaii Nursing Homes Score Better Than 'D' ....

... And provided overdose prevention training and nasal naloxone to over 1,000 drug addicts ....

... The registered nurses and other health care workers of Maui Health System reached a tentative contract agreement with MHS management just past 1:00 am HST Friday morning ....

... Over 12,000 Hawai‘i students in grades 9 through 12 participated in the 2019 survey ....

... During a follow-up revisit of Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home on Jan. 6, 2021, inspectors found the facility to be in compliance, avoiding a mandatory termination of the facility on April 16, 2021 ....

“...Because of COVID-19, we are all thinking more about lung health. Now is the time for lawmakers to act and take this opportunity to achieve lasting reductions in tobacco-related death and disease....”

... Bill Tracking at the Legislature Begins ....

... 33 Hours worked to afford median rent for nurses -- Hawaii ranks 43rd ....

... potential monetary losses — including both the lifetime and annual cost of a cigarette pack per day, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs .... 

... Maui Memorial and Adventist Health are not waiting for the DoH any more ....

... Statewide, the greatest specialty shortages by percentage are: Colorectal Surgery (65%), Pathology (64%), Pulmonology (63%), Infectious Disease (58%), Allergy/Immunology (55%), and Hematology/Oncology (44%) ....

... being at a facility with a positive worker sparked change for me ....

... the group of commissioners detailed six immediate or critical policy recommendations and six longer-term recommendations for the Biden administration to consider ....

... revising a drafting mistake in the 1996 welfare reform bill that barred the islanders from the program ....

...in Hawaii every available Obamacare plan covers elective abortions....

... Individual health insurance plans must be selected by December 15, 2020 to have coverage for 2021 ....

... Compact Impact Fairness Act Aims At Growing Burden On States and Territories, Now $200 Million Annually for Hawai’i Alone, For Uncovered Services To Resident Migrants From The Marshall Islands, Palau and Micronesia ....