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If the Supreme Court strikes down the individual mandate, the justices will then decide whether the remainder of the health reform law is so intertwined with the insurance requirement that it too must be overturned as unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court dove into the heart of the health reform law and its most controversial aspect, the individual mandate, in which the federal government had to deliver a stellar case to sway justices of the need to compel Americans to obtain insurance.

The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), in partnership with three Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs) -- Health Choice Network of Florida, OCHIN of Oregon and the Alliance of Chicago -- has launched THQLink (connecting Technology, Health, and Quality). The intent is to help safety-net providers manage the increasing demands for quality cost and outcome.

Imagine that you’re being required to buy a car. You will have to pay for most of it, but you can’t choose exactly what you want and there are so many restrictions on your options. There’s one more catch: If you don’t choose one yourself, the dealer will decide for you. This is the same predicament that many state policymakers find themselves in regarding the creation of health insurance exchanges.

GetWellNetwork, Inc.®, provider of the industry's leading interactive patient care (IPC) solution, announced today that Memorial Healthcare System's Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, Fla., has implemented GetWell Town throughout its 204-bed facility. The solution provides access to educational programs, television, movies, video games and the Internet to each room of the newly constructed freestanding facility that opened in July 2011.

From the floor of the HIMSS12 Annual Conference and Exhibition, Allscripts and MyCareTeam (MCT) launched their integrated diabetes management system to healthcare providers. Integrating the MyCareTeam application with Allscripts Enterprise EHR is enabling patients and providers to collaborate to better manage diabetes between visits and in the office.

IrriMax® Corporation, a leader in the development of innovative irrigation systems, announced today it has been awarded a supplier contract with the Premier healthcare alliance, effective February 1, 2012, for its IrriSept® wound debridement and cleansing system. The IrriSept system is the first and only FDA-cleared irrigation device containing Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG), finally providing an alternative to traditional saline irrigation. IrriSept is packaged and available for use in surgical and non-surgical environments.

Healthcare reform is arguably the hot-button political issue of our time. And with the Supreme Court locked and loaded to decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act this summer, it's a safe bet the controversial two-year-old legislation will have a huge impact on the 2012 election and beyond.

VeriTeQ Acquisition Corporation (“VeriTeQ” or “Company”), a leader in implantable, radio frequency identification (“RFID”) for humans and animals, announced today it will offer its FDA-cleared VeriChip microchip, a rice grain-sized, passive RFID microchip, for the identification of breast implants and other medical devices. VeriTeQ is already working to identify medical devices, specifically vascular ports, for the proper identification of the port and medication dosing requirements through an existing contract with a medical device manufacturer.