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Mark Stadler is director of Cohen & Grigsby, Pittsburgh, a law firm representing health care providers. This article was reprinted with the permission of Assisted Living Success. The detection and [...]

As a first step towards the production of a List of Protected Generic Names for Fungi, a without-prejudice list is presented here as a basis for future discussion and the production of a List for formal adoption. We include 6995 generic names out of the 17072 validly published names proposed for fungi and invite comments from all interested mycologists by 31 March 2014. The selection of names for inclusion takes note of recent major publications on different groups of fungi, and further the decisions reached so far by international working groups concerned with particular families or genera. Changes will be sought in the Codeto provide for this and lists at other ranks to be protected against any competing unlisted names, and to permit the inclusion of names of lichen-forming fungi. A revised draft will be made available for further discussion at the 10thInternational Mycological Congress in Bangkok in August 2014. A schedule is suggested for the steps needed to produce a list for adoption by the International Botanical Congress in August 2017. This initiative provides mycologists with an opportunity to place nomenclature at the generic level on a more secure and stable base.

Not all medical travel programs are created equal, so employers should shop with a discerning eye. Most programs use a "proprietary" method to evaluate and select high-quality providers for their networks. It is important to ask questions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the state of high-deductible health plan (HDHP) in U.S. and mentions that as per two-thirds of large employers, HDHPs is effective to reduce cos as per the non-profit organization National Business Group on Health.