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Jobs Bill Missing Medicaid Money For States, Governors Call For Change
The $15 billion jobs bill that passed the Senate Monday does not include additional matching funds for state Medicaid programs, but governors are continuing to ask for its inclusion as they look for other ways to plus state budget holes made from Medicaid liabilities.The (Springfield, Mo…
Arizona State Answers Call For Information, Debuts Shot Finder
As 2009 H1N1 influenza continues to spread, the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) has answered the need for actionable health information through partnerships with Google and county health departments. ADHS has partnered with county health departments to create a statewide website, for the H1N1 response…
Experts Call For Greater Crackdown On Medicare Fraud
Efforts to crack down on Medicare fraud heat up while some experts say more should be done. Reuters reports that the “The Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services launched a special strike force in Miami in 2007 to combat Medicare fraud in South Florida and similar units have been set up in Los Angeles, Houston and Detroit.
NeurogesX To Hold Conference Call To Discuss FDA Approval Of Qutenza(TM) (capsaicin) 8% Patch For Treatment Of Postherpetic Neuralgia (PHN)
NeurogesX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGSX) announces that it will hold a conference call at 8:30a.m. ET (5:30a.m. PT) to discuss the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Qutenza(TM) (capsaicin) 8% patch, the first and only product containing prescription strength capsaicin, for the management of neuropathic pain due to postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), the nerve pain which can follow shingles.
AMA, AARP And MOAA Call For Passage Of House Medicare Reform Bill, Vote Expected This Week On H.R. 3961
Today, leading advocates for seniors, military families and physicians joined together to call for passage of legislation in the House that will preserve access to care for seniors, baby boomers and military families through repeal of the broken Medicare physician payment formula. A vote on H.R.
Klobuchar, Kohl, Franken Call For Value-Index Approach To Combat Medicare Costs
Today, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Al Franken (D-MN) introduced legislation to reform the Medicare payment system to reward hospitals for quality, efficient care. The Medicare Payment Fairness Act of 2009 would reform Medicare by paying hospitals for the quality, not quantity, of care.
A Call For Research On The Emerging Influenza Pandemic
A call for research on the emerging influenza pandemic is being launched by the NIHR as the World Health Organization (WHO) announces the move to pandemic phase 6. The research will provide evidence to influence ongoing health policy and practice.
Save America’s Medicare!! Call Congress to Support S. 2785
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Clock ticking on Medicare payment S. 2785 Call the AMA Grassroots Hotline at (800) 833-6354 to be connected to your members of Congress and urge them to co-sponsor and pass S. 2785. Download the AMA's Medicare Physician Payment Action Kit, which includes details about the bill and how you can voice your support for it: www.ama-assn.org Medicare physician payment rates are scheduled to be cut 10.6 percent on July 1, 2008, and an additional 5 percent or more on Jan. 1, 2009. As of April 1 …
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Patients, Congressmen, & Local Home Medical Equipment Businesses Call For End To Harmful Medicare “Competitive” Bidding Program Coming To Pittsburgh
At the “HME Survival Summit” in Western Pennsylvania, patient advocacy groups, members of Congress, and home medical equipment (HME) providers came together to address the negative impacts of “competitive” bidding. This controversial Medicare regulation, which could go into effect April 17th, will lower the quality of, and access to, care for patients and seniors, and actually reduce competition in the homecare sector.
Nurses Welcome President’s Call For Comprehensive Health Reform But Only One Reform, Medicare For All, Will Solve Crisis And Cut Costs
The nation’s largest organization of registered nurses today praised President Obama’s call for “comprehensive” healthcare reform in his speech to Congress Tuesday night, but emphasized that only genuine reform, as in expanding Medicare to cover everyone, will actually solve the crisis — and rein in the skyrocketing costs that the president noted are bankrupting Americans and costing jobs.
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