Posts Tagged ‘texas’
Project GreenVax Announced By Texas-Based Consortium
Leaders of the Texas Plant-Expressed Vaccine Consortium have announced a biotherapeutic manufacturing initiative designed to show proof of concept for a landmark new technology that could dramatically increase the nation’s capability to produce vaccines for infectious diseases, including influenza…
Countdown To Medicare Meltdown: Day 6 – Texas Medical Association
The following can be attributed to William H. Fleming III, MD, president of the Texas Medical Association. Dr. Fleming’s statement addresses the Medicare physician payment cuts slated for March 1, 2010. “Texas physicians have pleaded with Congress to fix Medicare for the past decade. It is the insurance senior citizens and people with disabilities depend on for health care…
Possible State Cuts To Texas Seniors’ Nursing Facility Medicaid Funding Imprudent In Light Of Worsening Facility Cost Squeeze
In testimony at a Health and Human Service Commission (HHSC) hearing on possible budget reduction options, the President of the Texas Health Care Association (THCA) warned that any cuts now to Texas Medicaid payment rates for nursing home care will confront the nursing home profession with dire financial consequences…
Calif. Budget Cuts Will Hit Adult Day Care Centers, Prison Health Care; Texas And Kansas Weigh Medicaid Cuts
The Los Angeles Times, on adult day care centers in California: “Under the most recent cost-saving budget proposals, 327 adult day healthcare centers throughout California would be eliminated. Cuts could save the state $135 million in fiscal 2011, state projections show…
State Wrap: Mental Illness In Arizona, Stimulus “Windfall” In Texas, Medicaid Expansion In Nebraska
Local newspapers report on health care issues including mental health in Arizona, the stimulus “windfall” in Texas and a family health insurance plan in Nebraska. The Arizona Republic reports: “The number of seriously mentally ill people in Maricopa County has exploded in recent years, growing by 94 percent since 2000.
Texas “Medical Home” Provides Personal And Coordinated Health Care
The Houston Chronicle reports on a medical philosophy that focuses on providing coordinated care and personal care to older patients, mostly indigent seniors. The paper examines Select Senior Clinic, a Texas facility that ascribes to the medical home concept. Dr.
Three Surgeons In East Texas Are Successfully Integrating A Novel Stem Cell Procedure For Spine Surgeries
A new breakthrough in adult stem cell technology has three Texarkana neurosurgeons leading their industry by utilizing concentrated stem cells for spine surgery. The innovative technique is improving the desired results of surgical interventions for back pain. Leading researchers in the orthopedic and spine industry are predicting the latest developments in this field of medicine will become mainstream practice and, potentially, a standard of care for surgical treatments of severe back pain.
Texas Democrats Trying To Pass Medicaid Enrollment Extension Before June 1 Deadline
Democrats in the Texas House on Monday called on lawmakers to prioritize consideration of a Medicaid bill (HB 1541) that would extend the enrollment period for children’s coverage through the program, the AP/Dallas Morning News reports.
Z Therapy Is The First In North Texas To Offer Revolutionary Treatment Option For Neck Pain Sufferers
Z Therapy Whiplash Treatment Center now offers a ground-breaking treatment option for victims of whiplash associated disorders (WAD). With the introduction of a multi-cervical unit (MCU) by BTE Technologies, Z Therapy is the first and only rehabilitation specialist in North Texas to offer this technology that is designed to quickly alleviate neck pain. Often overlooked through common tests such as CT scans, MRIs and x-rays, WAD affects soft muscle tissues in the neck.
Texas Health Care Association: Senate Budget ‘Woefully Inadequate’ In Funding Seniors’ Medicaid-Financed Nursing Home Care
Characterizing the Texas Senate’s budget as “woefully inadequate” to meeting the care needs of Texas’ oldest, most vulnerable seniors, the Texas Health Care Association (THCA) said the bare bone funding level increase of $60 million General Revenue (GR) doesn’t connect with the facts that Texas’ Medicaid nursing home rates rank 49th lowest in the nation, and that dozens of community nursing facilities across the state seniors depend upon have closed their doors since January 2006.
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