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NAHC statement on Senate Finance Committee report

Val J. Halamandaris, president of The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), issued the following statement regarding the Senate Finance Committee Report on Home Health Services.

3 Oct 2011

New Kaiser Family Foundation report examines Medicaid’s role for people with HIV/AIDS

A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines Medicaid’s current role in providing health coverage for people with HIV and provides an important baseline for monitoring the impact of health reform in expanding coverage to this population beginning in 2014.

3 Oct 2011

Post Acute Medical acquires Hill Country Specialty Hospital

Post Acute Medical today announced the purchase and immediate operation of 40-bed Hill Country Specialty Hospital.

3 Oct 2011

Supreme Court hears arguments in Calif. Medicaid case

Justices will hear arguments today regarding California's plan to cut Medicaid payments to doctors, hospitals and other medical providers in an effort to address the state's budget issues. Experts say the case has national implications because its central issue involves states' rights to regulate their Medicaid programs.

3 Oct 2011

Hospital execs, other 'local' VIPs tend to get fast care in ER

In a country where the average emergency room wait now tops four hours, it's a rare American patient who doesn't wonder whether a hefty hospital donation or a family connection may be the secret to getting speedier care. Now, it turns out, the answer appears to be yes, at least according to a pair of small but telling surveys that conclude that being a VIP in the ER does come with certain perks.

3 Oct 2011

IOM essential benefits report — long-awaited — expected out later this week

The report will offer the Institute of Medicine's recommendations regarding how the health law's essential benefits package should be determined. In other health law news, federal regulators also must decide whether family planning should be included as a preventive care benefit. Religious groups say the "carve-out" exemption included in the draft regulations is too narrow.

3 Oct 2011

MedCath sells Hualapai Mountain Medical Center and Louisiana Medical Center & Heart Hospital

MedCath Corporation announced that it has sold its interest in Louisiana Medical Center & Heart Hospital to Cardiovascular Care Group (CCG).

3 Oct 2011

Health issues fuel hostile turn in GOP presidential primary race

The GOP presidential hopefuls all pay homage to Ronald Reagan, but his so-called 11th commandment of politics -; Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican -; is being regularly and energetically violated by the two Republican front-runners.

3 Oct 2011

Drug shortages lead to rationing of critical medicines

Though a number of reasons have created the shortfalls, everyone agrees that the proliferation of "gray markets" is one of the biggest factors.

3 Oct 2011

Mayo Clinic expands Medical School to Arizona

Mayo Clinic announced the expansion of Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota, to Arizona, creating a branch to be called Mayo Medical School -- Arizona Campus.

3 Oct 2011

Florida AHCA renews Medicaid Management Information System service agreement with HP

HP Enterprise Services today announced the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has signed a renewal service agreement to manage the state's Medicaid Management Information System.

3 Oct 2011

First Edition: October 3, 2011

Today's headlines include stories previewing how health policy issues will fit into the Supreme Court's new term.

3 Oct 2011

NHI partners with Polaris Hospital affiliates to develop acute care hospital in Murfreesboro

National Health Investors, Inc. announced today it has entered into a development and lease transaction with affiliates of Polaris Hospital Company to develop a 60-bed general acute care hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee that will provide acute psychiatric and in-patient rehabilitation services. NHI's total commitment to the project is $21.5 million.

3 Oct 2011

Baptist Hospital selects RayStation treatment planning system

RaySearch Laboratories AB has received an order for its RayStation treatment planning system from Baptist Hospital of Miami.

3 Oct 2011

HealthPort is the first HIH to transmit records via CMS' esMD gateway

HealthPort, the industry authority on the HIPAA-compliant exchange of protected health information through release of information services and audit management technology, today announced that the Company is the first Health Information Handler (HIH) to successfully transmit records via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) electronic submission of medical documentation (esMD) gateway for information exchange from healthcare providers, once again leading the way in release of information innovation.

3 Oct 2011