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Desperate governors, state Legislatures seek ways to cut Medicaid costs

News outlets across the country are reporting that states are planning to trim Medicaid rolls and benefits. Some are especially focusing on nursing home costs.

22 Feb 2011

Study: Gender may not increase risk of heart attack deaths

A study led by the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center shows being a woman may not increase your risk of dying from treatment for a severe heart attack.

21 Feb 2011

GE Healthcare announces two new EMR solutions certified for meaningful use at HIMSS meeting

At the annual meeting of the Health Information Management and Systems Society in Orlando this week, GE Healthcare announced two new Electronic Medical Record solutions that have been certified for meaningful use.

21 Feb 2011

GE Centricity Enterprise v6.9 achieves Complete EHR ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification

GE Healthcare is pleased to announce that GE Centricity Enterprise version 6.9 is officially 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a Complete EHR February 17, 2011 by Drummond Group Inc. Drummond Group made the designation in its capacity as an Office of the National Coordinator - Authorized Temporary Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) in accordance with the applicable Eligible Hospital certification criteria adopted by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

21 Feb 2011

HHS overturns Bush 'conscience' rule for workers opposing abortion

The Obama administration on Friday rescinded most of a 2008 rule that granted sweeping protections to health care providers who opposed abortion, sterilization and other medical procedures on religious or moral grounds.

20 Feb 2011

Largest Medicare fraud case nets 114 offenders

In one of the largest healthcare fraud cases, the U.S. government last Thursday charged 114 doctors, nurses and other defendants with Medicare crime schemes that exceeded $225 million in false billings.

20 Feb 2011

Kresge Foundation awards $750,000 grant for East Cleveland Teen Collaborative

Cleveland Clinic, the City of East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and a collection of local health and social service agencies are launching the East Cleveland Teen Collaborative, a partnership focused on reducing health disparities and improving health outcomes of East Cleveland youth.

19 Feb 2011

AHF commends Congressman Hastings for securing additional $42M for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today commended United States Congressman Alcee Hastings (D, FL, 23rd District) for authoring, introducing and successfully shepherding a budget amendment to the current year's budget that secures crucial additional funding to address a growing crisis in the nation's AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAP), a network of federal and state funded programs that provide life-saving HIV treatments to low income, uninsured, and underinsured individuals living with HIV/AIDS nationwide.

19 Feb 2011

HHS approves Medicaid expansion for Minnesota

Gov. Mark Dayton's plan to expand the state's Medicaid rolls by 95,000 people has been approved by federal authorities, his office said Thursday. The move, which begins March 1, will provide health insurance to 12,000 low-income adults who previously were uninsured, and broader coverage at lower cost to another 83,000 who received care under two state-funded programs, MinnesotaCare and General Assistance Medical Care (2/17).

19 Feb 2011

NAE, IOM introduce Collegiate Challenge to tackle health issue in creative way

"Go Viral to Improve Health: IOM-NAE Health Data Collegiate Challenge" was launched today by the Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Engineering to promote interaction among future health professionals, engineers, and scientists and to spur interest in harnessing new technologies and data to solve vexing health issues.

18 Feb 2011

AHF criticizes President Obama's budget proposal for HIV/AIDS programs

Following the release of his proposed Fiscal Year 2012 budget, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest global AIDS organization, today criticized President Barack Obama and his administration for requests for budget funding levels for HIV/AIDS programs that are grossly inadequate to the need.

18 Feb 2011

Longer looks: KHN's best health policy picks from thought-provoking publications

A law under consideration in South Dakota would expand the definition of "justifiable homicide" to include killings that are intended to prevent harm to a fetus—a move that could make it legal to kill doctors who perform abortions.

18 Feb 2011

Arizona plan to cut adults from Medicaid highlights possible 'escape hatch' for states

The Arizona move to shed these impoverished adults from the insurance plan for low-income people will now proceed despite a provision in the new health law prohibiting states from tightening their eligibility standards.

18 Feb 2011

Health law, budget plans examined, defended during Capitol Hill hearings

Across the Hill, oversight hearings were held to review specific provisions of the new health law and related waivers. In addition, administration officials took questions about some specifics within the president's budget blueprint. And the House Judiciary Committee approved a medical malpractice reform bill.

17 Feb 2011

Massachusetts receives $35.6 million HHS grant to develop online health care exchanges

The University of Massachusetts Medical School, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Massachusetts Connector Authority have received a $35.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop an online "health care exchange," a resource through which consumers and small business owners can efficiently shop for health insurance plans.

17 Feb 2011

HHS to announce health exchange 'early innovator' grants to 7 states

The grants, which are to be used to set up the framework for the health law's state insurance exchanges, will reportedly go to Kansas, Maryland, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Wisconsin and a consortium led by Massachusetts.

17 Feb 2011

Viewpoints: NY Times on high-risk pools; GOP on Medicaid 'flexibility;' health workers' rights

As part of the new health care reform, the federal government and 27 state governments are establishing temporary high-risk pools to offer coverage for people with pre-existing conditions until the law takes full effect in 2014.

17 Feb 2011

Senate finance leaders push for permanent Medicare 'doc fix'

Both Committee Chair Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Ranking Member Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, are pushing for an overhaul of Medicare's physician payment formula. Meanwhile, Baucus is not "ready to commit" to hold confirmation hearings for the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services who has been re-nominated.

17 Feb 2011

AHRQ lists SVS as Patient Safety Organization

The Society for Vascular Surgery is now listed as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO) by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, on behalf of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

17 Feb 2011

States grapple with new ways to cut state Medicaid costs

Among the strategies being used are efforts to change rules, revise definitions, tighten anti-fraud efforts and cut services.

17 Feb 2011

Health and Human Services News and Research

Desperate governors, state Legislatures seek ways to cut Medicaid costs

Study: Gender may not increase risk of heart attack deaths

GE Healthcare announces two new EMR solutions certified for meaningful use at HIMSS meeting

GE Centricity Enterprise v6.9 achieves Complete EHR ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification

HHS overturns Bush 'conscience' rule for workers opposing abortion

Largest Medicare fraud case nets 114 offenders

Kresge Foundation awards $750,000 grant for East Cleveland Teen Collaborative

AHF commends Congressman Hastings for securing additional $42M for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs

HHS approves Medicaid expansion for Minnesota

NAE, IOM introduce Collegiate Challenge to tackle health issue in creative way

AHF criticizes President Obama's budget proposal for HIV/AIDS programs

Longer looks: KHN's best health policy picks from thought-provoking publications

Arizona plan to cut adults from Medicaid highlights possible 'escape hatch' for states

Health law, budget plans examined, defended during Capitol Hill hearings

Massachusetts receives $35.6 million HHS grant to develop online health care exchanges

HHS to announce health exchange 'early innovator' grants to 7 states

Viewpoints: NY Times on high-risk pools; GOP on Medicaid 'flexibility;' health workers' rights

Senate finance leaders push for permanent Medicare 'doc fix'

AHRQ lists SVS as Patient Safety Organization

States grapple with new ways to cut state Medicaid costs

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