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Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News From Medical News Today
Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.
Thirty Million Women To Benefit From Health Reform Law, Including Up To 15 Million Who Will Gain New Subsidized Coverage
30/07/10 - Thirty million women will benefit from the new health reform law over the next decade, either through new or strengthened insurance coverage, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund...
Wash. Regulations Would Restrict Pain Killer Prescriptions; Texas Lt. Gov. Bemoans Costs Associated With Health Law; Fla. Insurance Pilot Project Show
30/07/10 - The New York Times: "In an unusual move, a state government is developing regulations meant to stop doctors from prescribing higher doses of powerful - and often dangerous - pain killers for patients who are not benefiting from them...
Statement By Medicare Rights Center President Joe Baker On The 45th Anniversary Of The Establishment Of Medicare
30/07/10 - On July 30, 2010, we celebrate 45 years of the Medicare program. In 1964, a year before Medicare was established, almost half of older Americans did not have health insurance, and only a quarter were estimated to have adequate hospital insurance coverage. Now, in 2010, Medicare provides health coverage to over 47 million older Americans and people with disabilities...
Poll: Opposition To Health Reform Declines; Seniors View New Law More Negatively Than Adults Overall
30/07/10 - The Washington Post: "Opposition to the landmark health care overhaul declined over the past month, to 35 percent from 41 percent, according to the latest results of a tracking poll, reported Thursday...
Republicans Take On Cost-Cutting Panel Backed By Budget Chief Orszag
30/07/10 - Several Senate Republican leaders are now pushing a new, partial health-overhaul repeal bill that targets a Medicare cost-cutting panel, The Hill reports. The panel, the Independent Payment Advisory Board, would make cost-cutting recommendations whenever spending exceeds set benchmarks. Congress would have to adopt them, or come up with its own plan. "The Republican critics - Sens...
Insurers Aetna, WellPoint Look For Their Place In Health Reform; WellPoint Profit Up
30/07/10 - Aetna President Mark Bertolini said Wednesday that his company has seen much slower sales of national insurance accounts where large employers pay Aetna to administer plans for employees, The Associated Press reports. Under the new health overhaul, Bertolini said he expected less movement in that market because of the uncertainty in the law...
CO-REC Ready To Assist Colorado Health Care Providers In Implementing Electronic Health Record Systems And Achieving 'Meaningful Use'
30/07/10 - Recognizing that earlier in July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released rules outlining which health care providers will get government funding to support their implementation of electronic health record systems (EHR), leaders at the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization say it's time for pro...
Collaborative Arrangements Will Provide Better Care For Patients, Autralia
30/07/10 - The AMA welcomes the Government's introduction of new regulations that require midwives and nurse practitioners to collaborate with medical practitioners in order to provide Medicare-funded services to patients or prescribe them medications under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)...
PCMA: Increased Focus On Combating Fraud Integral To Medicare Program Integrity
29/07/10 - Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) President and CEO Mark Merritt issued the following statement today on a provision in the U.S...
States Continue Push For Extension Of Extra Medicaid Funds
29/07/10 - News outlets report on state budget gaps and lobbying for extra Medicaid funds from the federal government. Bloomberg: "U.S. state governments project revenue will climb in the current fiscal year after they raised taxes and cut spending to close budget gaps of $84 billion, a report from the National Conference of State Legislatures found...
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