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  • Immigrants’ health care costs are hot topic on Capitol Hill

    Immigrants’ health care costs are hot topic on Capitol Hill

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    Other media reports detail Sen. Ron Wyden’s proposal to allow accountable care organizations to focus on the sickest, most costly patients; questions from Rep. Darrell Issa, R.-Calif., about the navigator program’s funding; and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s, D-Calif., angry response to a reporter’s question about late-term abortions. …read more Source: Immigrants' health care costs…

  • Viewpoints: Good news from Medicare trustees; Medicaid no ‘cure-all’ for access to care

    Viewpoints: Good news from Medicare trustees; Medicaid no ‘cure-all’ for access to care

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    The 2013 Medicare Trustees Report had some good news. Costs per beneficiary grew just 0.7 percent in 2012, down from a 5.4 percent annual average since 1990. This is the third year of slow growth, and if the trend continues, our national finances will dramatically improve. original article source From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130615/Viewpoints-Good-news-from-Medicare-trustees3b-Medicaid-no-cure-all-for-access-to-care.aspx

  • Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, NHCMG partner under patient-centered care agreement

    Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, NHCMG partner under patient-centered care agreement

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    Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and New Haven Community Medical Group announced today that the two organizations have partnered under a patient-centered care agreement that will create an accountable care model to help ensure Anthem members’ access to quality health care that is focused on improved outcomes and lower costs. …read more Source: Anthem…

  • House representatives ask CMS to delay implementation of questionable procurement program

    House representatives ask CMS to delay implementation of questionable procurement program

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    A bipartisan majority of 227 Representatives in the House have joined forces on a letter asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to delay implementation of a questionable procurement program for home medical equipment, says the American Association for Homecare. original article source From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130615/House-representatives-ask-CMS-to-delay-implementation-of-questionable-procurement-program.aspx

  • Arizona legislature approves Medicaid expansion

    Arizona legislature approves Medicaid expansion

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    After a months-long, high-stakes political battle, Arizona lawmakers endorsed a Medicaid expansion plan backed by Gov. Jan Brewer. original article source From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130615/Arizona-legislature-approves-Medicaid-expansion.aspx

  • Gulf War illness may have two distinct forms, study says

    Gulf War illness may have two distinct forms, study says

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    Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say their new work suggests that Gulf War illness may have two distinct forms depending on which brain regions have atrophied. Their study of Gulf War veterans, published online today in PLOS ONE, may help explain why clinicians have consistently encountered veterans with different symptoms and complaints. …read more…

  • House lawmakers appear closer on Medicare pay overhaul, Medicaid pay increase

    House lawmakers appear closer on Medicare pay overhaul, Medicaid pay increase

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    House lawmakers move closer to proposing a plan to overhaul how Medicare pays doctors and wonder how they can increase doctors’ Medicaid pay — typically the purview of states. original article source From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130615/House-lawmakers-appear-closer-on-Medicare-pay-overhaul-Medicaid-pay-increase.aspx

  • Private HIE’s Will Make Nationwide HIE Possible

    Private HIE’s Will Make Nationwide HIE Possible

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    We’ve been working for a long time on creating a nationwide HIE. I still remember when I first started blogging about EMR 7.5 years ago we were talking about implementing RHIO’s. I’m sure someone reading this blog can talk about what the exchange of health data was before RHIO’s. The irony is that we keep…

  • Med groups express concern over proposed HIPAA changes

    Med groups express concern over proposed HIPAA changes

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    A host of medical groups are up in arms over a proposal by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services in April that potentially would allow protected mental health information to be reported to a federal gun background-check database. read more original article source From: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/med-groups-express-concern-over-proposed-hipaa-changes/2013-06-14?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

  • DOD, VA Criticized by Senator on Integrated EHR Initiative

    DOD, VA Criticized by Senator on Integrated EHR Initiative

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    Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) has recently critiqued the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for their inability to create a joint, integrated electronic health record (EHR) system. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) has recently critiqued the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for their inability to…