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Delta states get $5.4M in grants to target chronic disease
By Steven Ross Johnson | August 12, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A dozen providers in a low-income part of the country will receive $5.4 million in federal funding to address a number of chronic conditions that affect residents there at a more frequent rate compared with the rest of the country.
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Alabama abortion law enforcement to get delayed
By Phillip Rawls / Associated Press | July 20, 2013
Alabama's new law setting stricter requirements for abortion doctors won't be enforced this year.
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Alabama covered entirely by insurance exchange
By Phillip Rawls / Associated Press | July 14, 2013
Alabama should have no counties left out of a federally operated health insurance exchange because three companies have proposed insurance plans and two of the companies want to cover the entire state.
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Whistle-blower replay | Doc turns to court in kickback case
By Joe Carlson | July 13, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Once again, a critic who says he was reprimanded for confidentially raising concerns about doctors' pay has turned into a whistle-blower for the federal government.
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State partnership exchanges running into problems
By Jonathan Block | June 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Some states that will be running their health insurance exchanges with help from the federal government are not receiving necessary information in a timely fashion, which may inhibit their ability to effectively prepare for the launch of their marketplaces, according to a study released Friday from...
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Revamp ACO rules to improve chronic care, Wyden urges
By Jessica Zigmond and Melanie Evans | June 13, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A leading proponent of Medicare reform on Capitol Hill says Congress should change the accountable care program to make sure ACOs are improving care for the sickest patients.
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Regional News/South: Mountain States Health to join Vanderbilt network of hospitals in Tennessee, and other news
By Modern Healthcare | May 11, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.—Mountain States Health Alliance, which operates 12 hospitals in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia, will join Vanderbilt University Medical Center's network of affiliated hospitals. As part of the affiliation, the two organizations will collaborate on...
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Alabama passes managed care Medicaid revision
By Kathy Wingard / Associated Press | May 07, 2013
The Alabama Legislature passed a sweeping revision to Medicaid that replaces the way the program delivers and pays for care with regional managed care operators.
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Healthy competition, and other letters
By Modern Healthcare | May 04, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Regarding the story “Highmark completes West Penn deal, announces new system,” hurrah for this action. Competition is healthy in healthcare, and Pittsburgh needs another viable hospital-care system. UPMC has...
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Dunlap takes post at NGA center
By Andis Robeznieks | February 06, 2013
Dr. Nancy Dunlap, a professor of medicine and business at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, has been named as the first physician-in-residence at the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices' Health Division in Washington.
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