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Ready or not | Exchange preparedness varies in GOP-led states
By Maureen McKinney | September 28, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
State-based Republican opposition to implementation of the healthcare reform law forced federal officials to scramble over the past six months to design and launch far more local health insurance exchanges than originally anticipated.
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2013 Up and Comers: Sean Tinney
By Rachel Landen | September 21, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
When Sean Tinney first began college as a freshman at Auburn University, he thought about entering the healthcare field, but as a physician, not an administrator. Then somewhere between an anatomy course—“I thought maybe this is not for me”—and the realization that he...
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Controlling costs | Some follow Oregon's lead on Medicaid reform
By Steven Ross Johnson | September 07, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Some states are emulating Oregon, and others are following somewhat different paths to control Medicaid costs and improve quality of care for their low-income residents. Some are focusing first on payment and...
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CMS touts lower use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes
By Jessica Zigmond | August 27, 2013
The CMS on Tuesday heralded a lower prevalence of antipsychotic drug use in the nation's nursing homes, which the agency attributes to a dementia-care program it launched last year.
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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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