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A study that looked at scope-of-practice laws in six states concluded that the laws don't restrict the breadth of primary-care services that nurse practitioners offer patients, but the laws still affect payer policies which then curtail how and where NPs can practice.
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No states appear to have implemented a temporary Medicaid physician pay boost more than eight weeks after it was supposed to have gone into effect, according to provider groups tracking the issue.
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It appears that the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. will not get federally subsidized access to health coverage under planned legislation that would allow many to stay legally.
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Universal Health Services, King of Prussia, Pa., named Dr. Lynda Ann Smirz to the newly created role of VP and chief medical officer of its acute-care division. Smirz, who joined UHS in January, previously was VP of surgical services and CMO for Indiana University Health North Hospital,...
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer called it “one of the most difficult decisions” of her 30 years in public service.
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Havasu Regional Medical Center, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., has named F. Dana Ellerbe CEO.
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Whether millions of Americans get the coverage envisioned in the healthcare reform law will come down to this: whether governors can stomach leaving federal money on the table. Even some of the law's fiercest critics now say they won't.
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she will expand the state's Medicaid program to cover citizens who earn up to 138% of the poverty line.
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Phoenix Children's Hospital will no longer run the neonatal intensive-care unit at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, the largest hospital in the not-for-profit Banner Health system.
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Phoenix Children's Hospital said it plans to launch a molecular medicine institute in January.
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