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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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Health information network to launch patient portal
By Wichita (Kan.) Eagle | August 09, 2013
The Kansas Health Information Network, which is in the process of connecting the electronic health record systems of thousands of providers across the state, hopes to launch a new statewide patient portal next month. The portal will be free for all Kansas patients.
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For critics, Kan. abortion law's form also matters
By John Hanna / Associated Press | August 04, 2013
Two Kansas doctors who have filed a lawsuit against a sweeping new state abortion law are attacking its form as well as its substance, hoping their objection to how lawmakers enacted the statute dooms it quickly.
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Cerner seeks tax breaks for corporate office
By Joseph Conn | August 02, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Health information technology systems developer Cerner Corp. went mall shopping for another corporate office complex, but is waiting on tax breaks from local government before it goes through with the deal.
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Humana sues Farmers over Medicare secondary payer practices
By Sheena Harrison, Crain's Business Insurance | July 26, 2013
Humana has filed four federal lawsuits against Farmers Insurance Group of Cos. and related entities, arguing that the Medicare Secondary Payer Act entitles it to reimbursement from Farmers for benefits that Humana paid for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans.
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W.Va. tops in per capita promotion of health law
By John Raby / Associated Press | July 25, 2013
More is being spent per capita in West Virginia than any other state to promote public awareness of the new healthcare reform law, but advocates are concerned that those who could benefit most still won't get enrolled.
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Federal judge refuses to block Kan. abortion rules
By Associated Press | July 01, 2013
The chief federal judge in Kansas refused Sunday to temporarily block parts of a new state abortion law, including a requirement that providers' websites link to a state site with information they dispute.
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Outliers: Quotable
By Modern Healthcare | June 29, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
“How are you going to feel if you have to go into an emergency room? You'll walk in there, and see chair after chair of working poor people—hard-working people—knowing that's their healthcare system, when we could have given them a better answer.”
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Kansas judge weighs doctors' challenge to abortion law
By The Kansas City (Mo.) Star | June 28, 2013
Allowing Kansas to enforce a sweeping new anti-abortion law while a lawsuit against it is pending would respect the democratic process, an attorney for the state said Thursday during a court hearing on whether the law should be put on hold temporarily.
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Electronic records mean better care, Kan. doctor says
By Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal | June 21, 2013
All doctors may think they do a great job making their patients healthier, but now data can show if they really do, according to a Kansas doctor serving on a national commission.
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