Louisiana Senate Panel Criticizes Insurance Voucher Proposal For New Orleans' Low-Income, Uninsured Adults The Louisiana Senate
Health and Welfare Committee on Wednesday gave a "chilly reception" to a proposal by the Coalition of Leaders for Louisiana
Healthcare that would have used funds for charity care in the New Orleans area to purchase managed care plans for low-income, uninsured adults, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTurning To The Immune System To Fight Malignant Glioma: UPCI Researchers Present Novel Findings At AACR Annual Meeting Mitsugu Fujita, M.D., Ph.D., and Ryo Ueda, M.D., Ph.D., both researchers with the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute's (UPCI) Brain Tumor Program, are pursuing the same aim: understanding the body's immune system in order to fight the deadliest and most common form of brain cancer.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDepression And Alzheimer's "Depression may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's", The Daily Telegraph says. It reports on a study that followed more than 900 Catholic clergy for up to 13 years. The study found that those who developed the disease had more symptoms of depression at the beginning of the study.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMuslim Health Clinics Cited In Report For Serving Underserved Communities, Including Blacks And Hispanics The not-for-profit Institute for Social Policy and Understanding in a recent report recognized 10 Muslim
health clinics across the nation that have improved the
health of underserved community members, including blacks and Hispanics, the San Bernardino County Sun reports (Shadia, San Bernardino County Sun, 4/10).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFlorida Lawmakers Seeking To Expand Medicaid Pilot Program Florida lawmakers on Wednesday added language to a state budget companion bill (HB 5085) that would expand a Medicaid pilot program that shifts some beneficiaries to private managed care plans, such as
health maintenance organizations, the Miami Herald reports. The bill seeks to expand the pilot program to nine additional counties in 2010.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDrug Companies, Medical Device Makers To Disclose Payments To Physicians, Medical Education Grants More than a dozen of the largest U.S. pharmaceutical and medical device companies have decided to disclose information about continuing medical education grants that they award to physicians, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports.Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently sent letters to 15 companies to request information on CME grants amid concerns of potential abuse.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBills To Speed Medicare Drug Plan Reimbursements To Pharmacies Could Limit Fraud Detection, Increase Costs, PBM Group Says Legislation (HR 1474, S 1954) that would reduce the time in which Medicare
prescription drug plans must reimburse pharmacies to 14 days for electronic claims and 30 days for paper claims would limit the ability to detect fraud, according to a survey and a print advertising campaign released on Thur
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPAGB Response To The Use Of Additives In Children's Medicines Sheila Kelly, PAGB Executive Director, comments: "If children are feverish or in pain parents should be able to treat them without being concerned that they are putting them at risk. The industry takes this issue seriously and manufacturers have reviewed their Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reports.
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