State Highlights: ER Doctors Face Racism From Patients; More Cities Use Doulas To Combat Infant Mortality
Media outlets report on news from Oregon, Maryland, New York, Illinois, Arizona, California, Virginia, Alaska, Washington and Massachusetts.
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Kansas’ Osawatomie State Hospital Passes Inspection
The psychiatric hospital lost its certification in 2015, which resulted in a loss of about $1 million a month in federal funding for the state, but it now appears to be back on track. Meanwhile, in Oregon, Willamette Valley Behavioral Health plans to sue the state over the rejection of its plan to build a 100-bed psychiatric hospital. In addition, the cause of the illness at New Hampshire's Exeter Hospital is still unclear and two Florida cancer centers face fraud allegations.
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Feds Want Texas To Pay $18.9M Back To Medicaid For Improper School Health Services Bills
Reimbursement requested by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission between 2010 and 2011 were not “reasonable, adequately supported, and otherwise allowable” for some school-based health services, according to an Inspector General's report. Meanwhile, Kansas' privatized Medicaid sytem ranks last in a customer satsifaction survey among the 36 states that offer managed care programs.
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Court Finds Ark. Can Keep Medicaid Funding From Planned Parenthood
The decision, reversing earlier lower court injunctions, was issued by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Nurses Need Better Education About Maternal Mortality To Help New Moms, Survey Finds
Postpartum nurses often fail to warn mothers about potentially life-threatening complications following childbirth due to their own lack of information. In other maternal health care news, hospitals and groups work to close the breast-feeding disparities among African-American and Hispanic women. And research finds that microbes may help reduce the risk of sepsis in newborns.
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Some N.H. Communities To Follow Lead Of State A.G. And Take Legal Action Against Opioid Company
In related news, the nation's largest pharmacy benefit manager is taking the controversial step of limiting the number and strength of first-time prescriptions for opioids. And let's not forget about drugged drivers' risk of overdose and new statistics that indicate the nation is drinking more.
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Hacks Targeting Health Care Data Spike 162% Over Last Year
Security experts account for the jump by saying that hacking has gotten easier and more organizations are now reporting incidents. Meanwhile, Bayada Home Health Care and St. Luke's Health System also make industry news.
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UnitedHealth CEO Stephen Hemsley Steps Down
The insurer's current president David Wichmann will take over the position while Hemsley, who has been with the health plan since 1997, will move into a newly created role as executive chairman of the board of directors.
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Questions About Congressional Rules Could Complicate Further Repeal Efforts
Politico Pro reports that the Senate parliamentarian is looking into whether Republicans can continue to debate the replacement of the federal health law using fast-track procedures set up under the 2017 budget after the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30. In other news, Sen. Johnny Isakson talks about health issues and a look at how women view the health care debate.
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Three N.H. Insurers Confirm Their Intent To Stay In The Obamacare Exchange
The companies -- Anthem, Harvard Pilgrim and Ambetter by NH Healthy Families -- will offer plans on the health exchange for 2018. But the continuing uncertainty regarding federal health law action led regulators in nearby Massachusetts to delay the approval of individual and small business insurance rates that are set to take effect Jan. 1. News outlets also report on rate hikes and turmoil in Iowa and Georgia.
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Trump Poised To End Contraception Requirement For Employee Health Benefits
President Donald Trump is expected to issue a regulation allowing employers with religious objections to omit coverage for contraception from their workers’ insurance plans. In other Trump administration news: the Department of Health and Human Services names 14 people to its mental health panel; the cancellation of several payment reforms is complicating efforts by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to promote value-based care; and the National Parks Service lifts a ban on selling plastic water bottles in the parks.
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After Hemming And Hawing, White House Says It Will Make August Payments To Insurers
These payments, known as cost-sharing reductions, are paid to health plans to offset the costs of providing coverage to low-income consumers. The decision, which drew criticism from some congressional conservatives, signals, for now, that the administration has decided against triggering a collapse of the health law's individual market. This step could create a window of time and opportunity for Congress to pass some fixes to stabilize the markets.
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First Edition: August 17, 2017
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: Trump Driving Premium Increases; Opioid Treatment For Prisoners
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
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Perspectives: Drug Companies Getting Stingy With Subsidies; Supreme Court Deals Blow To Consumers
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
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Drugmakers ‘Game The System And Game The Rules,’ FDA Head Gottlieb Says
News outlets report on stories related to pharmaceutical pricing.
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State Highlights: Ohio Co-Op Accused Of Fraud; California Heads Toward Serious Doctor Shortage
Media outlets report on news from Ohio, California, Maryland, Missouri, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Texas, Arizona and Colorado.
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Contaminated And Unsafe Water Flows Through Communities Across Country
A new research center will study chemicals not yet regulated by the federal government but that have been linked to cancer and other diseases. And News21 releases its investigation that finds as many as 63 million Americans are exposed to unsafe drinking water. In related news, tainted water in a North Carolina river raises questions for state lawmakers.
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Hospital Roundup: Highest-Paid Nonprofit Hospital Exec In Mass. Made $4.3M; Rural Colo. Health Centers Get Grant
Hospitals in Massachusetts, Colorado, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Illinois make news today.
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Georgia Medicaid Director And Aide Leave; State Officials Offer No Explanations
Linda Wiant’s departure appeared to come suddenly and followed the exit of a deputy, Marcey Alter, earlier in the week. News outlets also report on the trial involving the Mississippi Medicaid director and developments in New Hampshire and Maine.