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In other hospital-related news, Marketplace reports how the future look of health care facilities is changing. News outlets report on other hospital developments in Tennessee, D.C., Texas, Kansas and North Carolina.
Nearly half of parents studied didn't realize their kids were eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program. Also in Medicaid news, Iowa's governor says the transition to a controversial managed care program there is going smoothly, while outlets report on other developments in Kansas, North Carolina and New Mexico.
Chinese suppliers are flooding the U.S. and Canada with both the extremely potent drug and the machinery used to create decentralized production labs. At least 10 overdose deaths in California have been linked to fentanyl. Elsewhere, leaders, law enforcement, health care providers and others gathered in North Carolina to discuss how to combat heroin in the state.
Health issues will increase with dirtier air, more contaminated water and tainted food, the report warns. It also forecasts thousands of heat-wave deaths, longer allergy seasons and diseases such as those spread by mosquitoes.
The Democratic front-runner was the latest politician to draw criticism from both pro-abortion rights and anti-abortion groups when she said an "unborn person doesn’t have constitutional rights." In other news, Republicans in Missouri consider their options on whether to hold a Planned Parenthood regional CEO in contempt.
New online tracking tools let patients and doctors speak the same language: data. “It allows both the patient and clinician to see information in real time, both as a method of surveillance to find things out that are better to act on now, but also as a more specific and accurate record of what’s working and for decision-making,” says Lisa Opipari-Arrigan, an associate professor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
The main obstacle to a deal has been finding a way to pay for new mandatory funding for medical research at the National Institutes of Health. In other news from Capitol Hill, senators ask HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell for information pertaining to data that was stolen from the agency and are frustrated by the answers she provides.
Mammograms and childbirth services are in second- and third-place, respectively. In other health cost news, another study finds that patients miss out on services and savings by not discussing the price of treatment options with their doctors.
The move, which was more aggressive than expected, is aimed at companies that are attempting to move their tax addresses out of the U.S. to shift profits to low-tax countries using a maneuver known as earnings stripping. "They’ve addressed literally every benefit that one attempted to gain from an inversion and shut them all down systematically," says Robert Willens, a New York-based tax analyst.
In a letter, House and Senate leaders advise Gov. Asa Hutchinson to not ask the legislature to take up his proposal to switch part of the Medicaid program to a private managed care model when he calls the legislature into special session this week to consider the state's Medicaid expansion.
Despite fears that the health law would cause employers to rush to drop benefits for their workers, offering insurance is still viewed as an important recruitment and retention tool.
The payment amount decision, which came after heavy lobbying, was a bit lower than the administration initially suggested. On another part of the rule, however, the administration delayed efforts to cut payments to employer-sponsored Medicare Advantage plans.
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News outlets report on health issues in Connecticut, Washington, New Hampshire, Florida and California.
The move is an effort to keep these seniors out of nursing homes as states grapple with rising demand for long-term care and the effect of that on state Medicaid spending. Also in the news, radiologists and minority health advocates in Connecticut are seeking to reverse cuts in Medicaid reimbursement rates there.
In one such case, reports reveal policy violations at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston during treatment of a high-paying patient. Meanwhile, outlets report on news from All Children's Hospital in Florida, MetroHealth System in Ohio, as well as a merger in Georgia.
Traditional spraying — from trucks and planes — is mostly useless against this mosquito. Instead, beating it back will require a lot of mosquito workers dumping over a lot of water containers in a lot of backyards. However, the prospect of beefing up control is daunting to states and counties most likely to be affected because of their limited budgets and tight resources.
Finding the right treatment for an addicted loved one is tricky for families. That's where a small group of advisers is stepping in. In other news, an effort to curb painkiller abuse turns into a cautionary tale after it sparked an HIV outbreak, and the roadblocks that could stymie President Barack Obama in his effort to tackle the opioid epidemic.
Physicians celebrate the end of a law that punished women who were addicted to drugs while pregnant and a 20-week abortion ban leads to a nightmarish scenario for two Texas parents,
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