Community Health Groups Unsure Of Their Role In N.Y. Medicaid
In the meantime, firms in Iowa that want to help run the Medicaid program there face questions of fraud or unethical medical practices.
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In the meantime, firms in Iowa that want to help run the Medicaid program there face questions of fraud or unethical medical practices.
Elsewhere, a Cleveland Clinic lab -- at Marymount Hospital -- gets an overhaul after problems, women's health is targeted in new Minnesota medical facilities and trauma workers' spend time reflecting after a death at one Virginia hospital.
The group says the law, which goes into effect Nov. 1, is unfair to doctors and medical facilities. In St. Louis, abortion opponents seek transcripts from 911 calls and ambulance reports from the city fire department's dealings with a Planned Parenthood clinic, and the Supreme Court may take up a Texas abortion case on abortion restrictions there.
The Associated Press launches a special report on how failing infrastructure, mismanaged funding and local government troubles have endangered the U.S. water system.
Sixty percent of the experimental partnerships between doctors and hospitals to coordinate care did not save Medicare money in 2014, the Arizona Republic reports. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal has an interview with the new chief executive of the Geisinger Health System.
The Wall Street Journal and New York Times offer articles analyzing the challenges seniors face.
The switch to the new ICD-10 system will mean more than 70,000 classification descriptions that doctors must choose from in order to get paid. In other medical practice news, The Wall Street Journal looks at how doctors may approach end-of-life conversations, and a researcher looks at stopping medical diagnostic errors.
Among the losses are drugmakers' stocks, after Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton proposed reining in drug prices. In the meantime, a unit of Johnson & Johnson accuses a company that finances hip surgeries of price gouging.
CNN Money examines the pros and cons of the government gaining bargaining power with pharmaceutical companies. In other drug industry news, The Boston Globe reports on biotech firms' adoption of a Hollywood model for developing new medicines while The Associated Press looks into the complicated formulas that drive drug costs.
As John Roberts marks his 10th year on the bench, news outlets examine growing concerns from right-leaning pundits and activists that the chief justice is moving to the left, despite his conservative record. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will decide whether to take up the case challenging Obamacare's contraception mandate in the upcoming term.
Meanwhile, news outlet report on the challenge of reaching the remaining 33 million uninsured, Rep. Elijah Cummings' speech on universal health care, Alaska lawmakers' meeting to reconsider their Medicaid-expansion lawsuit and the expected premium announcements in Minnesota.
Health Republic Insurance of New York, the nation's largest nonprofit insurer that grew out of a provision of the 2010 health law, lost $52.7 million in the first six months of this year on top of $77.5 million in losses in 2014. It is the fourth such co-op to collapse in recent months.
News outlets report on House Speaker John Boehner's Sunday morning talk show appearances during which he talked about his decision to resign from Congress and his frustration with others who encourage members to pursue strategies that "are never going to happen."
In the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will advance a stop-gap spending bill that does not include controversial language to block federal funding for Planned Parenthood. A vote is also being planned in the House. But opposition from Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, could still be a factor in passing the legislation.
Editorials and op-eds over the weekend analyzed Speaker John Boehner's surprise resignation announcement.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
News outlets report Friday morning that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, plans to resign, amidst growing pressure from the conservative wing of the Republican Party. Politico notes that now, free from intra-caucus concerns, he will be free to push a clean stop-gap funding bill through the House to prevent a government shutdown.
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