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Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Health care stories are reported from Georgia, Ohio, Connecticut, California, Rhode Island, Maryland, Arizona, Oregon, Iowa and Washington.
The plan, which has an estimated price tag of about $22 million, would identify homeless people who have demonstrated violent tendencies and move them toward mental health services.
As part of a settlement with the Justice Department, the Los Angeles system, with federal oversight, will make a variety of changes to better assess prisoners' mental health and reduce the risk of suicide among inmates.
Meanwhile, Dr. Don Williamson, the head of the state's public health department, announced that he would be leaving his position to lead the state's hospital association instead.
Rick Brajer of Raleigh, a former business executive with no government experience, will take over the office.
The investigation found that some clinics didn't have proper licensing and one facility fell short in keeping proper logs related to fetal remains. In other state news regarding Planned Parenthood, New Hampshire's executive council voted against funding health centers operated by Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. News outlets also report on how debates related to the organization are playing out in Texas, North Carolina and California.
In other veterans' health news, a Washington state VA hospital reports that mental health services are available more quickly, but that average wait times for primary-care appointments are up. And Cerner Corp., which just won a large contract to upgrade the Pentagon's electronic health records, says it has a model ready to go.
CNN Money examines opinions, facts and myths in an attempt to set the record straight. In related news, a label -- QHP, which means "qualified health plan" -- will be added to health law coverage bought by Texans from healthcare.gov and California purports to have a "secret" formula for keeping premium costs down.
The health law requires that states terminate a health care provider from the health insurance program for low income people if another state dropped the provider for reasons such as fraud or quality problems. But about 12 percent of programs find a way to avoid this circumstance, the inspector general reports.
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn says his legislation will help avert mass shootings by providing financial incentives to states to provide better mental health records to the federal database. The bill is backed by the NRA and some advocacy groups like the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Other groups say it doesn't go far enough and should expand the national background checks program.
Also in the news, a top health policy aide to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, will leave Capitol Hill to join a lobbying firm.
Stopping federal support for the organization is a hot topic among GOP lawmakers, but some congressional leaders are wary that it could become mired in upcoming tax and budget issues. Meanwhile, news outlets explore some of the key issues surrounding fetal tissue research.
As the Republican candidates for president gather in Cleveland, news reports explore some of the issues that may come up tonight.
The decision by the nation's second-biggest pharmacy benefit manager comes as insurers are challenging the steeply rising costs of new medications.
ProPublica teams up with Yelp to help consumers make informed health care choices by adding objective government information and ratings on hospitals, nursing homes and dialysis clinics to the website's existing, more subjective, user-driven reviews.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Health care stories are reported from Minnesota, Georgia, Kansas, Texas and North Carolina.
After two days of tense special sessions by lawmakers, Ala. Gov. Robert Bentley called a proposal to slash $156 million from the state's Medicaid program "unacceptable" and said he was "very disappointed with the Legislature."
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