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Some 15 states are expected to consider giving advanced practice nurses more independence and authority this year. It's part of a push to meet increased demand for primary care as more people get insurance under the health law.
Employers who offer more generous benefits to highly paid workers could face $100-a-day fines for every worker who doesn't get them.
The 2010 health law called for an experiment to see if allowing patients to continue to have lifesaving treatments when they join hospice would improve their quality of care and save money.
Many former service members have access to health care through the VA, private insurance or other government programs, such as Medicare and Tricare. But having so many choices can also lead to fragmented care.
Diagnoses that are missed, incorrect or delayed are believed to affect 10 to 20 percent of cases, far exceeding drug errors and surgery on the wrong patient or body part, both of which have received considerably more attention.
Some states with high uninsured rates get far less money to help people sign up for coverage under the health law.
The question of whether Florida would expand its Medicaid program to cover more low-income people has been answered, and it's a "no" - at least for now.
The proposal, part of the annual payment update, would help ease confusion over when beneficiaries are admitted to the hospital
Some hospital stays are not considered in-patient care, but seniors often don't know that until they find they don't qualify for full Medicare coverage.
A proposal by Gov. John Hickenlooper would bring mentally ill and addicted homeless people to Fort Lyon, a one-time mental hospital, then prison, that's been shuttered for two years. The patients would voluntarily come to the institution. And the tiny town of Las Animas would welcome the jobs that reopening the facility would create.
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