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Medicaid Cuts, Past And Proposed, A Concern To Businesses And Patient Advocates

Kansas Health Institute: "The Kansas Hospital Association will throw its lobbying clout behind a proposed increase in the state tobacco tax to restore a cut in the Medicaid rates paid to providers" (McLean, 2/3). Chattanooga Times Free Press: Tennessee "hospitals could lose a half billion dollars under the cumulative effect of Gov...

New Tools And Systems May Help Patients, Primary Care Clinicians Manage Obesity

Using combined and intensive treatments and restructuring care to treat obesity like other chronic diseases may help primary care clinicians and patients better address the condition, according to a commentary and three articles published in the January 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...

Lawmakers Seek Details Of Obama's Closed-Door Meetings With Health Industry Groups

"In a rare display of bipartisanship,... Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said he'd help Dr. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) seek information on the names of representatives from the pharmaceutical, device, hospital, doctor, and insurance sectors, who met with White House officials regarding healthcare reform," Medpage Today/ABC News reports...

In Jobs Bill, Democrats Push To Include Extension Of COBRA Benefits, Medicare 'Doc Fix'

The New York Times reports that Democrats are trying to address some health coverage considerations in their jobs bill even as they grasp "for ideas to keep alive their health care legislation." Negotiators on the Senate Finance Committee may be close to a jobs agreement...

Ohio Hospitals Advertise ER Wait Times On Billboards, Internet

Akron General Health System, a hospital system in Ohio, "recently began advertising up-to-the-minute wait times for its emergency rooms on billboards throughout town," the Akron Beacon Journal reports...

Indiana Medical School Cuts Number Of Students Amid Budget Cuts

The Louisville Courier-Journal: "Facing a $7 million budget cut, the Indiana University School of Medicine plans to reduce the number of new students next year -- a move that will save money but could reduce the number of physicians when the state is already facing a shortage. After several years of ramping up acceptances of new medical students, IU was forced to cut back after Gov...