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- June 12, 2013
Walgreens to pay $80M to settle prescription-drug violations in Colorado, elsewhere
Read moreDenver Business Journal June 12, 2013 Walgreen Co. will pay $80 million to settle federal civil charges that its pharmacies in Colorado and other states repeatedly violated the federal Controlled Substances Act in tracking and dispensing powerful pain pills. Authorities said the civil settlement with the nation’s biggest pharmacy...
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NRHA: Rural America’s Oral Health Care Needs
Read moreNational Rural Health Association In June 2012, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders introduced “The Comprehensive Dental Reform Act” seeking to address five main components to end the US oral health crisis. These components included: expanding coverage; creating new oral health access points; enhancing the workforce; improving education; and funding new...
- June 12, 2013
Health Care Innovation Awards
Read moreRural Assistance Center Letter of Intent (Required): Jun 28, 2013Application: Aug 15, 2013 The Health Care Innovation Awards will provide funding to test new payment and service delivery models that will deliver better care and lower costs for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees. Funding will...
- June 12, 2013
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Implementation Funds Program
Read moreRural Assistance Center Deadline: July 31, 2013 The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Community Access to Child Health Implementation Funds program supports pediatricians in the initial and/or pilot stage of implementing a community-based child health initiative. The program is designed to help increase children’s access to a medical home or...
- June 12, 2013
In-Hospital Mortality No Different at Critical Access Hospitals
Read moreHealthDay NewsMay 3, 2013 For eight inpatient surgical procedures, mortality is similar at critical access hospitals (CAHs) and non-CAHs, but costs are higher at CAHs Adam J. Gadzinski, M.D., from the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, and colleagues used data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample and...
- June 12, 2013
NACHC Statement on Release of Fiscal Year 2013 Spending Plan for Health Centers
Read moreNational Association of Community Health Centers May 9, 2013 Today, the Administration announced their plans for implementing the final FY2013 appropriation for the Health Centers program. NACHC is grateful to the Administration and Congress that all available funding for the Health Centers program will be utilized in the current...
- June 12, 2013
Recruitment and Training of Racial/Ethnic Health Professionals in Rural America
Read moreNational Rural Health AssociationFebruary 2013 Rural populations experience significant healthcare disparities compared to urban counterparts. This is particularly true of the increasing minority populations in rural areas. Common sense suggests that clinicians who understand the language and tradition of their patients and the communities in which they live may...
- June 12, 2013
New Hospital Pricing Data: What it Says, What it Means
Read moreThe webinar, “New Hospital Pricing Data: What it Says, What it Means” was facilitated by Academy Health on behalf of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) program and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The following is a link to the...
- June 12, 2013
69% of Employers Plan to Offer Healthcare Coverage After 2014
Read moreHealthLeaders Media May 20, 2013 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is having little effect on workforce strategies, employer survey data shows. More than two-thirds of employers say they will continue to provide healthcare coverage when health insurance exchanges begin operation in 2014. Despite ominous predictions that employers...
- June 12, 2013
E.R.’s Account for Half of Hospital Admissions
Read moreThe New York Times May 20, 2013 Emergency rooms account for about half of the nation’s hospital admissions and accounted for virtually all of the rise in admissions between 2003 and 2009, according to a study released on Monday. Although emergency rooms are widely considered expensive places for diagnostic...
