ALSO NOTED: PA plans $2M in nurse-training funding; NM plan pays $2M in P4P dollars to doctors; and much more...

> Pennsylvania has set plans to invest almost $2 million in nurse training. Article

> Molina Healthcare of New Mexico gave out $2 million in pay-for-performance incentive to its 275 physicians and groups in 2007. Article

> Minnesota's public health officials say that obesity could cost the state an extra $3.7 billion by 2020. Article

> HHS has officially accepted a new list of technical standards for health IT. Why does this matter? Well, providers that invest in technology using these standards are now eligible for safe harbor and Stark protection when they give the technology to doctors. FierceHealthIT

And Finally... This group of 650-year-old skeletons offers clues on the workings of the infamous Black Plague. Article