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SPOTLIGHT: Broader health coverage could reduce disparities, lawmakers say
SPOTLIGHT... Broader health coverage could reduce disparities, lawmakers sayWhile it wouldn't eliminate health disparities entirely, proposals to expand health insurance to all U.S. residents could Read more...
CA lawmakers push for tougher plastic surgery rules
Driven in part by the death of the mother of hip-hop star Kanye West, who was getting liposuction and breast implant surgery, California physicians and lawmakers are pushing to tighten up regulation Read more...
LA bill offers legal protections for MD care during emergencies
The Louisiana state legislature is close to passing a package of bills that would protect medical professionals from lawsuits arising from care delivered during declared emergencies. Two of the bills Read more...
Serious nursing home quality problems still exist
According to new Congressional testimony by officials from the HHS inspector general's office, care at many nursing homes is actually dangerous to patients, despite ongoing efforts by CMS to identify Read more...
Study: Nursing homes benefit from culture changes
Nursing homes that change their culture to make care more resident-directed, foster staff autonomy and make the facility function more like a home than hospital do better on several measures of Read more...
IA bill exempts some hospitals from CON process
Iowa lawmakers have approved a bill that would strike down the state's certificate of need rules, at least as they apply to the state's 82 small, rural hospitals. The bill, which certainly makes the Read more...
College group urges ban on drug, devicemaker freebies
The association representing U.S. medical colleges has come out with a proposed ban on pharma and device-maker gifts on medical college campuses. The group, the Association of American Medical Read more...
RI reviews med equipment CON process
Apparently concerned that something is lacking in how the process works, a group of Rhode Island lawmakers have set up a commission to study whether state health officials are managing the CON Read more...
NJ officials say more hospital closures are OK
Things look bad for many New Jersey hospitals. Four have closed in the last 18 months, four others are planning to close, five filed for bankruptcy protection and about half of the others are losing Read more...
OK offers nursing home ratings
The state of Oklahoma has launched a website rating nursing homes on 10 quality factors. Ratings include factors such as nursing turnover and retention, the home's compliance with state surveys, Read more...
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