The AHA and several other healthcare organizations are urging the U.S. Solicitor General to support Medicaid recipients' and providers' right to sue states that want to cut Medicaid coverage, according to a report by AHA News Now.
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Ethicon Endo-Surgery has received official approval from the Food and Drug Administration for an appeal its Sedasys System, a computer-personalized sedation system.
Montana Republicans have proposed bills that would eliminate mandated benefits, allow healthcare ministries and expand health savings accounts, according to a Missoulian State Bureau report.
A trial, involving a class-action lawsuit against Tenet Healthcare and Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans, will determine whether the healthcare organizations are responsible for patient deaths and injuries that took place after Hurricane Katrina, according to a New York…
With 18 new GOP governors taking office this year, implementation of the healthcare reform law is undergoing an about-face in some states, according to a report by the Washington Post.
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The Idaho House of Representatives has passed legislation that would cut a total of $108 million in Medicaid funding for 2012, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
A South Carolina bill would require state lawmakers to disclose any income earned as a result of the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Times and Democrat report.
The House has approved another stopgap measure to keep the government running for three more weeks, but both parties indicated that they wouldn't compromise any more, according to a report by the Washington Post.
The United States Preventive Services Task Force has named of Virginia A. Moyer, MD, MPH, a professor of pediatrics and head of academic general pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and chief of the academic medicine service at Texas Children's…
The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to let appeals of the healthcare reform law run their course before taking up the cases, according to a report by Fox News.