The National Conference of State Legislatures has launched an online database tracking state legislative actions around enacting the Affordable Care Act, according to an AHA News Now report.
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While many states are trying to escape requirements of the healthcare reform law, several states are embracing the law and are moving beyond what it requires, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) has requested an investigation of drug shortages in a letter to the Government Accountability Office, according to an ASA release.
Cleveland Clinic is one of four healthcare institutions taking part in an unprecedented collaboration with the City of Cleveland to address public health and offer wellness programs to the city, according to a Plain Dealer report. “Healthy Cleveland” includes the…
Mayo Clinic has received a $100 million gift from an Iowa philanthropist to put towards its new cancer centers in Phoenix and Rochester, Minn., according to a Phoenix Business Journal report. Richard Jacobson, CEO of Jacobson Companies in Des Moines,…
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Federal and state action in the past decade helped expand coverage for low-income children in many states, but coverage for low-income parents deteriorated in most states, according to a release by the Commonwealth Fund.
Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Palo Alto, Calif., announced the addition of $173 million in “community benefits” to offset the impacts of its $3.5 billion expansion, according to a San Jose Mercury News report. The offer is $49 million more…
Newly elected Republican Gov. John Kasich of Ohio has created a new office to revamp healthcare delivery through the state Medicaid program, with the assumption that Medicaid spending will have to be reduced to balance the state budget, according to…
Under new regulations brought on by healthcare reform, Tennessee's Medicaid program may need to add up to 500,000 individuals to its rolls — a move that could have the potential to cripple the program despite its major overhaul over the…
UPMC Horizon’s has opened a new cancer center at its Shenango Valley Campus in Farrell, Penn., and began accepting patients yesterday, according to a UPMC Horizon news release. The center adds radiation oncology services to the UPMC Horizon’s cancer program,…