CMS has provided a five-year, $3.5 million grant to the Nevada Medicaid program to develop a pilot program to incent Medicaid recipients to participate in chronic disease prevention programs, according to a CNBC report.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to invest more than $200 million in its recently launched initiative Million Hearts, a five-year effort to prevent heart attacks and strokes, according to an HHS news release.
HHS has released $40 million for various initiatives aimed at improving public health and strengthening public health infrastructure, according to an HHS news release. The funds, which were made available by the Prevention and Public Health Fund created by the…
More cash-strapped states are moving military veterans from state Medicaid coverage and enrolling them under the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' coverage in efforts to save money, according to a Bellingham Herald news report.
The Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association, which represents hospitals in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley, has asked the state to deny the plans for the Memorial Sloan-Kettering outpatient cancer facility in Harrison, N.Y., according to a Journal News report. NMHA representatives…
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CMS has given Arizona lawmakers approval to begin rejecting applications to its state Medicaid program, also known as the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, beginning this Friday, according to a Yuma Sun news report.
The University of Michigan Health System, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., has partnered with American Red Cross to provide volunteer aid to tornado victims in Joplin, Mo., according to an AnnArbor.com news report.
Brian Froelke, MD, an emergency medicine physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis and chief medical officer for the Missouri medical disaster team, has set out to Joplin, Mo., to help set up a makeshift hospital in the aftermath of…
Researchers at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, are studying whether simple nutritional intervention — such as adding cholesterol to the diets of children with autism spectrum disorders — can improve core autism symptoms, according to a…
Strong body armor to shield the chest, abdomen and back may be what soldiers need to better protect their brains from mild injuries tied to so-called "shell shock," according to results of a Johns Hopkins study involving mice.