Oral-health leaders in Kentucky said this week that Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed changes in the state Medicaid program would put some Kentuckians’ health at risk, and that reducing dental benefits would cost money, not save it. They also said the plan doesn’t fulfill the intent and objectives of federal health reform and the waiver program that allows states to try demonstration projects within Medicaid....
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As the Quality Payment Program enters its second year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued its 1,653-page final rule on Nov. 2, with an array of implications for the ways physician practices use information technology in 2018....
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Guy originally joined Cygnet Health Care in early 2010 as Clinical Manager of Cygnet Hospital Derby and was part of the management team that successfully launched that hospital when it opened in March 2010. Since then the hospital has gone from strength to strength and Guy also played a large part in the hospital achieving the Investors in People Gold Award. More recently Guy has been the interim Clinical Manager at Cygnet Hospital Bierley where his hard work and enthusiasm have been particularl...
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MAP Health Management, a vendor of telehealth systems and other health IT for behavioral health providers, is integrating Health Language, a terminology management system from Wolters Kluwer Health, to enhance interoperability and support more compliant data exchange within its behavioral health platform. By integrating the terminology and data management system, MAP will enhance analytics capabilities for its healthcare organization clients and address the sharing of sensitive patient informati...
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By coating tiny gel beads with lung-derived stem cells and then allowing them to self-assemble into the shapes of the air sacs found in human lungs, researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have succeeded in creating three-dimensional lung “organoids.” The laboratory-grown lung-like tissue can be used to study diseases including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which has traditionally been difficult to study using convention...
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Preliminary results of the just concluded Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign indicates that the targeted 19 million children between 9months and 14 years were vaccinated. The ministry of health said this represents 100 per cent coverage. The campaign received a Sh1.2 billion (USD12,332,399) grant from Global Alliance for Vaccine Initiative (Gavi) to vaccinate 18,972,922 children......
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