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February 9, 2016
Inside Health Policy: White House Budget Lays Out Administration’s Medicaid Road Map
The White House fiscal 2017 budget continues the administration's push for Medicaid expansion with an expected proposal to offer three years of full federal funding for newly eligible beneficiaries to states who have not yet expanded, addresses the substance abuse crisis, extends funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program…
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January 14, 2016
Oregon AG Urged Not to Waive Merger Review for Catholic Hospitals in 6 States
Groups Note Catholic Ethical & Religious Directives Restrict Reproductive, End-of-Life CarePortland, OR—Thirteen public interest organizations have written Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum urging her to reject a request for a waiver from the standard process for reviewing merger transactions by the nation's 6th largest nonprofit hospital system, Providence Health…
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December 3, 2015
The Sacramento Bee: Dignity Health faces lawsuit over Redding hospital’s refusal to perform contraceptive surgeries
By Claudia BuckWith a toddler and a new baby on the way, Rachel Miller and her husband felt their family was complete. Miller, with her doctor's recommendation, asked to have her tubes tied as a permanent form of birth control, a procedure used by millions of women in recent decades.But…
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December 3, 2015
Conscience Magazine: How Hyde Hurts Women
By Marisa SpaldingThis summer, after a series of deceptive undercover videos falsely claimed to show Planned Parenthood staff selling fetal tissue, conservative lawmakers in Congress threatened to shut down the government over any federal budget that included funding to the healthcare provider. While the political debate over abortion continues, for…
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November 23, 2015
Associated Press: NY bills for costs of care after alleged cases of abuse
By Michael VirtanenALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Bill Liblick was shocked to learn that his sister, a disabled woman with the mind of a 1-year-old, had repeatedly been sexually assaulted at a state-run group home. Then, after her death, he was astonished again when he received a $1.6 million bill…
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November 20, 2015
AAP News: Focus on Subspecialties: How to help Medicaid patients receive medically necessary services
By Alexander L. Okun, M.D., FAAPYou are asked to write a letter of medical necessity (LMN) for a patient covered by Medicaid who may need home care or therapeutic services initiated or sustained. These might include durable medical equipment, skilled nursing services, a personal care (home health) aide or other…
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Inside Health Policy: White House Budget Lays Out Administration’s Medicaid Road Map

Oregon AG Urged Not to Waive Merger Review for Catholic Hospitals in 6 States

The Sacramento Bee: Dignity Health faces lawsuit over Redding hospital’s refusal to perform contraceptive surgeries

Conscience Magazine: How Hyde Hurts Women

Associated Press: NY bills for costs of care after alleged cases of abuse

AAP News: Focus on Subspecialties: How to help Medicaid patients receive medically necessary services