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Financing News Pulse
Posted on August 3, 2009 17:01
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National Health Financing News
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House Democrats Strike Health Care Reform Deal, GOP Releases Health Reform Proposal, Senate Finance Committee Progress Slows
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Legislators Introduce Bills to Combat Medicare Fraud
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Rep. Markey Introduces Bill to Expand Military Mental Health Care
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HHS Secretary Announces ARRA Funding to Educate Health Professionals
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HHS/DOJ Medicare Fraud Strike Forces Makes Arrests
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Numerous Outlets Release Health Care Poll Results
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Survey Finds Americans Spending More on Alternative Medicine
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Study Finds Health Care Spending on Obesity is Increasing
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Study Finds Cardiothoracic Surgeon Shortage Likely
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Healthways Report Examines Potential Medicare Savings Through Prevention
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Urban Institute Report Examines the Effects of Taxing Fatty Foods
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EBRI Releases Report on Insurance Coverage
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KFF Examines Health Care and the “Middle Class”
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KFF Releases Numerous Health Care Reform Resources
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Kaiser Permanente Awards $11 Million in Community Health Grants in Q2 of 2009
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SAMHSA Awards 25 Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants
Around the Hill: Hearings on Health Financing
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Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies: Fiscal 2010 Appropriations: Labor-HHS-Education
July 28, 2:30 p.m. 138 Dirksen
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House Energy and Commerce Committee: Health Care Revision
July 28, TBA 2123 Rayburn
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House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law: Medical Debt and Bankruptcy
July 28, 11 a.m. 2141 Rayburn
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Senate Special Aging Committee: Medical Research
July 29, 2:00 p.m. 562 Dirksen
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Senate Appropriations Committee: Fiscal 2010 Appropriations: Labor-HHS-Education
July 30, 3:00 p.m. 106 Dirksen
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Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee: Evacuation and Mental Health Recovery of Children in Disasters
August 4, 10:30 a.m. 342 Dirksen
Around the States: State and Local Behavioral Health Financing News
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Posted on July 27, 2009 16:16
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National Health Financing News
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Congressional Health Care Reform Slows
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Governors Concerned About Medicaid Expansion in Health Care Reform
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Includes FQBHC Definition in Health Reform Bill
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Wal-Mart Reduces Preferred Brand Name Drugs for Employee Benefit Program
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UnitedHealth to Acquire Some of Health Net
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Segal Company Releases State Employee Health Benefits Report
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Article Assesses the Effects of Medicare Part D
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U.S. PIRG Releases Small Business Health Care Survey
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Gallup Releases Well-Being Poll
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RWJF, KFF, and Rasmussen Release Health Reform Polls
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Commonwealth Report Examines the Individual Insurance Market
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KFF Report Outlines Strategies to Simplify Medicare Advantage Market
Around the Hill: Hearings on Health Financing
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House Energy and Commerce Committee: Health Care Revision
July 20, 4 p.m. 2123 Rayburn
July 21, 10 a.m. 2123 Rayburn (Postponed)
July 22, 10 a.m. 2123 Rayburn (Postponed)
Around the States: State and Local Behavioral Health Financing News
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Posted on July 20, 2009 12:01
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National Health Financing News
- House Democrats Release Health Care Reform Bill, Senate HELP Committee Approves Bill, and Senate Finance Committee Nears Bi-Partisan Agreement
- Obama Administration Proposes Changes to Medicare Payment Oversight
- President Obama Nominates Benjamin as Surgeon General
- HELP Committee Approves 12-Year Exclusivity Period for Biologics
- CMS Awards MAC Contract for Jurisdiction 7 to TrailBlazer
- Aetna and UnitedHealth Win DoD Contract, Replace Humana and Health Net
- Virgin Islands Delegate Sponsors Legislation Requiring the CBO to Consider Broader Implications of Preventative Health Care
- UnitedHealth and Cisco Partner to Create Virtual Clinics
- Unions Appeal Decision Limiting GM Health Care Support to UAW
- Montana, Wyoming Tribes Receive Grant to Curb Alcohol Abuse
- USA Today/Gallup and McClatchy-Ipsos Release Health Care Reform Polls
- PWC Survey Shows Rising Health Care Costs for U.S. Companies
- SCAN Foundation Report Considers Options for Long-Term Care
- Commonwealth Fund Report Examines Administrative Cost Savings in Health Reform
- ACAP Report Says Medicaid Eligibility Tests Lead to Higher Costs
- Families USA Report Provides State-Level Estimates of Health Insurance Loss
- US News & World Report Releases Hospital Rankings
Around the Hill: Hearings on Health Financing
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Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee: Health Care Overhaul
July 14, 9 a.m. 325 Russell
July 15, TBA, 325 Russell
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House Appropriations Committee: Fiscal 2010 Appropriations: Labor-HHS-Education
July 17, 9 a.m. 2350 Rayburn
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House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations: VA/DOD Coordination of Health Records
July 14, 10 a.m. 334 Cannon
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Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance: Health Care Competition
July 16, 10 a.m. 253 Russell
Around the States: State and Local Behavioral Health Financing News
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Posted on July 16, 2009 00:02
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National Health Financing News
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Health Care Reform Legislation Slows, House and Senate Rework Financing Methods
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Hospitals Reach Health Reform Deal with Obama Administration
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Senate Passes Bill Allowing Americans to Purchase Drugs from Canada Online
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President Obama Nominates NIH Director
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Secretary Sebelius Announces Application Period for SCHIP Grants
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Shriners Hospitals to Remain Open, Accept Insurance
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Citizens for Tax Justice Release Analyses of Health Reform Financing Mechanisms
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Brief Provides ARRA EHR Spending Estimates
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Survey Finds Employers Favor Phasing In Health Reform
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Study Finds Medicare “Part D” Healthy for Enrollees
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Survey Finds Americans Worried and Misinformed About Insurance Coverage
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GAO Report Tracks ARRA Spending, Finds Most is for Medicaid
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CMS Releases New Hospital Readmission Data
Around the Hill: Hearings on Health Financing
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Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee: Health Care Overhaul
July 7, 10 a.m. 325 Russell
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House Small Business Committee: Small Medical Providers
July 8, 10 a.m. 2360 Rayburn
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Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee: Health Care and Small Business
July 9, 10 a.m. Russell 428A
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House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health: Health Care Bills
July 9, 10 a.m. 334 Cannon
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House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies: Fiscal 2010 Appropriations: Labor-HHS-Education
July 10, 9 a.m. 2358C Rayburn
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House Appropriations Committee: Fiscal 2010 Appropriations: Labor-HHS-Education
July 14, TBA, TBA
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House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations: VA/DOD Coordination of Health Records
July 14, 10 a.m. 334 Cannon
Around the States: State and Local Behavioral Health Financing News
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Posted on July 7, 2009 23:37
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National Health Financing News
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HELP Committee Democrats Draft Lower Cost Bill With Public Plan
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Wal-Mart, SEIU, and Podesta Author Letter Supporting Employer Health Insurance Mandate
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Center for American Progress Releases Report Outlining Health Reform Financing Plan
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Pharmaceutical Companies Provide Details on Plan to Contribute $80 Billion to Health Reform
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IOM Panel Releases List of Top 100 Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research
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UnitedHealth Group Report Suggests IT Improvements to Help Finance Health Reform
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Rep. Davis Reintroduces Bill to Raise Age Limit for Children’s Coverage Under FEHBP
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Rep. Sanchez Proposes Bill to Allow Medicare to Pay for Adult Day Care Services
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Federal Government Releases Funding for Clinic Expansions
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CMS Proposes Reimbursement Increases for Primary Care, Changes Physician Reimbursement Calculations
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HHS Rescinds Three Medicaid Regulations, Delays Another
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Poll Finds Doctors Increasingly Using Online Tools; Online Visits Growing More Slowly
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CNN/Opinion Research Group Poll Finds Slim Margin of Support for Obama’s Plan
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Study Examines Medicare Part D’s Effect on Other Medical Spending
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CDC Reports Analyze Health Coverage Data
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Study Examines Trends in Mental Health Admissions to Nursing Homes
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ComPsych Reports Most Customers Switching to “Full Parity” In Advance of Law
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Survey Highlights IT Gap Between Behavioral Health and General Health Care
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UCLA Releases Reports Examining Recent Health Reform Efforts in States
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AHRQ Releases State Snapshots
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GAO Report Examines Prescription Drug Cost Controls in Federal Programs
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KFF Brief Examines Recent Health Reform Polls
Around the Hill: Hearings on Health Financing
Congress is out of session for the July 4 recess. The Senate reconvenes at 2 p.m. July 6 and the House reconvenes at 2 p.m. July 7.
Around the States: State and Local Behavioral Health Financing News
Because of the July 4 holiday, the coverage period for this issue of SAMHSA’s Weekly Financing News Pulse ends Thursday July 2, 2009.
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Posted on June 29, 2009 22:21
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National Health Financing News
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Senate Finance Committee Reduces Health Reform Proposal Cost, House Democrats Release Outline
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Pharmaceutical Companies Agree to Help Cover Drug Costs for Medicare Enrollees, Pledge $80 Billion to Reform the System
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HHS Report Documents Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs
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White House Says Biotech Drugs Should be Protected from Generics for 7 Years
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Senate Report Says Insurers Failed to Provide Information on Out-of-Network Calculations
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Senator Calls for Structure Change in the VA Medical System
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House Approves Bill to End Delay in VA Health Care Financing
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President Signs Tobacco Regulation Bill
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Washington Post-ABC Poll Finds Support for Reform, Confusion and Disagreement on Specifics, and Moveable Attitudes
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Study Finds Children from “Mixed Eligibility” Families More Likely to be Uninsured
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Report Finds Small Practices Face Significant Barriers to Providing High Quality Care
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Thomson Reuters Study Finds One Quarter of Americans Struggle to Pay for Health Care
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APA Urges Broad Interpretation of Behavioral Health Legislation
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Health Care For America Now Releases Report Outlining Health Care Costs
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KFF Releases New State Health Facts Data
Around the Hill: Hearings on Health Financing
- Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee: Health Care Overhaul
3:00 p.m. June 22, 325 Russell
10:00 a.m. June 23, 325 Russell
10:00 a.m. June 24, 325 Russell
10:00 a.m. June 25, 325 Russell
10:00 a.m. June 26, 325 Russell
- House Education and Labor Committee: Health Care Overhaul
12:00 p.m. June 23, Rayburn
- House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health: Health Care Overhaul
9:30 a.m. June 23, 2123 Rayburn
TBA, June 24, 2123 Rayburn
9:30 a.m. June 25, 2123 Rayburn
- House Ways and Means Committee: Health Care Overhaul
9:00 a.m. June 24, 1100 Longworth
- House Energy and Commerce Committee: Health Care Overhaul
9:30 a.m. June 24, 2123 Rayburn
- House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia: Federal Employee Health Benefits Program Drug Benefit
10:00 a.m. June 24, 2154 Rayburn
- House Small Business Subcommittee on Regulations and Healthcare: Health IT Adoption and Small Practices
10:00 a.m. June 24, 2360 Rayburn
- Senate Finance Committee: Health Care Overhaul
TBA June 23, 213 Dirksen Postponed.
- House Budget Committee: Statutory PAYGO
10:00 a.m. June 25, 210 Cannon
- House Natural Resources Committee: Indian Health Care Improvement Act
10:00 a.m. June 25, 1324 Longworth
Around the States: State and Local Behavioral Health Financing News
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