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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

Personal responsibility was important, some aides argued, but what about the libertarian view that the government had no business requiring people to buy something? in 2006 to 1.9% It was one thing to ask drivers to buy car insurance. Owning a car is a choice. Health reform in Massachusetts has been judged a mixed success.

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Bouncebacks from SNFs: How one health system is making progress

Today's Hospitalist

A struggle for enough staffing When the federal government launched the readmission penalty program in 2013, staff with OSF HealthCare knew their readmission rates fueled by bouncebacks from SNFs were running between 18% and 25%. ” Phyllis Maguire has been Executive Editor of Today’s Hospitalist since 2006.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

PEMBlog

Government. In: Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5th, Fleisher GR, Ludwig S, Henretig FM (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2006. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award (U07MC37471) totaling $3M with 0 percent financed with nongovernmental sources. Chun TH, Sargent J, Hodas GR.

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FDA Phones a Friend: Joint Statement with CMS Eschews CLIA Modernization and Supports FDA Oversight of LDTs

FDA Law Blog

There is great irony in the agencies’ professed concern for increasing bureaucracy. In a case of the pot calling the kettle black, FDA has no stated plan of how it will address its exponentially increasing workload should it finalize its proposed LDT rule.

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FDA to Require Breast Density Notification Amongst Other Updates to Mammography Regulations

FDA Law Blog

See Government Accountability Office, “ GAO-06-724 Mammography: Current Nationwide Capacity Is Adequate, but Access Problems May Exist in Certain Locations ” (July 2006). See ACS, “ Can Breast Cancer Be Found Early? ” However, it can also be among the most difficult images to interpret.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

GeriPal

2006 Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. We should be able to trust all the data that comes from our governing board. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Review. Annals of IM. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Eric: And Alex, who do we have with us today? Alex: I’m excited about this podcast.

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RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data

Physician's Weekly

The two had access to the CDC database in 2004 and 2006. In a 2005 article for Rolling Stone that was later retracted, Kennedy claimed government officials had buried data showing a link between vaccines and autism, The Wall Street Journal said. There has been a lot of monkey business with the VSD,” Kennedy previously told lawmakers.