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Issue Brief Draws on Medicaid Data to Examine Rx Drug Usage Among Dual Eligibles

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Group Releases State-by-State Index of Extent to Which Stakeholder "Own" Health Care Decisions

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AP Reports Administration Backs Off Immediate Penalties for States That Fail to Tighten SCHIP Enrollment Criteria

Responding to "Health Affairs" Article on Safety-Net Providers, Community Health Centers Say That Despite Financial Pressures, They Continue to Live Up to Their Mission of Helping Underserved

Strange But True:  Kids With SCHIP or Medicaid Have Better Access to Care Than Those Without, RWJ Foundation Analysis Finds

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New America Foundation Blog

CMS Template Aimed at Helping States Develop Integrated Plans for Delivering Medicare, Medicaid Services to Dual Eligibles

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George Washington University Research Brief Finds Community Health Centers Set Pace in Providing Uninsured, Medicaid Beneficiaries with Preventive Benefits

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CMS Releases New Guidance to Drug Plan Sponsors on Best Available Evidence for Determining Beneficiary Eligibility for Low-Income Subsidy

Minority Caucuses to Press for Pro-Immigrant SCHIP Provisions, "The Hill" Reports

"Health Affairs" Piece Says Safety-Net Providers Adopting Private Sector Strategies to Compete, Survive

WS Journal Blog

Seniors Group Touts Medicare's "Extra Help" Program as Means for Defraying Part D Drug Costs

Group's Summary Details Congressional Action on Medicaid, SCHIP, Other Legislation

Baucus-Dingell Letter Requests Leavitt Clarify Guidance on Medicaid Case Management Rule Moratorium

New Issue Brief Addresses Role of Safety Net Hospitals in Health Care Reform

OIG Releases Reviews of State False Claims Acts, Finds Some, But Not All, Satisfy Standards for Higher Payments

Health Care Financing Review Article Addresses Functional Impairment Levels in PACE Enrollees

Think Tank's Analysis Finds 29 States Facing Severe Budget Shortfalls, Jeopardizing Health and Other Programs

Survey Looks at Low-Wage Workers' Real-Life Challenges, Including Securing Access to Adequate Health Care

CMS Letter to State Medicaid Directors Provides New Details on Redetermining Eligibility for Part D Low Income Subsidies

CMS Takes Variety of Steps to Address "Never Events"

Agency News Release

New National Coverage Review for Surgery on Wrong Body Part

New National Coverage Review for Surgery on Wrong Patient

New National Coverage Review for Wrong Surgery Performed on a Patient

Letter to State Medicaid Directors

Cross Reference:  IPPS Final Rule

AMA Statement

Consumers Union Statement

WS Journal Blog