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March 8 · Issue #34 · View online
Providing you with the latest health care headlines almost daily. Carefully crafted by Shawn Rossi. Questions? Email srossi@mhanet.org.
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Steven Allen named Deputy Executive Director of the Department of Mental Health
Steven Allen has been named the Deputy Executive Director of the Department of Mental Health, stepping into the role vacated by Matt Armstrong, who retired in November 2016.
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NMMC-West Point to award two scholarships to Clay County students
North Mississippi Medical Center-West Point has begun accepting applications from graduating high school seniors in Clay County for two $1,000 medical career scholarships.
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FGH providing care through Family Medicine Residency Clinic
Along with crisp, cool breezes and bright, beautiful flowers, spring months in Mississippi also bring pollen and other allergens that can send many residents rushing to the doctor’s office. Forrest General’s Family Medicine Residency Clinic offers a convenient solution for the entire family including children and infants.
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Supers delay Hancock Medical Center decision
The Hancock County Board of Supervisors on Monday delayed a decision to seek proposals for the potential lease or sale of Hancock Medical Center.
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Quality Payment Program Early Review Shows Progress, Pitfalls
The HHS Office of the Inspector General’s early review of the Quality Payment Program implementation highlighted key points that CMS must get right.
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IRS chief struggles with uncertain future under Trump
Trump has not made a decision on keeping the IRS chief amid big changes to the agency.
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CDC mapping tool shows prevalence of certain chronic conditions for 500 cities
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a mapping tool that allows users to view the prevalence of certain chronic conditions, behaviors and risk factors that have a substantial effect on people’s health for 500 of the nation’s largest cities. The application is part of the 500 Cities Project, a partnership with the CDC Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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AHA webinar March 17 on preventing physician burnout
The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum will host a free webinar March 17 on “Preventing Physician Burnout - What Hospital Leaders Can Do to Make a Difference.”
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Telehealth drives up healthcare utilization and spending, study says
Telehealth, which is frequently touted as an effective strategy to decrease healthcare spending, may actually be driving up costs, according to a new study by the RAND Corp.
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Hospitals come out against GOP healthcare bill
“We cannot support The American Health Care Act in its current form,” hospitals say.
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G.O.P. Health Bill Faces Revolt From Conservative Forces
Before the bill has even reached House committees, conservative senators and groups have come out against the plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.
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GOP’s Health Plan Draws Skepticism on Capitol Hill
President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed House Republicans’ proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, but emerging conservative opposition threatened to derail the contentious plan.
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Obamacare overhaul faces resistance in Congress from right and left
House GOP leadership faced mounting opposition Tuesday after introducing an Obamacare repeal and replace bill that was rejected by small government
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AMA head: Obamacare has a cold, not a terminal illness
The Affordable Care essentially needs a tune up, not the overhaul Republican lawmakers are pushing, the chief of the American Medical Association told an audience of health care executives in Florida on March 3.
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Millions Risk Losing Health Insurance in Republican Plan, Analysts Say
Americans in their 50s and 60s would be especially likely to find coverage unaffordable in a system providing tax credits of $2,000 to $4,000 per year based on age.
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Income separates the winners and losers in Republicans’ health-care plans
The GOP’s proposal reflects its fundamentally different vision of government’s role.
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GOP Obamacare repeal and replacement plan riles patients, hospitals
The long-awaited House Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act faces likely opposition from hospitals, Democrats and even Republican Senators from states that have expanded Medicaid to all of its lowest-income residents, policy experts sa
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GOP plan cuts taxes on health industry, but benefits also Wane
There’s plenty for the health-care industry to like in the latest Republican proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which would lower taxes and eliminate rules. There’s also plenty not to like because the plan would funnel less money into helping people pay for insurance and hospital visits.
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House GOP's Obamacare Replacement Will Make Coverage Unaffordable For Millions -- Otherwise, It's Great
Leading House Republicans have included a number of transformative and consequential reforms in Obamacare replacement. But those reforms are overshadowed by the bill’s stubborn desire to make health insurance unaffordable for millions of Americans, and trap millions more in poverty.
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Trump: Rand Paul will 'come along' on GOP healthcare plan
“He knows Obamacare is a disaster!” Trump tweets.
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Healthcare bill faces steep climb in Senate
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellMitch McConnellRight revolts on ObamaCare bill AARP rips GOP’s ‘harmful’ healthcare legislation Healthcare bill faces steep climb in Senate MORE (R-Ky.) has only three weeks to unify conservatives and moderates in his conference behind an ObamaCare repeal and replacement bill.
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Conservatives to introduce their own ObamaCare bill
Conservative lawmakers said Tuesday they’ll introduce their own ObamaCare repeal plan, a challenge to the proposal House GOP leaders released Monday.
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Ryan guarantees health bill will pass the House
Facing the start of a conservative revolt over the GOP healthcare plan, Speaker Paul Ryan vowed Tuesday that the ObamaCare replacement bill would pass the House.
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Trump begins healthcare push: 'Let's get it done'
President Trump on Tuesday threw his support behind the House’s plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare, launching the administration’s push to sell the proposal to skeptical lawmakers and the public.
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Analysis: 6-10 million could lose health coverage under GOP plan
The Republican plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare could lead 6 million to 10 million people to lose coverage, according to an analysis from Standard & Poor’s.
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Trump: ‘Proud to support’ GOP replacement ObamaCare plan
“It’s a complicated process, but actually it’s very simple. It’s called: good healthcare,” Trump tells house members in Obamacare meeting pic.twitter.com/rLKXf3kkcV
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House GOP Health Bill Jettisons Insurance Mandate, Much Of Medicaid Expansion
The GOP bill maintains tax credits to encourage consumers to purchase coverage, but would configure the program much differently than the current law.
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Is the American Health-Care Act 'Obamacare Lite'? Not Quite
What’s in the House GOP’s new scheme to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act
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Can an Individual Mandate Ever Really Be Gone?
The proposed health-care bill has a different name for penalizing uninsured people.
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Who the Republican Obamacare Replacement Plan Helps
Though most old and sick people will be worse off under the GOP bill, it might be a boon—real or perceived—for people earning just above the Obamacare subsidy cutoff.
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Insurers want Trump to rethink shortening open enrollment
Insurance companies are calling on the Trump administration to rethink a proposal to shorten the open-enrollment period over their fears that it will result in only the sickest individuals signing up for coverage.
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Price champions controversial ACA replacement ideas to Senate
HHS Secretary Tom Price has tipped his hand and revealed some potentially controversial stances on his preferred measures for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.
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