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Subsidies provided to laid-off workers to help them continue health insurance coverage close today, raising concerns about how the unemployed will cover insurance costs, according to a Tennessean report.
Kansas signed a $135 million contract this week for a new state computer system designed to centralize applications for Medicaid, according to a Kansas Reporter report.
In mid-July, CMS issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making, seeking comment on a rule that addresses changes to the 2012 CMS Physician Fee Schedule.
Wellmark, Iowa's primary health insurer, is unsure whether it will participate in the state's planned health insurance exchange, a move that could jeopardize the initiative, according to a Des Moines Register report.
Using a simulation model, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and at Oxford University forecast 65 million more obese adults in the United States by 2030, according to a Lancet report.
The FDA has approved Toshiba America Medical Systems' Kalare radiography and fluoroscopy imaging system, according to a Toshiba news release.
Mazen Ibrahim, MD, a family medicine and pain management physician in Charlestown, Ind., is under state investigation after his license to prescribe controlled substances was revoked by the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to a Jeffersonville, Ind., News and Tribune report.
Florida's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, meant to stop unauthorized use of prescription painkillers, goes into effect on Sept. 1, according to a St. Petersburg Times report.
Cook Endoscopy is recalling its Disposable Hemostasis Clip, DCH-7-230, according to a Total Recall report.