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Index 2007: Regional coverage list - map
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The West 2007
(Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)
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 Vermont lets doctors decide if their prescribing data can be sold.
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The Midwest 2007
(Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
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Most patients receive care from practices with 5 or fewer physicians.
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The Northeast 2007
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont)
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Medicaid paid physicians 72% of Medicare rates for the same services in 2008.
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The South 2007
(Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
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Health care costs account for 16% of the nation's economy.
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State Roundups 2007
(Our coverage of trends in state legislatures and regulatory bodies is also a good source of information about developments in different parts of the country.)
- Florida begins electronic health record pilot program for Medicaid recipients - Dec. 17
- Cigna expands with Great-West health deal - Dec. 17
- CBO: Medicare and Medicaid spending growth unsustainable - Dec. 3
- Illinois sues radiology clinics over MRI leasing - Nov. 26
- Medicaid's rule changes are drawing fire - Nov. 19
- Most Medicaid programs adopt modest 2008 pay boosts for doctors - Nov. 12
- States strike at "most-favored" pay clause - Nov. 12
- Lawmakers at SCHIP impasse while funding ends in mid-November - Nov. 5
- Number, cost of vaccines spur budget dilemma - Nov. 5
- States sue federal government over tighter SCHIP limits - Oct. 22/29
- After Bush veto, SCHIP strategy shifts to courting override votes - Oct. 15
- Medicaid Rx pad security rule is delayed - Oct. 15
- Medicare & Medicaid: A study in contrasts - Quick View Oct. 15
- Maryland wants its share of liability insurance credit - Oct. 15
- Medicare pay hike on tougher road after being stripped from SCHIP bill - Oct. 8
- States scrutinize health insurer offering limited-benefit policies - Oct. 1
- UnitedHealthcare promises reform in deal with state regulators - Oct. 1
- Wisconsin budget crisis threatens physicians' Medicaid pay - Sept. 24
- New reps, new rap: The counter-detailers - Sept. 24
- Annual study shows states moving to more balanced pain policies - Sept. 17
- Bush SCHIP limits hurt efforts to expand kids coverage, states say - Sept. 10
- States review nonprofit hospitals' tax exemptions - Sept. 10
- Protect health access for kids, seniors - Editorial Sept. 10
- Medicaid Rx must be on tamper-resistant pads - Sept. 3
- Doctors stump for the uninsured - Sept. 3
- States let adult kids stay on parents' insurance - Sept. 3
- Fate of Medicare pay raise hinges on contentious SCHIP negotiations - Aug. 20
- House panel advances SCHIP reauthorization bill - Aug. 13
- Medicaid measures performance: The push to improve care and save money - Aug. 6
- Senate panel OKs SCHIP funding bill; Bush threatens to veto it - Aug. 6
- Oregon adopts plan for universal health access - Aug. 6
- Refusal of new Medicaid patients spurs antitrust suit - July 23/30
- AMA meeting: AMA launches pre-election push on plight of uninsured - July 16
- Peer review records opened in physician's discrimination suit - July 16
- States, CME incorporating cultural competency training - July 16
- HHS gives lower estimate of uninsured children eligible for SCHIP - July 9
- MRSA infection rate higher than earlier thought - July 9
- Medicaid seeks to cut contribution to GME funding - July 9
- States expand children's access to health care - July 2
- Getting aboard SCHIP - Editorial July 2
- Florida physician can sue insurer over forced liability settlement - June 25
- Missouri set to reform Medicaid, boost doctor pay - June 25
- Congress plugs $650 million SCHIP funding gap - June 18
- Medicaid citizenship rules costing health centers - June 18
- Funding pools OK'd for Medicare doctor pay, SCHIP - June 11
- United settles suit with Nebraska over complaint procedure - June 11
- Physicians pushing state lawmakers to regulate burgeoning retail clinics - June 4
- New laws in Washington state aim to boost access and quality - May 28
- Texas Medicaid physician pay gets hike in new settlement - May 21
- Indiana passes health reforms, Medicaid pay boost for doctors - May 21
- Virginia: 14 is old enough to decide on medical treatment - May 7
- Congress wants to enlarge SCHIP; Bush seeks limits - April 23/30
- More states eye reporting infection rates to give scrutiny to hospitals - April 16
- Mass health reform: Still a work in progress - April 2
- DEA judge's ruling could help medical marijuana research - March 19
- Merck ends push for HPV vaccine mandate - March 12
- Tort reforms boost some states' liability outlook - March 5
- Bush budget plan slashes billions from Medicare, Medicaid spending - Feb. 26
- Will states follow Texas on HPV shot mandate? - Feb. 26
- HMO offers Weight Watchers to West Virginia Medicaid enrollees - Feb. 19
- Nonphysicians bypass legislatures, use own boards to expand scope - Feb. 12
- Tougher rules on citizenship records curbing Medicaid enrollment - Feb. 12
- Slower spending: Growth in national health care expenditures slows for third year - Feb. 5
- Federal appeals court rules against doctors, patients in Oklahoma Medicaid pay suit - Jan. 29
- States propose laws requiring HPV vaccine - Jan. 29
- New York, Ohio adopt limited mental health parity coverage - Jan. 22
- Congress plugs SCHIP funding gap but deficits still loom in 14 states - Jan. 15
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Only about 7,000 U.S. physicians are certified geriatricians.
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