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While states budget problems are limiting interest in attracting new people to the Medicaid program, that situation will surely change at some point, and then states will be looking for ways to reach out to those eligible for Medicare. A study by Mathematica Policy Research senior health researcher Suzanne Felt-Lisk says one model that states can use to improve outreach to Medicare beneficiaries is the SCHIP program and its intense focus on enrolling all who are eligible for it.
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Accelerating health care spending. A steep and lengthy drop in revenues. These twin evils are at the heart of the states ongoing fiscal crisis, says the National Governors Association.
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The goal of an initiative to support new training, technical assistance, and grant-making for up to six states interested in developing quality-focused pharmacy management strategies, which will start this fall, is to find feasible solutions that improve quality, reduce costs, and are amendable to all stakeholders.
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A by-product of efforts to increase patient empowerment and involvement in their own care is the use of quality-of-life assessments in evaluations of state Medicaid programs.
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In underscoring the threat of influenza as a weapon of bioterrorism, concerned clinicians recommended the following seven measures:
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The wave of the future in bioterrorism surveillance is computer-based systems for syndromic reports that can serve as an early tripwire if an attack is under way.
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CDC offers web link to real-time terror info
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In an age of exploding genetic engineering, could the Spanish influenza strain of 1918 the unholy grail of infectious diseases be resurrected as the ultimate bioweapon?
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It is becoming increasingly apparent that fear of adverse vaccine reactions and the perception that there is little likelihood of a smallpox attack have undermined the federal immunization plan for health care workers.
