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Florida Medicaid is expected to receive about $5 billion from The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) during the 27-month period for which the stimulus package is in effect.
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Another significant and related HIT initiative under way is the Medicaid Health Information Network (HIN), which is expected to roll out this fall.
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At the Rockville, MD-based Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) 2008 annual conference, Jessica S. Banthin, PhD, director of AHRQ's division of modeling and simulation in the center for financing, access and cost trends, was one of the presenters of a paper on "Prescription Drug Expenditures and Healthcare Burdens in the Medicaid Population." Dr. Banthin says this research still is a work in progress.
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Denosumab is a new human monoclonal antibody that suppresses osteoclast function and thus inhibits bone resorption.
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The FDA is requiring new boxed warnings on TNF-blockers regarding the risk of lymphoma and other malignancies in children and adolescents who have received the drugs.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a global alert and response regarding the use of antivirals for pandemic H1N1 flu, reiterating that antivirals should be used to prevent severe illness and death in children and adults.
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Physicians are prescribing fewer antibiotics for acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs), but if an antibiotic is used, it is more likely to be a broad-spectrum drug.
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Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a typically reversible form of acute renal insufficiency that occurs after the administration of IV contrast.
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