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Apartment Living RSS FeedsSenate Test Vote Today on Bill to Extend COBRA Subsidy, Doc Fix and State Medicaid Funding - Kaiser Health News reports that the Senate is poised to consider a measure today that would include extending subsidies for COBRA benefits and unemployment insurance, prevent the Medicare payment cut for doctors and provide additional funding to state Medicaid programs....Feed Source: www.kaiserhealthnews.org Docs Should Play Role in Increasing Immunization Uptake in Adults - AAFP article discusses how the vast majority of vaccine-preventable disease, hospitalizations and deaths in the United States occur among adults, and how physicians can help increase uptake levels for adult vaccinations by making the most of office visits with these patients to get them immunized.... Marketing Your Volunteer Fire or Ambulance Department - Associated Content article tells how to market your rural volunteer fire or ambulance department to bringing in much needed funding.... Comment Period Closing on Proposed Rule for Electronic Health Record Incentive Program - Medicare Update reports that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is reminding interested parties that on March 15, 2010 the comment period closes on the Proposed Rule, which would implement an electronic health records (EHR) incentive program for eligible professionals and eligible hospitals that adopt and meaningfully use certified EHR technology.... FCC Plans to Give High-Speed Internet to All Americans - RedOrbit article tells how the Federal Communications Commission wants to utilize government programs that could help make high-speed Internet accessible for all Americans.... SAMHSA is Accepting Applications for More than $82.5 Million in Mental Health Transformation Grants to Help Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for $82.5 million in Mental Health Transformation Grants (MHTG) that will provide States, Tribes and local governments the opportunity to expand treatment capacity and to identify emerging service needs of adults with serious mental illnesses, especially those related to economic problems.... Sebelius Sends Letter to Insurance Company CEOs, Calls on Executives to Publicly Justify Premium Hikes - In a letter to the CEOs of UnitedHealth Group Inc., WellPoint Inc., Aetna Inc., Health Care Service Corporation and CIGNA HealthCare Inc., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called on the executives to publicly justify proposed health insurance premium increases. Sebelius letter comes after a meeting last week with these executives at the White House.... HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative - HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced a funding opportunity for national public or private non-profit organizations to apply for $10 million in cooperative agreements to help communities decrease smoking and obesity, increase physical activity and improve nutrition.... Special Report: Rural Health - David Wahlberg, a reporter with the Wisconsin State Journal, offers a series of articles discussing the rural health care gap and how good, consistent health care is hard to come by in rural areas across America.... Broadband Can Close the Education Loop - Daily Yonder article discusses the possibility that rural broadband build-out could facilitate not only the infrastructure needed to bring telework positions to rural communities, but also provide the means for rural residents to enroll in distance learning courses that will help them to become more competitive in the national and global marketplace.... HRSA Announces Funding for the Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals (EETHP) Initiative - The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Professions is pleased to announce American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding opportunities for the Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals (EETHP) Initiative.... Notice of Extension of Application Window for Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) and Solicitation of Applications - The Rural Utilities Service announces they are extending the application window for applications under the second round of the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) until March 29, 2010 at 5 p.m. ET.... US Department of Labor Announces Online Tools for Grant Applicants - The U.S. Department of Labor today launched an online suite of resources for grant applicants, designed specifically for small community organizations and first-time applicants for Employment and Training Administration funding.... Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Rural Broadband Projects to Bring Economic Opportunity to Communities in 18 States and Territories - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 22 broadband infrastructure projects to give rural residents in 18 states or territories access to improved economic and educational opportunities.... In White House Meeting, Sebelius Urges Insurers to Release All Details on Rate Hikes - Kaiser Health News article summarizes articles from several news sources that tells how Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a group of insurance executives during a White House meeting Thursday that insurance companies should disclose more information about how they spend money to justify their rate hikes.... Amid Calls for More Highly Educated Nurses, New AACN Data Show Impressive Growth in Doctoral Nursing Programs - According to new survey data released today by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), enrollment in doctoral nursing programs increased by more than 20% this year, signaling strong interest among students in careers as nursing scientists, faculty, primary care providers, and specialists.... To Heck with the Four Food Groups - Daily Yonder article tells of a renowned family physician has taken aim at starch propaganda, says it's time to reinvent the dinner plate.... 'Meaningful Use' Rule Needs Significant Modifications, Says AAFP - American Academy of Family Physician's (AAFP) article details their response to the federal government's Dec. 30 release of electronic health record regulations that define the term "meaningful use."... UPDATE: Temporary Extension Act Delays Medicare Physician Payment Reduction for 30 Days - In a Statement, the White House Press Secretary announced that the President signed the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (H.R.4691) into law on March 2, 2010. Passage of the bill will extend COBRA health care premium assistance, the Satellite Home Viewer Act, surface transportation funding and small business lending through March 31. It would extend payment rates to Medicare providers through April 1, 2010, and would extend unemployment insurance ... Obama Finally Delivers a Health Roadmap - Washington Post, (DC) article reports that it may have taken over a year, but President Obama finally told Congress and the public Wednesday what he wants in a health care bill, when he wants it and how he thinks it should pass.... HHS Releases Proposed Rule on Testing and Certifying Electronic Health Records - Medicare Update reports that on March 3, 2010, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released display copy of a Proposed Rule outlining a proposed approach for establishing a certification program to test and certify electronic health records (EHR).... HHS Teams Up with Olympic Athletes to Fight Childhood Obesity - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has enlisted the help of more than a dozen Olympic athletes to combat the challenge of childhood obesity by providing the American public with tips to maintain a healthy lifestyle.... Sen. Bunning Ends Objection to Extending Jobless Benefits - Seattle Times, (WA) article reports that on Tuesday night Kentucky Sen. Bunning ended his one-man blockade against unemployment benefits, Medicare payments to doctors, satellite TV to rural Americans and paychecks to highway workers.... Senator Michael Bennet Introduces Bill for Hospital Health IT - Dotmed News article reports that Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) has introduced S. 2838, the Rural Health Access and Improvement Act of 2009, a bill that would give critical access hospitals priority in receiving grants under the Public Health Service Act, to assist in promotion of hospital health information technology.... One in Three Small Town Residents Without Health Coverage by 2019 - According to a recently released Center for Rural Affairs' report, approximately one in three rural Americans living in communities with fewer than 2,500 residents will be uninsured by 2019.... Student Enrollment Expands at U.S. Nursing Colleges and Universities for the 9th Year Despite Financial Challenges and Capacity Restraints - The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) today released preliminary survey data showing that enrollment in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs increased by 3.5 percent from 2008 to 2009, however nursing schools point to a shortage of faculty, insufficient clinical education sites, and budget cuts as barriers to future growth.... Office of Rural Health Policy Announces FY 2010 Network Planning Awards - The Office of Rural Health Policy has announced 30 new Network Planning Grant Awards.... Proposed Health IT Certification Programs - Rural Health Voices article reports that yesterday the Department of Health and Human Services released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Establishment of Certification Programs for Health Information Technology (Health IT).... New FCC Broadband Plan Adds $9 Billion to Rural - Daily Yonder article reports that one of the goals of Federal Communication Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is to extend 100 megabit per second service to 100 million homes by 2020, a plan that would spend $9 billion to bring broadband to rural areas faster.... A Reason for Higher Rural Unemployment: Education - Daily Yonder article discusses how one reason rural counties have shown consistently higher unemployment rates during this recession is education.... Copyright © 2010, Internet Marketing. All Rights Reserved. |