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The EMrecruits Weekly | April 7, 2015

Posted by Jillian Roberson, Recruitment & Marketing Specialist

4/7/15 7:30 AM

The EMrecruits Weekly | April 7, 2015

Top Emergency Medicine News and Updates

Explore the top stories in emergency medicine news via our weekly newsletter below. Don't forget to visit our career site as well for a complete listing of our available emergency medicine careers.  

 
Providers Can't Sue State Medicaid Agencies Over Rates, Supreme Court Rules
from Modern Healthcare

Private healthcare providers cannot sue state Medicaid agencies over low reimbursement rates, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday in a 5-4 decision (PDF), reversing a lower court's ruling...

Emergency Medicine Physicians Urge Colleagues to Help Prevent Gun Violence
from Medical Press

In an editorial posted online today in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, two practicing emergency medicine physicians from the University of California, Davis, and Brown University—both thought leaders at the forefront of finding solutions to the public health crisis of gun violence—urge their colleagues to take direct action to protect the health and safety of patients and communities...

Study Suggests Inhaled Anesthestics Affect Neurons Involved in Anesthesia and Pain
from Anesthesiology News
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine, in Maryland, reported discovering a previously unknown site of anesthetic action. They found that inhaled anesthetics prevent excitatory neurons from transmitting signals related to anesthesia...


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Pediatrician Jill McCabe, MD Announces Virginia State Senate Candidacy

from EMrecruits

Jill McCabe, MD, an accomplished Leesburg pediatrician and community leader, has announced that she will seek the Democratic nomination for State Senate in Virginia's 13th District, located in Loudoun and Prince William counties...

Industry Braces for Final 2016 Medicare Advantage Rates
from Modern Healthcare

Health insurers are hoping the CMS will roll out favorable 2016 Medicare Advantage payment rates next week, but most observers will be focusing on whether the government moves to an updated risk-scoring system...

A New Study to Look at Opioid Prescriptions
from Anesthesia Zone
A new year-long study will look at how pain specialists and primary care doctors are prescribing opioids for non-cancer pain, according to reports published in Anesthesiology News and elsewhere...

SEMPA360 | 5 Ways to Maximize Your Fun in Orlando
from EMrecruits
Orlando, Florida, may be known best for fairy godmothers, princesses, and one super famous mouse, but something else is coming to the Magic Kingdom this summer and it will bring with it hundreds of emergency medicine physician assistants. The Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants (SEMPA) is holding SEMPA360 - The 11th Annual Emergency Medicine Conference at Disney's The Contemporary May 3-7, 2015, in Orlando...

MITCH-MCCONNELL-large570-275953-editedSenate Passes GOP Budget After Late-Night Debate

from Huffington Post

The Senate early Friday passed a Republican budget plan that would cut spending by $5.1 trillion over 10 years, raise military funding and repeal Obamacare. The non-binding budget, debated all week and passed 52-46 during a 15-hour marathon session before the Easter recess, gives Republicans another crack at repealing the Affordable Care Act...

Blown 'doc fix' Deadline Leaves Medicare Payments in Limbo
from The Hill

Congress was one vote away from ending its perennial Medicare “doc fix” dilemma for good, after nearly two decades of last-minute deals to prevent a healthcare meltdown. But instead of capping a rare week of productivity on Capitol Hill with the approval of a bipartisan fix ahead of a crucial Tuesday deadline, the Senate punted on the legislation in the wee hours of Friday morning...

 

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