The EMrecruits Weekly | April 7, 2015
Top Emergency Medicine News and Updates
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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
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
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from EMrecruits
Senate 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...
