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Even HIV-infected individuals who have the greatest challenges in adhering to their antiretroviral therapy (ART) can achieve high adherence on a regimen of one pill taken daily, research shows.
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A group of investigators in France undertook an exhaustive review of bedbugs and found evidence of them in the tombs of Egypt 3,500 years ago.
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The latest iteration of the CDC guidelines on the treatment of STDs was finally published at the end of 2010 after finishing a process that began in 2008.
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Medicaid programs underfunded nursing facility care by $5.6 billion in 2010, paying $7.17 per hour per patient, less than the nation's current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, according to an analysis from the American Health Care Association in Washington, DC.
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After the Multipurpose Senior Service Program (MSSP) was targeted for elimination in January 2011, the program's staff put together their own analysis to prove the cost savings achieved by the program, reports Eileen M. Koons, MSW, ACSW, director of Huntington Senior Care Network.
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For decades, a California long-term care program provided case management for about 12,000 elderly Medicaid clients who qualify for placement in a nursing facility but want to remain in the community, but it is now faced with total elimination.
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When a program funded through state-only dollars is targeted for reduction or elimination, there is a possibility that it can be funded through Medicaid instead, notes Patricia MacTaggart, a lead research scientist and lecturer in the Health Policy Department at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
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Medicaid programs now have a new option to offer "health homes" to enrollees with chronic conditions, included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). "The main reason we will see strong interest is that this is a population that is very high-cost, and often goes without needed care," says Jocelyn Guyer, co-executive director of Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families in Washington, DC.
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Leadership and the convening of stakeholders, payment incentives, support for infrastructure, information feedback and monitoring, and certification and recognition are key factors for successful delivery system reforms, according to a December 2010 report from The Commonwealth Fund.