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Medicaid regulations will impede trauma care, Waxman warns
06/10/2008 House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), warned that pending cuts in hospital Medicaid payments could restrict their ability to handle a major catastrophe. Hearings on this topic were conducted in early May.... Read More |
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Grady gets $12.7M in state trauma care funding
06/09/2008 The Georgia Trauma Commission divided $58.9 million in state tax dollars, giving Grady Memorial Hospital about one quarter of the available funds. However, this fell well short of the $25 million Grady had expected. The hospital loses approximately $40 million annually in uncompensated trauma care ... Read More |
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Pressure builds over $58 million trauma windfall
06/08/2008 The Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission recently received $58 million in state funds to distribute trauma care hospitals and providers. The tough part for the commission is to fairly calculate how much to allocate to each affected party. This infusion of funds represents a stopgap measure, designed ... Read More |
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Group wants better trauma care
06/01/2008 Chester County is the largest county in Pennsylvania without a trauma center. The Chester County Trauma Services Task Force, a group of local officials, doctors, and hospital executives is trying to change that. According to the 2007 Chester County Trauma Center study, it can take injured patients ... Read More |
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2008 NATIONAL TRAUMA MEETING
04/24/2008 NATIONAL TRAUMA MEETING “Trauma Survivor Network” April 24-26, 2008 Key Bridge Marriott, Arlington, Virginia (703) 524-6400 Fax your Registration Now or Register On-Line https://www.amtrauma.org/conference/register.jsp SPACE ... Read More |
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Lawmakers discuss Arkansas trauma system
12/31/2007 ... Read More |
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Lack of trauma care is killing Kentuckians
12/30/2007 In Kentucky, only 3 of the state's 126 hospitals are designated as trauma centers, the state is one of 14 without an organized trauma system. The Kentucky Hospital Association is urging the state legislature to establish a trauma system, but the proposal faces obstacles.... Read More |
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Ga.: Critics Bemoan Hospital Shift
12/28/2007 Grady Memorial Hospital's plans to create a 501(c)3 governance board has critics concerned about the impact on the poor. This change will attract approximately $300 million in immediate and long-term funding corporate, philanthropic and government organizations. Grady, a public hospital and the Atlanta ... Read More |
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Senator rushes to the aid of trauma care system
12/20/2007 Cecil Staton, a Georgia Republican, is working to improve the state's trauma care network. He continues to support Grady Memorial Hospital, despite other fellow Republicans accusing the hospital's board of poor fiscal management and hesitating to fund a bail out. Last year, Staton chaired ... Read More |
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Georgia lawmakers try again on trauma care
12/15/2007 Last January, Georgia lawmakers agreed that something must be done to help Georgia's ailing trauma care system, but in the end, nothing had been done. Governor Sonny Perdue and House Speaker Glenn Richardson have publicly agreed to work toward a solution, despite their bitter differences during the ... Read More |
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