As the growing population of military veterans seek access and rights to use medical cannabis to treat PTSD, chronic pain and other mental and physical war wounds, new legislation has now been filed by two Democratic senators (Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) that aims to basically legalize medical marijuana for them and let government physicians enable them to have access to it. According to reports, the Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act, would allow veterans … [Read more...] about Proposed Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act could Legalize Cannabis for Military
HHSC – Learning Collaborative Summit
HHSC has posted information on the August 27th - 28th Statewide Learning Collaborative Summit, including the livestream link and agenda, on the Dates and Deadlines page. Visit us at Garlo Ward, PC … [Read more...] about HHSC – Learning Collaborative Summit
CMS Proposes Policy Changes for Long Term Care Hospitals
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced policy changes for long term are hospitals. (Source) According to CMS acting administrator Kerry Weems, the proposed policy changes are designed to increase incentives for long term care hospitals to provide more efficient and high quality care for patients. Almost 400 hospitals would be affected. From the press release: CMS is proposing a standard Federal rate of $39,076.28 for the 2009 rate year. This is based on a proposed … [Read more...] about CMS Proposes Policy Changes for Long Term Care Hospitals
The End of Medicine : How Silicon Valley (and Naked Mice) Will Reboot Your Doctor
That's the name of a new book by Andy Kessler. I haven't read the book yet, but it is about amazing new breakthroughs (via Silicon Valley) in diagnostic tools that will be able to detect potential problems long before they become a problem. The book description at Amazon.com says the following about the book: Your doctor can't be certain what's going on inside your body, but technology will. Embedding the knowledge of doctors in silicon will bring a breakout technology to health care, and … [Read more...] about The End of Medicine : How Silicon Valley (and Naked Mice) Will Reboot Your Doctor
