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Ann Marie Marciarille

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December 6, 2012 ACA Implementation / Health Care Federalism

Essential Health Benefits: Let Fifty Flowers Bloom

Well, it is official — now that the New York Times has taken note — that there will be considerable

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December 4, 2012 Medicaid Expansion in the ACA / Missouri

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon Announces Medicaid Expansion Budget Proposal

On November 19, 2012, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced his intent to forward a Medicaid expansion budget to the Missouri

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November 25, 2012 ACA Implementation / Missouri

Kansas City Quality Improvement Consortium’s Participation in the Rollout of the ACA’s Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Measurement Program

On November 21st, CMS announced the three health care quality organizations chosen to be the first participants in a new

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November 18, 2012 Medicaid Expansion in the ACA

Considering Medicaid Expansion – Mental Health Services

The Kansas City Star's November 17, 2012 editorial on the need for honest analysis before decision-making on Medicaid expansion was

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November 7, 2012 ACA Implementation / Missouri

Missouri Ballot Measure on Exchange Formation – Tying the Governor’s Hands

Missouri voters have apparently approved a ballot measure prohibiting the governor from using an executive order to authorize the creation

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November 3, 2012 Science and the Law

Science in the Courtroom: Conception as Perfect Response to a Rape Charge

I have been enjoying reading James Mohr's Doctors and the Law (Johns Hopkins Press, 1993) as I broaden my knowledge

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November 1, 2012 Price Transparency

Why Does Health Care Transparency Matter?

I visited a Walgreen's Take Care Clinic this past weekend. Patient registration is completely automated and completely self-serve at the

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October 26, 2012 FDA / Pharmacy Compounding

Pharmacy Compounding Redux

Now that the dust has begun to settle, it is becoming apparent that compounding pharmacies are not unregulated, just relatively

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October 19, 2012 Doctoring / Patient Feedback

Making Patients Happy and What About the Discouraged Patients?

This past week, the New York Times discussed the role of patient satisfaction scores in changing Medicare reimbursement.  The timing

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October 14, 2012 Damages Caps / Kansas / Medical Liability

Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Statutory Limit on Noneconomic Damages for P.I. Plaintiffs

On August 12, 2012,  I blogged on how the Missouri Supreme Court struck down its noneconomic damages cap as an

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