11-07-2012 20:28 Republicans in the House on Wednesday voted to overturn the health care reform law recently upheld by the Supreme Court. For an overview of where the controversy stands in the states -- where governors have ramped up support and opposition to the law -- Gwen Ifill speaks with reporters from Nevada, Texas and Washington, DC
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There may be no other industry that is regulated as much as health care. According to Adrian Velasquez, president of Wauwatosa-based Fi-Med Management Inc., declining reimbursement rates and a tough economy have increased audits and investigations of hospital systems across the country.
"Compliance officers need help," Velasquez said. "Hospitals are under-resourced in time, money and personnel, and compliance in today's health care environment is an almost impossible task."
Reveal/md allows compliance officers to discover which physicians are at risk, what they are at risk for and how they can improve the process, said Jared Krawczyk, chief product architect and the person responsible for the development of Reveal/md.
Historically, health care facilities would randomly select 10 to 20 charts per position, per year to analyze, Krawczyk said.
"They would select charts at random and search for anomalies in coding and loss of revenue," he said. "It would take them about six months to do and they may or may not find the risks and they probably won't know exactly what to do to mitigate the risk even if they do."
Reveal/md can analyze every physician within a facility and discover who is at risk, based on 45 different indicators, Krawczyk said.
"And because Reveal/md can process the information so quickly, it allows for the use of other tools to track trends and improvements among physicians, and procedures on a month-to-month basis," he said.
In a health care facility, physicians are required to fill out paperwork based on the procedures and tests they run on each patient. Procedures are labeled using codes.
Whether intentionally, to account for loss of reimbursement, or unintentionally, due to a lack of education, incorrect or under-coding accounts for a large portion of audit risks.
According to Krawczyk, user experience was important to him in developing Reveal/md. Not only can Reveal/md indicate which doctors are at risk for audit, what they are at risk for and how to fix it, it can also identify physicians who might be under-coding, which could mean additional revenue, all without a medical or mathematical background.
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By Ali Durkin - Medill News Service Posted : Thursday Jul 12, 2012 12:14:59 EDT
Veterans in rural communities may have more access to specialized health care under an expansion of a physician education program announced Wednesday by the Veterans Affairs Department.
The program aims to improve veterans care in four areas: hepatitis C, congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, and chronic pain management.
It is difficult to bring specialty care, and best practices in specialty care, into these rural areas, said Robert Petzel, VAs undersecretary for health. Studies show that compared to urban veterans, rural and highly rural veterans have lower health-related quality of life scores and a higher prevalence of physical illness.
VA hopes to change that with a systemwide adoption of a program called Specialty Care Access Network-Extension for Community Health Care Outcomes or SCAN-ECHO through which specialty health care providers educate primary care doctors and nurses so they can deliver the same level of care in their communities. The training will be delivered remotely, through weekly video teleconferencing clinics.
SCAN-ECHO is currently available at only 11 VA centers, some in urban areas, each of which was provided with $1.2 million per year to fund the initiative, said Dr. Rajiv Jain, chief of VAs patient care services office.
Jacqueline Suppan, a clinical nurse specialist in Canton, Ohio, who has participated in the SCAN-ECHO program, said the program taught her a great deal about chronic pain and has allowed her to better understand the needs of her patients.
The VA program is based on Project ECHO, a video teleconferencing training program for health care providers started in 2003 by Dr. Sanjeev Arora, a physician at the University of New Mexico Hospital.
With millions of veterans living in rural communities, there is a strong need for this program in the VA health care system, Petzel said. As more active-duty service members return from Afghanistan, the number of veterans in need will continue to grow, he added.
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The House voted Wednesday to repeal President Barack Obama's signature health care law, but don't cancel your medical appointments just yet.
Republicans have tried some 30 times to repeal all or part of the law since it passed in 2010, providing sweeping changes to the American health care system.
Wednesday's attempt is as doomed in the Democrat-controlled Senate as its predecessors.
The 244-185 vote was widely considered an exercise in election year politics that allowed the GOP to force Democrats to choose between supporting the president's top domestic policy or siding with voters who, according to polls, dislike it.
"This is a law the American people did not want when it was passed, and it remains a law that the American people do not want now," said Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., in a floor speech Wednesday. He said the vote was a chance to "tell the American people, 'We are on your side. We care about your health care. We want quality care and affordable costs. We listened and we've acted.' "
Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Forest Hills, called the repeal effort "blatantly political" and said the maneuver, if successful, would have allowed insurance companies to restore caps on lifetime benefits and would have kept health insurance out of reach for tens of millions of Americans.
"I hope that now, after 31 votes, House Republicans have gotten this out of their system and we can finally put it behind us, give the new law a chance to work and move on to the challenge of creating more jobs," he said.
The repeal vote came two weeks after the controversial law survived a constitutional challenge. The Supreme Court upheld it, energizing Republicans who pledged to fight for repeal and to work to oust the law's supporters from Congress.
"House Republicans are continuing their politically motivated attempts to repeal health care reform instead of responding to the priorities of the American public," said Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Philadelphia. "The Republicans are, again, asking Congress to strip Americans of the economic security that comes with access to continuous, affordable, meaningful health coverage."
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, said repeal would harm children with pre-existing medical conditions, young adults who are able to stay on the parents' insurance policies until age 26 and senior citizens for whom the law increases coverage for prescription drugs.
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New Rochelle, NY, July 12, 2012 Although acetazolamide is widely prescribed to prevent and treat acute mountain sickness (AMS), the appropriate dose at which it is effective and safe has not been clearly defined. A comprehensive review and meta-analysis of 24 studies comparing the efficacy and risks associated with increasing doses of acetazolamide is published in High Altitude Medicine & Biology, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers (http://www.liebertpub.com). The article is available free online at the High Altitude Medicine & Biology (http://www.liebertpub.com/ham) website.
Bengt Kayser and colleagues, University of Geneva, Switzerland, reviewed the data compiled on more than 1,000 subjects and describe the relationship between efficacy in preventing and treating AMS, risk of side effects, and increasing drug dosages. They discuss their findings in the article "Reappraisal of Acetazolamide for the Prevention of Acute Mountain Sickness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ham.2011.1084)."
Unless the baseline risk of AMS is high, as with rapid transport to high altitude (as opposed to a slow ascent), acetazolamide has limited effectiveness. Some side effects occur with even the lowest doses of the drug, whereas others appear to be dose-dependent. The authors suggest that treatment be tailored for the individual depending on AMS risk and acceptability of the most common side effects such as increased urination, numbness and tingling, and taste disturbance.
"This is a valuable contribution on the pros and cons of using the most important medication for preventing and treating acute mountain sickness," says John B. West, MD, PhD, Editor-in-Chief of High Altitude Medicine & Biology and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.
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New Rochelle, NY, July 12, 2012The profound sense of loss and public mourning that followed the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was a reflection of how great an impact he had on society and on the lives of individuals through the technology he helped to create. The magnitude and reasons for the outpouring of emotion upon his death by people who did not know him personally are explored in an article in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers (http://www.liebertpub.com). The article is available free online at the Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking (http://www.liebertpub.com/cyber) website.
"Steve Jobs touched so many people because he dared to be different, he was unconventional, he was brilliant, and that, combined with his uncompromising nature, resulted in a company whose products had no peer," says Mary Ann Liebert, CEO and Publisher. "Very few of us know anyone like that personally, and when he died, a hero and a magician was gone."
"We'll Miss You Steve: How the Death of a Technology Innovator Emotionally Impacts Those Who Use and Love his Digital Devices (http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/cyber.2011.0623)," reviews three studies that explore people's emotional connections to technology and even to a particular device and how that relationship may extend beyond the technology to feelings of personal connectedness and loss when the relationship ends.
Andrew Przybylski, University of Essex, Colchester, U.K., compares and discusses the findings of studies conducted during the weeks following Steve Jobs' death in October 2011. The studies evaluated the types of people most likely to be emotionally impacted and how their psychological link to Apple devices relates to their sadness and overall response to Jobs' passing.
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Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking (http://www.liebertpub.com/cyber) is an authoritative peer-reviewed journal published monthly in print and online that explores the psychological and social issues surrounding the Internet and interactive technologies. Complete tables of content and a sample issue may be viewed online at the Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking (http://www.liebertpub.com/cyber) website.
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Jessica Harrington's dual-purpose performer showed smart form over hurdles last winter, but was well beaten in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and subsequently at Fairyhouse.
He ran with more encouragement when third behind Fame And Glory back on the level in the Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan and he was the 15-8 favourite for this two-mile handicap.
Sensibly settled towards the rear by Fran Berry as outsider Cloone Rocket set a ferocious pace, Steps To Freedom made gradual headway through the field.
He quickened up to lead heading towards the furlong marker and soon put the race to bed, passing the post with four and a half lengths in hand over Night Glimmer. Rattan and Norah Starr filled the places.
Harrington said: "I'm absolutely delighted and to do that under 10st 3lb is a good performance. I've been stymied with the wet summer, with all my horses in fact.
"He settled brilliantly. He is entered in the Challenge Stakes at Leopardstown next Thursday and also in the Ebor at York and the Irish St Leger so he has plenty of options.
"We'll wait and see where the ground is good. He's a very good Flat stayer and in the autumn will go back over hurdles and hopefully we'll have a fine spring next year."
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By ELAINE SILVESTRINI | The Tampa Tribune Published: July 12, 2012 Updated: July 12, 2012 - 7:04 PM
Jared Cano, a former Freedom High School student, made plans to blow up the school, said he wanted to kill more people than were lost at Columbine and hoped to hack two assistant principals with a machete.
Cano's lawyer doesn't dispute any of those facts.
Still, defense attorney Norman S. Canella Sr. is asking a judge to dismiss criminal charges against his now-18-year-old client.
Canella maintains the items assembled by Cano including a timer, pipes and chemicals could not have exploded or hurt anyone.
But Assistant State Attorney John Terry said it doesn't matter under the law whether Cano's bomb would have succeeded.
Cano told a high school student about his plans, and the student was concerned enough to go to police and become an informant, Terry said. Cano made a timer and compiled bomb ingredients and instructions.
"The Legislature wants to stop these people before they actually make these bombs," Terry said during a hearing Thursday before Circuit Court Judge Kimberly Fernandez.
Fernandez reserved decision, saying she will issue a written opinion at a later date.
Cano, who had been expelled from the school, was arrested in August after authorities said they received a tip Cano wanted to bomb the school. Police searched his family's apartment and said they found bomb-making material, marijuana plants and a "manifesto" containing minute-by-minute plans to kill two school officials and at least 30 students.
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Jessica Harrington's dual-purpose performer showed smart form over hurdles last winter, but was well beaten in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and subsequently at Fairyhouse.
He ran with more encouragement when third behind Fame And Glory back on the level in the Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan and he was the 15-8 favourite for this two-mile handicap.
Sensibly settled towards the rear by Fran Berry as outsider Cloone Rocket set a ferocious pace, Steps To Freedom made gradual headway through the field.
He quickened up to lead heading towards the furlong marker and soon put the race to bed, passing the post with four and a half lengths in hand over Night Glimmer. Rattan and Norah Starr filled the places.
Harrington said: "I'm absolutely delighted and to do that under 10st 3lb is a good performance. I've been stymied with the wet summer, with all my horses in fact.
"He settled brilliantly. He is entered in the Challenge Stakes at Leopardstown next Thursday and also in the Ebor at York and the Irish St Leger so he has plenty of options.
"We'll wait and see where the ground is good. He's a very good Flat stayer and in the autumn will go back over hurdles and hopefully we'll have a fine spring next year."
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On Monday night at the Greensboro Coliseum, recent Freedom High graduate Rob Noyes will become the first Patriot boys player under seventh-year coach Casey Rogers to participate in the N.C. East-West All-Star Game.
The 64th annual boys contest which pits the top 10 seniors on either side of the state will begin at 8:30 p.m. after the completion of the girls game. Rogers, who played in the game in 1998 after leading the Pats to a 4A state title as point guard, has relayed to Noyes what he can expect.
I told him its guard-oriented, Rogers said. Theyre not going to draw up many plays for you like I did, so hit the glass like a wild man.
The focal point defensively for anyone playing Freedom the last two seasons, Noyes said he welcomes the lack of attention.
I know its going to be fast-paced, said Noyes, who signed in April to play college ball at Lenoir-Rhyne. A lot of shooting, a lot of running. I like to run. I think theres defense but a lot more offense.
Noyes led Freedom in both those facets of the game during his junior and senior seasons as the team compiled a 47-10 record, claiming the South Mountain 2A/3A Conference (SMAC) regular-season and tournament titles as well as a 3A West Regionals bid this past winter.
The 6-foot-6 center averaged 17.0 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.1 blocks in 2011-12 en route to numerous accolades. Noyes was named SMAC player of the year, first team All-Region 10, All-State 3A by NCPreps.com, All-3A West Regional, All-Burke County Christmas Invitational and first team All-County by The News Herald.
Rogers said its no surprise what Noyes accomplished.
Right away in the workouts before his junior year, I knew what he could become, Rogers said. He wont be outworked. And as good a player as he is, hes a better person. Hes one of the best teammates Ive ever seen in my time as a player or coach.
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Now Batman and Superman can beat up a former Batman sidekick and a partial robot.
Two more characters from the DC Universe, Nightwing and Cyborg, have been added to Injustice: Gods Among Us' roster.
The Wii U game, developed by Mortal Kombat studio Netherrealm, stars a cast of DC characters. In addition to the two newly revealed characters, Batman, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, and Solomon Grundy are confirmed. Lex Luthor has appeared in his robot suit in art, but his playable status hasn't been officially revealed.
Nightwing is the guise that the original Robin, Dick Grayson, dons after he grows out of his sidekick role. Cyborg, a half-man/half-robot, is best known for being a Teen Titan. In the recent DC relaunch, he is a founding member of the Justice League.
Injustice is set for a 2013 release on Wii U and other HD platforms.
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NEWS: Cyborg and Nightwing Revealed for Injustice: Gods Among Us
As expected, the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International show is full of announcements and DC Entertainment, along with Warner Bros. Interactive, have just revealed two new characters heading to the Injustice: Gods Among Us lineup Cyborg and Nightwing! Head past the break for more info and screens!
For those of you who haven't been paying attention to the folks over at NetherRealm Studios (Mortal Kombat) Injustice is an all-new fighting game franchise featuring some of the coolest and most popular characters from the DC Comics universe.
As you know, Cyborg and Nightwing were just added to the game's lineup today, but there will be many others joining the fray when the game launches in 2013, including Batman, Harley Quinn, Solomon Grundy, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman and many more.
The game is slated for release on Xbox 360, PS3 and the upcoming Wii U from Nintendo. Scroll down for some nice big screens of the newly announced competitors and fill the comments section with the DC characters you'd like to see make their way to Injustice: Gods Among Us.
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SDCC 2012: Nightwing and Cyborg Join 'Injustice: Gods Among Us'
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The fighting game set in the D.C. Universe already had an all-star line up, but now Cyborg and Nightwing are jumping into the super-hero and villain fray. I played the game at E3 this year and I can confirm it's incredibly fun, and with good reason; NetherRealm Studios, which made Mortal Kombat, is building the game.
Besides a unique wager system, interactive environments and even tailored super moves for every character, there's also a new D.C. Universe story in which the lines between good and evil have been "blurred."
Other D.C. Universe characters included so far:
Iexpect more characters will berevealed soon (there is no way they'rereleasing this game without the Joker).
Ifyou have a favorite character in the game or you feel there is one they have missed hit me up on my Facebook page and vote.Youcan see more images from "Injustice: Gods Among Us" below.
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IPSWICH
All beaches in town are temporarily closed over bacteria concerns.
The town's wastewater treatment plant was discharging higher than normal levels of coliform bacteria earlier this week, and the health department closed town beaches Thursday afternoon as a precaution.
Ipswich wastewater flows into Greenwood Creek, which feeds into the Ipswich River and eventually the ocean.
The closure affects Crane,Pavilion, Steep Hill, Little Neck and Clark beaches.
Samples of Ipswich beach water were taken today and sent for testing, with results expected at midday Friday. If the results are clean, it's possible the beaches will reopen, said Colleen Fermon, Ipswich health agent.
"We are closing until testing shows there is no risk," said Fermon.
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IPSWICH, Mass. -
The town of Ipswich has closed five beaches because of high bacteria readings, according to Ipswich police.
Pavilion, Crane, Steep Hill, Little Neck and Clark beaches, all in Ipswich, are temporarily closed due to higher than normal coliform discharge from the town's Wastewater Treatment Plant.
There are no test results to indicate a public health risk, but as a precaution, the beaches will remain closed until more sampling confirms the water is safe.
Water sampling is being conducted and results are expected on Friday.
Once sampling confirms there is no risk to the public, the beaches will be re-opened.
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LOCKPORT - The Niagara County Health Department today allowed the reopening of Krull Park Beach in Olcott and Camp Kenan Beach in Somerset.
New water quality tests showed the elevated levels of e. coli bacteria that caused the beaches to be closed Tuesday have receded. It was the second closing for the Lake Ontario beaches this swimming season.
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Ipswich has closed five beaches because of high bacteria readings, according to Ipswich police.
Pavilion, Crane, Steep Hill, Little Neck and Clark beaches, all in Ipswich, are temporarily closed due to higher than normal coliform discharge from the town's wastewater treatment plant, according to Wicked Local's news partner, WCVB.
There are no test results to indicate a public health risk, but as a precaution, the beaches will remain closed until more sampling confirms the water is safe.
Water sampling is being conducted and results are expected on Friday.
Once sampling confirms there is no risk to the public, the beaches will be re-opened.
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By Sarah N. Mattero, Globe Correspondent
Five beaches in Ipswich have been temporarily closed by the towns health department due to higher than normal coliform discharge from the nearby wastewater treatment plant.
A posting on the town website said that currently there are no tests results to indicate a public health risk but as a precaution the beaches will remain closed until sampling confirms there is no risk.
The closed Ipswich beaches are: Pavilion, Crane, Steep Hill, Little Neck, and Clark.
Water sampling is currently underway and results are expected on Friday.
Beaches will reopen once it is confirmed that there is no risk to the public, Tim Henry, director of the utilities department.
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Ipswich closes five beaches due to high coliform count; testing underway to clear way for reopening
Pavilion, Crane, Steep Hill, Little Neck and Clark beaches, along with all Ipswich clam beds are closed until further notice.
The Ipswich Department of Health ordered the temporary closure due to abnormally high coliform discharge from the towns wastewater treatment plant.
Ipswich Health Agent Colleen Fermon said the town made the decision to close the beaches and clam beds as a safety precaution.
Because we cant confirm that there arent elevated bacteria levels, we decided to use caution and close them, she said.
Samples have been taken and test results are expected back on Friday, July 13.
Once sampling confirms there is no risk to the public, the beaches and clam beds will reopen.
Fermon said she was notified of the problem by the Utilities Department this morning, Thursday, July 12.
The plant has had some mechanical problems that have been fixed, Ipswich Utilities Director Tim Henry said.
Henry said those repairs have resulted in treated sewage with a higher than normal coliform level being expelled from the treatment plant.
None of the samples have indicated a problem, he said, explaining that the beach closures are merely a precautionary measure.
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(PR NewsChannel) / July 12, 2012 / ANN ARBOR, Mich.
"Understanding Understanding: Natural and Artificial Intelligence" by Robert Kendally Lindsay
In Understanding Understanding: Natural and Artificial Intelligence (ISBN 1466450584), Robert Kendall Lindsay clarifies the issues surrounding the artificial intelligence deployed by robots and supercomputers. The potential as well as the limitations of artificial intelligence are widely misunderstood, says Lindsay, both by those who feel that human-level AI will be impossible and by those who feel it is already a reality.
Modern age has witnessed unparalleled breakthroughs in technology that have allowed computers to replicate human thinking tasks and skilled behaviors, such as playing chess and the violin. As Lindsay demonstrates, computers exhibit the intelligence they have been given or find statistical correlations in large databases. The most dazzling examples of artificial intelligence essentially reflect superior engineering by their human creators.
Human intelligence combines abilities possessed by all primates with yet other abilities unique to humans. Currently, computer software captures but a small subset of these abilities. For artificial intelligence to fully replicate human thought, scientists and engineers will have to incorporate all of these abilities, including our abilities to understand one thing in terms of another, to hypothesize about future scenarios and to relate abstract ideas to our experiences in the world as biological organisms.
What separates human intelligence from current artificial intelligence, Lindsay argues, is the ability to see the essential structure of a situation and to use this to construct explanations. An important instance is the use of diagrams and models that capture the structure in a way that allows our understanding of the physical world to ground the understanding of abstractions. This is a fundamental hypothesis to explain human understanding. Only if we can understand understanding will it be possible to extend technology beyond the limits of our biology, says Lindsay.
This book will interest scientists, cognitive psychologists, computer scientists and the lay reader concerned with the broader implications of technological innovation.
Understanding Understanding: Natural and Artificial Intelligence is available for sale online at Amazon.com and other channels.
About the Author: Robert Kendall Lindsay is professor emeritus at the University of Michigan. He earned a doctorate at Carnegie Mellon, where his mentors were AI pioneers Herbert A. Simon and Allen Newell. He established one of the first graduate programs in artificial intelligence and was the first computer scientist to construct software that used semantic models to understand natural language input.
MEDIA CONTACT Robert Kendall Lindsay E-mail: lindsay@umich.eduREVIEW COPIES AND INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE
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Scientist explores human reason, limits of artificial intelligence