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Georgia Doctors Getting Reimbursed for Digital Mammograms outside State Laws
While Georgia Medicaid officially says it will not pay for women to be screened for breast cancer using new digital X-ray technology, the agency has allowed some doctors and hospitals in the past several years to file misleading bills that permitted them to be reimbursed for the mammograms. Austin Medicaid Patients Enduring Long Waits and Long Drives to Get Care Austin has become ground zero in the state's unfolding Medicaid crisis. Competing Claims over Medicaid Coverage Block Some Texans from Getting Mammograms Texas doctors are turning away poor women who are eligible for digital mammograms because while state Medicaid officials claim they will pay for the procedure, doctors say they do not. Major Health Groups to Press Candidates for Universal Health Coverage In an unprecedented move, some of the nation's largest and most prestigious health organizations have entered the presidential campaign to press the government to provide universal health care. With Proportionally Fewer Screened, Texas Spending Large Sums to Treat Breast Cancer Texas spends more than twice as much money treating women with advanced stages of breast cancer than on mammograms that would have caught the disease before it spread, state health statistics show. Immigrant Leaders Warn of 'Firestorm' over Family Provisions in Immigration Bill Three immigrant leaders warned Monday of a "firestorm" among Latinos if Congress passes an immigration bill that contains what they termed anti-family provisions. Soldier's Career In Limbo After Speaking Out and Confusion Over Status When Sgt. Marc Guzman was ordered to Iraq, he told a general that he and his fellow soldiers wanted rifles and some training. He says it wrecked his military career. Army Not Listing Runaway Soldiers As Deserters, Activists, Deserters Say The Army, which has been stressed by repeated deployments in Iraq, is no longer classifying some soldiers as deserters even though they have run away, according to those who counsel deserters and deserters themselves. |
Elliot Jaspin Elliot Jaspin worked as a reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News followed by seven years at the Providence Journal-Bulletin in Providence, R.I. Cox Newspapers Washington Bureau 400 North Capitol St., N.W., Suite 750 Washington, D.C. 20001-1536 Phone: 202-331-0900 |
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