Alaska being hit hard with penalties of infection in hospital

Alaska being hit hard with penalties of infection in hospital -

Moreover, the utility of medical marijuana in the treatment of pain is reset in question after lawmakers from New York legalized.

Kaiser Health News: Medicare penalties for hospital infections Alaska Hit Hard
the four largest Alaskan hospitals are facing Medicare payment penalties for the quality of their care. Providence, regional Alaska, Alaska Native Medical Center and Fairbanks Memorial are all in the bottom 25 percent nationwide for the number of infections and serious complications patients receive in their hospitals, according to data analyzed by Kaiser Health News . The sanctions are part of a focus on the quality of care that is included in the Affordable Care Act (Feidt, 6/27)

The New York Times :. Prescriptions for politicians Marijuana Doctors Defy and data
moved to New York last week to join 22 states in legalizing medical marijuana for patients with a wide range of debilitating diseases, including epilepsy and cancer, Crohn's disease and Parkinson's disease. Yet there is no rigorous scientific evidence that marijuana effectively treats the symptoms of most diseases where states have authorized its use. Instead, experts say, lawmakers and authors of public referenda have acted largely on the basis of animal studies and heartbreaking stories. The results have sometimes confused the doctors and researchers (Saint Louis, 6/26).

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