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Archive for February 2012

Program Protects Single Wounded Warriors from Financial Opportunists

WASHINGTON — Single injured or wounded servicemembers might not have close family to take care of them when they return from deployment, and the financial compensation they receive can make them vulnerable to deceitful relationships.

IG Investigation Veterans Put at Risk by Call Center Problems in San Diego

SAN DIEGO — Inadequate training and mismanagement at the San Diego VA Healthcare System’s Primary Care Call Center (PCCC) has put patients at risk, according to an investigation conducted by the VA Office of the Inspector General.

White House Positions on Contraceptives Fuel Controversy on All Sides Cont.

“The average age of the onset of menstruation for girls in the United States is 12.4 years. However, about 10% of girls are physically capable of bearing children by 11.1 years of age,” Sebelius said. “It is common knowledge that there are signifi...

White House Positions on Contraceptives Fuel Controversy on All Sides

WASHINGTON — Controversy over access to birth control is continuing with the Department of Health and Human Services’ recent decision to cover birth control as a preventive service under the Affordable Care Act.

Medicare No Pay Policy Had Little Effect on Catheter Associated UTIs

ANN ARBOR, MI--Did Medicare’s policy of withholding payment from non-federal hospitals for preventable nosocomial infections have the deserved effect? Not in every case, according to a new survey by the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare Center and the University of Michigan Health System.

Progress Notes

HHS’S PROGRAM SUPPORT CENTER (PSC) HAS CLOSED ITS SILVER SPRING HHS’s data center in support of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), which is designed to eliminate waste by consolidating federal data centers the administration no longer feels are needed.

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