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CMS grants Mississippi 10-year Medicaid waiver
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationMississippi officials got exactly what they wanted for Christmas from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): a 10-year extension of a Medicaid Section 1115 demonstration waiver. This means the state can continue providing family-planning services for people with income of up to 194 percent of the federal poverty level.
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Community severance: How the ‘barrier effect’ works
Lucy Wallwork Transportation Technology & AutomotiveA widely accepted definition of community severance is how the process by which the way a city is shaped leads to reduced access to goods, services and people. These obstacles are typically transportation infrastructure — notoriously highways, but also rail lines and even parking lots.
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US economy adds 148,000 jobs in December
Seth Sandronsky Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementU.S. employment grew 148,000 nonfarm jobs in December, while the jobless rate remained at 4.1 percent for the third straight month, the lowest rate since 2000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Job gains in construction, healthcare and manufacturing led the way.
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How does the GOP tax overhaul impact small businesses?
Seth Sandronsky Civil & GovernmentA House vote on the Republican Party's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act could come as early as Dec. 20. If the bill passes there and then in the Senate, both Republican-controlled, President Donald Trump could sign it into law before Christmas.
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Telehealth gets a boost from McCain VA bill
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationA bill introduced by two Republican senators earlier this month designed to modernize the Department of Veterans Affairs includes a provision that would allow physicians to practice telehealth across state lines without restrictions.
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Making sense of the CHIP controversy
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareOn Dec. 11, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel used his show to offer commentary on the reauthorization of funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program, better known as CHIP. As his son recovers from heart surgery, he used his celebrity platform to bring attention to this well-supported bill.
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New app collects spare change toward bail
Michelle R. Matisons Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityThe U.S. prison industry currently holds 2.2 million people behind bars. Of that number, an estimated 700,000 people sit in jails awaiting trials. They are locked up because they are unable to post bail.
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US payrolls grow by 228,000 jobs in November
Seth Sandronsky Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe U.S. economy added 228,000 nonfarm jobs as the unemployment rate stayed at 4.1 percent in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The rate of joblessness was 4.2 percent in September and 4.4 percent in August.
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Time’s Person of the Year reflects new norms in business culture
Michelle R. Matisons Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAfter the dust settles, the financial damages accrued by brand names and individual reputations will be incalculable in the new high-stakes sexual harassment and assault allegations arena. To illustrate how seriously people are taking allegations, Time Magazine has named "The Silence Breakers" as its Person of the Year for 2017.
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A new generation of ‘counterfeit cities’
Lucy Wallwork Civil & GovernmentThe history of the last century, and the beginning of this one, has been one of urbanization. That means that not only do we live in cities, but also that we fight in cities. The future of warfare lies in the gutters of the “broken cities of our world,” and one of the most surreal byproducts of this shift is the growing network of "mock-up" Arab cities built by the U.S. and other militaries to simulate arenas of war. The simple logic is that it is better to make mistakes in a replica than in the genuine battlefield.
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