I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
The big issue about federal health care reform is whether it will be a burden on the state of Michigan, Spectrum Health President and CEO Rick Breon told a gathering in Grand Rapids this week.
The Grand Rapids Press reports that Breon predicted that the recent reforms will not be repealed.
A shortage of primary physicians will pose problems as more people get health insurance, Breon said.
A reimbursement structure that pays more for procedures than time spent with patients means primary care physicians earn less than other doctors and, as a result, “Most medical students are not going into primary care,” he said.
He praised a health care reform provision in which primary care physicians caring for Medicaid patients will be reimbursed at the higher Medicare rates for two years. Also, he said more use of other care providers, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners, should be explored.
Under the new legislation an additional 600,000 Michigan residents will qualify for Medicaid by 2014.
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