tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2009:/cgi-bin/mt//feed/Medicaid 2009-11-22T01:31:36Z Movable Type 4.24-en 31 1 31 tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2008:/sznews//13.5970 2008-02-04T17:38:59Z 2008-02-04T18:19:28Z szadmin www.schizophrenia.com It was reported in all the major news sources this morning that the Bush administration would cut roughly $560 billion from Medicare (the medical insurance system for the elderly and disabled people in the country) over the next decade but... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2007:/sznews//13.5087 2007-05-18T03:59:04Z 2007-05-22T05:40:09Z szadmin www.schizophrenia.com A leading ethicist at the National Institutes of Health this week stated that the U.S. health care system is "a dysfunctional mess" and politicians who insist otherwise look ignorant. "If a politician declares that the U.S. has the best health... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2007:/sznews//13.4842 2007-04-02T15:15:00Z 2007-04-02T15:22:26Z Naomi_NJW http://www.schizophrenia.com In many states, including Virginia, parents of children with severe neurobiological brain disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe depression, and others, have often had an anguishing decision to make in order to get their children the care they needed.... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2007:/sznews//13.4811 2007-03-23T02:45:36Z 2007-03-23T02:49:22Z szadmin www.schizophrenia.com Today's New York Times has an interesting article on the struggle that the states are having to lower their drug costs for medicaid programs. It notes that "Many states, looking to rein in the cost of expensive antipsychotic drugs like... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2007:/sznews//13.4757 2007-03-09T22:56:06Z 2007-03-13T19:59:56Z szadmin www.schizophrenia.com The following is an excerpt from a capital hill House Appropriations Committee hearing on the funding of major US mental health initiatives in the president's proposed 2008 budget. The discussion covers important funding issues (what programs are being cut), new... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2007:/sznews//13.4730 2007-03-03T23:47:33Z 2007-03-05T15:30:22Z Naomi_NJW http://www.schizophrenia.com The following is from a press release from NAMI. The American Journal of Psychiatry today published two studies representing the most recent installment of the "Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness" (CATIE) funded by the National Institute of Mental Health... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2006:/sznews//13.4410 2006-12-24T16:54:07Z 2007-01-04T20:33:36Z Naomi_NJW http://www.schizophrenia.com The Independent (London) reported this week that Bristol-Myers Squibb pays $499 Million fine to settle mis-selling charges. The UK Paper stated: Bristol-Myers Squibb, the drug company which fired its chief executive in September after a string of ethics scandals, will... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2006:/sznews//13.4343 2006-12-12T18:28:10Z 2006-12-12T22:31:14Z Naomi_NJW http://www.schizophrenia.com Loving parents, desperate to get children the same level of care for severe psychiatric disorders as they could have received for other severe medical illnesses, are often forced to make the ultimate sacrifice - giving the children up to state... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2006:/sznews//13.4301 2006-12-01T19:29:19Z 2006-12-06T18:56:07Z szadmin www.schizophrenia.com A new study analyzing the economic implications of the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) concludes that the older (first generation) antipsychotic medication perphenazine was less expensive and no less effective than the newer (second generation) medications used in... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2006:/sznews//13.4020 2006-10-03T18:58:33Z 2006-10-08T23:59:40Z szadmin www.schizophrenia.com A new study, funded by the British government and published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, is the first to compare treatment results from a broad range of older antipsychotic drugs against results from newer ones. The study was requested... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2006:/sznews//13.3982 2006-09-27T00:34:04Z 2006-09-30T18:51:49Z szadmin www.schizophrenia.com The USA's hospital bill totaled more than $790 billion in 2004, according to a new report by the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). The bill represents the total amount charged for 39 million hospital stays that year. Medicaid's top... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2006:/sznews//13.3728 2006-08-03T18:21:14Z 2006-09-12T17:04:46Z http://www.schizophrenia.com The suicide rate for individuals under 20 years old is 2.14 per 100,000, and 1 in every 12 high school students attempts to harm him/herself every year. These are statistics being outlined in defense of psychological testing in schools. Some... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2006:/sznews//13.3256 2006-04-08T06:05:15Z 2006-06-06T00:06:27Z szadmin www.schizophrenia.com Excerpt from a report by the newspaper "The Ledger" (Lakeland, FL) Facing Invisible Demons; Resources are few for many area poor with mental illnesses. By: ROBIN WILLIAMS ADAMS The Ledger Greg Popwell, an unemployed truck driver, was saved from a... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2006:/sznews//13.3226 2006-03-29T20:24:32Z 2006-06-06T00:07:45Z szadmin www.schizophrenia.com If you live in Alabama, the message is very clear: don't get sick. Birmingham News reported this week that demand for mental health services is climbing quickly, but resources are being cut significantly. In a story titled "No room for... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2006:/sznews//13.3042 2006-02-08T20:50:54Z 2006-02-08T21:53:18Z szadmin www.schizophrenia.com News from the Washington Post suggests that the Mentally ill are being signficantly harmed by new Medicare plan changes. Some prescription denials have heightened distress The Washington Post story states: Even among the incident reports crossing Craig Knoll's desk weekly... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2005:/sznews//13.2667 2005-11-18T04:42:42Z 2005-11-18T04:47:10Z szadmin www.schizophrenia.com We're a little behind on this announcement - but here it is: Leading mental health organizations have joined together to create a central resource on Medicare’s new prescription drug benefit. The new website, www.mentalhealthpartd.org, contains easy-to-understand, top-line information tailored specifically... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2005:/sznews//13.2541 2005-10-20T22:51:07Z 2006-06-06T00:11:10Z szadmin www.schizophrenia.com The New York Times reported today that there are likely to be some major new changes that further limit and reduce the amount spent for medical treatment of the country's poorest citizens (which frequently includes those with brain disorders such... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2005:/sznews//13.2539 2005-10-20T20:23:48Z 2006-06-06T00:21:04Z szadmin www.schizophrenia.com Rocky mountain news, in Denver, Colorado reports that in that state the people with brain disorders are seeing serious cuts to their programs. As is usually the case this is extremly short sighted, and the people they prematurely take out... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2005:/sznews//13.2438 2005-09-22T01:43:37Z 2005-09-22T02:10:36Z szadmin www.schizophrenia.com The results from the CATIE study that were made public the other day (see CATIE STUDY RESULTS) are provoking a great deal of discussion and analysis in the world of people impacted by schizophrenia - as it well should. The... tag:www.schizophrenia.com,2005:/sznews//13.2392 2005-09-11T21:36:10Z 2006-06-06T00:20:25Z http://www.schizophrenia.com Robert Sheehan, chief executive of a community mental health center in Michigan and a member of the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on September 8, 2005. He made a powerful appeal...