| Medicaid Coverage for Gastric Bypass Surgery |
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| The federal Medicare program has recently eliminated language stating that obesity is not a disease. Medicare will cover gastric bypass surgery if it is medically necessary and if the patient has another disease that is caused or exacerbated by obesity. Whether a particular Medicaid recipient qualifies to receive gastric bypass surgery depends on the qualification standards applicable in the recipient's state. More... |
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| The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program |
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| The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program collects data on public health and the environment. The goal of the program is to identify, control, and prevent environmentally-related diseases. The program provides information that can be used to initiate public health actions, to conduct planning and evaluation, and to support scientific studies. More... |
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| Permitted Use of Protected Health Information |
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| There are circumstances in which a covered entity may use or disclose an individual's protected health information without obtaining written authorization or providing the individual with the opportunity to agree or object to the use or disclosure. More... |
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| Detention of Food under the Bioterrorism Act of 2002 |
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| The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 authorizes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to detain suspicious articles of food and keep them from entering the country if the food presents a serious threat to humans or animals. More... |
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| Live Organ Donors |
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| Healthy persons who choose to donate a kidney, skin, or bone marrow are called live organ donors. To be legal, each donor must make the decision to donate their organ freely and without coercion. They cannot receive payment for their donated organ.
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