{"title":"In whose hands are we placing children's health?: an examination of \"medical necessity\" for Medicaid's EPSDT provision.","authors":"Meghan C Casey","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79463,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of contemporary health law and policy","volume":"29 1","pages":"89-116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31252275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An empirical analysis of aftermarket transactions by hospitals.","authors":"Robert E Litan, Hal J Singer, Anna Birkenbach","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Almost all U.S. hospitals procure their equipment through group purchasing organizations (\"GPOs\"). Some hospitals subject the prices secured by GPOs to a second round of competition in an \"aftermarket,\" in which vendors both on and off the GPO contract compete for the hospital's business. To measure the extent of the potential benefit to hospitals from another round of competition, we analyzed a database of approximately 8,100 aftermarket transactions for hospital capital equipment. The transactions data suggest that hospitals were able to achieve average savings of approximately 10 to 14 percent across the entire database (2001 through 2010) and a savings of 15 percent on average for 2010 data. These savings may be attributable to many factors, including the compensation structure of GPOs.</p>","PeriodicalId":79463,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of contemporary health law and policy","volume":"28 1","pages":"23-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30426398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Superfund to the rescue? Seeking potential CERCLA response authority and cost recovery liability for releases of hazardous substances resulting from hydraulic fracturing.","authors":"Sean H Joyner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79463,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of contemporary health law and policy","volume":"28 1","pages":"111-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30426402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Down on the pharm: the juvenile prescription drug abuse epidemic and the necessity of holding parents criminally liable for making drugs accessible in their homes.","authors":"Monica Kim Sham","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79463,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of contemporary health law and policy","volume":"27 2","pages":"426-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29937520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aligning your health system's conflict of interest policies with the Physician Payment Sunshine Act.","authors":"James G Scott, Andrejs E Avots-Avotins","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79463,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of contemporary health law and policy","volume":"28 1","pages":"39-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30426399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An exercise in backwards logic: how expanding the Family and Medical Leave Act can enhance business continuity & productivity during a public health emergency.","authors":"Amy L Major","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79463,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of contemporary health law and policy","volume":"27 2","pages":"251-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29937514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Crafting legislation to prevent cyberbullying: the use of education, reporting, and threshold requirements.","authors":"Bethan Noonan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79463,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of contemporary health law and policy","volume":"27 2","pages":"330-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29937517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary.","authors":"Mary Graw Leary","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79463,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of contemporary health law and policy","volume":"27 2","pages":"325-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29937516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tripping over trips and the global HIV/AIDS epidemic: legislation and political decisions in Brazil and the United States.","authors":"Anna Bitencourt Emilio","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79463,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of contemporary health law and policy","volume":"28 1","pages":"57-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30426400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health coverage for young adults: tax incentives for extending health coverage to children under age 27 as amended by the Affordable Care Act.","authors":"Philip J DeCastro","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79463,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of contemporary health law and policy","volume":"28 1","pages":"86-110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30426401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}