Content about American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

September 30, 2010
Kaiser Family Foundation: Medicaid enrollment, spending rises; growth will continue

Due to the nation’s deep recession, states experienced rapid growth in their Medicaid enrollment and...

September 12, 2010
HHS: States must ask for more Medicaid funds

When President Barack Obama signed an emergency federal spending bill Aug. 13, it gave cash-strapped...

August 26, 2010
More progress needed in health information technology

Since the turn of the 21st century, community pharmacy and its technology allies have waged...

August 19, 2010
HHS Secretary says states must ask for additional Medicaid funding help

Enactment last week of a supplemental federal spending bill gave cash-strapped states a chance to...

August 12, 2010
FMAP extension: An investment and a money-saving venture

In these times of trillion-dollar spending bills and massive deficits, $16 billion may not seem...

August 5, 2010
FMAP extension can aid people, businesses across the board

Once again, the Democratic Party and the Obama administration are taking point on a relief...

August 4, 2010
Senate passes Medicaid extension bill

The Senate has passed a measure to extend the federal funding level for state Medicaid...

June 10, 2010
Lobbying for FMAP extension: It makes sense

Chain and independent pharmacy retailers learned a long time ago that going to bat for...

February 18, 2010
Medicaid without retail pharmacy: A recipe for disaster

Simply put, if you take a significant number of retail pharmacies out of the Medicaid...

February 16, 2010
Healthcare IT gets $1 billion in stimulus funds

Nearly $1 billion in economic stimulus money will go to help spur adoption of healthcare...

February 16, 2010
Representing NACDS, Civello asks Obama to maintain emergency Medicaid funding

Representing the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Kerr Drug chairman, president and CEO Tony...

February 8, 2009
HIT: The $20 billion needle in the haystack

Dear Mr. President,...

January 18, 2009
Countdown begins for HIT legislation

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