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Last week, Senate Democrats came four votes short of invoking cloture on the tax extenders bill that includes the extension of increased federal Medicaid monies through June, 2011. After passing a Medicare physicians’ payment bill on its own instead of as a part of the larger extender package, Senator Max Baucus is encouraged that the [...]
Continue reading...Federal TBI Program Update
29. June 2010
On June 15, 2010, BIAA and other TBI stakeholders met with Mary Wakefield, the Administrator of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to discuss the future of the federal TBI program, one of the programs funded through the TBI Act. The federal TBI program provides grants to states to improve [...]
Continue reading...Thank Dateline NBC for Bringing Attention to Brain Injury Challenges
21. June 2010
Health care reform at the federal level is officially on hold. Republican Scott Brown gained the Massachusetts seat vacated by the death of Edward Kennedy, thereby breaking the 60-vote majority in the Senate. Democrats met privately in the days following the Massachusetts special election but were unable to cultivate a strategy for moving forward [...]
Continue reading...BIAA Health Care Reform Update
21. June 2010
After the devastating Massachusetts special election, House and Senate leaders are expected to resume negotiations this week to attempt to finish the health care overhaul. Although a clear path is still unknown, BIAA will continue to monitor the situation closely. A big thank you to all of our grassroots advocates who answered the call last [...]
Continue reading...Obama Funds the HRSA State Grant Program
21. June 2010
This morning President Obama released his FY 2011 budget. Last week, the State of the Union address warned of spending freezes and tough decisions on what programs to keep and what programs to discontinue in the coming year. BIAA is pleased to announce that the HRSA state grant program, authorized by the TBI Act, has been [...]
Continue reading...BIAA Endorses the Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act
17. June 2010
This week, BIAA joined Congressman John Adler in support of a bill that would ensure a method be in place when applying for Federal or Private student loans to designate who will make decisions on your behalf regarding all medical, financial, and legal matters in the event you are catastrophically ill, catastrophically injured, temporarily disabled, [...]
Continue reading...Cognitive deficits in TBI related to impaired driving
11. June 2010
Among the multiple skills required to drive safely is the ability to visually scan one’s surroundings in order to adapt and respond to unexpected situations. In a study that compared traumatic brain injury patient to controls, subjects were connected to an eye-tracking device that mapped their visual field while completing a driving simulation. The study found [...]
Continue reading...Tell your Senators to Extend Extra Medicaid Funding Through June 2011!
7. June 2010
Description It is important that all grassroots advocates unite to support the extension of the current elevated Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage (FMAP) that is currently being debated in the Senate and will be very important to states come the end of this year!Originally, both the House and the Senate acted to extend the extra match through [...]
Continue reading...Cognitive tests strongly associated with demographic variables, not neurological findings
4. June 2010
A recent retrospective study of cognitive assessment in traumatic brain injury patients found no clear pattern of cognitive ability associated with neurological impairment. Cognitive assessment—in the form of tests such as the WAIS (in various versions) or the HRB (Halstead-Reitan Neurological Test Battery)—is often administered early to traumatic brain injury patients in order to determine cognitive [...]
Continue reading...Acupuncture to treat brain injury
4. June 2010
Electroacupuncture, which delivers electrical stimulation through acupuncture needles, has long been used for pain relief and stroke rehabilitation. A recent animal study has found evidence that electroacupuncture may also stimulate neuroprotective function after cerebral ischemia (lowered blood flow to the brain). The researchers found that acupuncture administered to the “Bai hui” and “ Da zhui” acupoints [...]
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29. June 2010
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