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Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage (FMAP) Update
On Thursday, June 24, 2010, Senate Democrats’ long effort to pass a package of tax cut extensions collapsed stopping the proposed extension of enhanced federal Medicaid funding to states in its tracks amid worries of the increased federal deficit. Without the extension, the elevated federal Medicaid funding will expire on December 31, 2010, halfway [...]
Continue reading...Obama Funds the HRSA State Grant Program
Monday, June 21, 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...Hyperglycemia and traumatic brain injury: Challenges to current clinical practices
Friday, June 11, 2010
Traditionally, it has been accepted that hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) at the acute stage of traumatic brain injury is associated with increased mortality and poor outcome. It has also, however, been shown that insulin therapy to reduce this hyperglycemia can induce hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), which is also associated with poor outcome. Researchers recently completed an [...]
Continue reading...Cognitive deficits in TBI related to impaired driving
Friday, June 11, 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!
Monday, June 7, 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
Friday, June 4, 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...TBI is a chronic disease, not a one-time event
Friday, June 4, 2010
Traumatic brain injury is often thought of, and treated as, a one-time event. And yet, it is well understood that TBI is the root of many ongoing complications. Some complications can be seen immediately and continue for many years after the event: cognitive dysfunction, sleep disorders, motor impairments, or psychiatric disease. Some might not manifest [...]
Continue reading...Acute management of traumatic brain injury
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
In a three-part review of acute management for traumatic brain injury, researchers recently recommended what they considered to be best practices within non-pharmacological interventions, pharmacological interventions, and interventions used to promote arousal from coma. Their findings were as follows. Non-pharmacological interventions used to reduce secondary injury: After the primary injury, acute care of traumatic brain injury focuses [...]
Continue reading...Pharmacological treatment of attention in traumatic brain injury
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
The area of the brain associated with attention is the frontal lobe, which means that many survivors of traumatic brain injury will experience attention deficits. Attention is important for wide range of self-management—for instance focus, processing speed, or multi-tasking. Attention deficits can therefore slow down rehabilitation efforts and recovery because of the patient’s inability to [...]
Continue reading...Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage (FMAP)
Friday, May 28, 2010
Today, May 28, 2010, the House will consider amendments to the Senate amendment to the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (HR 4213). As part of the anticipated amendment package, it is expected that the House will vote on eliminating a provision in the measure that extends enhanced funding through the Federal Medical Assistance [...]
Continue reading...- The specific brain areas related to memory impairment in mTBI
- Degeneration of Peripheral Motor Axons After Spinal Cord Injury
- How Survivors of Childhood TBI Transition To Adulthood
- Depression has “additive effect” on mTBI symptoms
- Visual tracking is a practical screening tool for mTBI
- QEEG in recovery after sports-related brain injury
- A clinical test to help decide whether to order a CT scan or not
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) improves spasticity after spinal cord injury.
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