DHS announces it won’t eliminate programs on Dec. 1 for seniors, people with disabilities
DHS will begin sending notices this week to program recipients and providers that services will continue, said DHS spokeswoman Sheree Powell.
For opioid crisis in Oklahoma, some look to telemedicine
“We hope the treatment of addiction issues isn’t more burdensome than when a doctor gets someone addicted. It helps on the counseling side, and it helps once that client relationship has been established face to face, those continued visits can happen telemedicine,” a treatment specialist said.
Data: More than $50 million in meals, trips, cash payments to Oklahoma physicians since 2013
The money comes from companies marketing medications, vaccines and medical devices, ranging from HIV/AIDS drugs to contact lenses.
Opioid drug company at center of national doctor bribery scandal gave tens of thousands to Oklahoma physicians
In October the company’s founder was arrested in Arizona after being indicted for allegedly using a “speakers program” to bribe doctors to prescribe a powerful opioid painkiller to patients.
ACLU warns of lawsuit over planned elimination of programs for disabled, elderly
“For us, this is something, we are preparing all of this hoping we never have to file it, and that’s always a tough spot to be in. It’s ridiculous if we have to seek it.” — Brady Henderson, legal director of ACLU of Oklahoma.
OU hospital authority asks court to OK $750 million deal transferring management, ownership to nonprofit
If approved by the court, the merger agreement would allow the nonprofit organization, OU Medicine Inc., to take over ownership of most of the hospitals and clinics that are part of the OU Medical System, currently owned by the for-profit Hospital Corp. of America, as well as take over management of the medical system from HCA.
DHS sends letters to seniors, disabled adults notifying of home-care program elimination
The ADvantage Waiver Program is designed to help seniors and adults with disabilities live at home. It aims to keep people living at home, rather than in a nursing home or similar types of adult care.
State health department general counsel no longer employed at agency, spokesman confirms
Donald Maisch’s exit is at least the fourth high-ranking health department employee to leave the agency since Monday.