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Health reforms penalize some Native Americans

...Natives now live in metropolitan areas, partly a legacy of federal relocation and adoption programs.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman Erin Shields acknowledged that the new definition of Indian in the Affordable Care...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-16/health-reforms-penalize-some-native-ame
State
Anchorage hospitals finding ways to retain nurses

...said. While the number of RNs has grown by nearly 25 percent in the last decade, according to a 2013 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services nursing survey, a new nationwide shortage is expected as baby boomers begin to retire...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-13/anchorage-hospitals-finding-ways-retain
State
Civil suits filed against former probation officer

...than 14 years, first in different posts with the Department of Corrections, then as a probation officer in the Department of Health and Social Services. His most recent job was with Wellness Court, in which drug and alcohol abusers agree to...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-10/civil-suits-filed-against-former-probat
State
Rabid Alaska wolf prompts health warnings

...range of immunizations, including shots, said Department of Health and Social Services spokesman Greg Wilkinson.Rabies...foxes trapped near Bethel had tested positive.The Department of Health and Social Services announced it will expand the...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-24/rabid-alaska-wolf-prompts-health-warnin
State
Former village president charged with theft in Southcentral native village

...Federal agencies including the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Health and Human Services provide the village with most of its funding.Clum also faces state charges, including bootlegging...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-29/former-village-president-charged-theft-
State
Photo: Scooter power

Laura Wallrath rides her Honda Metropolitan scooter along Behrends Avenue on her way to her job at the Department of Health & Social Services. Wallrath said she bought the scooter in 2007 when gasoline reached $5 per gallon. Its top...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-01/scooter-power
Local
Three things to watch for in the state Legislature

...abortions.SB49 pertains to which abortions Alaska must pay for under the state Medicaid program. It states that the Department of Health and Social Services may not pay for abortion services under the program unless those abortions are medically necessary...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-25/three-things-watch-state-legislature
State
A mountain for Jon Scribner

...well.For nearly three decades he worked for the state of Alaska. His employment began in 1969 with the then-Department of Health and Welfare in Fairbanks. In 1971 he and his wife, Kit, moved to Juneau, where Scribner became the director...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-03-01/mountain-jon-scribner
Outdoors
20th SE science fair on Saturday

...scientific agencies including NOAA, the U.S. Forest Service, National Society of Professional Engineers, U.S. Department of Health, and the research arms of the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force. In addition, a whole series of awards are offered...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-03-03/20th-se-science-fair-saturday
Neighbors
House Finance unveils operating budget

...Connecticut shooting last year.Rep. Mark Neuman, R-Big Lake, who chaired the subcommittee overseeing the Department of Health and Social Services' budget, said an additional $9 million was put toward behavioral health programs in this...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-05/house-finance-unveils-operating-budget
State

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