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The Cost Of Autism In The UK Is More Than $41 Billion Every Year
Research published this week in the journal Autism, published by SAGE, estimate the annual costs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to be more than ÷£27 billion a year. The costs of supporting children with ASDs were estimated to be ÷£2.7 billion per year, ÷£25 billion each year for adults. The findings were presented at the Autism & Employment Workshop at Goldsmiths, University of London.
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New Study Pinpoints Difference In The Way Children With Autism Learn New Behaviors
Researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have collaborated to uncover important new insights into the neurological basis of autism. Their new study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, examined patterns of movement as children with autism and typically developing children learned to control a novel tool. The findings suggest that children with autism appear to learn new actions differently than do typically developing children. As compared to their typically developing peers, children with autism relied much more on their own internal sense of body position (proprioception), rather than visual information coming from the external world to learn new patterns of movement. Furthermore, researchers found that the greater the reliance on proprioception, the greater the child"s impairment in social skills, motor skills and imitation.
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Mouse Study Shows PET Can Measure Effectiveness Of Novel Breast Cancer Treatment
A new study published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET) scans in mice can be used to determine whether a novel type of breast cancer treatment is working as intended. Researchers successfully used PET and a specially-developed radioactive compound to image HER2 - a protein often associated with aggressive breast cancer - in breast cancer cells before and after treatment aimed at decreasing HER2 expression. This molecular imaging methodology could facilitate development of new targeted therapies not only for breast cancer, but also for certain types of ovarian, prostate, and lung cancers that may be aggravated due to HER2.
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Louisiana Cuts Rates For Medicaid Providers

"Louisiana will start paying less money Tuesday to many private health care providers for taking care of Medicaid patients, a move the state health department estimates will save $86 million this year," The Associated Press/The Advocate reports. Adults in the program may also have to pay a small co-pay if they visit emergency rooms for non-emergency care. "The cuts come as the health department shrinks its spending to $7.9 billion in the new fiscal year that began July 1, down $240 million from last year. Nearly all the cuts will be levied on the Medicaid program for the poor, elderly and disabled. But Jerry Phillips, state Medicaid director, said the department believes it can cover nearly two-thirds of that gap through efficiencies and the continuation of other cuts made during the last budget year." Most of the cuts will fall on private health providers. "Private and community hospitals around the state will be paid 5 percent to more than 6 percent less for Medicaid services, depending on the type of services. Rural hospitals won"t be cut. Primary care doctors and other physicians who treat Medicaid patients older than 16 will get paid 10 percent less. Levine said he wanted to limit the impact of the cuts on children"s services, so the rates paid to pediatric doctors and pediatric specialists won"t be changed" (Deslatte, 8/3). "Children"s Hospital in New Orleans could bear the brunt of budget cuts in Medicaid reimbursements to private hospitals," Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine said, The Times-Picayune/Nola.com reports. "Because Children"s Hospital is "highly reliant" on Medicaid, it is in line for a large piece of the budget cut, Levine said. As the state budget was being wrapped up in June, it appeared the hospital (funding) might be cut by more than $30 million, but Levine on Monday did not put a figure on the potential hit. In addition to tapping Medicaid"s regular reimbursement program, Children"s Hospital makes extensive use of Medicaid"s outlier program, which provides higher reimbursements to compensate for extraordinary medical services such as intensive care, Levine said" (Scott, 8/3). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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