http://www.tulsaworld.comThe latest news and information from the Tulsa World.5Copyright 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.Earlier this week, Speaker of the House T.W. Shannon refused to allow a proposed law to extend the program after its Dec. 31 end for 9,000 Oklahomans, saying, “I don’t believe providing health insurance .../article.aspx/House_passes_measure_to_quarantine_Insure_Oklahoma/20130524_17_0_OKLAHO324715?rss_lnk=17WAYNE GREENE World Senior WriterFri, 24 May 2013 19:46:31 CDTTulsa's St. John Health System is 'restructuring its workforce' because of changes in medical financing, including Gov. Mary Fallin's decision not to allow Medicaid expansion in the state, according to .../article.aspx/St_John_plans_layoffs_cites_rejection_of_Medicaid_expansion/20130523_11_A15_CUTLIN974873?rss_lnk=17WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer & SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterThu, 23 May 2013 12:00:52 CDTThe Affordable Care Act -- also known as 'Obamacare' -- led to reductions in Medicare payments to help fund expansion of Medicaid, but the state's decision not to accept the Medicaid funding means 'our .../article.aspx/St_John_to_make_cuts_following_Fallins_decision_not/20130522_11_0_Tulsas689680?rss_lnk=17WAYNE GREENE and SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WritersWed, 22 May 2013 09:38:44 CDTU.S. District Judge Ronald White has set a June 20 hearing in Oklahoma's challenge to IRS rules to implement so-called 'Obamacare' in the state./article.aspx/Hearing_scheduled_in_states_challenge_to_Obamacare/20130521_504_0_MUSKOG501162?rss_lnk=17WAYNE GREENE World Senior WriterTue, 21 May 2013 13:01:45 CDTOne more former patient of Tulsa oral surgeon Dr. W. Scott Harrington has tested positive for hepatitis B, and officials say they're doing what they can to notify anyone else who might have been affec .../article.aspx/Fifth_former_patient_of_Tulsa_dentist_tests_positive/20130517_11_A10_Onemor835634?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterFri, 17 May 2013 05:38:36 CDTAs of 5 p.m. Wednesday, testing results were in for 3,899 people./article.aspx/Another_former_Harrington_patient_tests_positive_for/20130516_773_0_Onemor680744?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterThu, 16 May 2013 15:10:31 CDTStudents from Monte Cassino's early childhood learning center and elementary school took turns emptying bags and jars full of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters into a counting machine Wednesday at the .../article.aspx/Monte_Cassino_youngsters_hold_coin_drive_for_disorder/20130516_11_A11_CUTLIN287348?rss_lnk=17SARA PLUMMER World Staff WriterThu, 16 May 2013 08:18:42 CDTOklahomans wasted more than $5 billion last year on bad decisions relating to medication, according to a recent report./article.aspx/Report_says_Oklahomans_wasted_53_billion_in_medications/20130514_17_A2_CUTLIN269018?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterTue, 14 May 2013 07:12:57 CDTListening to a doctor explain the diagnosis, Kimberly Hedrick could look through a glass door and see her two boys playing in the waiting room./article.aspx/Jenks_mom_helps_son_endure_chemo_amputation/20130512_11_A1_CUTLIN76204?rss_lnk=17MICHAEL OVERALL World Staff WriterMon, 13 May 2013 10:08:49 CDTJoe Garrison would like to pick up the pieces./article.aspx/Hospitalized_Wilburton_man_has_no_home_to_go_home_to/20130511_12_A13_ULNSoa763249?rss_lnk=17RHETT MORGAN World Staff WriterSat, 11 May 2013 08:53:19 CDTSenate Bill 640 - which seeks to bring 'Obamacare' Medicaid money to the state without objectionable federal rules - will not be considered by the Oklahoma Legislature this year, Senate President Pro .../article.aspx/Alternate_Medicaid_funding_bill_sidelined_for_the_rest/20130510_504_A1_CUTLIN200669?rss_lnk=17WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer & BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol BureauFri, 10 May 2013 07:14:07 CDTThe 'Oklahoma Plan' alternative to 'Obamacare' surely won't be ready to go in effect before the beginning of 2015, a consultant told the state's Medicaid oversight board Thursday./article.aspx/Oklahomas_alternative_to_Obamacare_unlikely_before/20130510_504_A1_OKLAHO429149?rss_lnk=17WAYNE GREENE World Senior WriterFri, 10 May 2013 07:14:01 CDTOne more former patient of Tulsa oral surgeon Dr. W. Scott Harrington has tested positive for hepatitis C, bringing the total number of positive results to 70, and at least one more tested positive for .../article.aspx/More_patients_of_former_Tulsa_dentist_test_positive/20130510_17_A9_Onemor853408?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterFri, 10 May 2013 05:25:42 CDTTulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris issued a statement Thursday saying the investigation is ongoing and will eventually be reviewed for potential criminal charges./article.aspx/Another_dental_patient_tests_positive_for_hepatitis/20130509_773_anoth_63628?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterThu, 09 May 2013 12:32:45 CDTThe average amount Oklahoma hospitals charge for the most common procedures varies vastly, from $5,503 for a knee replacement at a hospital in Ada to $93,720 for the same procedure at a Durant hospital, .../article.aspx/Oklahoma_hospital_charges_vary_vastly_for_the_most/20130509_17_A1_Theave615497?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE & CURTIS KILLMAN World Staff WritersThu, 09 May 2013 07:02:17 CDTFederal officials say they won't continue to help pay for the Insure Oklahoma program unless the state agrees to changes to make it conform with 'Obamacare.'/article.aspx/Insure_Oklahoma_to_lose_federal_funding_unless_it_conforms/20130509_16_A1_CUTLIN938747?rss_lnk=17WAYNE GREENE World Senior WriterThu, 09 May 2013 07:02:12 CDTEating fish is good for your heart, but taking fish oil capsules doesn't help people at high risk of heart problems who already take medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found./article.aspx/Study_Fish_oil_wont_help_prevent_heart_attacks/20130509_13_A14_Eating116368?rss_lnk=17Associated PressThu, 09 May 2013 03:36:01 CDTAn event that's being dubbed a 'celebration of health and fitness' will be at Guthrie Green on Saturday./article.aspx/Guthrie_Green_to_host_health_fitness_event_Saturday/20130509_4_D3_Aneven507240?rss_lnk=17NOUR HABIB World Scene WriterThu, 09 May 2013 03:02:25 CDT'This is the latest bad news in the ongoing train wreck that is the Affordable Care Act,' Gov. Mary Fallin said in response to a Tuesday letter from the federal director of the Center of Medicare and Medicaid .../article.aspx/Insure_Oklahoma_program_in_danger_if_changes_arent/20130508_504_insur_47779?rss_lnk=17WAYNE GREENE World Senior WriterWed, 08 May 2013 13:19:54 CDTThis year’s pieces will go on display at the Tulsa International Airport from June through September./article.aspx/Art_Bike_Tulsa_pieces_support_MS_awareness/20130507_17_artbi_76709?rss_lnk=17SARA PLUMMER World Staff WriterTue, 07 May 2013 13:02:51 CDT“I was vulnerable. I went for it and it took me over. It consumed my life.”/article.aspx/More_Oklahomans_are_falling_into_the_deadly_grip_of/20130507_17_moreo_92631?rss_lnk=17ROBERT MEDLEY NewsOK.comTue, 07 May 2013 08:43:39 CDTA researcher with the University of Tulsa has developed a treatment that is helping people who suffer from nightmares after a traumatic event./article.aspx/TUs_research_on_nightmares_proving_promising/20130507_17_A14_Aresea844873?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterTue, 07 May 2013 06:49:11 CDTThe more people donate blood, the better chance 6-year-old Joseph Newport has of living as long and full a life as possible./article.aspx/Gift_of_a_lifetime/20130506_17_A9_CUTLIN555897?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterMon, 06 May 2013 07:28:15 CDTThe Mental Health Association in Tulsa has been awarded $3 million in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funds through the city of Tulsa./article.aspx/Mental_Health_Association_in_Tulsa_gets_3_million_HUD/20130504_11_A15_ULNSbh532187?rss_lnk=17MIKE AVERILL World Staff WriterSat, 04 May 2013 08:42:29 CDTTulsa oral surgeon W. Scott Harrington, who the state and county health departments say might have exposed 7,000 patients to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, appears to have been in violation of a state .../article.aspx/Dentist_may_have_violated_provider_contract_with_state/20130504_17_A1_ULNSbu367361?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterSat, 04 May 2013 08:15:29 CDTDr. Harrington reportedly signed an agreement every three years to provide safe care to locked-up juveniles./article.aspx/Tulsa_dentist_violated_contract/20130503_773_tulsa_65346?rss_lnk=17Associated PressFri, 03 May 2013 15:37:12 CDTThree more lawsuits have been filed against Tulsa oral surgeon Dr. W. Scott Harrington, including one alleging that he caused the patient to contract hepatitis C./article.aspx/Three_more_lawsuits_levied_against_dentist/20130503_17_A11_CUTLIN807105?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterFri, 03 May 2013 08:28:43 CDTTulsa's Oklahoma State University Medical Center will get enough funding in the 2014 state budget to ensure its future operations./article.aspx/OSU_Medical_Center_claims_13M_in_state_budget_deal/20130503_16_A1_TlasOl830880?rss_lnk=17WAYNE GREENE World Senior WriterFri, 03 May 2013 07:10:16 CDTBridenstine: 'The way to do it is to tie it to must-pass legislation.'/article.aspx/Bridenstine_to_continue_effort_to_repeal_Obamacare/20130502_335_bride_75361?rss_lnk=17RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff WriterThu, 02 May 2013 15:14:47 CDTAll lawsuits in the case seek actual damages of more than $75,000 and punitive and exemplary damages of more than $75,000./article.aspx/First_lawsuit_alleges_dentist_caused_hepatitis_C/20130502_773_first_49352?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterThu, 02 May 2013 15:01:04 CDTThe Oklahoma State University Medical Center is considering a public-private partnership with Mercy Health Systems in Oklahoma City, officials said./article.aspx/OSU_Medical_Center_Mercy_explore_alliance/20130501_17_A1_CUTLIN616160?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterWed, 01 May 2013 11:48:15 CDTPreviously, people had to prove they're 17 or older to buy the emergency contraception without a prescription./article.aspx/FDA_lowers_age_for_buyers_of_Plan_B_pill_to_15/20130501_17_fdalo_88594?rss_lnk=17LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical WriterWed, 01 May 2013 09:44:06 CDTA document from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accuses Camelot Cancer Care owner Maureen Long of participating in money laundering, wire fraud and smuggling./article.aspx/Camelot_Cancer_Care_owner_accused_of_fraud_in_FDA_document/20130501_17_A10_Adocum941368?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterWed, 01 May 2013 07:28:15 CDTThe plan would require a waiver from the federal government./article.aspx/Health_care_coverage_option_drafted_by_group_of_Oklahoma/20130430_504_healt_88891?rss_lnk=17SEAN MURPHY Associated PressTue, 30 Apr 2013 14:56:44 CDTThe FDA is looking to seize the funds in a Regent Bank account, according to an application for a warrant to seize property./article.aspx/FDA_document_alleges_crimes_by_cancer_center_owner/20130430_17_fdado_40308?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterTue, 30 Apr 2013 14:03:16 CDTSome 52 percent of surveyed Republican voters opposed accepting the money./article.aspx/Poll_51_percent_of_Oklahomans_support_Medicaid_expansion/20130430_504_poll5_40308?rss_lnk=17WAYNE GREENE World Senior WriterTue, 30 Apr 2013 14:01:56 CDTDetails to be released Tuesday include a three-page short form that single people can fill out, administration officials said./article.aspx/Obama_administration_simplifies_health_care_form/20130430_335_obama_13994?rss_lnk=17RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated PressTue, 30 Apr 2013 09:33:21 CDTThe public health response to a Tulsa oral surgeon's possible exposure of at least 7,000 patients to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C has cost nearly $700,000 so far./article.aspx/Costs_of_probe_into_HIV_hepatitis_infection_risk_from/20130430_17_A1_CUTLIN943181?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterTue, 30 Apr 2013 07:38:01 CDTPruitt alleges the owner sent the Oklahoma Health Care Authority almost 1,000 duplicate payment claims in 2011./article.aspx/Oklahoma_attorney_general_charges_clinic_owner_with/20130429_17_oklah_98312?rss_lnk=17Associated PressMon, 29 Apr 2013 08:53:27 CDTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration was looking for an unapproved drug when its agents raided a clinic that advertises natural and alternative cancer therapies earlier this week, according to an application .../article.aspx/FDA_warrant_for_cancer_clinic_targeted_unapproved_drug/20130427_17_A1_TheUSF857180?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterSat, 27 Apr 2013 07:39:51 CDTThe state dental association met in private this week to discuss concerns raised by some dentists about how a state agency has handled an investigation of a Tulsa oral surgeon./article.aspx/Dental_trade_group_discusses_state_agencys_handling/20130427_11_A1_CUTLIN238005?rss_lnk=17ZIVA BRANSTETTER World Enterprise EditorSat, 27 Apr 2013 07:08:29 CDTShe reportedly thought a system resembled the “mark of the beast” referenced in the Bible./article.aspx/Woman_says_Integris_Health_policy_violated_religious/20130426_17_woman_23335?rss_lnk=17JACLYN COSGROVE NewsOK.comFri, 26 Apr 2013 08:16:59 CDTTulsa's Oklahoma State University Medical Center and the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine support more than 5,000 direct and indirect jobs and generate more than $259 million in annual economic impact .../article.aspx/Study_of_OSU_Medical_Center_touts_effects_on_health/20130426_16_A1_CUTLIN986880?rss_lnk=17WAYNE GREENE World Senior WriterFri, 26 Apr 2013 07:14:55 CDTEight more former patients of Tulsa oral surgeon Dr. W. Scott Harrington have tested positive for hepatitis C, bringing the total to 65. There have been no new positive test results for hepatitis B or .../article.aspx/Health_briefs/20130426_17_A16_Mromrp538490?rss_lnk=17Staff ReportsFri, 26 Apr 2013 02:04:18 CDTCamelot Cancer Center, which is under investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, was closed Wednesday, a day after a raid on the center./article.aspx/Raided_Tulsa_cancer_clinic_remains_closed/20130425_17_A8_Camelo933240?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterThu, 25 Apr 2013 04:52:16 CDTThe department warns residents to be particularly careful during spring cleaning of barns, vacant cabins and outbuildings./article.aspx/Oklahoma_health_department_reports_death_due_to_hantavirus/20130424_17_oklah_53461?rss_lnk=17Associated PressWed, 24 Apr 2013 15:45:33 CDTA policy forces private health organizations to denounce prostitution as a condition to get AIDS funding./article.aspx/High_court_weighs_dispute_over_AIDS_funding/20130422_13_0_WASHIN293555?rss_lnk=17Associated PressMon, 22 Apr 2013 12:03:57 CDTA Tulsa man believes he got HIV from a visit to oral surgeon W. Scott Harrington's office, but lawyers who have worked on similar cases say proving his allegation in court will be difficult./article.aspx/AIDS_patient_believes_he_got_HIV_from_Tulsa_dentist/20130421_17_A1_CUTLIN280375?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterSun, 21 Apr 2013 07:48:12 CDTTest results have identified 57 former patients of Tulsa oral surgeon W. Scott Harrington who have hepatitis C, three who have hepatitis B and fewer than three who have HIV, the Tulsa City-County Health .../article.aspx/Testing_of_Tulsa_dental_patients_finds_57_cases_of/20130419_17_A1_CUTLIN91503?rss_lnk=17SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterFri, 19 Apr 2013 08:28:22 CDT“We understand these first reported test results may be of concern,” said Tulsa Health Department Director Dr. Bruce Dart./article.aspx/Dozens_of_patients_of_Scott_Harrington_test_positive/20130418_773_0_Moreth736672?rss_lnk=17AMANDA BLAND World Staff WriterThu, 18 Apr 2013 15:37:06 CDT