ASCOG Advocate: August 15, 2013

Theatrical release poster
for the Wizard of Oz

On this date, in 1939, the Wizard of Oz premiered in Los Angeles, California.  It was nominated for six Academy Awards in 1940 but lost the award for Best Picture to another blockbuster movie.

What was the name of the movie that won Best Picture in 1940?

For states like New York, moving to a Medicaid managed care approach can save the state on prescription costs.  Rural states have to be more creative.

Out of the 366 Washington D.C. Medicaid waiver patients who received a sudden loss of in-home services, one-third have died.

Symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus are often confused for Alzheimer's.

A 58-year-old man is facing elder abuse charges for allowing his 73-year-old wife to remain in a recliner for days.