n. 1  1. Abnormally high alkalinity of the blood and body tissues caused by an excess of bicarbonates, as from an increase in alkali intake, or by or a deficiency of acids other than carbonic acid, as from vomiting. Also called metabolic alkalosis.
In the period before the exclusion, there were 82 closures of family-planning clinics in Texas,5 and the decrease in the number of family-planning clinics was greater in counties without Planned Parenthood affiliates than in those with such affiliates.
Centene's health plans provide services through a network of more than 30,000 primary care physicians, 95,000 specialists, and 1,250 hospitals in 12 states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin. Operations