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Medicaid Rolls Swell to 48 Million

Posted Administrator Account on 9/30/2010
The number of Americans covered by Medicaid is growing at a record pace even as most states have cut reimbursement payments and trimmed covered services, according to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Head of Medicaid Innovation Center Named

Posted Administrator Account on 9/30/2010
Richard Gilfillan, MD, has been tapped to head the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS.)

Waiver to Fund New Orleans Clinics Approved

Posted Administrator Account on 9/25/2010
A Medicaid waiver to provide $97.5 million in funding for a system of public and non-profit clinics in New Orleans has been approved by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Berwick Reaches Out to Health Insurers

Posted Administrator Account on 9/22/2010
In a speech this week, CMS administrator Donald Berwick, M.D. appealed to health plan executives to be partners in bringing positive change to the system of providing health care.

Some Health Care Reform Measures Effective This Week

Posted Administrator Account on 9/22/2010
Beginning this week the first provisions of the health care reform legislation, aimed at expanding coverage and reducing costs, will become effective.

Missouri Voters Nix Health Reform; Florida Measure Struck From Ballot

Posted Administrator Account on 9/22/2010
A Missouri initiative that would allow Missourians to opt out of mandatory health care coverage required by the federal health care reform act passed by a wide margin on Tuesday.

Bill to Help Multi-Campus Hospitals Snare Additional EHR Funds

Posted Administrator Account on 9/22/2010
Legislation has been filed to that would make multi-campus hospitals eligible for additional grant dollars for funding adoption of electronic health record systems.

California Medicaid Waiver Nears Completion

Posted Administrator Account on 9/20/2010
California is moving closer to completion of a Medicaid waiver that will also implement some provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the health care reform legislation passed last spring.

Medicaid, CHIP Eligible Children Not Enrolled – Report

Posted Administrator Account on 9/16/2010
Over 7 million children lacked health insurance coverage on a daily basis during 2008, even though 65 percent were eligible for coverage by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Workers Shouldering Higher Cost for Health Coverage

Posted Administrator Account on 9/16/2010
While insurance premiums for employees’ family health coverage increased three percent over last year, the amount the workers paid rose 14 percent, according to the 2010 Employer Health Benefits Survey released this week by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET).