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Florida Lawmakers Eye Cuts to Medicaid

Posted SuperUser Account on 3/2/2010
The Florida Legislature convenes today facing a $3 billion budget shortfall, and the state’s Medicaid program is a prime target for budget cutters.

Filibuster Precipitates Cuts in Medicare Payments

Posted SuperUser Account on 3/1/2010
A filibuster of a package of spending extensions could cause physicians to see a 21% drop in Medicare reimbursement rates.

Healthcare Provisions Stripped from Senate Jobs Measure

Posted SuperUser Account on 2/12/2010
Provisions to provide extended funding for some healthcare programs were stripped from a Senate jobs bill yesterday. A proposed state budget proposes to freeze Medicaid reimbursement rates for inpatient services, the second consecutive year without an increase in payments. Over the past two years, Virginia’s share of the Medicaid program has increased $777 million. Annual Medicaid spending by the state currently stands at $2.6 billion.

HHS Announces Grants for Electronic Health Records

Posted SuperUser Account on 2/12/2010
The Health and Human Services Department announced more than $750 million in grants to state and local governments to facilitate adoption of electronic health records (EHR) systems by practitioners and hospitals.

Proposed Texas Medicaid Cuts Aired at Public Hearing

Posted SuperUser Account on 2/11/2010
Texas hospitals, doctors and dentists could see Medicaid payments cut under a plan presented at an Austin hearing.

Virginia Hospitals Face Medicaid Cuts

Posted SuperUser Account on 2/10/2010
Virginia hospitals are facing cuts in Medicaid funding due swelling Medicaid enrollment and rising healthcare costs.

White House Budget Extends Enhanced Medicaid Payments

Posted SuperUser Account on 2/9/2010
President Obama's proposed 2011 budget includes a six-month extension of enhanced Medicaid payments to states.

Proposed Cuts in Michigan Medicaid Trouble Providers

Posted SuperUser Account on 2/8/2010
Michigan hospitals and doctors are criticizing a budget proposal by Gov. Jennifer Granholm which would continue an eight percent cut to Medicaid reimbursement rates implemented in the current budget and create a new assessment on physicians to help the state pay for its Medicaid program.

La. Hospitals Urge Use of Stimulus Funds to Shore Up Medicaid

Posted SuperUser Account on 2/7/2010
The head of the Louisiana Hospital Association said that the state should use additional Federal stimulus funds to reverse Medicaid cuts to hospitals and other providers.

Teva Agrees to Settle Suit Over Drug Pricing

Posted SuperUser Account on 2/6/2010
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced it is settling several lawsuits related to Medicaid reimbursement for its products, and setting aside $315 million to cover the settlement and other suits.

US Hospitals to Receive Reimbursement for Earthquake Victims

Posted SuperUser Account on 2/6/2010
USAID announced today thatthe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has activated additional components of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) to help U.S. hospitals provide care to critically ill survivors ofthe Haiti earthquake.

Nation’s Healthcare Spending Sees Sharp Rise

Posted SuperUser Account on 2/4/2010
Total healthcare spending in the U.S. rose last year by $134 billion, the largest one-year increase since the government began keeping records of expenditures.

Massachusetts Hospitals Experience Pricing Disparities

Posted SuperUser Account on 2/2/2010
A preliminary report from Massachusetts Inspector General Martha Coakley has found practices that "reinforce and perpetuate disparities in pricing" have created equity problems in the that state’s commercial healthcare marketplace.

Ga. Governor Proposes Hospital Tax to Cover Medicaid Shortfall

Posted SuperUser Account on 1/24/2010
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue is proposing a tax on hospitals and managed care insurers to help cover a projected $608 million shortfall in the state’s Medicaid program in the coming fiscal year.

Groups Request Equalization of Reimbursement Rates

Posted SuperUser Account on 1/18/2010
More than 100 organizations are calling on lawmakers to equalize Medicaid and Medicare payment rates as part of any comprehensive health care reform bill passed by Congress.