Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Should You Work For Your Medicaid Coverage?
From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, episode 28, The Trump administration recently told states they will be allowed to…
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Maine Voters Greenlight Medicaid Expansion, But Governor Says Whoa
By Patty Wight – Just hours after Maine voters became the first in the nation to use the ballot box to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, Republican Gov. Paul LePage said he wouldn’t implement it unless the Legislature funds the state’s share of an expansion.
How 10 States Are Reforming Medicaid Payment and Delivery
By Sara Rosenbaum, Rachel Gunsalus, J. Zoë Beckerman, Sara Schmucker & Sara Rothenberg – Ever since Medicaid’s managed care transformation began in earnest in the mid-1990s, states have been leaders in the effort to improve the accessibility, quality, and efficiency of care for low-income populations facing elevated health risks.
Chasing Millions In Medicaid Dollars, Hospitals Buy Up Nursing Homes
By Phil Galewitz – Westminster Village North, a nursing home and retirement community in Indianapolis, recently added 25 beds and two kitchens to speed food delivery to residents. It also redesigned patient rooms to ease wheelchair use and added Wi-Fi and flat-screen televisions.
AristaMD Partners with Central California Alliance for Health
AristaMD, innovative provider of the cloud-based Smart Care Platform for primary care physicians and specialists, announced its partnership with Central California Alliance for Health to expand specialty care access through primary care-specialist collaboration via eConsults…
CMS Gives States Until 2022 To Meet Medicaid Standards Of Care
By Phil Galewitz – The Trump administration has given states three extra years to carry out plans for helping elderly and disabled people receive Medicaid services without being forced to go into nursing homes.
New Report on Medicaid Benefits vs Other Plans
Having Medicaid is not only substantially better than being uninsured, but it provides enrollees with health insurance that on most measures is as good as or, in some cases, better than private coverage, according to new a Commonwealth Fund report.
ACA Medicaid Expansion Is Not a State Budget Buster
By David Harlow – Both proponents and opponents of Medicaid expansion under the ACA were concerned about the “woodwork” effect: The expectation was that once the outreach mandated by the ACA kicked into high gear, not only would newly-eligible individuals sign up for Medicaid.
What Does the Draft ACA Repeal/Replace Legislation Tell Us About the Future of Medicaid?
By Sara Rosenbaum – While preliminary and incomplete, the draft offers the best evidence to date on where lawmakers may go as they work to translate ambiguous policy proposals into legally binding legislation that will determine the future of health insurance coverage for tens of millions of people.