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One in Two Americans with Work-Based Insurance Worries That Healthcare Costs Could Lead to Bankruptcy

Health Populi

with employer-sponsored health insurance worry that a major health event in their household could lead to bankruptcy, according to research gathered by West Health and Gallup in Business Speaks: The Future of Employer-Sponsored Insurance. Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S. One-half of U.S. households.

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Two NY Home Healthcare Agencies Settle False Claims Act Allegations for $5.4 MillionĀ 

Healthcare Compliance Blog

The agencies received millions of dollars in funding from Medicaid, which is funded in part by the federal government, and much of that money was meant to pay the wages and benefits of their aides. Under the Wage Parity Law, which is funded by Medicaid, aides are to be paid a minimum amount in total compensation.

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Want Vulnerable Californians to Have Healthier Pregnancies? Doulas Say the State Must Pay Up.

Kaiser Health News

But the new benefit for people enrolled in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid health insurance program, has been delayed twice as the state and doulas ā€” nonmedical workers who help parents before, during, and after birth ā€” haggle over how much they should get paid.

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CMSā€™ Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs

Healthcare Law Blog

On January 6, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (ā€œCMSā€) issued the proposed rule on Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the ā€œProposed Ruleā€). Additional Opportunities for Integration through State Medicaid Agency Contracts.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

So far, Georgia has only one Bull Realty Brokers $5.9M healthcare centers receive $935K in federal funding to provide free COVID-19 vaccines New CEO at Mt. So far, Georgia has only one Bull Realty Brokers $5.9M healthcare centers receive $935K in federal funding to provide free COVID-19 vaccines New CEO at Mt.

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Health Provider News ā€“ April 1, 2022

Hall Render

Coalition of hospitals, health plans and others urge for stronger guidance around third-party apps. Hospital, long-term care groups again petition Becerra to extend COVID-19 public health emergency. Rural Alabama wastewater infrastructure ‘public health issue’ gets much-needed attention.