Bill of Health

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To assess the prevalence of ghost networks, Senate Finance Committee staffers conducted a secret shopper study of 120 mental health provider listings across 12 Medicare Advantage plans. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 requires Medicaid plans to publish and update accurate and searchable provider directories.

Governance 144

Governance Medicaid Medicaid Medicare 144

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It will also be essential to develop strategies to minimize barriers, such as health insurance and access to the health care system. Some states have implemented initiatives to integrate Food is Medicine into Medicaid , which can be valuable to expand access to broader groups of the population.

Health Insurance 230

Health Insurance Medicaid Medicaid Health Care Reform 230

Bill of Health

MARCH 16, 2022

Yet I see clients driven into institutional facilities when the promise of aging in place meets reality: they cannot afford to hire homecare workers, and Medicaid rates are insufficient to attract would-be care workers to demanding and dangerous jobs.

Nursing Homes 130

Nursing Homes Nurses COVID-19 Medicaid 130

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Specifically, what if the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinds the emergency orders it has put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic? had adopted value-based care, it wouldn’t matter whether you saw your doctor in the office, online, or in the bleachers of Beaver Stadium. If the U.S.

COVID-19 99

COVID-19 Doctors Telemedicine Medicare 99

Bill of Health

JUNE 15, 2023

By Laura Dolbow Merck recently filed a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the Medicare price negotiation program created by the Inflation Reduction Act. Merck argues that this form of price regulation charts a “ radical new course ” for Medicare that violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Medicare 190

Medicare Medicare Medicaid Medicaid 190

Kaiser Health News

MARCH 3, 2022

President Joe Biden’s top Medicare official suggested Wednesday that forthcoming rules to bolster nursing home staffing won’t be issued under a mechanism, known as interim final rules, that would allow regulations to take effect more or less immediately. Some ideas would require congressional action. ” In the U.S.,

Nursing Homes 82

Nursing Homes Nurses Medicare Medicare 82

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This pervasive structure for public health and health care laws caused problems before the New Roberts Court, but COVID-19 politics highlighted the degree to which state officials are turning away from partnering and toward what I call the “state veto.” It would also offer some defense against clear statement rules on steroids.

Public Health 246

Public Health COVID-19 Medicaid Medicaid 246

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

National health spending in the U.S. every year from 2020 to 2027, the actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services forecast in their report, National Health Expenditure Projections, 2018-2927: Economic And Demographic Trends Drive Spending And Enrollment Growth , published yesterday by Health Affairs.

Medicare 91

Medicare Medicare Medicaid Medicaid 91

Bill of Health

MAY 12, 2023

No state Medicaid program covers IVF. Working the infertility shift may reduce IVF’s financial risk but increases health risks. Individual-market plans sold on the exchanges in those 15 states that have infertility benefit mandates will have some coverage; the rest may not.

ACA 241

ACA Medicaid Medicaid Health Insurance 241

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 30, 2022

billion recovered relating to Medicare fraud alone. Two of President Clinton´s key campaign pledges were health care reform and universal health care for all Americans; and, as soon as he took office, President Clinton established a top-level task force to deliver on his pledge.

HIPAA 123

HIPAA Fraud Health Insurance Health Care Reform 123

Hall Render

MARCH 29, 2024

James Hospital president NEBRASKA Hospital Medicaid funding bill passes on final reading How Nebraska Medicine used AI to reduce first-year nurse turnover by nearly 50% State auditor exposes questionable handling by DHHS of tens of millions of federal dollars Bill passed to bring in more than $1.4 NEW HAMPSHIRE Ambulance service in N.H.

Nursing Homes 40

Nursing Homes US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Hospitals 40

Hall Render

MARCH 24, 2023

Maryland’s Department of Health campaign for Medicaid redeterminations Could a new model of education ease the nursing shortage? hospitals spent $1.5B on temporary labor in 2022 Mass.

Nursing Homes 40

Nursing Homes Nurses COVID-19 Hospitals 40

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

That approach successfully transformed public and private health care — albeit not without challenges for coordination and political resistance — through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. This was accomplished by the U.S.

Public Health 176

Public Health COVID-19 Medicaid Medicaid 176

Bill of Health

JANUARY 3, 2023

Most serious attempts at reform call not for federal control of telemedicine licensure or medical accreditation (a politically unlikely outcome), but for federal pressure applied to states to embrace licensure reciprocity or portability. Most such proposals rely on conditional spending, especially of Medicare funds.

Licensing 130

Licensing Telemedicine Governance Federal Policy 130

Kaiser Health News

JULY 11, 2023

But it can also include underpayments from public health plans, as well as the costs of training medical professionals and doing research. Hospitals also claim as community benefits the difference between what it costs to provide a service and what Medicaid pays them, known as the Medicaid shortfall.

Hospitals 66

Hospitals Medicaid Medicaid Medical Billing 66

Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In March 2020 , Congress expanded unemployment benefits at unprecedented levels, subsidized businesses, guaranteed paid sick leave for many workers, and broadened Medicaid eligibility. A collective policy response complemented this rhetorical and ideological framing.

COVID-19 354

COVID-19 Public Health Federal Policy Medicaid 354

Health Populi

JULY 31, 2019

Among Democrats and people leaning Dem, the most popular health reform “form” is to expand coverage further building on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (55%) versus replacing it with a Medicare-For-All plan (39%) for which Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren passionately argued in last night’s debate.

ACA 56

ACA Health Care Reform Health Insurance Medicare 56

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Lowering the costs of care, ensuring the integrity of Medicare benefits, ensuring that low-income people don’t lose Medicaid coverage, and lowering prescription drug prices gain majority support across all health care voters who say health care is extremely important in the choice for members of Congress this year.

Medicaid 76

Medicaid Medicaid Health Insurance ACA 76

Health Populi

MAY 3, 2019

.” I note that, by the time Americans voted in the 2018 mid-term elections, it was no surprise that lower-income Americans were highly concerned about paying higher premiums, most people earning over $75,000 a year were also very worried about covering the costs of health insurance. health care system , Gallup learned.

ACA 72

ACA Doctors Health Care Reform Health Insurance 72