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Ohio’s behavioral health redesign – Part 1 – AHLA Newsstand

1 Sep

Ohio’s behavioral health service delivery and payment systems are heading in a new direction. Over the next three years, we expect providers and service recipients to experience significant changes as alterations are made to the state’s determination of eligibility, authorized ... Read more »

40,000 will be dropped from state coverage – StarTribune.com

28 Aug

Tom Brewer

Officials say failure to provide information has led to the drops, which were expected. Source: 40,000 will be dropped from state coverage – ... Read more »

Alaska Legislature will sue Gov. Walker to block Medicaid expansion

19 Aug

Tom Brewer

The Alaska Legislature on Tuesday said it would sue Gov. Bill Walker to block his move last month to use his executive power to expand the public Medicaid health care program. Source: Alaska Legislature will sue Gov. Walker to block Medicaid ... Read more »

Ohio’s Medicaid costs $2 billion less than estimates | The Columbus Dispatch

13 Aug

Tom Brewer

Despite higher-than-expected enrollment of Ohioans newly eligible for Medicaid, overall costs of the tax-funded health-insurance program in the most-recent fiscal year were nearly $2 billion below original estimates. According to a report released on Wednesday by Gov. John Kasich’s administration, ... Read more »

N.C. Senate OKs Revamping Medicaid But Rejects Bid To Expand The Program | Kaiser Health News

12 Aug

Tom Brewer

Source: N.C. Senate OKs Revamping Medicaid But Rejects Bid To Expand The Program | Kaiser Health ... Read more »

JAMA Network | JAMA | Medicare and Medicaid at 50 Years: Perspectives of Beneficiaries, Health Care Professionals and Institutions, and Policy Makers

28 Jul

Tom Brewer

In this Special Communication, Kaiser Family Foundation CEO Drew Altman and Senator William Frist review the history and roles of Medicare and Medicaid in the US health system and discuss the program’s ... Read more »

Some Public Hospitals Win, Others Lose With Obamacare

23 Jul

Tom Brewer

A year and a half after the Affordable Care Act brought widespread reforms to the U.S. healthcare system, Chicago’s Cook County Health & Hospitals System has made its first profit in 180 years. Source: Some Public Hospitals Win, Others Lose ... Read more »

Budget Concerns Grow As Medicaid Enrollments Outpace Estimates In Expansion States | Kaiser Health News

20 Jul

Tom Brewer

Source: Budget Concerns Grow As Medicaid Enrollments Outpace Estimates In Expansion States | Kaiser Health ... Read more »

Alaska Governor Announces Plan To Use Executive Power To Expand Medicaid | Kaiser Health News

17 Jul

Tom Brewer

Source: Alaska Governor Announces Plan To Use Executive Power To Expand Medicaid | Kaiser Health ... Read more »

Supreme Court Allows Nationwide Health Care Subsidies – The New York Times

26 Jun

Tom Brewer

Affirming a key element of the health care law, the justices ruled that it may provide nationwide tax subsidies to help poor and middle-class people buy insurance. Source: Supreme Court Allows Nationwide Health Care Subsidies – The New York ... Read more »