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 234

Health Insurance Medicaid Medicaid Health Care Reform 234

Foster Swift

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have recently released updated guidance regarding hospital co-locations arrangements. Read More › Tags: Health Care Reform , Hospice , Hospitals , Medicaid Planning , Medicare , Medicare/Medicaid.

Health Care Reform 52

Health Care Reform Medicaid Medicaid Medicare 52

Foster Swift

APRIL 14, 2022

On April 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an update to the COVID-19 emergency declaration blanket waivers for specific providers. Read More › Tags: Alerts and Updates , Health Care Reform , Hospitals , Medicare , Medicare/Medicaid.

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Foster Swift

APRIL 16, 2024

Read More › Tags: Health Care Reform , Hospitals , Lawsuit , Medicare/Medicaid , Privacy

Informed Consent 52

Informed Consent Health Care Reform Doctors Medicaid 52

Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

America is the only wealthy nation to lack universal health coverage. Unsurprisingly, a lack of health insurance coverage during the pandemic was associated with more deaths; while excess mortality rates varied widely between states , they strongly correlated with uninsurance.

COVID-19 162

COVID-19 Public Health ACA Health Insurance 162

Bill of Health

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 requires Medicaid plans to publish and update accurate and searchable provider directories. Both private and public insurance reimbursement rates are not comparable to what mental health providers could make if they charged patients out-of-pocket.

Governance 147

Governance Medicaid Medicaid Medicare 147

Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

See e.g., California’s 1115 waiver (pages 1-9 have an overview of prerelease services). “If… w e can reform jails and prisons from places of withdrawal and abstinence to treatment and recovery, we need to better connect their populations with the outside world.

Governance 173

Governance Public Health Telemedicine COVID-19 173

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

American Medical Compliance

APRIL 17, 2024

Understanding the ACA The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, referred to as the Affordable Care Act or “ACA” for short, is the comprehensive health care reform law enacted in March 2010. The law has 3 primary goals: Make affordable health insurance available to more people.

ADA 52

ADA ACA Compliance Health Care Reform 52

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. What if the trumpet shall sound?

COVID-19 122

COVID-19 Doctors Telemedicine Medicare 122

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Since markets are inherently individualistic and the basic unit of analysis of public health is the community, this ideology was and is antithetical to our goals. That is why the ACA’s Medicaid expansion doesn’t exist in 11 states , why the penalties for failing to have insurance under the “individual mandate” has been set to $0.00.

Public Health 264

Public Health Health Care Reform ACA COVID-19 264

Kaiser Health News

MARCH 3, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said in an interview about the overhaul Biden promised during his State of the Union address. “Medicare is going to set higher standards for nursing homes and make sure your loved ones get the care they deserve and that they expect,” Biden said. ” In the U.S.,

Nursing Homes 90

Nursing Homes Nurses Medicare Medicare 90

Hall Render

MAY 10, 2024

Health Policy Commission still missing key document in Steward sale to Optum Local obesity drug developer lands deal worth up to $600M with Novo Nordisk Mass. Health Policy Commission still missing key document in Steward sale to Optum Local obesity drug developer lands deal worth up to $600M with Novo Nordisk Mass.

Nursing Homes 40

Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals Medicaid 40

Hall Render

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Care Taps Health Net Exec as New CEO COLORADO Aurora’s Fitzsimons plans development opportunities on 60 acres Boulder drug discovery co. for maternity care Healthcare Shifts Driving Demand For Outpatient Facilities In Denver Insider Breach, Email Attacks Net $1.7M operating margin in Q3 JLL Arranges $13.4M 3 in the U.S.

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

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

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 COVID-19 Vaccine Medicaid 246

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 30, 2022

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. How HIPAA Kickstarted the Momentum.

HIPAA 137

HIPAA Fraud Health Insurance Health Care Reform 137

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

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

Kaiser Health News

JULY 20, 2023

The Narsh case is “the perfect storm of every problem in our health care system,” said Saini, who at the request of KFF Health News reviewed the payment demand letters the family received. The Narsh family had Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurance at the time of Mason’s hospitalizations.

Hospitals 61

Hospitals Medical Billing Health Care Reform Health Insurance 61

Bill of Health

JANUARY 3, 2023

Although three in four doctors support scrapping state medical boards in favor of a single federal license, such sweeping reform is likely far off. By Timothy Bonis. It is not just state boards’ political obstructionism standing in the way.

Licensing 130

Licensing Telemedicine Governance Federal Policy 130

Hall Render

MAY 31, 2024

margin in Q1 AI + navigation = faster cancer care at Northwell Mount Sinai’s Beth Israel submits revised closure plan Dollars can boost health equity, but broad change is just as important Montefiore records $27.9M operating income, 4.1%

Nursing Homes 40

Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals Medicaid 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

Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2021

voters support efforts to expand government subsidies for people to buy health insurance as well as for U.S. State Governors to expand Medicaid. See in this last bar chart that one-half of Republicans supports both financial help for people buying into health plans as well as Medicaid expansion to cover more low-income adults.

COVID-19 117

COVID-19 Health Insurance ACA Medicaid 117

Kaiser Health News

JUNE 6, 2022

A spokesperson for Seattle Children’s Hospital indicated officials there would work with the Espinosas to care for Julia if there is a lapse in her insurance, though her place in line on the transplant lists might have to be put on hold, leaving Espinosa to scramble for backup options like Medicaid.

Health Insurance 82

Health Insurance Doctors Governance Licensing 82

Kaiser Health News

JUNE 6, 2022

Un vocero del Seattle Children’s Hospital informó que trabajarían con los Espinosa para cuidar a Julia si su seguro vence, aunque es posible que su lugar en la lista de trasplantes deba suspenderse, lo que dejaría a Espinosa ante opciones como Medicaid.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Medicaid Medicaid Health Care Reform 52

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 Here’s how S.C.

Nursing Homes 40

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

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 72

Hospitals Medicaid Medicaid Medical Billing 72

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 182

Public Health COVID-19 Medicaid Medicaid 182

Hall Render

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

to be his Department of Health and Human Services secretary ALABAMA 5 former Ascension hospitals rebrand Andrews Sports Medicine recommended for approval of Alabama ASC Medical Properties Trust cuts Steward from portfolio, hits $801M net loss in Q3 Texas medical office building sells for $7.1M Kennedy Jr. So it cut the gas.

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

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

Hall Render

MARCH 11, 2022

California health officials working to address “Long COVID” Pandemic awakens need for at-home hospital care. State health care reform efforts vary, but gaining momentum overall. Trinity Health says it will reach gender parity in leadership roles by 2030.

COVID-19 40

COVID-19 US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses 40

Bill of Health

DECEMBER 7, 2024

However, Medicare does not cover all health care needs, notably long-term care services. Medicaid can step in to provide coverage for such critical needs that Medicare does not address, but many people must deplete their assets to qualify for Medicaid.

ACA 185

ACA Medicaid Medicaid Health Care Reform 185

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

Bill of Health

DECEMBER 7, 2024

However, Medicare does not cover all health care needs, notably long-term care services. Medicaid can step in to provide coverage for such critical needs that Medicare does not address, but many people must deplete their assets to qualify for Medicaid.

ACA 130

ACA Medicaid Medicaid Health Care Reform 130

Health Populi

JULY 31, 2019

The most favored public plan is Medicare, beloved by 83% of Americans, where Medicaid is favored by 75% of people. Note that most Republicans have favorable views on Medicare, employer-sponsored insurance, Medicaid and private health insurance purchased by individuals.

ACA 59

ACA Health Care Reform Health Insurance Medicare 59

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 78

Medicaid Medicaid Health Insurance ACA 78

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 75

ACA Doctors Health Care Reform Health Insurance 75

Kaiser Health News

JULY 24, 2023

More than 16 million people enrolled in their own plans this year, and millions more are getting coverage through expanded Medicaid in all but 10 states, leading to an all-time-low uninsured rate. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, who worked on the original ACA legislation.

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ACA Health Insurance Medicaid Medicaid 90