Category: CMS
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State highlights: N.Y. hospitals wait for Medicaid waiver
A selection of health policy stories from New York, California, Washington and Georgia. …read more
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State highlights: R.I. Gov. plans $43M in Medicaid cuts; N.M. judge rules in favor of ‘aid to dying’; long-term care protections still awaited in Mass.
A selection of health policy stories from Rhode Island, California, Massachusetts, Virginia, Florida, Wisconsin, Missouri and Minnesota. …read more
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Viewpoints: High Court’s scrutiny of home health workers law; patient ‘dumping’ on LA’s skid row; hospital fund raising
On Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Harris v. Quinn, … It was brought by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (NRTW), whose mission is to use “strategic litigation” to “eliminate coercive union power and compulsory unionism abuses,” in this case on behalf of several personal assistants who provide in-home services…
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Supreme Court today hears case on Medicaid home health workers’ right to form public employee union
The case involves workers in Illinois who serve Medicaid patients at home. The state says allowing a union helps provide a more stable workforce, but opponents argue that the move was a “political payback” by state Democrats. …read more
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Even as exchange enrollment numbers appear sluggish, Medicaid expansion sign-ups surge in many states
The New York Times also notes that many of these new Medicaid beneficiaries are people who have not had insurance before. Meanwhile, news outlets continue to track developments regarding how governors continue to wrestle with Medicaid decisions — including those in Virginia, Michigan and Maine. Also in the news, a problem with Maryland’s Medicaid enrollment.…
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HHS to start with beneficiaries backlog in Medicare claims appeals
The Department of Health and Human Services moves to break up a big backlog of Medicare claims appeals, with beneficiary hearings taking precedent. In the meantime, The Fiscal Times looks at overpayment in private Medicare Fee-For-Service plans. …read more
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State highlights: Battle over jail medical care in Texas jails; Medicaid coverage for inmates; N.C. docs sue over Medicaid billing system
In November, David Conis Jr. sat in a Henderson County courtroom, vomiting repeatedly because of his vacillating blood-sugar levels, terrified that he was facing a diabetic coma. … Henderson County state district Judge Carter Tarrance, concerned that the county jail was not providing adequate care, sent Conis to a local clinic and ordered the jail…
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Research roundup: Nursing home transitions; the impact of raising Medicare premiums; workers’ views of job-based insurance
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs. …read more
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Tricky politics affecting Arkansas, Arizona Medicaid expansion
An Arkansas special election, which was held to replace a Democratic senator who was forced to step down over ethics violations, centered on questions about the state plans to expand Medicaid. It resulted in a Republican win and takes away one vote from the “private option” expansion plan lawmakers approved last year. News outlets also…
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CMS, ONC launch ‘designted test EHR’ program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT have implemented their designated test electronic health record program, choosing vendors McKesson and Meditech as the first two EHR developers to be named “CMS designated test EHRs.” read more …read more