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  • Conn. budget moves Medicaid money, cuts some hospital funding

    Conn. budget moves Medicaid money, cuts some hospital funding

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    Connecticut lawmakers approved a budget Monday that moves about $6 billion in federal Medicaid dollars out of the budget. The budget also cuts some hospital funding. original article source From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130605/Conn-budget-moves-Medicaid-money-cuts-some-hospital-funding.aspx

  • Reform Update: Medicaid expansion slows in New Hampshire, Maine

    Reform Update: Medicaid expansion slows in New Hampshire, Maine

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    Opposition to the healthcare reform Medicaid expansion may be stiffening in one of the least likely regions of the country — New England. original article source From: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130604/NEWS/306049967

  • Palomar plans to cut 84 workers

    Palomar plans to cut 84 workers

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    Palomar Medical Center, a public hospital near San Diego, has announced plans to layoff 84 workers. It put the blame on declining reimbursement and lower Medicare payments due to sequestration. That layoff number represents about 2% of the 330-bed… original article source From: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130604/NEWS/306049957

  • Private companies get mixed marks on managed Medicaid

    Private companies get mixed marks on managed Medicaid

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    Atlanta Journal Constitution: ‘Managed Medicaid’ Gets Mixed GradesFor-profit companies paid billions of taxpayer dollars to coordinate medical care for poor children and pregnant women on Medicaid excel at paperwork but fall short when it comes to improving the health of patients, a recent report concludes (Williams, 6/2). original article source From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130604/Private-companies-get-mixed-marks-on-managed-Medicaid.aspx

  • Medicaid expansion deepens GOP intraparty rifts

    Medicaid expansion deepens GOP intraparty rifts

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    The different positions taken by various Republican governors on the health law’s Medicaid expansion underscore the political divisions in play. original article source From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130604/Medicaid-expansion-deepens-GOP-intraparty-rifts.aspx

  • Federal judge lifts ban on Medicare releasing individual doctor data

    Federal judge lifts ban on Medicare releasing individual doctor data

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    A federal judge has lifted the ban on Medicare releasing data on individual doctors to the public. The end on the 33-year ban — after the publishers of The Wall Street Journal sued to end it — could mean closer scrutiny of doctor practices in the program. original article source From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130604/Federal-judge-lifts-ban-on-Medicare-releasing-individual-doctor-data.aspx

  • Study highlights cost benefit of expanding Medicaid

    Study highlights cost benefit of expanding Medicaid

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    An independent study released today on the economic impact of Medicaid expansion under healthcare reform found that states’ share of the cost of expanding Medicaid under reform would be lower than the cost of providing uncompensated care to their… original article source From: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130603/NEWS/306039947

  • CMS’s New Release of Hospital Outpatient Charge Data: Now This Looks Like a Strategy

    CMS’s New Release of Hospital Outpatient Charge Data: Now This Looks Like a Strategy

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    HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today made an important announcement at Health Datapalooza IV, being held in Washington, D.C. this week. Her announcement of the release of hospital outpatient charge data, as well as Medicare spending and utilization data, will further federal officials’ strategy of forcing hospitals towards greater transparency. As HCI Associate Editor Gabriel Perna…

  • CMS Releases New Charge Data, Sebelius Announces

    CMS Releases New Charge Data, Sebelius Announces

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    At Health Datapalooza IV, an annual gathering in Washington D.C. that focuses on health data transparency, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released additional data on hospital outpatient charges and Medicare spending and utilization. At Health Datapalooza IV, an annual gathering in…

  • Innovation Center’s Gilfillan steps down

    Innovation Center’s Gilfillan steps down

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    After nearly three years at the helm of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Dr. Richard Gilfillan will leave his position at the end of June, according to an internal announcement from CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner. …read more Source: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130603/NEWS/306039958