Covid Care Has Entered a New Stage of Crisis for the Uninsured
As federal funding for the pandemic response dries up, Americans without health insurance risk being left footing the bill for coronavirus tests and treatments. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - December 6, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Noah Weiland and Sarah Kliff Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Vaccination and Immunization Tests (Medical) Health Insurance and Managed Care Hospitals Health and Human Services Department Health Resources and Services Administration United States Politics and Government Biden, Source Type: news
How Has the Rising Cost of Long-Term Health Care Affected You?
As inflation rises, assisted living and home health aides are becoming more expensive. We want to hear from people who are dealing with this type of financial stress. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Reed Abelson Tags: Elder Care Home Health Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Health Insurance and Managed Care Inflation (Economics) internal-reader-callout internal-open-access Source Type: news
Centene to sell Magellan Specialty Health for $750M in latest divestiture
The announcement is the latest in a flurry of deals in which Centene, a Missouri-based provider of managed care for government-sponsored health plans, has sold chunks of its business this year. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 21, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: James Drew Source Type: news
With Anxiety On the Rise, Some Children Try ‘Exposure Therapy’
Exposure therapy contends that many children with anxiety would be helped by following an old and simple dictum: Face your fears. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Virginia Hughes and Desiree Rios Tags: Anxiety and Stress Parenting Children and Childhood Health Insurance and Managed Care Therapy and Rehabilitation your-feed-healthcare vis-photo Source Type: news
What if You Could Go to the Hospital … at Home?
Hospital-at-home care is an increasingly common option, and it is often a safer one for older adults. But the future of the approach depends on federal action. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Paula Span Tags: Hospitals Medicare Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Elderly Health Insurance and Managed Care Home Health Care Medicine and Health Nursing Homes Brigham and Women ' s Hospital Johns Hopkins University Journal of the American Geriatrics Soci Source Type: news
CMS: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking comments on the extension of an information collection titled "Medical Necessity and Contract Amendments Under Mental Health Parity." States use the information collected and reported as part of their contracting process with managed care entities, as well as their compliance oversight role. CMS uses the information collected and reported in an oversight role of State Medicaid managed care programs. Comments are due by December 19, 2022. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - November 17, 2022 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
How Medicaid managed care is improving quality of health care for Georgians
During a time when nearly 40% of Americans are delaying or skipping doctor visits and treatment because of surging inflation, lower-income families and individuals know they can still rely on Medicaid managed care to meet their health care needs without having to sacrifice quality.
Medicaid managed care has become an indispensable program for our country and Georgia. It ’s a much-needed safety net for those less fortunate, and it provides essential care and services to help children grow and develop… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 8, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jason Bearden Source Type: news
Medicare Advantage or Just Medicare?
It ’s annual enrollment season once again. Here’s a look at the pros and cons of the two approaches to health insurance. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Paula Span Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Elderly Medicare Hospitals Center for Medicare Advocacy Kaiser Family Foundation your-feed-healthcare your-feed-science Source Type: news
Voters Have Expanded Medicaid in 6 States. Is South Dakota Next?
Ten years after the Supreme Court ruled that states did not have to expand Medicaid, the politics are changing in states like South Dakota, where rural hospitals and nursing homes are struggling. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sheryl Gay Stolberg Tags: South Dakota Midterm Elections (2022) Medicaid Health Insurance and Managed Care Referendums State Legislatures Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) United States Politics and Government Agriculture and Farming Hospitals R Source Type: news
Private Medicare Plans Misled Customers Into Signing Up, Senate Report Says
The report points to widespread misbehavior by the plans and the marketing firms they hire. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 3, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Medicare Health Insurance and Managed Care United States Politics and Government Elderly Advertising and Marketing Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Frauds and Swindling Source Type: news
Abortion Post-Dobbs: Longer Travel Times, More Need for Self-Managed Care
(MedPage Today) -- Nearly 6 months since the Supreme Court decision overturned the federal right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, abortion access has dwindled, sending patients outside the formal healthcare system for... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - November 1, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), Medicaid Fee-For-Service, and Medicaid Managed Care Programs for Years 2020 and 2021; Extension of Timeline To Finalize a Rulemaking
Notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announcing the extension of the timeline for the publication of a final rule for the "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), Medicaid Fee-For-Service, and Medicaid Managed Care Programs for Years 2020 and 2021" final rule. The timeline for publication of a rule to finalize theNovember 1, 2018, proposed rule has been extended to February 1, 2023. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - November 1, 2022 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
CareSource donates $2.6M to support home and community-based services
A $2.6 million donation from a Dayton managed care organization has struck a partnership with a nonprofit offering disability services. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 1, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Blythe Alspaugh Source Type: news
VR platform Floreo receives $10M
The company also announced a partnership with managed care organization CareSource to study the benefits of using virtual reality with patients receiving home and community-based services. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - October 31, 2022 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, etc.
Pre-publication notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announcing the extension of the timeline for the publication of a final rule for the "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), Medicaid Fee-For-Service, and Medicaid Managed Care Programs for Years 2020 and 2021" final rule. The timeline for publication of a rule to finalize theNovember 1, 2018, proposed rule has been extended to February 1, 2023. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 31, 2022 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
