Calls Mount for Government Help as Change Healthcare Hack Freezes Medical Payments
Hospitals and lawmakers call on Medicare and Medicaid to advance payments amid revenue crunch two weeks after hack of UnitedHealth unit.#medicare #medicaid #unitedhealth (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
' Operating in the dark': NYC pharmacies fight to fill prescriptions after United Health attack
Some New York City pharmacies are still struggling to fill all of their customers’ prescriptions more than a week after a cyberattack crippled a technology used by health care providers and insurers. Following the attack, some patients have faced difficult decisions about whether to pick up their…#newyorkcity #medicaid #erinclary #changehealthcare #optum #unitedhealthgroup #dannydang #esco #change #eprescribing (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CMS: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Fees; Histocompatibility, Personnel, and Alternative Sanctions for Certificate of Waiver Laboratories; Correction
Notice from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) making technical and typographical corrections to theDecember 28, 2023, notice titled "Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Fees; Histocompatibility, Personnel, and Alternative Sanctions for Certificate of Waiver Laboratories." This correction is effective March 5, 2024, and applicable beginning January 27, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - March 5, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
HHS Statement Regarding the Cyberattack on Change Healthcare
Announces steps being taken by the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services related to the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a unit of UnitedHealth Group. Notes flexibilities in place for claims processing, prior authorization, and electronic billing. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - March 5, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
InnovAge Launches First PACE Center in Florida Providing Comprehensive Healthcare Program for Seniors to Promote Independence
TAMPA, Fla., March 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InnovAge Holding Corp. ("InnovAge") INNV, the industry leader in providing comprehensive healthcare programs to dual-eligible seniors through the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) launched a new center in Tampa, its first in the…#tampa #fla #innovageholdingcorp #innovage #innv #florida #patrickblair #pacehealthcare #medicare #medicaid (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Paid Family Caregivers in Indiana Face Steep Cutbacks
Kacey Poynter doesn’t have to commute far to clock in for work. She’s a paid caregiver and simply rolls out of bed to tend to her charge: her 2-year-old son, who sleeps in a portable playpen right beside her. Sonny was born with a congenital malformation that impaired his brain development and…#kaceypoynter #indiana #medicaid (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Paid Family Caregivers in Indiana Face Steep Cutbacks
Now that federal pandemic-era funds are shrinking, states like Indiana are ending or curtailing programs that finance home care by relatives of seriously ill children and adults. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ted Alcorn and Kaiti Sullivan Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Medicaid States (US) Families and Family Life Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Disabilities Home Health Care Budgets and Budgeting United States Politics and Government State Legislatures Government Contracts a Source Type: news
Medicaid Expansion and Healthcare Workers; Cardiac Rehabilitation
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center... (Source: MedPage Today Allergy)
Source: MedPage Today Allergy - March 2, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: news
Obama CMS Chief: Medicare Advantage Plans Game the System
(MedPage Today) -- Donald Berwick, MD, MPP, a pediatrician, was the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) during the Obama administration and is president emeritus and senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 1, 2024 Category: American Health 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 following information collections: 1) Collection of Prescription Drug Data from MA –PD, PDP and Fallout Plans/Sponsors for Medicare Part D Payments; and 2) Indirect Medical Education and Direct Graduate Medical Education. Comments are due by April 1, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - March 1, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Nursing Home Staffing Shortages and Other Problems Still Persist
Infection control lapses, severe staffing shortages and lowering vaccination rates have continued to plague many facilities beyond the pandemic. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jacobs Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Nursing Homes Shortages Elder Care Labor and Jobs Inspectors General Protective Clothing and Gear Vaccination and Immunization Medicare Medicaid Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Health and Human Serv Source Type: news
‘A third of the Bible has to do with healing the sick’: How a medical oasis sprung up in Memphis to cover the working uninsured
Wendy Thompson had a handful of problems, beginning with the fact that walking had become excruciating. One of her knees was virtually bone on bone. She was also experiencing consistently blurred vision, a dangerous way to try to get around in the Tennessee snow and ice. But her greatest pain…#wendythompson #tennessee #thompson #memphis #tennesseans #medicaid #scottmorris #churchhealth #atlanta #bible (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
MassHealth estate clawback policy is still too aggressive
Why is our state ’s Medicaid program so aggressive in its attempts to claw back healthcare expenses from the estates of patients who have died? (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 29, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How Medicaid could help cover migrants' housing costs
States struggling to house recently arrived immigrants may have a new way to get financial help from the federal government: through Medicaid. Why it matters: The Biden administration's push for Medicaid to cover housing and other social needs comes as blue cities and states overwhelmed by the…#medicaid #massachusetts #haitian #commonwealth #maurahealey #healey #hhs #elizabethhinton #kff #stefkight (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Abortions now cost over $450, more than double the price before Roe was overturned, per a reproductive care nonprofit director
Abortion rights advocates protest outside the White House in July 2022. Jose Luis Magana/File/AP Every week, 300 people call the Chicago Abortion Fund for help paying procedural and travel costs. Prior to Dobbs, CAF paid $175 per person in medical costs. Last year, that number rose to $450. Costs…#joseluismaganafileap #chicagoabortionfund #dobbs #caf #supremecourt #roevwade #meganjeyifo #guttmacherinstitute #plannedparenthood #medicaid (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
