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Medicaid patients with PCP barriers flock to ED--more coming soon
Medicaid patients face more nonfinancial barriers to timely primary care than those with private insurance, which in turn make them more likely to visit the emergency department, according to a study
State poised for Medicaid ACO pilots
Although mostly focused on Medicare savings thus far, accountable care organizations (ACO) in New Jersey are piloting demonstration projects for shared savings through Medicaid. Inner city hospitals
Hospital drops 3,500 poor patients amid state Medicaid cuts
Like hospitals in Dover and Rochester, another New Hampshire hospital group this week announced it is cutting back on care for the poor, reports the Manchester Union Leader. Strained by new state
Leading hospitals forgo managed care, burdened by requirements
To balance their cash-strapped budgets and prepare for an additional 16 million Medicaid enrollees under health reform, states are turning to managed care, hoping it will improve care coordination
Hospital plans $1 million marketing campaign to revamp image
Despite rising healthcare costs, Stroger Hospital in Chicago plans to spend up to $1 million on TV ads next year, reports the Chicago Tribune. The hospital system hopes the ads will improve its
ER visits rise despite health insurance coverage
Despite the belief that emergency room visits will go down when more people have health insurance, more than 80 percent of emergency physicians reported a rise in ER visits, according to new poll by
OIG okays hospital transport services
Hospitals may be allowed to provide patient transport services to and from nearby physician offices, according to a new HHS' Office of the Inspector General advisory opinion. The OIG was responding
Pediatric hospitals brace for massive Medicaid cuts
Pediatric hospitals in Ohio may already be feeling the dreaded effects of federal health reform legislation that would slash "disproportionate share" payments to hospitals that care for large numbers
Feds target ambulette fraud
After U.S. Attorney's office officials raided an ambulette company last month, the New York Post dug into Medicaid data on the services, and uncovered several ongoing state investigations and
More long-term-care patients join managed care plans
To rein in rising Medicaid costs, states are increasingly requiring their frailest and most expensive patients--the elderly and disabled who need long-term care--to enroll in managed care plans,
