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NewsKids in Medicaid, CHIP have trouble accessing specialty care
Children covered by Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program experience a myriad of problems accessing care and obtaining services, a new report by the Government Accountability Office Read more...
Premiums for Medicare Advantage could be jacked up 25 percent next year
It appears that Medicare Advantage premiums will jump an average of 25 percent next year, largely because insurers are canceling many plans that don't require premium payments, officials with CMS Read more...
Study: Lack of insurance plays role in mortality
Here's a study result that should add more fuel to the health reform fire on Capitol Hill: Americans who don't have health insurance are 40 percent more likely to die than those who have private Read more...
Study: Majority of U.S. doctors support public option
If support for a government-run "public option" health plan is waning, don't blame America's doctors. A new survey by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation concludes that 63 percent of U.S. physicians Read more...
Trend: More hospital patients classified as 'observation'
As Medicare and private health plans get even tougher on which patients can be admitted to hospitals, a growing number of them are being classified as "observation" patients. Typical patients for Read more...
| Press ReleasesKaiser Permanente Southern California Medicare Health Plan Top-Ranked by NCQAPASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kaiser Permanente Southern California’s Medicare Plan is ranked number two in the nation by the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA), a private, Read more >> Coventry Health Care Latest to Provide Access to SBi’s STAR™ Total Ankle Replacement SystemNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Small Bone Innovations, Inc. (SBi) announced today that 1.7 million people nationwide covered by Coventry Health Care (NYSE: CVH) will have access to SBi’s STAR™ Total Read more >> $35.6 Million Grant to Fund Technology Infrastructure for Health Care ReformUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School and Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services to lead multi-state collaboration WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The University of Read more >> States Leading the Way on Implementation: HHS Awards “Early Innovator” Grants to Seven StatesWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the award of seven cooperative agreements to help a group of “Early Innovator” states design and Read more >> HHS announces new competitive “Early Innovator” grants for states that lead the race to develop IT systems for state exchaWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced competitive funding opportunities for states to design and implement the information technology Read more >> |
