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NewsMedicaid spending eats up more of state budgets
Although healthcare spending by states varies dramatically, they all can agree that they have been spending more on Medicaid during the past three years, according to a report by the National Read more...
Hiring and firing: Hospitals face economic changes
While some hospital and health systems are hiring, many organizations across the country are announcing layoffs due to cut Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. For instance, the nonprofit MultiCare Read more...
States: Exploding Medicaid rolls still pose a challenge, even with federal funding
Although the federal government has agreed to fund 100 percent of state Medicaid expansions spurred by reform until 2019, thus increasing some states' federal funding, states point out that they'll Read more...
Pharma gets White House nod on banning drug reimportation; State budget crunches push hospitals to cut more staff;
> While President Obama endorsed the practice of reimporting cheaper foreign drugs during his campaign, it seems that pharmaceutical companies have changed his mind. FiercePharma > As if the Read more...
Public hospitals likely to see bankruptcies this year
Given the pressures imposed by this recession, more than a few of the nation's public hospitals will end up in bankruptcy--with some doubtless closing or changing hands at the end of the process. Read more...
| Press ReleasesCare Team Connect Adds Clients in California, TexasHospitals Embrace Protocol-Driven Transitions of Care to Reduce Readmissions EVANSTON, Ill. & LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. & AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Care Team Connect is pleased to announce Read more >> PFCD and UnitedHealthcare Briefing Sheds Light on Proven State Medicaid Programs That Reduce Escalating Health Care CostsWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD), in partnership with UnitedHealthcare, hosted a briefing today entitled “Medicaid in the New Era: Proven Solutions that Read more >> EDIWatch Joins Arizona's Fight Against Medicaid FraudATLANTA, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EDIWatch, Inc., a leading provider of anti-fraud solutions to the healthcare industry and The Arizona Medicaid Agency, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment Read more >> New Study: $3.5 Trillion Could Be Saved over 25 Years by Restructuring Medicare and Medicaid Fee-for-Service ModelNew report offers practical solutions to reduce growing US budget deficit through Medicare and Medicaid reformRecommends expansion of coordinated care programs, integration of Medicare and Medicaid Read more >> |
