Medicare & Medicaid
A group of researchers from the University of Michigan have found that, Medicaid expansion nationally under the Affordable Care Act significantly reduced uninsured hospital stays in 2014, the latest in a slew of reports to suggest the reforms have resulted in fewer numbers of uninsured.
For decades, if someone on Medicaid wanted to get treatment for drug or alcohol addiction, they almost always had to rely solely on money from state and local sources. Now the federal government is considering chipping in, too. The agency that governs Medicaid is proposing to cover 15 days of inpatient rehab per month for anyone enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan, but critics say 15 days isn't long enough.
West Virginia hospitals are savings millions annually thanks to declines in uncompensated care due to Medicaid expansion, according to figures released by advocacy group West Virginians for Affordable Health Care.
Public health experts have known for decades that even with medical care easily available, patients are often limited in their ability to get better or maintain good health if they lack stable housing, access to healthy food, or the ability to get to and from medical appointments.
The former owner and operator of three different health clinics in Los Angeles was sentenced Monday to six and a half years in prison for his role in a scheme that produced more than $4.5 million in fraudulent Medicare claims, the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI announced.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and other organizations representing Medicare Advantage plans that serve low income and disabled populations say two options for interim relief on star quality ratings do not go far enough to address how socioeconomics affect scores.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in tandem with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, issued a request for information this week -- wanting to hear from providers and vendors as the agencies look to reduce the burden of reporting clinical quality measures.
Sentencing continues for family members involved in a Medicare Part D fraud scheme that bilked the system for more than $20 million and saw its perpetrators using the funds to buy luxury cars and fund other businesses, said the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida.
A nonprofit specializing in financial assistance for underinsured Americans has opened a new fund to provide help to Medicare patients suffering from renal cell carcinoma. It is the second fund launched this month by the HealthWell Foundation, an independent organization which provides a financial safety net for more than 200,000 underinsured patients by facilitating access to otherwise unaffordable medical treatments.
The state of Maryland is proposing significant changes to how its Medicaid system doles out cash to methadone treatment clinics. And some operators of such facilities aren't happy about it.