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The Utah legislature last week approved legislation to expand Medicaid eligibility to about 16,000 low-income uninsured adults in fiscal year 2017. Gov. Gary Herbert is expected to sign the bill, which prioritizes individuals who are chronically homeless, in the criminal justice system but not…
The Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, a forum initiated by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell last March to advance health care payment models that promote quality and value, invites health care providers and others to submit ideas through Friday for panel…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week issued an appendix to the Quality Reporting Data Architecture Implementation Guide for hospitals and eligible professionals submitting electronic clinical quality measures to Medicare quality reporting programs for calendar year 2016.
The Veterans Choice Program is designed to help community providers care for veterans, but billing and payment issues can arise. Call 877-881-7618 for assistance.
Medicaid expansion in Colorado has added 31,074 jobs and $3.8 billion to the state’s economy in the two years since implementation, according to a study by the Colorado Futures Center at Colorado State University, released last week by the Colorado Health Foundation. By fiscal year 2034-…
Connecticut hospitals invested $1.5 billion in community benefit initiatives in 2014, according to a new report from the Connecticut Hospital Association. These include programs targeted to meet specific community needs, such as support services for patients with chronic conditions and young…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will add about 1,900 diagnosis codes and 3,651 hospital inpatient procedure codes to the ICD-10 coding system for health care claims in fiscal year 2017, the agencies announced this week. The large…
The Health Resources and Services Administration today awarded $94 million in grants to 271 health centers to screen and treat an estimated 124,000 new patients for substance abuse, with a focus on opioid use disorders in underserved populations.
About 39% of the 12.7 million Americans who signed up or were automatically enrolled in a 2016 health plan during open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplaces were new consumers, according to a final report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services. More than 9.6…
The New Hampshire House of Representatives this week voted to reauthorize the state’s Medicaid expansion alternative, which provides private health coverage to more than 48,000 low-income uninsured residents.