POSTS TAGGED AS Medicaid

Medicaid for Prisoner Healthcare

The US prison population exceeds two million, and prison healthcare is the most expensive form of care. According to [MORE]

Medical Licensure in Telehealth—A Possibility

Just before the 112th Congress shut down last December, California Congressman Mike Thompson introduced HR 6719—the Telehealth Promotion Act—which [MORE]

The Other 1%

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has reported that 1% of healthcare consumers account for 22% of the [MORE]

CBO’s Long Term Budget Forecast for US Healthcare

Healthcare spending in the US now stands at 5.6% of total GDP; the Congressional Budget Office forecasts that rising to [MORE]

HP to Create Texas-Wide Health Information Exchange

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has awarded Hewlett-Packard a $30m contract to create a health information exchange [MORE]

CMS Innovation Center

Dr. Richard Gilfillan
Tagline reported earlier this year about CMS’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation grant program, but here [MORE]

MUSING – Medicare Break Even

PL 111-148-the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010-begins the most significant revamping of healthcare since [MORE]

The Old Dominion’s New Tricks

In March, the Virginia General Assembly cut Medicaid spending by seven percent, required reimbursement for telemedicine services, and became the [MORE]

Mayo-Scottsdale to Stop Taking Medicare Patients

Every hospital in the country is trying to figure out how to break even financially on its Medicare patients.  The [MORE]

Telemonitoring Diabetes

Microsoft and the University of Miami are running a 25 patient pilot to see if distance monitoring (by computer and [MORE]

Nursing Home Evictions

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