LANSING, Mich., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced its award of $72 million in financing for the new Michigan Consumers Healthcare CO-OP (MCHCO), a member-governed nonprofit health insuranc… . . . → Read More: Michigan CO-OP Awarded $72 Million to Provide Health Insurance Options in 2014
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NEW YORK, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index indicates that the average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased by 5.68% over the 12-months ending … . . . → Read More: US Healthcare Costs’ Annual Growth Rates Little Changed in March 2012 According to the S&P Healthcare Economic Indices TARRYTOWN, N.Y., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Three years ago, Hudson Health Plan took on a daunting task – managing the care of 250 of the most expensive fee-for-service Medicaid patients in Westchester, NY – a cohort of individuals… . . . → Read More: National Award Honors Hudson Health Plan for ‘Doing the Undoable’ JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Novitas Solutions, Inc. (Novitas), a subsidiary of Florida Blue and the current Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) for Jurisdiction 12 (J12), which covers Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvan… . . . → Read More: Novitas Solutions Announces 200 New Jobs in Jacksonville Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that Illinois, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washington will receive more than $181 million in grants to help implement the new health care law. The grants will h… . . . → Read More: More states work to implement health care law Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the launch of a new web-based tool that will make it easier for all Americans to monitor and measure how the nation’s health care system is performing. . . . → Read More: HHS launches new web-based tool to track performance of nation’s health care system An increasingly common and safer type of surgery for kidney cancer is not as likely to be used for older, sicker and poorer patients who are uninsured or rely on Medicare or Medicaid for their health care, according to a new study by researchers at Hen… . . . → Read More: Safer kidney cancer surgery under-used for poorer, sicker Medicare, Medicaid patients ATLANTA, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Older patients with high cholesterol or high blood pressure are at particular risk for unnecessary hospitalizations if they don’t follow doctor’s orders on taking their medications, according to new research f… . . . → Read More: Failure to Take Medicine Linked to Unnecessary Hospital Visits, Especially for Medicare Patients Taking High Blood Pressure or High Cholesterol Medications ATLANTA, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Older patients with high cholesterol or high blood pressure are at particular risk for unnecessary hospitalizations if they don’t follow doctor’s orders on taking their medications, according to new research f… . . . → Read More: Failure to Take Medicine Linked to Unnecessary Hospital Visits, Especially for Medicare Patients Taking High Blood Pressure or High Cholesterol Medications Differences in regional hospital readmission rates for heart failure are more closely linked to the availability of care and socioeconomic factors than to hospital performance or patients’ degree of illness. These findings suggest that new Medicare reg… . . . → Read More: Hospital readmission rates linked to availability of care, socioeconomics |
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