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Getting A Medi-Cal Card Doesn’t Always Guarantee Health Care

By Anna Gorman June 22, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The problems with managed care plans, documented in a recent state audit, stem from meteoric enrollment growth and lack of oversight, experts say.

Georgia Weighs Medicaid Experiment (But Not Expansion)

By Greg Bluestein and Misty Williams, Atlanta Journal-Constitution May 7, 2015 KFF Health News Original

State health officials say they will seek increased federal funding and permission to “experiment” with Medicaid to shore up rural and safety net hospitals.

Missteps By Missouri Medicaid Become Ammunition For Expansion Foes

By Jordan Shapiro, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch May 11, 2015 KFF Health News Original

A stinging federal audit and complaints of long wait times give reluctant lawmakers a line of attack.

FAQ: Congress Passes A Bill To Fix Medicare’s Doctor Payments. What’s In It?

By Mary Agnes Carey April 15, 2015 KFF Health News Original

A rare bipartisan effort will scrap the troubled physician payment formula and transition to a system focused on new quality measures.

An Obamacare Payment Reform Success Story – One Health System, Two Procedures

By Jay Hancock April 30, 2015 KFF Health News Original

As part of an experiment run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, doctors, nurses and managers at Baptist Health System in San Antonio joined forces to cut costs for hip and knee replacements, getting patients on their feet sooner, saving taxpayers money and increasing their own earnings.

Officials Weigh Options To Hold Down Medicare Costs For Hospice

By Susan Jaffe April 23, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Under Medicare’s hospice benefit, patients agree to forgo curative treatment, but they can continue to receive coverage for health problems not related to their terminal illness. Federal officials suspect some of those expenses should be covered by hospice.

High Court Upholds Health Law Subsidies

By Jay Hancock June 25, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The 6-3 ruling stopped a challenge that would have erased subsidies in at least 34 states for individuals and families buying insurance through the federal government’s online marketplace.

Not Expanding Medicaid Can Cost Local Taxpayers

By Michael Ollove, Stateline June 25, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Property owners in Dallas County, Texas, paid more than $467 million in taxes last year to Parkland Health and Hospital System, the county’s only public hospital, to provide medical care to the poor and uninsured. If Texas had expanded Medicaid, that amount would have been lower.

Community And Industry Health Officials Exhale As Insurance Subsidies Affirmed

June 26, 2015 Morning Briefing

Regional hospitals, doctors, insurers and health centers reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision with relief and praise after months of concern that the case could mean an increase in uninsured, unpaid bills and instability in the health market.

Mental Health Providers Look For Federal Incentives To Go Digital, Too

By Lisa Gillespie March 11, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The federal government is spending $26 billion to get doctors and hospitals to move to digital records to help coordinate care, but the funding does not include mental health clinics, psychologists and psychiatric hospitals.

The Red State Solution On Medicaid: Georgia’s Not Part Of It

By Misty Williams, Atlanta Journal-Constitution April 1, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The final piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s series on Arkansas’ privatized Medicaid expansion looks at how several red states are considering such a model as a politically palatable way to extend coverage to the poor.

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Rural Indiana Struggles With Drug-Fueled HIV Epidemic

By Sarah Varney May 4, 2015 KFF Health News Original

In response to an HIV outbreak of historic proportions, Indiana’s legislature passed a bill permitting drug users in areas with disease outbreaks to trade used needles for clean ones. Sarah Varney reports for KHN and PBS NewsHour from Austin, Indiana.

Missouri Gov. Endorses Work Requirement As Part Of Medicaid Expansion Plan

By Jordan Shapiro, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch March 12, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Despite the Democrat’s embrace of a work requirement for the first time, the plan got a hostile reaction from some GOP lawmakers.

Patient Safety Advocate Sees ‘Hope And Hype’ In Digital Revolution

By Michelle Andrews April 14, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Robert Wachter says medicine’s move to a computer age can improve care but patients still face serious challenges in adapting to the new technology and the prospect of overcoming a fragmented health system.

Obamacare, Private Medicare Plans Must Keep Updated Doctor Directories In 2016

By Susan Jaffe March 9, 2015 KFF Health News Original

New federal rules requiring current information apply to insurers selling plans on healthcare.gov and the private policies that are an alternative to Medicare.

Tax-Time Tribulations: Health Law Complicates Filing Season For Many

By Michelle Andrews March 24, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The financial consequences of not getting insurance and the effort to reconcile premium subsidies with income are new dynamics in the current tax season.

Even Insured Consumers Get Hit With Unexpectedly Large Medical Bills

By Julie Appleby February 18, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Enrollees may face big charges as a result of lack of transparency and confusion about insurer’s provider networks.

Advocates Push For Paid Medical, Family Leave

By Michelle Andrews April 21, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Two decades after passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act, Democrats and workers’ advocates seek paid leaves so more people can afford to take them.

Measles Outbreak Sparks Bid To Strengthen Calif. Vaccine Law

By Jenny Gold February 5, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Two California lawmakers have introduced a bill to eliminate a “personal belief exemption” used by parents to sidestep a school vaccination requirement.

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