FindHealthNews Index  |  Save/Exchange Information |  WikiWax Archive: News, Reviews, and Articles on Medicaid Latest News: Medicaid Community dental clinic set to open in Atrium  Nov 18, 2008 Finding dentists who have openings and also will accept payment through Medicaid and the Children s Health Insurance Program has become more and more difficult in recent years, and the Community Health Center has made expanding dental care in the Area a high priority ... All patients will be accepted, although Smith said a high priority will be placed on children and pregnant women, with Medicaid and CHIP accepted for payment was well as standard health insurance. (Havre Daily News, MT) Spearfish hospital, insurance fight hurts customers  Nov 18, 2008 It also has a high number of Medicaid patients whose reimbursement rates are low. Veitz said Spearfish Regional simply can t maintain the quality or variety of health services it provides with such low reimbursement rates. (Rapid City Journal, SD) Congress Returns -- and So Do Fissures Over the Economy  Nov 18, 2008 This week Congress will try to approve a bridge loan for the and a stimulus package that includes unemployment benefits, Medicaid help for the states and some assistance for small businesses ... "It'll be unemployment-benefits extension, a federal Medicaid matching program and allowing small businesses to write off immediately more of the expenses," the aide says. (Time.com) A healthcare system badly out of balance  Nov 17, 2008 The two hospitals have inconsistent performance on routine care, according to data collected from nearly all US hospitals by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on how often hospitals give the right drug or test on time. Using a method of comparison commonly employed by government officials and researchers, the Globe determined that the two hospitals finished ahead of the other Boston teaching hospitals overall for four areas of treatment in a recent 12-month period, but both scored... (Boston Globe) Schwarzenegger visits state's Capitol Hill Dems  Nov 17, 2008 Schwarzenegger told Leavitt and Bush that he opposes proposed cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and a children's health insurance program that could make it harder for California to achieve its plans for universal coverage. California also would be severely affected if Bush's annual push to eliminate a program that reimburses states for the cost of jailing illegal immigrants convicted of crimes is eliminated. (Yahoo News -- Arnold Schwarzenegger) NEW YORK NEEDS TO BITE THE BULLET  Nov 17, 2008 Even after our cuts, education spending will still grow 5 percent this year, and Medicaid is still projected to grow 10 percent next year. We will still spend more per student on education and more per person on Medicaid than any other state in the nation. (New York Post -- Opinions) Elderly brace for more costly drug coverage in '09  Nov 17, 2008 But also you change, meaning the drugs that you re taking, or your health status might be different, so it s important you shop around and compare and get yourself in the right plan, said Kerry Weems, acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Medicare officials report that in every state, beneficiaries will have access to at least one prescription drug plan with premiums of less than 20-a-month. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI) Holiday season ushers in flu season  Nov 17, 2008 The health department can either bill Medicaid or Medicare, or will accept a 20 donation. That is just a request, she added. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO) Health-care reform: Can it be done in this climate?  Nov 17, 2008 Lou Brady, its director, estimates that about 20 percent of the center's patients are uninsured, with another 54 percent on some form of Medicaid, so in order to ensure a high level of care, it must vigilantly stretch its health care dollars. "A dollar spent here at community health center goes a whole lot further, because we keep our people out of the emergency room. We give them the most cost effective care," Brady said. (Meriden Record-Journal) Chronically Ill Most In Need Of Medical Reform  Nov 17, 2008 Put into consideration that the "type" of health care Medicare, Medicaid and Insurances companies allow is mostly limited to MD's trained in administering pharmaceuticals, chemotherapy and surgery. It then makes perfect sense why this is correct information. (InjuryBoard.com) Drug prices highest in poorest neighborhoods  Nov 17, 2008 Florida pharmacies that fill prescriptions for Medicaid patients are required by law to post their prices for the 100 most commonly used medications on a web site. Using this web site, Gellad and colleagues looked at data for November 2006 on the ulcer drug Nexium, the asthma drug Advair, the heart drug Plavix, and the antibiotic azithromycin, specifically the "Z-Pak" formulation. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News) Baseball, Apple Pie and Corporate Welfare  Nov 17, 2008 In 1964 Liberals decided a good way to get votes was to pass the Medicare Legislation that was shortly followed by Medicaid. To date both programs have wasted billions in fraud. (Townhall.com) One family's long fight with death, pancreatitis and insurance companies  Nov 17, 2008 About the same time, Dave had to resign his Unit 5 position because he had exhausted all his medical leave, meaning Kim and the girls had to go on Medicaid. I was bawling, Dave admitted. (The Pantagraph newspaper) GMVNAs Sullivan completes Oasis Exam  Nov 17, 2008 The OASIS Certificate and Competency Board, Inc. (OCCB) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting greater reliability in OASIS data, through consistent application of guidelines provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Outcome Assessment Information Set, (OASIS), is a quality measure used in home health agencies across the country to enhance care for patients in the home. (Medford Transcript, MA) Pocatello man arrested ... 4 Idaho motorcyclists crash ... Sundance may seek state aid ... Shuttle links with station ... James Bond finds cash \'Solace\' ... 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Family and friends of the couple hosted dinner and a concert for them Sunday at the First National Bar on West Center Street. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID) Petasnick: Hospitals already seeing economic impact  Nov 17, 2008 Health clinics also are seeing increases, sometimes as high as 25 percent over past year, in the number of low-income patients without insurance or who rely on government-funded insurance programs such as Medicaid, the state-administered health plan for the poor that reimburses hospitals an average of 30 cents on the dollar. From his view as AHA president, Petasnick doesn t see relief coming anytime soon. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI) In the Valley in November  Nov 17, 2008 Guest speaker will be Mona Taylor, Department of Social Services, Adult Medicaid Supervisor. She will be speaking on eligibility requirements for Medicaid and necessary steps for entering Nursing Home Facility. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC) Limited living, unlimited life: A survival story  Nov 17, 2008 She's also trying to get Elbers covered by Medicaid. But because Elbers receives a small pension from a company at which she worked before health problems forced her to retire in 2002, she doesn't qualify for Medicaid, Lucas said. (Florida Times-Union) Letters from readers  Nov 17, 2008 Relief, in the form of extended unemployment compensation, broadened access to food stamps and Medicaid, and more emergency housing, is not merely compassionate but good economics because it also stimulates consumption. Democrats need to stand up to Bush when Congress reconvenes and demand these relief measures, especially as all indicators are pointing downward for working people. (Florida Times-Union) Lines at the ER, a television boom, emptying suburbs. A catastrophic economic downturn would feel nothing like the last one.  Nov 16, 2008 The government helps the unemployed and the poor with programs that didn't exist when the Great Depression hit - unemployment insurance, Medicaid, food stamps, Social Security for seniors. Beyond that, two of the basics of existence - food and clothing - are a lot cheaper today, thanks to industrial agriculture and overseas labor. (Boston Globe) Foster kids say medication is overprescribed  Nov 16, 2008 At their May meeting, they also agreed to push for Medicaid health benefits to age 21, Medicaid-paid braces, and money to help older foster kids live on their own. But state Sen. (Anchorage Daily News) Real money is out there for N. Y.  Nov 16, 2008 Congress, which passed a $700 billion rescue package for Wall Street, should also approve billions of dollars in relief to New York through emergency block grants and greater support for Medicaid and other mandated but under-funded programs. No state is impacted by Wall Street's collapse more than New York. (Albany Times Union) State still pushing on with universal health care study  Nov 16, 2008 This years budget provided access to health coverage for the estimated 400,000 uninsured children in New York by increasing eligibility for Child Health Plus, New Yorks health insurance plan for kids, which covers children in families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid ... Businesses and families can now buy into Family Health Plus, a public health insurance program for state residents, and the Department of Health has been trying to streamline the Medicaid process and get more... (Schenectady Gazette) Holes in the U.S. economic safety net  Nov 16, 2008 With a Democratic president and Congress set to be sworn in this January, many liberal groups are maneuvering to strengthen the nation's safety net the web of government programs, including food stamps, welfare, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, that are intended to cushion Americans from hardships like layoffs, disability and old age. Two such groups the Center for American Progress and the National Employment Law Project issued a report on Friday making their case for expanding... (International Herald Tribune -- Business) Richmond Center worth keeping afloat  Nov 16, 2008 The Richmond Center serves more than 1,000 residents of Story County, plus another 250 in Boone, Greene and Carroll counties, most of whom are Medicaid patients or covered by county mental health funding ... The Richmond Center was left with largely Medicaid patients, and Medicaid pays only about half the actual cost of care ... In the long run, what keeps the Richmond Center, with its heavy load of Medicaid patients, from dragging Community and Family Resources down with it. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA) From teen to parent  Nov 16, 2008 A November 2006 study by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy attempted to add up the societal costs of young mothers, including money spent on foster care, child protective services, prisons and services such as Medicaid ... 65 percent paid for delivery through Medicaid, compared to 30 percent of older mothers. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID) Reform will pose challenge for Obama  Nov 16, 2008 Such a plan may include more generous payments for Medicaid - the federal government's insurance program for the poor and disabled - to provide temporary aid for people who lost their jobs and health coverage. In Arizona, the number of people who are eligible for Medicaid programs soared to 1 ... More than one out of six Arizonans receive coverage through the state's Medicaid program, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, or AHCCCS. Officials expect that number will rise. (AZCentral -- Business) Hill Democrats Critical Of Bush's Budget Plan  Nov 16, 2008 In a series of hearings, they rattled off a list of their objections: More than $100 billion to be sliced from projected Medicare and Medicaid spending ... At a time when the president is trying to engage Democrats in a politically risky effort to restructure Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, Rangel told Paulson, the budget represents a "missed opportunity." ... "Seven out of 10 uninsured children qualify for either Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program but are not yet... (Yahoo News -- U.S. Budget) Why The Automakers Deserve To Be Rescued  Nov 15, 2008 The price of addressing such human misery with unemployment benefits, Medicaid, and other services would be huge, making a $25 billion loan seem like a bargain-particularly if the companies pay it back, just as Chrysler did after its bailout in the 1980s. Still, not everybody finds such arithmetic compelling. (CBS News) LifeCare Holdings, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results  Nov 15, 2008 4% Percent net patient service revenue from commercial payors and Medicaid (2) 39 ... 9% Percent net patient service revenue from commercial payors and Medicaid (2) 35 ... (2) The percentage of net patient service revenue from Medicaid is less than one percent for each of the periods presented. (PR Newswire) Recession leads to $42M in midyear budget cuts  Nov 15, 2008 However, Barbour spared the state s most essential services such as elementary-secondary education and Medicaid from the budget-balancing scalpel ... n Social services: Medicaid; DHS family and children services and youth services; rehabilitation services related to lawsuit. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS) Ill. lawmakers look for results  Nov 15, 2008 b wrote on Nov 10, 2008 9:11 AM:" The state budget is a disaster. Republicans were not even invited to budget planning meetings. IL Medicare and Medicaid are a shamble, state workers injured cannot receive settlements because there is no cash, business are moving to neighboring states to avoid punitive work comp rules and high state taxes, and the list goes on and on. Can't wait to see the like-minded tax and spend thinkers ruin the national economic picture. ". b wrote on Nov 10, 2008 11:13... (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL) Phila.s Nutter, other mayors seeking bailout funds  Nov 15, 2008 The package, endorsed by the group s board, would include funding for ready-to-go infrastructure projects, Medicaid, food stamps, unemployment insurance extension, job training and would ensure state and local governments have access to the capital markets. Funding for airports, highways, transit, trains, clean water, sewers, school facilities and housing creates jobs and enhances the safety and competitiveness of our nation, said Novak, the mayor of Northglenn, Colo. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA) Schwarzenegger visits state's Capitol Hill Dems  Nov 15, 2008 Schwarzenegger told Leavitt and Bush that he opposes proposed cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and a children's health insurance program that could make it harder for California to achieve its plans for universal coverage. California also would be severely affected if Bush's annual push to eliminate a program that reimburses states for the cost of jailing illegal immigrants convicted of crimes is eliminated. (Yahoo News -- Arnold Schwarzenegger) Medicare drug-plan enrollment opens  Nov 15, 2008 "There are more changes than we've seen in the past, so we think it's a little more important to shop," said David Sayen, regional administrator in the San Francisco offices of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. A California study found that more than 80 percent of Medicare beneficiaries who buy separate prescription drug coverage will probably see their monthly premiums increase by $5 or more if they stick with their current plan. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business) Boy Died After Tooth Infection Went to Brain  Nov 15, 2008 Driver died from a tooth infection that spread to his brain in February 2007 after his Medicaid coverage lapsed and his mother could not find a dentist to treat him. Office of Oral Health Director Harry Goodman says Driver's death spurred officials into action. (Fox News) NH elderly being reminded about Medicare  Nov 15, 2008 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says the coordinated open enrollment period for Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription drug plans runs from Saturday through Dec. 31. Officials said reviewing the plans is important because their costs and coverage is changing. (Concord Monitor) Shun politics in setting policy  Nov 15, 2008 Previous Medicaid expansions resulted in 50 percent to 75 percent reductions in private-sector health care spending, negating much of the benefits as people flocked to free plans. Transportation. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion) Media's performance during campaign was inadequate  Nov 15, 2008 Neither candidate ever really addressed these major issues: how to continue paying for entitlements such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The media landscape has not been a complete wasteland. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion) Mandate sets priorities for Obama's to-do list  Nov 15, 2008 The current administration s antipathy toward Medicaid manifests itself in a series of rules that had the effect of requiring states to pay more and the federal government to pay less for health care for the poorest of the poor ... Ultimately, reforming Medicaid will have to be a part of a comprehensive health care plan, but as soon as the new administration takes office, the rules threatening further reimbursement for public hospitals and nonprofits that have a heavy caseload of Medicaid... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion) Baucus makes health care reform push  Nov 15, 2008 Baucus, as promised in a swing through Montana this fall, released a lengthy set of proposals that include expanding Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and Indian health programs, providing more primary-care doctors, and increasing. preventive medical care. (Montana Standard, MT) Work ahead for CHIP  Nov 15, 2008 Initiative 155 also directs that eligibility criteria for both the Montana Children's Health Insurance Plan and Montana Medicaid be expanded to cover more children. Montana CHIP now covers about 17,000 children, while Medicaid covers 46,500 children ... Many of Montana's uninsured children already are eligible for CHIP or Medicaid, but their families haven't enrolled them. (Montana Standard, MT) Insurer to try covering treatment abroad  Nov 15, 2008 UniCare Health Plan provides Medicaid and HealthWave benefits statewide and has an office in Wichita. Because of WellPoint's size, Chambers said, "It does not surprise me to know that they're looking at something like that.". (Kansas.com) Assembly gets earful about gov's budget  Nov 15, 2008 Paterson has targeted a wide range of sources Medicaid, school aid, union contracts, college students, hospitals and other businesses with his suggested budget cuts ... At this point in time, however, we see only one public policy priority controlling state spending, said Adams, president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State Inc. It is near impossible to achieve major reforms without addressing the two biggest spending items: Medicaid and education. (Albany Business Review, NY) Drug prices highest in poorest neighborhoods  Nov 15, 2008 Florida pharmacies that fill prescriptions for Medicaid patients are required by law to post their prices for the 100 most commonly used medications on a web site. Using this web site, Gellad and colleagues looked at data for November 2006 on the ulcer drug Nexium, the asthma drug Advair, the heart drug Plavix, and the antibiotic azithromycin, specifically the "Z-Pak" formulation. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News) I-Team: Lawyers Question Medical Tests on Foster Kids  Nov 15, 2008 A recent Medicaid review by the Nevada State Department of Health and Human Services identified 96 Montevista patients who underwent brain imaging ... Medicaid does not cover investigational procedures, like brain specs. (KLAS-TV.com, NV) Editor's Mailbag (Nov. 10)  Nov 15, 2008 This would bring in enough to resolve all problems for Social Security, plus pay for everyone to be on Medicare and Medicaid, drugs and all. Full health care for everyone. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR) Hopes dim for U.S. auto bailout  Nov 15, 2008 Democratic leaders have been calling for a package that would include help for the auto companies, as well as new spending on public works projects, an extension of unemployment benefits, increased food stamps and aid to states for rising Medicaid expenses. But while Democrats said the stimulus measure would wait until Barack Obama took office as president in January, some industry experts fear that one or more of the Big Three automakers will collapse before then, with potentially devastating... (International Herald Tribune -- Business) Elderly brace for more costly drug coverage in '09  Nov 15, 2008 But also you change, meaning the drugs that you re taking, or your health status might be different, so it s important you shop around and compare and get yourself in the right plan, said Kerry Weems, acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Medicare officials report that in every state, beneficiaries will have access to at least one prescription drug plan with premiums of less than $20-a-month. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) People's Business: Daunting challenges ahead for lawmakers  Nov 15, 2008 The rolls for Medicaid, the state's health care program for the poor, have grown as the economy tumbles. Some states have already asked the federal government for help, but it's unlikely the feds can continue to bail out private industry as well as states. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA) How best to rescue the economy  Nov 15, 2008 For starters, an estimated 25 percent of the 47 million Americans without health insurance are already eligible for public insurance programs like Medicaid and SCHIP. Lawmakers should simplify enrollment procedures and cut down on the administrative steps that too often act as barriers to access. Another five million uninsured Americans already qualify for health insurance coverage through their employer. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion) SEN. TIM JOHNSON: Electronic filing used in health care fields  Nov 15, 2008 Tuesday, September 2, 2008 1:57 PM CDT Johnson was in town Tuesday to talk with health care professionals and get other points of view on Medicare and Medicaid. Article Rating. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD) SEN. TIM JOHNSON: Highlights from his visit to Watertown  Nov 15, 2008 Tuesday, September 2, 2008 1:56 PM CDT Johnson took a moment to sit with local health care leaders to discuss Medicare, Medicaid and electronic filing. (Over three minutes). (Watertown Public Opinion, SD) Suit on light and low-tar cigarettes heads to SJC  Nov 15, 2008 In 1998, amid mounting evidence that nicotine is addictive, the tobacco industry agreed to the landmark $246 billion settlement in exchange for a promise by state attorneys general to drop lawsuits aimed at forcing the industry to pay for smoking-related health costs incurred through Medicaid. Around the same time, internal documents extracted from cigarette companies through lawsuits revealed that light cigarettes -- marketed to more health-conscious smokers since the early 1970s -- often... (Yahoo News -- Tobacco Lawsuits) Counties Fear Shifting Costs  Nov 15, 2008 According to Rensselaer County Executive Kathy Jimino, 85% of the 362 residents at Van Rensselaer Manor receive help from Medicaid ... She tells us the county pays about $70 for every Medicaid patient ... Deputy Director of State Operations Kristin Proud is quick to point out that counties have been getting a break on Medicaid patients. (FOX23 News, NY) Napolitano goes to Washington looking for federal funds  Nov 15, 2008 Napolitano also will be lobbying for Congress to increase the money being paid to states for the Medicaid program which provides free health care for the needy. Here that comes through the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System which covers everyone below the federal poverty level, which is 21,200 for a family of four. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ) Election 2008 Letters (Oct. 21)  Nov 15, 2008 But he still wants tax breaks for the rich, to cut your Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits and has voted against bills that would help veterans, while voting for wars and their military spending ( 10 to 12 billion a month in Iraq). McCain keeps spending: planes he crashed, billions on an illegal war, inflated budgets. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR) Child abuse program needs medical director  Nov 15, 2008 Without a medical director, the organization is unable to bill Medicaid, according to Amanda Moeller, director of the advocacy center ... CAP performs most of the well-child checkups, which are covered by Medicaid ... Plus, the money CAP receives from Medicaid for the exams provides some revenue for the organization that is about 80 percent government funded, she said. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY) Jindal looks to overhaul Medicaid  Nov 15, 2008 The plan would take the state's $7 billion dollar Medicaid program and move low-income residents into private managed care networks. It would also increase funding to include more uninsured children and allow patients to choose from community clinics, hospitals or health centers that would track their care. (WWLTV.com, LA) Private gain?  Nov 15, 2008 Is the County receiving Medicare or Medicaid rates or rates that are paid if you have insurance. Why is the County paying their own hospital 100% and 51% of the actual hospital bill when this percentage can be negotiated. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX) Obama health plans would cost $1 trillion  Nov 15, 2008 Obama wants to increase spending and eligibility for Medicaid programs and the State Children s Health Insurance Program. Large businesses would be required to provide health benefits, or pay penalties that would be used to cover the uninsured. (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL) Dental Access Expands After 12-Year-Old's Death  Nov 15, 2008 pushing through funding to ensure medicaid and under-insured children across the state have access to dentists. creating new clinics, coalitions and a new mobile service. (W-USA News, DC) McCain/Palin  Nov 15, 2008 Maybe he can afford to gamble his social security pavement on the stock market, but the average American who isn t a millionaire can t. In addition, Now MCain proposes a health plan which involves cuts in Medicare and Medicaid. McCain just released a web video calling Obama s tax proposal which would cut taxes to 95% of American families as welfare and government handouts. (Nogales International, AZ) Recession leads to $42M in midyear budget cuts  Nov 14, 2008 However, Barbour spared the state s most essential services such as elementary-secondary education and Medicaid from the budget-balancing scalpel ... n Social services: Medicaid; DHS family and children services and youth services; rehabilitation services related to lawsuit. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS) Ill. lawmakers look for results  Nov 14, 2008 b wrote on Nov 10, 2008 9:11 AM:" The state budget is a disaster. Republicans were not even invited to budget planning meetings. IL Medicare and Medicaid are a shamble, state workers injured cannot receive settlements because there is no cash, business are moving to neighboring states to avoid punitive work comp rules and high state taxes, and the list goes on and on. Can't wait to see the like-minded tax and spend thinkers ruin the national economic picture. ". b wrote on Nov 10, 2008 11:13... (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL) From left, Danette Sessoms, Work First; ShaRon Clark, food stamp administrator; Jennifer Ballard, Career Pathways; Katrina Harbinson, WIA; and Ann Garrett, Bladen County ESC director. ERINSMITH/ BladenJournal  Nov 14, 2008 We can refer them if they have children in the family to see if they qualify for Medicaid and children who are five and under are referred to the health department, said Clark ... Families can receive such assistance as monthly check assistance and Medicaid if they qualify. (Elizabethtown Bladen Journal, NC) Schwarzenegger visits state's Capitol Hill Dems  Nov 14, 2008 Schwarzenegger told Leavitt and Bush that he opposes proposed cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and a children's health insurance program that could make it harder for California to achieve its plans for universal coverage. California also would be severely affected if Bush's annual push to eliminate a program that reimburses states for the cost of jailing illegal immigrants convicted of crimes is eliminated. (Yahoo News -- Arnold Schwarzenegger) Commissioners say taxes will go up in Franklin County  Nov 14, 2008 The state has also limited increases in other areas, Pennsylvania will increase Medicaid reimbursements by 1 percent, so the county will have to make up the shortfall at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where about 80 percent of the clients are funded through Medicaid. Gov. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA) Work ahead for CHIP  Nov 14, 2008 Initiative 155 also directs that eligibility criteria for both the Montana Children's Health Insurance Plan and Montana Medicaid be expanded to cover more children. Montana CHIP now covers about 17,000 children, while Medicaid covers 46,500 children ... Many of Montana's uninsured children already are eligible for CHIP or Medicaid, but their families haven't enrolled them. (Montana Standard, MT) Baucus makes health care reform push  Nov 14, 2008 Baucus, as promised in a swing through Montana this fall, released a lengthy set of proposals that include expanding Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and Indian health programs, providing more primary-care doctors, and increasing. preventive medical care. (Montana Standard, MT) Forget pay for medical errors  Nov 14, 2008 Over the next few months, the state Medicaid program will stop paying for them ... New York is one of a handful of states that is adopting similar rules for people treated through Medicaid, the public health program for the poor ... And the hospitals are prohibited from simply passing the bill along to Medicare or Medicaid patients. (Albany Times Union) Obama health plans would cost $1 trillion  Nov 14, 2008 Obama wants to increase spending and eligibility for Medicaid programs and the State Children s Health Insurance Program. Large businesses would be required to provide health benefits, or pay penalties that would be used to cover the uninsured. (Albany Business Review, NY) Drug prices highest in poorest neighborhoods  Nov 14, 2008 Florida pharmacies that fill prescriptions for Medicaid patients are required by law to post their prices for the 100 most commonly used medications on a web site. Using this web site, Gellad and colleagues looked at data for November 2006 on the ulcer drug Nexium, the asthma drug Advair, the heart drug Plavix, and the antibiotic azithromycin, specifically the "Z-Pak" formulation. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News) No comments posted.  Nov 14, 2008 HUMANE SOCIETY: Free Spay/Neuter vouchers available for Richmond County households receiving any one or more public assistance items Medicaid, Food Stamps, WorkFirst, Health Choice, adoption or foster care assistance or Medical Qualifying Benefit assistance. Health Department lobby, Rockingham, 9 a.m. to noon, 12:30 to 2 p.m. Available at animal shelter other days. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC) Jindal details Medicaid revamp  Nov 14, 2008 BATON ROUGE -- Gov. Bobby Jindal plans to unveil today a proposed restructuring of the state's Medicaid program that would steer hundreds of thousands of low-income Louisiana residents into private managed-care plans in an effort to control costs and improve the state's historically poor health-care outcomes. The long-awaited Louisiana Health First Initiative, which is due to be outlined today at an afternoon news conference at the Governor's Mansion, would move the state's Medicaid program for... (Nola.com -- Sports) Clayson's 'nanny state' is nonsense  Nov 14, 2008 Andydandy wrote on Nov 8, 2008 1:16 PM:" Lets see what Obama and his 16 economic advisors said on Friday. 1. We want to extend unemployment benefits2. Loan money to the auto industry (this smells of union influence)3. Loan money to small business to help out. As if loans get things moving again.4. Forgo Mortgage foreclosures5. Send food aid to the poor? Whos starving?6. Dispatch Medicaid money to states? Is this something new?7. Spend 10s of Billions on Public works but then back peddled and... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier) EDITORIAL:Prudent cuts  Nov 14, 2008 The governor wisely omitted selected education and health care funds -including the Mississippi Adequate Education Program and Medicaid - from cuts he was required to make under state law. Revenues for the first four months of the fiscal year ran 2. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal) Help for U.S. automakers looks unlikely  Nov 14, 2008 Democratic leaders have been calling for a package that would include help for the auto companies as well as new spending on public works projects, an extension of jobless benefits, increased food stamps and aid to states for rising Medicaid expenses. But while Democrats said the stimulus measure would wait until President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January, some industry experts fear that one of the Big Three automakers will collapse before then, with potentially devastating... (International Herald Tribune) • Otters praise College of Southern Idaho at gala  Nov 14, 2008 "That's why when the health and science building became an opportunity for us, I really looked at it as a way to reduce the constant and ever-growing impact that Medicare and Medicaid have on the state's budget.". He said the building will lead to more education in the medical fields, including helping to bring more doctors to Idaho. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID) SEN. TIM JOHNSON: Highlights from his visit to Watertown  Nov 14, 2008 Tuesday, September 2, 2008 1:56 PM CDT Johnson took a moment to sit with local health care leaders to discuss Medicare, Medicaid and electronic filing. (Over three minutes). (Watertown Public Opinion, SD) SEN. TIM JOHNSON: Electronic filing used in health care fields  Nov 14, 2008 Tuesday, September 2, 2008 1:57 PM CDT Johnson was in town Tuesday to talk with health care professionals and get other points of view on Medicare and Medicaid. Article Rating. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD) Suit on light and low-tar cigarettes heads to SJC  Nov 14, 2008 In 1998, amid mounting evidence that nicotine is addictive, the tobacco industry agreed to the landmark $246 billion settlement in exchange for a promise by state attorneys general to drop lawsuits aimed at forcing the industry to pay for smoking-related health costs incurred through Medicaid. Around the same time, internal documents extracted from cigarette companies through lawsuits revealed that light cigarettes -- marketed to more health-conscious smokers since the early 1970s -- often... (Yahoo News -- Tobacco Lawsuits) Napolitano goes to Washington looking for federal funds  Nov 14, 2008 Napolitano also will be lobbying for Congress to increase the money being paid to states for the Medicaid program which provides free health care for the needy. Here that comes through the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System which covers everyone below the federal poverty level, which is 21,200 for a family of four. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ) Lamenting the loss of House of Hope  Nov 14, 2008 UPMC Braddock continues to run several other programs, Mr. Raczkiewicz said, including a dental center for Medicaid patients, a free seven-week summer camp for 130 children, a mentoring program for Woodland Hills middle schoolers, nursing and social services at a senior high-rise in Homestead, and a program to address health care disparities. He said any calls from patients who might have qualified for House of Hope would be referred to one of the 14 other agencies that address different needs... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA) Industries, governments ready for bailout  Nov 14, 2008 Napolitano also wants the stimulus to up federal spending for Medicaid health programs. There also are questions regarding implementation of the Wall Street bailout plan by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and subsequently his successor in an Obama cabinet. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ) Latest News: Medicaid Back to FindHealthNews Home [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2006 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2006