Healthcare Finance Staff
UnitedHealth exits S.C. Medicaid market; Vermont urges state workers to enroll their kids in CHIP; and Washington Medicaid will cover autism therapy in this week's Medicaid Digest.
Washington State has received federal approval to test a managed fee-for-service model for Medicaid-Medicare eligible patients in a demonstration that is expected to save up to $14 million over the next five years.
Many states are lagging in how they measure and collect eligibility and enrollment information and could benefit from more streamlined coding sets, according to a policy brief by the Maximizing Enrollment project, led by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
A new global study by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics shows that the use of healthcare IT to increase medication adherence could be a key factor in saving some $500 billion in healthcare spending worldwide.
The latest insurer to follow a market for employer defined contribution plans, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is creating a health insurance exchange for its large group customers with the help of the tech firm Benefitfocus.
As the federal government gets ready to approve, or maybe reject, state demonstrations for providing Medicare-Medicaid eligible Americans with better, more cost-effective care, a new study suggests that large savings will be elusive without specialized models and some improvisation.
Ohio uncertain of whether to use federal fallback exchange; Illinois to pursue state-federal exchange venture; and CMS rolls out exchange simulations in this week's HIX Digest.
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) announced Monday the launch of a new interactive iPad app. AHIP officials say the app, "U.S. Health Care Spending 101," is meant to provide policymakers and stakeholders with comprehensive healthcare spending data in an easy-to-use digital format.
National Medicaid enrollment, spending down; Pennsylvania to allow 100K families booted from Medicaid back into program; and South Carolina's enrollment projection may be too low in this week's Medicaid Digest.
Health plans are heading toward 100 percent participation in accountable care organizations (ACOs), according to a new study, with 78 percent of respondents already part of one, and 22 percent planning to participate in one. This is all leading to a scramble for health IT.