Taubman Health Sciences Library Blog- Blog Retired
- Global Innovation – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 20, 2014)
- Local Innovation & #MCubed – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 13, 2014)
- Open Access Journal on Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
- National Medical Librarians Month 2014
- Suicide Prevention & Trauma on Social Media – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 6, 2014)
- Radiation Oncology Journal Club (#RadOnc) – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 29, 2014)
- From the National Library of Medicine: Roosevelt at NIH
- Patients on the Right TEDMED Questions – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 22, 2014)
- TEDMED on Patient Engagement – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 15, 2014)
Tag Archives: Medicaid
Data transparency at CMS
From the Health Affairs blog: Over time it has become very clear that health care today relies on sharing data to drive improvements in access and care delivery as well as control costs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services … Continue reading
Variation in Health Care Spending: Target Decision Making, Not Geography
New from the National Academies Press: Health care in the United States is more expensive than in other developed countries, costing $2.7 trillion in 2011, or 17.9 percent of the national gross domestic product. Increasing costs strain budgets at all … Continue reading
Promoting cooperative federalism through state shared savings
From the Health Affairs blog: A new commentary, being released today as a Web First by Health Affairs, discusses the concept of “cooperative federalism” in light of the Affordable Care Act. It proposes an optional shared savings program between the states and the … Continue reading
Health Wonk Review for February
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Health Wonk Review–here’s the latest, Waste, Warnings and the Future, this month on healthinsurance.org. Enjoy!
Feds say “no” to partial Medicaid expansion
From NPR’s Shots blog: The Affordable Care Act, as passed by Congress in 2010, assumed that every low income person would have access to health insurance starting in 2014. That’s when about 17 million Americans — mostly unmarried healthy adults … Continue reading
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Sharp cuts in dental coverage for adults on Medicaid
From the New York Times: Banned from tightening Medicaid eligibility in recent years, many states have instead slashed optional benefits for millions of poor adults in the program. Teeth have suffered disproportionately.Republican- and Democratic-controlled states alike have reduced or largely … Continue reading
Healthcare Innovations Summit – Recap now available
On January 26, 2012, health delivery systems, physicians, innovators, policymakers, academics and venture capitalists gathered at the Care Innovations Summit in Washington, DC. More than 1,200 individuals participated in person and an additional 3,000 joined online. Hosted by the Centers … Continue reading
New Study Suggests Improvements For Estimating Who Is Eligible For Health Insurance Exchange Subsidies
From Health Affairs: State governments are preparing for the advent of individual health insurance exchanges in 2014, and for the projected seventeen million Americans who meet certain income eligibility criteria but are not eligible for Medicaid or an affordable employer-sponsored … Continue reading
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In state news – Mich. Medicaid Director: “a struggle” to meet deadlines if law upheld
From Kaiser Health News: KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey talks to Michigan Medicaid Director Steve Fitton about how it will be a “struggle” for his state to be ready to implement the health law on schedule if the Supreme Court upholds … Continue reading
Report offers glimpse of health law’s Impact on Washington State
From Kaiser Health News, KUOW, and NPR: Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is weighing in on the fate of the Affordable Care Act with a report released this week about what’s at stake for Washingtonians if the law is … Continue reading
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