cmonfils | January 5, 2012
CHIP –AL, AK, CA, ID, IL, OA, KS, LA, MI, NJ, NM, OH, OR, WA, WI
Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) — Twenty-three states will share $296.5 million in U.S. payments for encouraging low-income families to enroll their children in public health programs.
Bonuses announced today reward states that streamline eligibility for Medicaid, the federal-state health program for the poor, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The effort is aimed at children younger than 19 from households with annual incomes of as much as $45,000 for a family of four, though some states have more generous criteria.
Category: Alabama, Alaska, California, CHIP, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin |
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cmonfils | June 1, 2011
www.modernhealthcare.com Melanie Evans May 30, 2011
Accountable care organizations, one provision to overhaul health financing under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, would offer possible bonuses or penalties to providers based on quality and health spending targets, under proposed rules. (more…)
Category: Accountable Care Organizations, Iowa, Medicare, Wisconsin |
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cmonfils | May 31, 2011
www.hr.cch.com
CCH® BENEFITS — 05/25/11
Iowa. The state senate has approved a bill that calls for the Iowa Department of Human Services to come up with a plan by December 15 to redesign Iowa’s mental health system. The bill would require that the Iowa legislature take action on the recommendations during its 2012 session, with the new system implemented by July 1, 2013. The plan calls for the state to divide into eight mental health regions, and each region would be required to encompass at least one community mental health center or federally-qualified health center able to deliver psychiatric services. For more information, visit http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/mhdd/index.html.
Category: Health Care Legislation, Iowa |
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cmonfils | April 8, 2011
www.hr.cch.com CCH® BENEFITS — 04/04/11
from Spencer’s Benefits Reports: For the last few years, states have been leading the way toward more comprehensive health care coverage to ensure that more people have or can obtain health insurance. With the passage of federal health care reform, states will have increasing responsibilities in regard to employer-provided health insurance benefits. Spencer’s Benefits Reports continues to provide regular updates about state health care reform. (more…)
Category: California, Colorado, Health Care Legislation, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming |
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cmonfils | March 7, 2011
www.subrogation.org
NASP testifies in South Dakota: Committee Rejects HB 1184
South Dakota’s House Bill 1184 was voted down in the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 24, 2011 by a 4-3 vote. Daran Kiefer, NASP’s Vice President, and Kammy Poff, NASP’s Amicus Chair, testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee last Thursday on behalf of NASP as to the impact the bill would have on the subrogation industry and consumers. John Foster with State Farm and past President of NASP, also testified on behalf of his company as to the detrimental impact of the bill. NASP was quoted by the Associated Press in opposition to this bill. The article can be found HERE. (more…)
Category: Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Workers' Compensation |
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Adam V. Russo | January 25, 2010
For the last few years, states have been leading the way toward more comprehensive health care coverage to ensure that more people have or can obtain health insurance. Because of the potential impact of this ongoing activity on employer-provided health insurance benefits, Spencer’s Benefits Reports provides regular updates about state health care reform.
Iowa. Under proposed changes to IowaCare, poor, uninsured adults from throughout the state could receive health care at nearby hospitals and clinics, instead of having to travel to Iowa City. For most Iowa residents, the IowaCare program pays for medical care only at University of Iowa hospitals. The rules mean western Iowans must travel hundreds of miles to receive health care under the program. Legislators are considering loosening those rules, but only if federal officials would help pay for the changes. About 33,500 Iowans are covered by the program, which offers basic health care to poor adults who do not qualify for Medicaid. For more information, visit http://www.ime.state.ia.us/IowaCare/index.html.
Category: Health Care Legislation, Iowa |
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Adam V. Russo | June 6, 2008
Magellan Services v. Highmark Life Insurance Company, – N.W.2d –, 2008 WL 2221979 (Iowa) (May 30, 2008) brought forward a dispute about coordination of benefits against an ERISA preemption of state regulation of a self-funded health plan based upon the presence of stop loss coverage. (more…)
Category: Coordination of Benefits, Iowa, Preemption |
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