The Changes to Save a Big Idea
By RON LIEBER
One of Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s final acts as a legislator was to try to make it easier to buy insurancethat could help pay for assistance in your home if an injury or illness made it hard to live life normally.
In fact, he spent about a decade working on it, finally succeeding when the Class Act, short for Community Living Assistance Services and Support, became law as part of last year’s landmark health insurance package.
California regulator calls Anthem Blue Cross rate hike 'unreasonable'
But the Department of Managed Health Care says it can't stop the state's largest for-profit insurer from raising rates for 120,000 customers an average of 16%.
By Duke Helfand, Los Angeles Times
April 30, 2011
New Medicare payment strategy to reward hospitals for high-quality care
Medicare will pay more to hospitals that score well on a series of measures that gauge patient care and pay less to those that don't hit the quality benchmarks.
By Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles TimesApril 30, 2011
Reporting from Washington
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-healthcare-hospitals-20110430,0,193379,print.story
GOP pushes surprise insurance overhaul through committee
Apr 30, 2011 12:00 am
Maine Senate Dems respond to yesterday's forced vote on 29 page health care billby: Gerald WeinandSat Apr 30, 2011 at 12:51:04 PM EDT |
| The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following statement regarding how the Maine Republican Chairs gave Insurance and Financial Services Committee (IFS) members 5 hours to review a 29 page amendment to a health care bill before demanding that the committee vote on it: http://www.dirigoblue.com/ |
Maine Explores Managed Care for Medicaid Recipients
Posted By Stephan Burklin On April 28, 2011 @ 10:50 am In Featured,News | No Comments
Confronted with expanding federal mandates and static state revenues, Maine is joining the ranks of other states that are overhauling their Medicaid systems.
At the behest of the Legislature and the Governor’s office, officials at the state Department of Health and Human Services[1] (DHHS) are currently working with stakeholders to reduce costs and enhance coverage for Medicaid recipients through an arrangement known as managed care.
http://maine.watchdog.org/2011/04/28/maine-explores-managed-care-for-medicaid-recipients/print/
At the behest of the Legislature and the Governor’s office, officials at the state Department of Health and Human Services[1] (DHHS) are currently working with stakeholders to reduce costs and enhance coverage for Medicaid recipients through an arrangement known as managed care.
http://maine.watchdog.org/2011/04/28/maine-explores-managed-care-for-medicaid-recipients/print/
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