Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 11. October 2012 11:38
The Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) announced on September 27, 2012 that Arkansas, Colorado, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and the District of Columbia have won an additional $223,695,549 in health insurance Exchange establishment grants. [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 27. September 2012 11:27
An outstanding study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on September 12, 2012 demonstrates that the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration (PGPD) achieved significant cost savings and improved care for Medicare/Medicaid eligible individuals over a five year period. The impact of the PGPD is important because it is the prototype for accountable care organizations (ACOs), an innovation adopted under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 12. September 2012 10:45
The California Department of Health Care Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced on September 4, 2012 that California has become the first State to win approval of a State plan amendment to implement the Community First Choice Option, a Medicaid home and community-based services State plan option created by section 2401 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 6. September 2012 12:02
The Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) announced on August 23, 2012 that California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Nevada, New York and Vermont have won an additional $765 million in health insurance exchange establishment grants. [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 23. August 2012 08:21
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced on August 17 that it has approved 47 applications to date under the Medicare Community-Based Care Transitions Program (CCTP) under section 3026 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 17. August 2012 09:20
The Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) released on August 14 its final "Blueprint for Approval of Affordable State-based and State Partnership Exchanges" under Title I of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The "blueprint" requires applications from States electing to fully operate Exchanges as well as States electing to perform selected exchange functions in partnership with a "Federally-facilitated Exchange (FFE)." [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 25. July 2012 08:54
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on July 19 that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will provide up to $225 million in competitive grants for up to five States to intensively test and evaluate innovative service delivery and payment models. HHS also announced that CMS will provide $50 million in model design awards for up to 25 other States to develop State Health Care Innovation Plans. [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 19. July 2012 08:03
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a $112 million grant opportunity for States under section 2701 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on measuring and improving quality of care for adult Medicaid recipients. [More]
