Pennsylvania Takes Steps to Implement Health Care Reform

 

Governor Edward Rendell signed an Executive Order on May 19 directing Pennsylvania's implementation of the federal health care reform law. [More]

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Virginia and Obama Administration Spar in Federal Court over Health Care Reform Law

 

In a Federal lawsuit separate from one filed in Florida, Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli argues that Congress lack the authority to mandate individuals buy health insurance or pay a penalty under its constitutional right to regulate interstate commerce. [More]

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California Takes Legislative Action to Implement Federal Health Reform Law

 

The California Assembly passed legislation on June 2 to establish a California Health Benefits Exchange. [More]

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New York Announces Health Care Reform Leadership Group

 

Governor David Paterson established a Health Care Reform Cabinet on May 13 to coordinate and lead New York's implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). [More]

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HHS Encourages States to Participate in Multi-Payer Medical Home Demonstration

 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services invited states on June 2 to apply to participate in the Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration. [More]

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Virginia Announces Health Care Reform Initiative

 

Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources William Hazel, M.D., announced plans on May 14 to coordinate efforts to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [More]

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District of Columbia Plans Medicaid Expansion

 

The District of Columbia announced on May 13 that it plans to transition 35,000 individuals from a District funded program, the D.C. Health Care Alliance medical plan, to the District's Medicaid program. [More]

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HHS Publishes Rules Implementing Health Care Reform

 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published two sets of interim final rules on May 5 and a third set of interim final rules on May 13 to implement some of the earliest provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [More]

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