Author: PCG | Posted: 24. August 2010 03:36

Boston, MA, August, 2010 - Massachusetts was just selected as the winner of a grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to administer the Healthy Incentives Pilot (HIP) in Hampden County. With the help of a PCG grant writing team, the MA Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) submitted a proposal in May, which USDA described as “a comprehensive pilot proposal that included very thorough and strong design, implementation, staffing, and management plans.” [More]  

Author: PCG | Posted: 20. August 2010 10:35

Boston, MA, August 2010 – A New Zealand school has contracted with PCG Education to pilot the firm’s BehaviorPlus™ behavioral intervention solution. The pilot will also provide an opportunity for other schools and officials within New Zealand’s Ministry of Education to preview BehaviorPlus™. The tool offers a best practices approach for behavioral intervention, based on the universally accepted principles of Applied Behavior Analysis and Positive Behavior Supports. [More]  

Author: PCG | Posted: 20. August 2010 10:20

Missoula's schools are going to look a lot different very soon because - for example - Fran Albrecht's 6-year-old daughter Googled "scrambled eggs." [More]  

Author: PCG | Posted: 20. August 2010 10:18

A new report from a Boston-based consulting company recommends against the privatization of portions of the state hospital for the mentally ill and the state center for the disabled. [More]  

Author: PCG | Posted: 20. August 2010 10:16

SALT LAKE CITY, August 17, 2010 — Sure, you could save $1.7 million in reducing staff compensation at the Utah State Hospital's forensic unit.
But reducing total pay for employees would increase turnover and could ruin patient care. [More]  

Author: PCG | Posted: 13. August 2010 05:46

Boston, MA, August, 2010 – The Missouri Department of Social Services/MO HealthNet Division (MHD) selected PCG Health to assess partnership opportunities between the state Medicaid agency and the University of Missouri (UMC) Health System. Strategic partnerships between university health systems and Medicaid agencies have had great success across the country in the past decade, typically focusing on improving the delivery of clinical, administrative, financial and technological services to the state and its consumers. For more information: pcghealth@publicconsultinggroup.com. [More]  

Author: PCG | Posted: 6. August 2010 05:06

On Thursday, August 5, 2010, in a highly anticipated procedural vote (61-38), the Senate invoked cloture on a substitute amendment to H.R. 1586, which contains a six-month extension of an enhanced match for the Medicaid (FMAP) and Title IV-E programs. In particular, the legislation would provide states $16.1 billion through a phased-down enhanced match--providing 3.1 percent beginning the first calendar quarter of FY2011, then dropping to 1.2 percent in the second calendar quarter. [More]  

Author: PCG | Posted: 6. August 2010 05:03

Kentucky has released a plan estimated to save $87 million in state and federal Medicaid expenditures in state fiscal year 2011. Key elements in Kentucky’s plan include reimbursing pharmacies only for drugs prescribed by currently Medicaid enrolled practitioners; promoting greater substitution of generic drugs for more costly brand name drugs; locking Medicaid recipients with unusually high costs (relative to their medical conditions) into an accessible primary care provider, a community pharmacy, and a local hospital for all non-emergency care; reducing payments for services related to infections and other conditions acquired in the same facility, as Medicare does; [More]  

Author: PCG | Posted: 6. August 2010 05:00

Maryland’s Health Care Reform Coordinating Council released an interim report to Governor Martin O’Malley on July 26. The Council’s interim report includes an overview of state opportunities and challenges presented by the federal health care reform law; the unique attributes of Maryland’s health care delivery system and regulatory environment; longstanding Maryland programs (such as small group health insurance market reforms, premium assistance for small businesses, safety net coverage, and high risk pools) which the state can build on as it implements the federal health care reform law; the open, public process through which the Council will formulate recommendations; and an initial timeline for state planning and implementation activities. [More]  

Author: PCG | Posted: 6. August 2010 04:57

Governor Pat Quinn signed an Executive Order on July 30 creating the Illinois Health Care Reform Implementation Council. The Council is charged with the responsibility to develop recommendations to help Illinois design health insurance exchanges, implement consumer protection reforms, improve Medicaid services and enrollment systems, offer incentives to improve health care quality and treatment outcomes, identify federal and other grant opportunities, and promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology. [More]