Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 7. September 2012 08:22
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. California, Hawaii, Iowa, and New York received substantial increments in “level one” grants. Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, and Vermont won their first “level two” grants, multi-year awards to States demonstrating excellent progress in level one. [More]
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Author: Ryan Paiva | Posted: 11. May 2012 07:57
Sacramento, CA, May, 2012 – The State of Iowa has awarded a contract to PCG Technology Consulting (PCG TC) to perform Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) services for the Iowa Integrated Eligibility System Project (IIEP). This is PCG TC’s second recent IV&V award in Iowa, following a project award for the state’s Medicaid Management Information System. For more information, contact pcgtc@publicconsultinggroup.com.
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Author: Sam Fish | Posted: 7. January 2011 04:00
On December 27, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced the provision of bonuses to states which had increased the number of children they enrolled in Medicaid. The states are Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin. [More]
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Author: Sam Fish | Posted: 7. January 2011 04:00
On December 27, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced the provision of bonuses to states which had increased the number of children they enrolled in Medicaid. The states are Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin. [More]
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Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 7. January 2011 03:50
Alaska, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas launched their Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentives Programs on January 3. The HITECH provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) authorized an estimated $20 billion in Medicare/Medicaid payment incentives to promote the adoption and meaningful use of certified, interoperable health information technology to help improve coordination, efficiency, and quality of care. [More]
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Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 20. August 2010 03:25
Even with the potential for receiving millions of dollars in new federal aid for the 2010-2011 school year, many states and local education agencies (LEA) across the country fear that more staff lay-offs and other school budget cuts will be necessary when the money runs out. Of the $26 billion state aid bill signed by the President on August 10, 2010, $10 billion was allocated under Public Law No. 111-226 to the new Federal Education Jobs Fund (Ed Jobs) program for the specific purpose of saving or creating education jobs for the 2010-2011 school year. [More]
