State picks long-time vendor for $189m Medicaid information system
The deal, first announced in November, contracts EDS to implement its InterChange health system on the comp...Medicaid cuts leave patients in a lurch
In the U.S. the state governments are finding themselves in a tight corner with finances being scarce. This has led to the state government to seek for further Medicaid cuts. The physician across the country feel that these cuts would result in dire consequences for patient care. To add to the woes the Texas House of Representatives has cut off $3 billion from the Medicaid program, and this als...Homecare Association Highlights Cost-Effectiveness of Medicare and Medicaid
The American Association for Homecare announced that it disagreed with several provisions of the President's 2007 budget proposal. Among them the provision to compel the transfer of ownership of oxygen equipment to the beneficiary after on e year and the suspension of home// health reimbursement are being opposed by the Association. Commenting on their stand, Tom Ryan, Chairman of the A...Misplaced Priorities in Medicaid Dispensation
Olympia: Its Audit time and things are coming under the microscope. Coughing up for health care for the needy, cost the exchequer a whopping sum and while they struggled // to make the amount, taxpayers at Washington were paying up for frivolous operations like a sex change, penile implants and breast lift up jobs, to suit people’s fancy. Auditor Brian Sonntag, found many fishy areas...Bush Administration to Exempt Medicaid Recipients on Proof of Citizenship
The White House has declared on Thursday that it would exempt the millions of vulnerable Medicaid recipients from the new law which requires them to give proof of their citizenship// by showing passports, birth certificates or other documents. This move was mainly seen as an attempt to pre-empt a ruling by a federal judge who is scheduled to hold a hearing on Friday on a lawsuit challen...Few Medicaid Kids with Asthma Get Recommended Flu Shot
Researchers at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital say many children with asthma – who are at an increased// risk for influenza-related complications – aren’t getting immunized against the flu, even when they visit their doctor during flu season. In this month’s issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, the researchers report that among unvaccinat...