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Medicaid Providers
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Bill would expand prompt Medicaid reimbursement to all providers
A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would require Medicaid to reimburse all providers, including hospitals, nursing facilities, and community health centers, in a timely
Hospitals sue gov't over 5% state Medicaid cuts
Arizona's leading lobby for hospitals has filed suit against the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the state for approving recent cuts in Medicaid payments, reports The Arizona
More long-term-care patients join managed care plans
To rein in rising Medicaid costs, states are increasingly requiring their frailest and most expensive patients--the elderly and disabled who need long-term care--to enroll in managed care plans,
Medicaid fee cuts could set off a stampede of doctors
As potential Medicaid fee cuts loom, physicians in Texas are threatening to drop Medicaid patients, the Dallas Morning News reports. Forty-five percent of doctors polled by the Texas Medical
It's time to revisit biometrics for patient ID, security
Last week in this space, I wrote about the importance of a master patient index or other form of reliable patient identifier as key to making health information exchange work. Wouldn't you know,
