Do State Medicaid Programs Receive As Much As They Give to Feds?
States with lower incomes per capita often receive funding from higher income states through Medicaid and CHIP federal funding. But some low-income states without Medicaid expansion end up contributing...Louisiana’s Population of Uninsured Children Jumped 28.2% in 2019
The number of uninsured children in Louisiana in 2019 was 28.2 percent higher than its low number of uninsured children in 2017, following a national trend in childhood uninsurance, the Louisiana...How a Directory Can Streamline Interoperability Rule Compliance
As payers and vendors scramble to comply with the interoperability rule, various nonprofits seek to streamline this interoperability process with innovative solutions, such as CAQH’s upcoming...Health Literacy Improves Medicare Spending, Member Outcomes
Health literacy is key to improving member health outcomes, particularly among Medicare beneficiaries, a UnitedHealth Group research report emphasized. “Health literacy represents the ability of...Pros, Cons of Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements
Individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs), which have been offered as the alternative to the Affordable Care Act, have negative impacts on low-income New Yorkers, according to a...59% MA Plan Proxies Rate End-of-Life Care Quality “Not Excellent”
Responses from families and friends of deceased Medicare Advantage members indicate that Medicare Advantage plans have room for improvement on end-of-life care, a study published in JAMA Network Open...Cancer Patients Paid $5.6B Out-of-Pocket Cancer Costs in 2018
Cancer patients are paying higher and higher out-of-pocket costs for treatment and, according to the American Cancer Society’s recent report, payer-related costs are the most common contributor...Sponsored by CirrusMD
