CDCAN: “DE-LINKING” AND OTHER CHANGES TO “COORDINATED CARE INITIATIVE”
SENATE PASSES BUDGET TRAILER BILL PROPOSED BY BROWN ADMINISTRATION THAT “DE-LINKS” 3 PARTS OF “COORDINATED CARE INITIATIVE” – BILL HEADS TO GOVERNOR · Brown Administration Proposed Changes To Coordinated Care Initiative Including “De-Linking” the 3 Parts of the Project That Impacts IHSS, MSSP and Other Long Term Services and Supports in the 8 “Coordinated Care Initiative” … Read more
LA Times: Congressional delegates worried about managed care move for seniors
By Anna GormanJune 4, 2013, 7:27 p.m. Several members of the Los Angeles congressional delegation asked the federal government Tuesday to postpone moving hundreds of thousands of chronically ill seniors and disabled patients into managed care. In a letter, signed by 14 U.S. representatives, the officials raised concerns about whether the health plans would be ready for the transition … Read more
LA Times: Immigrants help Medicare stay solvent
Patients wait in line at Nuestra Clinica Del Valle in San Juan, Texas. (Eric Gay / Associated Press /September 5, 2012) By Noam N. LeveyMay 29, 2013, 1:12 p.m. WASHINGTON — Immigrants in the United States both legally and illegally are helping sustain Medicare, contributing about $14 billion more a year to the federal health program for the elderly … Read more
California Healthline: ‘So Many Moving Parts’ To Fit Together
by David Gorn The Department of Health Care Services announced this week that the Cal MediConnect duals demonstration project will not start until at least January, 2014, a delay from its previous expected launch date in October, 2013. Advocates for seniors’ health care yesterday praised the decision, saying the extra three months will go a … Read more
CDCAN: Coordinated Care Initiative Implementation Will Be Delayed Not Sooner Than January 2014 – Impacts Dual Eligibles, IHSS and other Long Term Services in 8 Counties
SPECIAL NOTE ON CHANGES FOR CDCAN & GRANDSONS: · NEW EMAIL LIST SERVICE PROVIDER – CDCAN is transitioning to a different email list service to send out future CDCAN reports after today that should provide a lot of ways to improve and expand reporting. The reports will look basically the same, though there will be differences … Read more
KHN: Advocates Head To Court To Overturn Medicare Rules For Observation Care
By Susan Jaffe MAY 03, 2013 This KHN story was produced in collaboration with After Lois Frarie, a 93-year-old retired teacher from Monterey, Calif., spent four days at a local hospital while being treated for a broken elbow and pelvis, she went to a nearby nursing home to build up her strength. But her family was stunned … Read more
NY Times: Obama Budget Opens Rift for Democrats on Social Benefits
By JACKIE CALMES Published: April 10, 2013 WASHINGTON — President Obama’s new budget has opened a debate over what it means to be a progressive Democrat in an age of austerity and defines him as a president willing to take on the two pillars of his party — Medicare and Social Security — created by Democratic presidents. By his gamble on … Read more
Kaiser Family Foundation: Getting into Gear for 2014: Findings From a 50-State Survey of Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal and Cost-Sharing Policies in Medicaid and CHIP, 2012-2013
The 12th annual 50-state survey of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility, enrollment, and cost-sharing policies finds that nearly all states are pressing forward with information technology and process improvements to develop faster, streamlined Medicaid enrollment systems as required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), whether or not the state elects to expand … Read more
The Hill: Poll finds 15-point drop in Dem support for health law
By Elise Viebeck – 02/27/13 12:01 AM ET Democratic support for President Obama’s healthcare law has dropped 15 points since November, contributing to a rise in negative attitudes toward the reform, according to a new poll. Opponents of the Affordable Care Act currently outnumber supporters (42 percent to 36), according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s latest … Read more
California Healthline: 5.3M Californians Drew Government Assistance in 2011, Report Finds
About 5.3 million California residents in 2011 received income-based government assistance — including health insurance benefits through Medi-Cal — according to a Census Bureau report, the Sacramento Bee‘s “Capitol Alert” reports (Walters, “Capitol Alert,” Sacramento Bee, 2/26). Medi-Cal is California’s Medicaid program. National Findings The report found that about 46 million U.S. residents received income-based government assistance in … Read more
