State Health Watch Archives – January 31, 1998
January 31, 1998
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Back Page Briefs
ECRI to provide third-party reviews of managed care decisions -
Clip File
Each month, this page features selected short items about state health-care policy digested from newspapers around the country. -
HMO / Open Access
Open access to specialists hasnt driven up costs and utilization, HMO executives say -
Kids Insurance / Cost Sharing
Childrens health insurance programs move to reduce and simplify cost-sharing -
Massachusetts Medicaid
Massachusetts Medicaid to contract with fewer plans State hopes greater investment in Medicaid by selected plans will boost quality -
NY HMO Medicaid
NY leaves HMO doors wide open to special needs Medicaid clients -
Profit / Non Profit Hospital
Public has little input in hospital deals -
TennCare Access
Tenn. officials say encounter data on five measures show access to care improving under TennCare -
WA SSI / Managed Care
Washington state abandons SSI managed care Care coordinators and improved access to care drove up utilization -
WA State Employee Health
Washington will adjust premiums for health status in 1998 for plans covering state employees