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States may have a fairly accurate picture of the number of individuals who will be newly eligible for Medicaid as of 2014, but getting them to actually enroll may be more difficult than expected.
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A Personal Health Advisor kiosk is being piloted in Georgia's Early County by the Georgia Department of Community Health and Atlanta's National Health Museum. Residents can now access current, personalized health assessments.
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Health care reform "is extraordinarily complex a massive, truly unprecedented social experiment," says Kip Piper, MA, FACHE, president of the Health Results Group in Washington, DC. "As Rick Foster, the CMS [Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services] Chief Actuary, has correctly pointed out, there really is no way to precisely estimate enrollment."
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California's Department of Health Care Services' (DHCS) anti-fraud program is regarded among the top programs in the nation, reports department spokesman Anthony Cava.
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Is it a foregone conclusion that for many states, the expansion of Medicaid in 2014 will be next to impossible, fiscally speaking? In fact, some analysts, and also some state Medicaid directors, say that Medicaid programs should come out ahead.
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A greater percentage of Washington state's Medicaid population is being moved into managed care, most likely beginning with the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) population. "We will be going out with an RFP next year, for a start date of early 2012," reports MaryAnne Lindeblad, assistant secretary of the state's Department of Social and Health Services.
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Medicaid patients had higher mortality after major surgeries than other patients, according to Primary Payer Status Affects Mortality for Major Surgical Operations, a new study from researchers at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville. The study was published in the September 2010 issue of Annals of Surgery.
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A new rapid tuberculosis test promises to help reduce health care worker exposures through early identification of patients.
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Families delivering babies at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Kirkland, WA, aren't told what to expect during labor. Instead, they are educated about their choices, so the birth is a positive experience.
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Many factors are increasing the value of patient education, according to experts in the field.
