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Jun
09
0 comments Tags: Children’s Health Insurance Program, health insurance, medicaid, small town
The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) Rural Health Policy Project released Medicaid in Small Towns and Rural America: A Lifeline for Children, Families, and Communities. This report resulted from analysis by researchers from Georgetown and the University of North Carolina Rural Health Research Program and examined “how the role of Medicaid has… Read More »
Posted in: Rural
Mar
24
0 comments Tags: chronic disease, medicaid, Medicare, minority health
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy at the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) introduced Connected Care, an educational initiative to raise awareness of the benefits of chronic care management (CCM) services for Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions and… Read More »
Posted in: Chronic Disease, General, Low Income, Minority Health Concerns, Public Health
Aug
26
0 comments Tags: medicaid, Medicare, nursing homes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the popular Nursing Home Compare Five-Star Quality Ratings to incorporate new measures, giving families more information at their fingertips to help them make important decisions about care. These new measures look at successful discharges, emergency visits, and re-hospitalizations, and complement other nursing home measures previously announced… Read More »
Posted in: Public Health, Senior, Websites
Jul
22
0 comments Tags: health care costs, medicaid, Medicare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a report showing that investments made in program integrity activities – which include stamping out fraud and deterring and reducing other improper payments – pay off for taxpayers and beneficiaries. From October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2014 (Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 and FY 2014), every dollar invested… Read More »