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Medicaid managed care move gets final approval
TALLAHASSEE — The federal government gave final approval Friday to Florida's long-debated proposal to overhaul the Medicaid system by requiring beneficiaries statewide to enroll in HMOs and other types of managed-care plans. The decision was not...Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Government Health Care, Rick Scott, Coventry Health Care Inc., Kathleen Sebelius
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Walk-in clinics gaining popularity
Tabitha Smith had been sick for about a week last November with what she thought was just a cold. When she didn't get better, her mom pushed her to see a doctor. "I told her I can't afford the doctor," says Smith, a 31-year-old social media manager who...
Tags: CVS Corp., Strep Throat, Diabetes, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Employment
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Editorial: Roseland Community Hospital needs to vastly improve quality of care to survive
Illinois officials hurried to the rescue of Roseland Community Hospital recently with an emergency infusion of $350,000. That was enough to keep the doors open a while longer at the distressed Far South Side hospital. You may wonder: Why is dead-broke...
Tags: Government Health Care, Oak Forest, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Hospitals and Clinics
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Florida gets OK to move Medicaid patients into managed care
Florida has received federal approval to move approximately 2.9 million Medicaid recipients into managed-care programs as soon as next Jan. 1, Gov. Rick Scott's office announced today. It's a major victory for Scott and the Florida Legislature --...
Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Government Health Care, Rick Scott, Florida Legislature, Broward County
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Memorial adds new neighborhood clinic
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- When patients check in at the front desk of the new Centennial Neighborhood Health Center, they might feel like they are standing on a front porch. Patients sit in a waiting room with actual deck planking beneath their feet and walk down...Tags: Government Health Care, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, General Practitioners
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Boxer to push funding for health costs of uninsured immigrants
WASHINGTON—Sen. Barbara Boxer plans to push for Washington to provide $250 million and perhaps more to help local and state governments pay the cost of healthcare to uninsured immigrants who seek legal status under legislation now before the Senate....
Tags: Government Health Care, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Labor Legislation
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For better health at lower cost, fix Maryland's Medicare waiver
We live in a time of great change in terms of our medical care: how we access it, how it is coordinated, and who pays for it. The change we face in health care is kind of like going back to the future; like the house calls of old, more health and long-...Tags: Government Health Care, Diabetes, Long Term Care, Annapolis, Medical Specialization
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Kaiser's Obamacare rates surprise analysts
In California's new state-run health insurance market, Kaiser Permanente will cost you. The healthcare giant has the highest rates in Southern California and some other areas of the state, surpassing rivals such as Anthem Blue Cross and other smaller...
Tags: Medicaid, Hospitals and Clinics, Consumers, Health Care Reform (2009), Healthcare Provider
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Troubles rock Medicare drug plans
Ten years after Medicare's private drug plans — popular with South Florida seniors — were introduced, the benefits have been many. But so have the hassles and complaints about pricing misinformation, denial of coverage and lack of customer...
Tags: CVS Corp., Government Health Care, Chemical Industry, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County
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Pennsylvania Democrats strike out in bid to expand Medicaid to working poor
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Democrats struck out Monday in their attempts to expand government-funded Medicaid health insurance to hundreds of thousands of working poor as part of the federal Affordable Care Act. First up was Sen. Vince Hughes, D-...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Charles Koch, Government, Americans for Prosperity, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Shared energy, resources can help curb black infant deaths
Orange County's overall infant mortality rate, at nearly 7 percent, is the lowest it has been in 10 years and is even closer to meeting Healthy People 2020's national target of 6 percent. While there is reason to celebrate the efforts responsible for...Tags: Government Health Care, Arts and Culture, Family, Conservation, Culture
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Cigna-HealthSpring to open downtown office, hire 120
Tribune NewspapersCigna-HealthSpring plans to open a downtown office by September and hire about 120 workers, in part to support a new contract with the state to provide managed care services to patients eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, the company said Monday. The...Tags: Collective Contract, HealthSpring Inc., Government Health Care, Cigna Corporation, Medicaid
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