CNN Reports: Disabled veterans get pension raises back Last month, lawmakers reversed course on part of the pension cuts. They said they never intended to hurt disabled veterans or surviving families, and passed a bill to restore those pensions, leaving out other retirees. via Congress restores military pensions – Feb. 12, 2014.
Sunrise firm aims to cut Medicaid costs – Page 2 – Sun Sentinel. A nice Public Relations article about Sunrise Managed Care Organization.
States Accelerate Shift Of Nursing Home Residents Into Medicaid Managed Care – Kaiser Health News. By Jack Rosenkranz Kaiser Health News reports that ” States had traditionally been reluctant to place frail and elderly people into managed care. But that caution is fading as officials become comfortable with managed care and more anxious to curb Medicaid …
As I contunue to study the Medicaid Reform, I think there is a loss of understanding that Provider Service Networks are provider owned rather than an insurance company. The report states: Earlier studies by the same group did not discover “the relatively large savings” found in the new report, which was published in a health …
AP Reports. Results from a study of Florida’s Medicaid Reform Pilot Project show that provider service networks, which the state intends to implement this year throughout the state, control costs better than traditional Medicaid. PSNs, like HMOs, or health maintenance organizations, are managed care companies that coordinate patient care. HMOs deliver care through contracts with …
Prestige Wins Medicaid Contracts | Health News Florida. Health News Florida reports that Prestige has been awarded a contract to be an Medicaid managed care organization. “The final order, signed by AHCA Secretary Liz Dudek on Friday, rejects a recommendation from an administrative law judge who held hearings in the case in November. The judge, …