House to vote on disapproval resolution of Medicaid block grants

January 31, 2020 News

The House will vote next week on a resolution to disapprove of the Trump administration's new Medicaid block grant plan, Democratic leaders announced Friday. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and M...

Pence confronted on Trump administration’s Medicaid policies in Iowa

January 31, 2020 News

Vice President Mike Pence was confronted by an emergency room doctor and health care advocate about the state of Medicare and Medicaid while at a campaign stop in Iowa on Thursday.

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The Health 202: The Trump administration calls it ‘Healthy Adult Opportunity.’ Critics call it less Medicaid.

January 31, 2020 News

And one of those critics confronted Mike Pence in Iowa.

Several ‘Best’ U.S. Hospitals Penalized Over Too-High Rates Of Infection, Injury

January 31, 2020 News

Medicare is cutting payments to 786 hospitals with the highest infection and complication rates. The list includes a third of the hospitals proclaimed as the nation's "best" in one prominent ranking.
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Trump Administration Clears The Way For Medicaid Block Grants

January 30, 2020 News

States can now apply to set up their Medicaid program with capped funding from the federal government. With this move, the administration delivers on a long-held conservative goal.
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New Trump Medicaid funding changes take aim at working-age adults

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 News

The Trump administration on Thursday took another significant step in overhauling Medicaid, allowing states to ask for a set amount of federal financing for part of their programs in exchange for more local control.
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Immigrants who rely on public benefits are actually essential to the US economy

January 30, 2020 News

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The Need to Incorporate Additional Patient Information Into Risk Adjustment for Medicare Beneficiaries

January 30, 2020 News

This Viewpoint discusses concern that current risk adjustment models used by CMS to tie payment to performance do not account for dementia, frailty, and social risk, and proposes ways to add reliable measures of each to the agency’s CMS-HCC model to more equitably reimburse clinicians and facilities caring for patients with challenging conditions.

Appeals court won’t review Affordable Care Act decision

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 News

A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a request to reconsider last month's ruling that declared the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
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The Health 202: Trump administration is moving to change how states get Medicaid funding

January 29, 2020 News

Even conservatives think the action will spark legal challenges.