Posts Tagged ‘funding’
Huge Medicaid Cuts To Occur If Congress Fails To Extend Enhanced Federal Funding
An extension of increased federal matching funds to states for their Medicaid programs is needed quickly to avert huge cutbacks in Medicaid coverage and services across the country, according to a report issued today by the consumer health group Families USA…
Possible State Cuts To Texas Seniors’ Nursing Facility Medicaid Funding Imprudent In Light Of Worsening Facility Cost Squeeze
In testimony at a Health and Human Service Commission (HHSC) hearing on possible budget reduction options, the President of the Texas Health Care Association (THCA) warned that any cuts now to Texas Medicaid payment rates for nursing home care will confront the nursing home profession with dire financial consequences…
Obama’s Budget To Boost Medicaid Funding, Broaden Global Health Approach
President Obama’s budget proposal tops $3.8 trillion, and would draw a $1.3 trillion shortfall in 2011 despite efforts to freeze and cut spending and channel an extra $100 billion to immediately attack the high unemployment rate, The Washington Post reports…
Obama Budget Request Increases International Global Health Funding
President Obama’s fiscal year 2011 budget proposal, which was released on Monday, would increase by 9% funding for global health issues, including reducing maternal and child mortality, the Wall Street Journal reports. The budget includes a total request for global health of $9.6 billion for HHS, the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Department of Defense…
New York Cuts Drug Reimbursements, States Trim Tobacco Prevention Funding
Crain’s New York Business: “Independent New York pharmacies say new state budget cuts will drive more drugstores out of business. Albany’s deficit reduction plan calls for $18.5 million in savings from Medicaid and Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) pharmacy reimbursement rates…
Medicaid Funding Subject Of Lawsuits In Massachusetts, Idaho
Some hospitals are suing Massachusetts’ Medicaid program for underpaying. Idaho health agencies are broadening their own lawsuit against the state on Medicaid payment rules. Boston Herald: “Six community hospitals will formally file a lawsuit against the state today, ratcheting up a dispute between the hospitals and the state agency that pays for some of the care they provide…
Funding Cuts Continue To Plague State Health Programs
State health agencies and Medicaid programs continue to take hits from spending cuts. A new program in Florida may be backfiring against some health workers with criminal records, while a novel health benefits program in Houston hopes to lower the number of uninsured.
Battles Loom Over Possible Funding Cuts For MRIs
A Battle looms over possible funding cuts for MRIs amid health care reform efforts. USA Today reports: “As Congress debates a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system, a battle is brewing over one provision that could affect the availability of MRIs and other tests, particularly in rural areas.
Find Additional Funding For ‘Flu – British Medical Association
Commenting today on the Finance Minister’s decision that he would not allocate the necessary £55 million funding to combat the swine flu pandemic, Dr Brian Patterson, Chairman of the BMA’s Northern Ireland Council said, “Tackling the pandemic caused by the H1N1 virus is a major public health challenge for Northern Ireland that requires a united response from the Northern Ireland Assembly leadership.
Dutch-Style System Would Make Health Funds Compete For Medicare Funding
Australians should be able to receive Medicare-type benefits directly from the private health fund of their choice, according to the authors of an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia. Prof Johannes Stoelwinder and Dr Francesco Paolucci argue the current escalation of health spending in Australia does not appear to be sustainable and taxpayers should be given a direct say on how public health funds are spent.
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