Download or read book Medicaid Expansion Testimony written by Kansas. Department of Health and Environment and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presentation giving an overview of KDHE's analysis of the Affordable Care Act's impact on the Kansas Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs.
Download or read book The Need for Medicaid Reform written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs for Health Care written by Douglas W. Elmendorf and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Testimony on the opportunities and challenges that the Congress faces in pursuing two major policy goals: (1) expanding health insurance coverage, so that more Americans receive appropriate health care without undue financial burden; and (2) making the health care system more efficient, so that it can continue to improve Americans¿ health but at a lower cost in both the public and private sectors. Both are complex endeavors in their own right, and interactions and trade-offs between them may arise.
Download or read book Presentation on Medicaid Expansion February 9 2017 written by Susan Mosier and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated presentation concerning Medicaid expansion, the priorities of the KanCare program and the economic issues involved.
Download or read book Presentation on Medicaid Expansion February 9 2017 written by Susan Mosier and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presentation concerning Medicaid expansion, the priorities of the KanCare program and the economic issues involved.
Download or read book Medicaid Program Integrity written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-17 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Testimony The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that oversees Medicaid, estimated that improper payments in the federal-state Medicaid program were $21.9 billion in fiscal year 2011. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 established the Medicaid Integrity Program and gave CMS an expanded role in assisting and improving the effectiveness of state activities to ensure proper payments. Making effective use of this expanded role, however, requires that federal resources are targeted appropriately and do not duplicate state activities. GAO was asked to testify on Medicaid program integrity. GAO's statement focuses on how CMS's expanded role in ensuring Medicaid program integrity (1) poses a challenge because of overlapping state and federal activities regarding provider audits and (2) presents opportunities through oversight to enhance state program integrity efforts. To do this work, GAO reviewed CMS reports and documents on Medicaid program integrity as well as its own and others' reports on this topic. In particular, GAO reviewed CMS reports that documented the results of its state oversight and monitoring activities. GAO also interviewed CMS officials in the agency's Medicaid Integrity Group (MIG), which was established to implement the Medicaid Integrity Program. This work was conducted in November and December 2011. GAO discussed the facts in this statement with CMS officials. What GAO Found The key challenge faced by the Medicaid Integrity Group (MIG) is the need to avoid duplication of federal and state program integrity efforts, particularly in the area of auditing provider claims. In 2011, the MIG reported that it was redesigning its national provider audit program. Previously, its audit contractors were using incomplete claims data to identify overpayments. According to MIG data, overpayments identified by its audit contractors since fiscal year 2009 were not commensurate with its contractors' costs. The MIG's redesign will result ..."
Download or read book Medicaid program integrity written by Carolyn Yocom and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Testimony on Medicaid Spending on the Aged and Disabled written by Robert Andrew Allison and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Testimony giving background and relative cost statistics on Medicaid coverage of long term care and acute care services and plans for making long term care and acute care more cost effective.
Download or read book Testimony on HB 2556 written by Christine Osterlund and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Testimony in support of HB 2556. "The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) supports the bill to expand Medicaid, which will benefit Kansas through increased federal matching funds, encouraging the use of preventative care and providing low-income Kansans an avenue to health care. In the current Medicaid program, adult applicants must be low-income and fall into one of a few categories: elderly, disabled, or pregnant. For a single parent with one child, they must make less than 38% of the federal poverty level, which is $648 a month, $7,776 annually. ... Categorical requirements would be removed from the program through expansion. The expansion population includes individuals on a home and community-based services (HCBS) waitlist or in the Medically Needy program, and individuals with chronic health conditions, mental illness, cancer or other conditions who do not qualify for social security disability."
Download or read book Children s Health Insurance State Experiences in Implementing SCHIP Considerations for Reauthorization Congressional Testimony written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicaid Expansion as Completion of the Great Society written by Nicole Huberfeld and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state's decision whether to expand Medicaid has become a highly politicized issue, spawning countless news stories and on-going debate. However, this Essay takes a step back from that highly charged discourse and situates Medicaid expansion in its historical context. We reveal that this latest change universalizes the program, holding the power to finally realize President Johnson's vision for the Great Society, almost fifty years later. Medicaid can be understood as a universal program for three reasons: (1) the percentage of the population of children, pregnant women, and non-elderly adults it covers; (2) the degree to which Medicaid funds long-term care for the elderly and the disabled, and (3) the ACA's philosophy that makes Medicaid a universal safety net, one that covers not just the deserving poor, but anyone who cannot afford health insurance. This new perspective on the Medicaid expansion is particularly timely and salient in light of this fall's upcoming gubernatorial elections. It reveals that Medicaid is more than a political issue: It is a matter of civil rights.
Download or read book Health Reform in the 21st Century written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstracts: The testimony begins by mentioning a large number of positive aspects of the legislation. The role and importance of an individual mandate is then briefly discussed. It argues that the public plan that is proposed in the plan is important for overall cost containment and for budget savings. The plan would address problems in the current market that are caused by increasing concentration in insurance and hospital markets. Further it is argued that it is in fact possible to structure a fair competition between public and private health insurance plans. Finally, the testimony makes recommendations for the financing of the Medicaid expansion and for modifying the employer mandate proposal.
Download or read book The Social Transformation of American Medicine written by Paul Starr and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of how the entire American health care system of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs has evolved over the last two centuries. "The definitive social history of the medical profession in America....A monumental achievement."—H. Jack Geiger, M.D., New York Times Book Review
Download or read book The Politics of Medicaid written by Laura Katz Olson and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-31 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1965, the United States government enacted legislation to provide low-income individuals with quality health care and related services. Initially viewed as the friendless stepchild of Medicare, Medicaid has grown exponentially since its inception, becoming a formidable force of its own. Funded jointly by the national government and each of the fifty states, the program is now the fourth most expensive item in the federal budget and the second largest category of spending for almost every state. Now, under the new, historic health care reform legislation, Medicaid is scheduled to include sixteen million more people. Laura Katz Olson, an expert on health, aging, and long-term care policy, unravels the multifaceted and perplexing puzzle of Medicaid with respect to those who invest in and benefit from the program. Assessing the social, political, and economic dynamics that have shaped Medicaid for almost half a century, she helps readers of all backgrounds understand the entrenched and powerful interests woven into the system that have been instrumental in swelling costs and holding elected officials hostage. Addressing such fundamental questions as whether patients receive good care and whether Medicaid meets the needs of the low-income population it is supposed to serve, Olson evaluates the extent to which the program is an appropriate foundation for health care reform.
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 1414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Download or read book Reports and Testimony written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
