Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that California plan to cut payments to hospitals and pharmacies by 5 percent and in-home workers wages by 20 percent did not comply with the federal Medicaid Act.
(Daily Report) Mar 04, 2010
Federal programs are not geared toward states that need the most help, according to a report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Trust for America's Health.
(Daily Report) Mar 04, 2010
In other state news, the Florida legislature considers a plan to crack down on pain clinics that are a source of illegal drugs and a measure to curb foster children's use of psychiatric drugs, and a New York judge orders the city to move thousands of people with mental illness to new homes.
(Daily Report) Mar 03, 2010
States consider major cuts to Medicaid services and reimbursement rates to help fill gaps in the budget.
(Daily Report) Mar 03, 2010
States deal with several policy issues.
(Daily Report) Mar 02, 2010
A proposed cost-control commission would attempt to spread hospital costs more evenly across New Hampshire's population and protect the uninsured from high charges, but the state's hospitals are unhappy about the plan.
(Daily Report) Mar 02, 2010
Ohio's governor signed legislation that extends its "mini-COBRA plan."
(Daily Report) Mar 01, 2010
Michigan report expected to detail losses in hospitals there and criticize any efforts for further cuts in Medicaid or Medicare funding.
(Daily Report) Mar 01, 2010
A renewed push to pass health care reform in America has lobbyists and interest groups upping efforts to have their voices heard and heeded.
(Daily Report) Mar 01, 2010
Children with autism and people with spine and brain injuries are among those who would have benefits cut under the South Carolina spending plan approved by a House committee.
(Daily Report) Feb 26, 2010