Advocacy to Make Increased Medicaid Primary Care Payments Permanent
National primary care physician organizations, including the American College of Physicians, American Academy of Family Physicians, and American Academy of Continue reading
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Kaiser Family Foundation: Increasing Medicaid Primary Care Fees for Certain Physicians in 2013 and 2014
This policy brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation describes section 1202 of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, which Continue reading
Kaiser Family Foundation: Medicaid Financing – Overview of the Federal Medicaid Matching Rate
This policy brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation describes the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), or the federal matching rate Continue reading
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Final Rule on Medicaid Payments for Certain Primary Care Providers
This final rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implements section 1202 of the Health Care and Continue reading
5th Accountable Care Congress: Accountable Care as B2B and Patient Engagement, Moving Beyond Medicare into Medicaid and Private Exchanges
This year’s (5th) Accountable Care Congress (which conspicuously dropped the accountable care “organization” from its conference name) was much more Continue reading
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: 2014 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues Report
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its 2014 report on department-wide activities focused on lesbian, Continue reading
Breaking News: Karen DeSalvo Named Acting Assistant Secretary for Health
Director of the Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Karen DeSalvo, MD, was named today as Acting Assistant Secretary Continue reading
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Announces ACO Investment Model
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced the availability of an additional $140 million in federal funding for Continue reading
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