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Hospice remains a blind spot for Medicare Advantage
As Medicare Advantage grows bigger and bigger, there's one area the industry and regulators haven't figured out how to make work yet: hospice. Why it matters: The end-of-life care option is the only Medicare service that can't be offered in the private-run alternative, which now covers over half of enrollees.
Many states are eager to extend Medicaid to people soon to be released from prison
A new policy that allows states to provide Medicaid health care coverage to incarcerated people at least a month prior to their release has drawn bipartisan interest and a slew of state applications. Federal policy has long prohibited Medicaid spending on people who are incarcerated in jails or prisons, except for hospitalization. As a result, […] The post Many states are eager to extend Medicaid to people soon to be released from prison appeared first on Maine Morning Star.
Access to Healthcare and Digital Tools Turning a Corner for the Better, According to Providers and Patients
COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2024-- Healthcare providers and patients are in rare agreement that healthcare access and service-levels are improving, according to the Experian Health 2024 State of Patient Access survey. Almost a third (28%) of patients and 55 percent of providers surveyed say the environment is getting better while patients still say the top challenge is seeing a practitioner quickly. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240506665655/en/ To access the free Experian Health State of Patient Access report, go to experian.com/state-patient-access. (Photo: Business Wire)
Kentucky nursing-home industry says Biden staffing mandate ‘impossible’ to meet
The nursing-home industry is pushing back against a new Biden administration rule that sets minimum staffing requirements for federally funded long-term care facilities and will require many of them to hire more nurses and nurse aides. Morgan Jemtrud, director of communications for the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities and the Kentucky Center for Assisted […] The post Kentucky nursing-home industry says Biden staffing mandate ‘impossible’ to meet appeared first on Kentucky Lantern.
Op-Ed: Biden breaks promise not to cut Medicare
“Citizenship without emotional attachment is the equivalent of a one-night stand.” – Stanley Renshon It is no secret that the backbone of the Democratic Party has been heavily reliant on a motley crew of voters for the last few decades. They have maintained younger voters and many identity groups by catering to their needs on platforms that rescue them from a society that does not relate to their erratic idiosyncrasies. These groups depend on government more than any other voting coterie. ...
Federal officials issue new rule protecting privacy of those seeking reproductive health care under HIPAA
DENVER — Under a new federal rule, patients have a right to privacy with their medical information even if they travel to another state for an abortion, birth control or in vitro fertilization. This new rule would stop those regulated by HIPAA, like health care providers, from using or...
‘Dreamer’ applauds expansion of health insurance access under new Biden rule
More than a third of immigrants covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, are uninsured, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. UTSA graduate and DACA recipient Andrea Rathbone Ramos says several years ago, she was too. Rathbone Ramos said it’s why she...
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