Archive for the ‘Medicare/Medicaid’ Category
Restructure payments to Medicare Advantage
Restructure payments to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans by setting payments to different percentages of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) rates .
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
July 1st, 2010 | Medicare/Medicaid, National Health Care Reform Legislation, Uncategorized | Read More
10% Medicare bonus to professional in shortage areas
Provide a 10% Medicare bonus payment to primary care physicians and to general surgeons practicing in health professional shortage areas.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
July 1st, 2010 | Medicare/Medicaid, National Health Care Reform Legislation, Uncategorized | Read More
50% discount on brand-name prescriptions for Medicare Part D
Require pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide a 50% discount on brand-name prescriptions filled in the Medicare Part D coverage gap beginning in 2011 and begin phasing-in federal subsidies for generic prescriptions filled in the Medicare Part D coverage gap.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
July 1st, 2010 | Medicare/Medicaid, National Health Care Reform Legislation, new programs, Uncategorized | Read More
Establish Community First Choice Option in Medicaid
Establish the Community First Choice Option in Medicaid to provide community-based attendant support services to certain people with disabilities.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
July 1st, 2010 | Medicare/Medicaid, National Health Care Reform Legislation | Read More
State Balancing Incentive Program in Medicaid
Create the State Balancing Incentive Program in Medicaid to provide enhanced federal matching payments to increase non-institutionally based long-term care services.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
July 1st, 2010 | Medicare/Medicaid, National Health Care Reform Legislation, Uncategorized | Read More
New Medicaid plan permitting multiple chronic conditions
Create a new Medicaid state plan option to permit Medicaid enrollees with at least two chronic conditions, one condition and risk of developing another, or at least one serious and persistent mental health condition to designate a provider as a health home. Provide states taking up the option with 90%...
July 1st, 2010 | Medicare/Medicaid, National Health Care Reform Legislation | Read More
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