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Medicaid is the United States health program for eligible individuals and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the states and federal government, and is managed by the states.

Longer looks: Health care in jail; preventing Medicare drug fraud; new medical codes

"Sheriff Ashe," [the waitress] began. "My daughter is in your jail." She then told me her daughter's story. "Laura," as I'll call her here, was a bright and sociable girl who, after graduating from high school, went on to community college.

10 Mar 2014

Viewpoints: New delay on policies: Cover for dems or just smoothing the bumps of health law?

The Obama administration announced a new policy on Wednesday that will allow many people to renew their existing insurance policies for two more years even though the policies don't provide the comprehensive coverage and consumer protections required by the Affordable Care Act.

10 Mar 2014

Who wins and who loses from latest ACA delays?

Media outlets look at the impact of the two-year extension of nonconforming plans, as well as of other regulatory changes that will affect unions and insurers.

10 Mar 2014

N.H. Senate, led by GOP, votes to expand Medicaid

Seven Republicans joined Democrats to pass the bill, which now goes to the Democratic-controlled House. Meanwhile, tensions are rising in Virginia on the issue as Republicans in the House hold out against the governor's offensive, and in Pennsylvania, the Republican governor amends his requirements for an expansion.

10 Mar 2014

Head of federal insurance marketplace resigning

Gary Cohen says he will return to California, where he was once an insurance executive, regulator and head of an advocacy group.

10 Mar 2014

Privately run long-term care gets high scrutiny

Other news includes a report that could mean better inspections of nursing homes and a study that examines the burden many poor women face in caring for an aging parent.

9 Mar 2014

Maryland's health exchange continues to be hot button political issue

News outlets report on developments regarding health exchanges in Maryland, Delaware and Oregon.

9 Mar 2014

Aetna honored with 2014 Innovation in Reducing Health Care Disparities Award

Aetna was honored today by the National Business Group on Health (NBGH) with the 2014 Innovation in Reducing Health Care Disparities Award. Aetna is a three-time recipient of the award that recognizes organizations for their commitment to equality in health care and exceptional support for cultural diversity.

8 Mar 2014

Teva launches generic Xeloda Tablets in the U.S.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announces the launch of the generic equivalent to Xeloda (Capecitabine) Tablets, 150 MG and 500 MG, in the United States. Xeloda is marketed by Genentech in the United States.

8 Mar 2014

First Edition: March 7, 2014

Today's headlines include stories about new studies that attempt to measure the health law's headway in signing up uninsured Americans for health coverage.

7 Mar 2014

Simple online tool helps predict patient's risk of complications following surgery

The presence - or absence - of complications following surgery is a strong indicator of which patients are likely to be readmitted to the hospital in the 30 days following their procedure, according to a study published today in JAMA Surgery.

7 Mar 2014

Viewpoints: Revamping health law regs -- again; Arkansas decision on Medicaid reverberates nationwide

The Obama administration wrote a new chapter Wednesday in the "if you like your health plan, you can keep it" chronicles, decreeing that plans it once derided as "junk" or "substandard" can remain in effect until October 2017 -- long after the next presidential election. The point, administration officials say, is to help those in the market for individual or small-group plans make a smoother transition into Obamacare (Jon Healey, 3/5).

7 Mar 2014

Highlights: Va. mental health budget; Calif. nursing home Bankruptcy; nurses' practice in Minn.

Lawmakers in Richmond are deep in budget negotiations and will soon decide which parts of the mental health-care system will receive a funding boost. The House and Senate proposals have a number of differences, and what emerges will likely be a mash-up of the two (Shin, 3/5).

7 Mar 2014

Medicaid expansion: With Arkansas 'private' plan authorized for another year, officials now focus on possible fixes

After surviving an effort earlier this week to defund it, supporters of the state's private option are now working on alterations that will smooth its future. Meanwhile, the back-and-forth over whether to pursue the expansion continues in Virginia and Utah.

7 Mar 2014

Research: Expanded smoking cessation benefits should give more people opportunity to quit

People on Medicaid in the U.S. are 68 percent more likely to smoke than the general population. New research in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine suggests that expanded smoking cessation benefits offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) should give more people the opportunity to quit.

7 Mar 2014

Medicaid News and Research

Longer looks: Health care in jail; preventing Medicare drug fraud; new medical codes

Viewpoints: New delay on policies: Cover for dems or just smoothing the bumps of health law?

Who wins and who loses from latest ACA delays?

N.H. Senate, led by GOP, votes to expand Medicaid

Head of federal insurance marketplace resigning

Privately run long-term care gets high scrutiny

Maryland's health exchange continues to be hot button political issue

Aetna honored with 2014 Innovation in Reducing Health Care Disparities Award

Teva launches generic Xeloda Tablets in the U.S.

First Edition: March 7, 2014

Simple online tool helps predict patient's risk of complications following surgery

Viewpoints: Revamping health law regs -- again; Arkansas decision on Medicaid reverberates nationwide

Highlights: Va. mental health budget; Calif. nursing home Bankruptcy; nurses' practice in Minn.

Medicaid expansion: With Arkansas 'private' plan authorized for another year, officials now focus on possible fixes

Research: Expanded smoking cessation benefits should give more people opportunity to quit

Groups, insurers, officials mobilize for health law enrollment push

Feds to probe troubled state exchanges

First Edition: March 6, 2014

Four MAXIMUS centers recognized as Certified Centers of Excellence

Virginia House Republicans press for special session to debate state's Medicaid expansion proposal

Industry Focus eBook - Forensics & toxicology (2nd edition) eBook

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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