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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.

The debt deal's 'super committee': Who will be selected? What choices will they have?

News outlets report on the work ahead regarding this budget-trimming panel. First on the list — appointing its members. After that, however, the hard work of finding at least $1.2 trillion in spending cuts will begin.

10 Aug 2011

In bid to calm markets, Obama urges deficit reduction approach that includes 'modest adjustments' to Medicare

As the stock market plunged, President Barack Obama said the nation's deficit couldn't be ignored. He recommended an approach that includes spending cuts as well as increased tax revenue and "modest adjustments" to health care programs. Meanwhile, health care stocks were among those that posted double-digit losses, and, as the fallout from S & P's downgrade continues, some states are at more risk than others.

10 Aug 2011

Dems split on Supreme Court Medicaid case

Some congressional Democrats told the Supreme Court Monday that low-income Medicaid beneficiaries should be able to file suit to enforce their rights to care and to challenge state cuts to the program.

10 Aug 2011

Roundup: Mass. Gov. remains committed to health payment changes; insurers fight Fla. decision on state workers' HMO

The Patrick administration is still angling to get the Legislature to pass a sweeping overhaul of the state's health care payment and delivery system by the end of 2011, Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray said yesterday.

10 Aug 2011

Viewpoints: DeLauro on discretionary spending 'value'; S&P downgrade's entitlement effects; docs and guns

The deficit reduction plan signed by President Barack Obama last week focused sharply on the narrow slice of the budget labeled as "non-defense discretionary spending."

10 Aug 2011

Marshfield Clinic improves quality of health care and decreases Medicare costs

When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initiated its Physician Group Practice (PGP) Demonstration, it challenged the 10 participating large physician group practices to prove that providing high quality coordinated health care could also save money.

9 Aug 2011

Providio, PRIUM partner to deliver Medicare Set Aside Clinical Review service

PRIUM and Providio MediSolutions, LLC have joined forces to deliver an innovative Medicare Set Aside Clinical Review (MSA-CR) service that not only calculates future medical and pharmacy costs of workers' compensation claims, but also reduces medical costs by recommending changes to treatment plans and drug regimens while overseeing their implementation.

9 Aug 2011

U-M saves more than $22M during Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration Project

Medicare patients received better care at the University of Michigan Health System, and U-M staff have saved more than $22 million on the cost of that care during a five-year demonstration project.

9 Aug 2011

Viewpoints: Emanuel on cancer care; George Bush - 'health reformer?'; Hiassen on Fla. 'trolls'

Right now cancer care is being rationed in the United States. Probably to their great disappointment, President Obama's critics cannot blame this rationing on death panels or health care reform. Rather, it is caused by a severe shortage of important cancer drugs.

9 Aug 2011

K-V sells assets of Nesher to Zydus and Zynesher Pharmaceuticals

K-V Pharmaceutical Company today announced the completion and closing of the previously announced sale of assets of Nesher Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the Company's wholly-owned generic subsidiary, and the Company's generic business and assets to Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA), Inc and Zynesher Pharmaceuticals (USA) LLC.

9 Aug 2011

SUNY Downstate signs new three-year agreement with Aetna

Aetna and the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center announced a new agreement for SUNY Downstate's resumed participation in the Aetna network, and the continuing participation of University Hospital of Brooklyn's recently acquired Long Island College Hospital campus.

9 Aug 2011

Provider groups weigh in with Supreme Court on Calif. Medicaid case; Fla. docs oppose Medicaid revamp

In other Medicaid news, Texas switches its Medicaid recipients to cards instead of using monthly proof-of-coverage letters to save cash while some advocates worry that children's health could be at risk.

9 Aug 2011

Male breast cancer patients denied Medicaid coverage

The American Cancer society's pages on breast cancer in men lay out the facts. About 2,000 men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, which makes it rare: about 100 times more women get the disease. It is known that men, like women, are more likely to develop cancer if they have certain mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Family history and age contribute to a man's likelihood of developing the disease as well.

9 Aug 2011

Premier healthcare alliance awards new agreements for restraints and fall prevention products

The Premier healthcare alliance today announced that new agreements for restraints and fall prevention products have been awarded to J.T. Posey Company of Arcadia, Calif.; and Personal Safety Corporation of Hiawatha, Iowa, a small business enterprise.

8 Aug 2011

CMS unveils updated website to help consumers compare quality data

Officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Friday that site includes updated data to help consumers compare hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, home care or dialysis providers.

8 Aug 2011

Most leading health plans see enrollment gains in first quarter 2011

Most of the nation's leading health plans saw enrollment gains in the first quarter of 2011 and all saw improved profit margins both year-over-year and for the quarter, a promising start for 2011. Between December 2010 and March 2011 top plans saw an aggregate increase of more than 2.0 million members. While aggregated fully-insured business continued to experience losses, the administrative services only (ASO) segment gained over 2.2 million members during the primary 2011 open enrollment season.

8 Aug 2011

BioScrip second quarter revenue increases 7.1% to $441.4 million

BioScrip, Inc. today announced 2011 second quarter financial results. Second quarter revenue for the period ended June 30, 2011, was $441.4 million with a net loss of $2.3 million, or $0.04 per share, including $8.7 million in restructuring charges and a legal settlement. Excluding the after tax effect of these charges, the Company earned $0.10 per diluted share. Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter was $18.1 million.

8 Aug 2011

FDA accepts Teva's NDA for BDP Nasal HFA to treat allergic rhinitis

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted for filing Teva's New Drug Application (NDA) for beclomethasone dipropionate hydrofluoroalkane (BDP Nasal HFA), a nasal aerosol corticosteroid in development for the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) and perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR).

8 Aug 2011

First Edition: August 8, 2011

Kaiser Health News staff writer Marilyn Werber Serafini reports: "GOP presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty has scorned the health plans engineered by President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, even linking them with the term Obamneycare. Instead, the former Minnesota governor is brandishing a health plan his state passed in 2008 as a model for the nation".

8 Aug 2011

Medicare prescriptions premiums expected to decrease for seniors

According to an Obama administration announcement last Thursday as the health costs continue to rise, Medicare beneficiaries will see the average price of a Part D drug plan decline slightly next year. This is expected to offer some relief amid pressure to cut the federal health insurance program for the elderly.

8 Aug 2011

Medicaid News and Research

The debt deal's 'super committee': Who will be selected? What choices will they have?

In bid to calm markets, Obama urges deficit reduction approach that includes 'modest adjustments' to Medicare

Dems split on Supreme Court Medicaid case

Roundup: Mass. Gov. remains committed to health payment changes; insurers fight Fla. decision on state workers' HMO

Viewpoints: DeLauro on discretionary spending 'value'; S&P downgrade's entitlement effects; docs and guns

Marshfield Clinic improves quality of health care and decreases Medicare costs

Providio, PRIUM partner to deliver Medicare Set Aside Clinical Review service

U-M saves more than $22M during Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration Project

Viewpoints: Emanuel on cancer care; George Bush - 'health reformer?'; Hiassen on Fla. 'trolls'

K-V sells assets of Nesher to Zydus and Zynesher Pharmaceuticals

SUNY Downstate signs new three-year agreement with Aetna

Provider groups weigh in with Supreme Court on Calif. Medicaid case; Fla. docs oppose Medicaid revamp

Male breast cancer patients denied Medicaid coverage

Premier healthcare alliance awards new agreements for restraints and fall prevention products

CMS unveils updated website to help consumers compare quality data

Most leading health plans see enrollment gains in first quarter 2011

BioScrip second quarter revenue increases 7.1% to $441.4 million

FDA accepts Teva's NDA for BDP Nasal HFA to treat allergic rhinitis

First Edition: August 8, 2011

Medicare prescriptions premiums expected to decrease for seniors

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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