Health Reform Law: What Does it Mean for Community Clinics?
| April 8, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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In the next six months, billions of dollars in new federal grants will be available for FQHCs, school-based health centers, community-based health centers, and nurse managed health clinics. The individual mandate, health insurance exchanges, and premium subsidies will bring our nation towards near-universal coverage and community clinics will become more… more
Expanding Coverage to CA’s MIAs
| April 7, 2010 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Blog |
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Now that federal health reform has passed, California faces a new challenge: Preparing for its implementation. With 6.5 million reported uninsured in 2006, county systems have long been relied upon to run programs for Medically Indigent Adults (MIAs) – low-income individuals without disabilities or minor children living at home who… more
All Eyes on California
| April 2, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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As I have mentioned, the majority of reform implementation responsibility will fall to the state, for each state will be effected in different ways and need to adapt accordingly. California will surely benefit, given our disproportionate number of uninsured and our qualification for a large portion of the new federal… more
HHS Releases Long-Awaited ACO Rule
| April 1, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Yesterday, the Department of Health & Human Services issued this proposed regulation for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), part of the ACA’s Medicare Shared Savings Program. An ACO generally is a group of health care professionals (ideally, in concert with a health plan) that receive and distribute payments, provide care coordination,… more
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