Supreme Court Decision Could Cost Health Plans $1T in Loss Revenue
| May 17, 2012 | Posted by Kandis Driscoll under Blog |
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The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of the ACA in June. The decision ahead could: (1) uphold the law (2) over turn only part of the legislation (i.e. the individual mandate), or (3) strike down the bill in its entirety. A recent report by Bloomberg Government… more
May Exchange Board Meeting #1: Federal Partnership Options
| May 15, 2012 | Posted by Kiwon Yoo under Blog |
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The May 15 Exchange Board meeting was a late addition to the schedule, and was largely dedicated to the state/federal partnership option, under which California could receive federal assistance in operating its Exchange for the first few years. Amanda Cowley, the acting director of state health exchanges at the Office… more
$7 Billion Revenue Shortfall Drives Harsh HHS Cuts in May Revise
| May 14, 2012 | Posted by Kiwon Yoo under Blog |
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Governor Brown’s May Revise was released earlier today, and is much grimmer than the state’s proposed budget in January. The deficit, which was projected to be $9 billion in January, jumped to $16 billion due to state’s slow economic recovery. In a video posted to YouTube, Brown elaborated that “tax… more
Report Assesses County Progress in Safety Net Integration
| May 11, 2012 | Posted by Kandis Driscoll under Blog |
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A recent report, released by the UC Berkeley Labor Center and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, UCSF, looks at the progress of safety net integration in five California counties, including Contra Costa, Humboldt, San Diego, San Joaquin, and San Mateo. The report makes note of opportunities under the… more
Investing in our Providers
| May 8, 2012 | Posted by Kandis Driscoll under Blog |
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Doctors have always been held in high regard; it is the most common professional endeavor among five year olds everywhere, that is, until they grow up and realize they must complete the daunting task of medical school (not to mention residency) before their practice even begins. By that time, that… more
High Uninsured Rates Also Affect the Insured
| May 7, 2012 | Posted by Kiwon Yoo under Blog |
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In a study that will be published in the Journal of Health Economics, N. Meltem Daysal found that high uninsurance not only negatively affects health outcomes for the uninsured, but for the insured as well. Daysal studied CA heart attack patients between 1999 and 2006, when the state actually saw… more
U.S. Ranks Poorly in Rate of Premature Births
| May 3, 2012 | Posted by Kandis Driscoll under Blog |
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The March of Dimes, the World Health Organization, and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health sponsored a three-year “Born Too Soon” report assessing the rate of premature births in 184 nations. In 2010, 15 million babies were born premature, or before 37 weeks of the full 40-week gestational… more
The Potential for a Hybrid Exchange
| May 3, 2012 | Posted by Lucien Wulsin under Blog |
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The federal rules on the Exchange allow state Exchanges and the federal government to contract with each other to operate aspects of the Exchange on a permanent or interim transitional basis. These are known as Partnership Exchanges. Given the short time frame to have an operational IT system for Exchange,… more
April Exchange Board Meeting: SHOP Exchange
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by Kiwon Yoo under Blog |
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After some delay in the open session, which was indicative of the amount of work that the Board members face, April’s Exchange Board meeting focused on the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), with a panel discussion. During his Executive Director update, Peter Lee announced that the Board received a… more
Wellness Centers: The New Trend in School-Based Health
| April 24, 2012 | Posted by Veronika under Blog |
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Each year, California’s children miss an estimated 847,000 days of school because of dental problems alone[1]. Health advocates argue that student’s absentee rates could be significantly reduced if they did not have to leave campus for medical appointments. But there is a solution; school-based health centers (SBHCs) are quickly becoming the new… more
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