Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
NAHU Newswire… Major national news outlets including network news gave substantial coverage to a Kaiser Family Foundation report on health insurance coverage and costs. The reports emphasized the higher rates and reduced coverage with one outlet noting that family insurance now costs more on average than a small car. Many also noted the report’s conclusion [...]
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Monday, August 29th, 2011
NAHU Newswire… The Charlotte (NC) Observer (8/28, Bonner) reported North Carolina’s $354 million Medicaid cut takes hold in October, including eliminating eye exams and glasses for adults and “limiting payments for deep cleaning dental treatments for people who have gum disease to once every two years from once a year. Outpatient physical therapy, occupational therapy [...]
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Monday, August 8th, 2011
NAHU Newswire… USA Today (8/8, Kennedy) reports that “Medicare spending on hospice care rose 70% to $4.31 billion” from 2005 to 2009 while “for-profit hospices were paid 29% more per beneficiary than non-profit hospices.” This comes as “some of the nation’s largest for-profit hospice companies” such as Vitas and Gentiva “are paying multimillion-dollar settlements for [...]
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