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State Medicaid anti-fraud units to use federal funds for data mining
A new rule from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General allows states to use federal funds for data mining in their fight against Medicaid fraud.
No Medicaid expansion till 2015 for Pennsylvania, top official says
As Pennsylvania lawmakers consider whether to expand their Medicaid program under the reform law, a top state official said even if Gov. Tom Corbett approves, it would take until at least January 2015 to negotiate and implement the expansion.
With or without Medicaid expansion, healthcare access at risk
Safety-net facilities in opt-out states must find ways to offset the decision to go without federal Medicaid funding and additional insured patients who could pay their bills. For many safety nets, that could mean eliminating services for uninsured patients or hospital workers, Bloomberg reported.
A closer look at the Medicaid 'lifestyle'
In an era when politicians compete to repeat the same sound bites endlessly, I have to give Michigan House of Representatives Speaker Jase Bolger credit for adding a completely new concept to the...
Rural hospitals vulnerable in states without Medicaid expansion
Rural hospitals in states likely to opt out of the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act could be hit the hardest by a continuing stream of uninsured patients coming through their doors, Marketplace has reported.
Kentucky becomes 21st state to expand Medicaid
Kentucky has become the latest state to announce it's expanding the Medicaid program under the health reform law.
Which of the 16 undecided states will expand Medicaid?
As states are closing out their legislative sessions in the next few weeks, many are addressing whether they will expand Medicaid under the reform law's provision that goes into effect next year....
No Medicaid expansion as Florida legislative session ends
One of the most populous states in the nation is still apparently paralyzed about whether or nor to expand its Medicaid enrollment as part of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, reported Kaiser Health News .
4 ways hospitals can ease healthcare reform implementation
Members of Congress are looking over their shoulders. The Democratic caucus is worrying aloud that an uneven implementation of the Affordable Care Act will cost them seats during next year's...
Utah health data breach: A lesson in the myriad benefits of prevention
Al Pascual, a senior analyst of security, risk and fraud at Javelin Strategy & Research, analyzed the March 2012 data breach that impacted roughly 780,000 for a new report due out later this month. He recently talked with FierceHealthIT about the incident.
