Highlights from 2012 NEACH Children’s Health Care Summit
On November 14, Community Catalyst’s New England Alliance for Children’s Health (NEACH) hosted its annual Children’s Health Care Summit in Worcester, Massachusetts. The summit covered topics such as consumer assistance programs, foster youth and the Affor
Washington State First to Receive Approval to Implement a Managed Fee-for-Service Duals Demonstration Program
Last month, Washington became the second state to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to participate in a duals demonstration project. Washington is pursuing a managed-fee-for-service financial model u
Navigating Managed Care’s Strange New World
State Medicaid programs have been moving at warp speed to turn over long-term services and supports (LTSS) to managed care companies. For some states, this marks the first journey into the tricky terrain of mandatory managed care for seniors and people wi
The Insider: Get out the Rye Bread and Mustard, Grandma, cause it's Grand Salami Time
For over two years, health reformers have been holding their breath waiting to see if the ACA would be a home run or just a long fly-out. With the re-election of President Obama and an expanded Democratic majority in the Senate, the news on the scoreboard
Statement of Robert Restuccia, Executive Director of Community Catalyst, on the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States
(BOSTON) - “Americans want the peace of mind that they can go to the doctor when they get sick and receive high quality, affordable health care. President Barack Obama’s re-election ensures Americans will be able to access the health care they need throug
Medicaid’s Got Friends in High Places
Recently, a stakeholder group in Iowa put out a bold statement urging state legislators not to reject the Medicaid expansion: “Failure to seize this historic opportunity to significantly address the plight of uninsured Iowans has negative consequences for
The Real Story: Advocates’ work in 2012 prepares states for consumer friendly Exchanges
We’ve all heard the prevailing story – state action to create health insurance Exchanges, online marketplaces where people can get information about and obtain health insurance, has been very limited in 2012. After eleven states and DC passed legislation
Patient safety demands drug quality controls and government oversight—from China and India to Framingham, MA Compounders
We are shocked and distressed to learn of the 24 deaths and 328 illnesses caused by the meningitis-contaminated painkiller injections produced in a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy, the New England Compounding Center (NECC). Our thoughts are with the fa
Patient safety demands drug quality controls and government oversight—from China and India to Framingham, MA Compounders
We are shocked and distressed to learn of the 24 deaths and 328 illnesses caused by the meningitis-contaminated painkiller injections produced in a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy, the New England Compounding Center (NECC). Our thoughts are with the fa