Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Leavitt Announces New Advisory Commission To Study Medicaid Reforms Item in the Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report - "HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt on Friday formally established the Medicaid study commission, the New York Times reports (Pear, New York Times, 5/21). The commission, called for in the fiscal year 2006 budget resolution approved by Congress last month, will recommend ways to cut $10 billion from Medicaid over five years and propose longer-term solutions to slow the program's rising costs. Leavitt will appoint the commission's 15 voting members. ... The Medicaid commission 'bears little resemblance to the panel some lawmakers asked Leavitt to create,' CQ HealthBeat reports. Some legislators had requested that bipartisan congressional leaders appoint commission members and that the Institute of Medicine administer the panel. ..."  
  

Medicaid Developments in Three StatesKaiser Daily Health POlicy Report update on recent actions in Alabama, Tennessee and West Virginia.