Tuesday, February 01, 2005

BC/BS of MI Program Lauded BC/BS of MI Generics Program Recognized as Model for Keeping Prescription Drugs Safe and Affordable. Harvard Medical School report to highlight role for insurers in promoting generic medications as cost-savers [Insurance/ Managed Care News from myHealthcareNews.com] 6:39:16 AM    comment [] President will set MA/MC Limits in Budget President’s budget proposal to impose firm limits on spending growth of Medicare, Medicaid and other entitlement programs. The President’s budget proposal, set for a February. [Medicare/ Medicaid News from myHealthcareNews.com] 6:37:41 AM    comment [] Creative Medicaid Financing Energy and Commerce Chairman requests detailed data on ‘creative’ funding mechanisms used in some states’ Medicaid programs. Persisting in an investigation into state financing mechanisms within the federal-state Medicaid program, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton has reached out to roughly 20 hospitals across the country. [Medicare/ Medicaid News from myHealthcareNews.com] 6:36:13 AM    comment [] Another Bed Tax Nursing home bed tax could lose some sleep MSNBC - USA ... to bridge a funding gap in the state's $2.2 billion Medicaid program: It would impose a $8.82-a-day bed tax on all of the state's 5,000 nursing home beds and ... 6:24:56 AM    comment []

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