Thursday, March 03, 2005

M-Care and Consumer Directed Health Plans M-CARE Introduces Consumer-Directed Health Care Plan. M-CARE, the nonprofit health plan owned by the Univ of MI, is adding a high-deductible consumer-directed health care plan to its portfolio of products. [Insurance/ Managed Care News from myHealthcareNews.com] 5:37:04 AM    comment [] Dual Eligibiles Face Loss of Drug Coverage 6.4 Million People with Medicare Face Risk of Losing Prescription Drug Access Under the Medicare Drug Bill. USA - In a new analysis on the problems people with both Medicare and Medicaid will face when they transition from Medicaid to Medicare drug coverage in January 2006, the Medicare Rights Center recommends that Congress extend Medicaid for a reasonable period during the transition to ensure that there are no catastrophic consequences due to the disruption of drug regimens... click link for more info. [Medical News Today] 5:36:04 AM    comment [] Putative Success for Medicaid Managed Care Medicaid Managed Care Continues To Improve Care For New York's Beneficiaries. New York Medicaid managed care plans continue to improve the quality of care for beneficiaries while keeping Medicaid cost growth below that of fee-for-service, according to a report released by the New York State Coalition of Prepaid Health Services Plans (PHSP Coalition)... click link for more info. [Medical News Today] 5:34:57 AM    comment [] Leavitt to NGA re Medicaid Address to National Governors Association, "Medicaid: A Time to Act" - Speech by US Health Secretary Leavitt. "Good morning... click link for more info. [Medical News Today] 5:32:59 AM    comment [] Medicaid Deal Up for Grabs Governors find Medicaid deal elusive Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA ... appeared to believe that millionaires were exploiting Medicaid to gain coverage of nursing home care. "To suggest that there is widespread abuse and that we ... 4:35:23 AM    comment []

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