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Ohio officials won't promote health exchanges
As several states and the federal government ramp up their efforts to educate the public about healthcare reform and promote the law's health insurance exchanges, Ohio officials are choosing an opposite approach--doing nothing.
Hospitals should buy uninsured coverage through exchanges
That the bulk of the Affordable Care Act will be enacted with millions of poor Americans shut out of an expanded Medicaid program is starting to toll on the consciences of some of the people who helped make that possible.
States want price transparency tied to Medicaid expansion
Ohio is likely to expand its Medicaid coverage as part of the Affordable Care, with support from its Republican governor, prompting policymakers to call for greater price transparency from hospitals as a result.
Ohio Medicaid expansion would increase hospital price transparency
Ohio Gov. John Kasich's proposed Medicaid expansion would grant the power to insist hospitals and other healthcare providers reveal more information about the actual cost of procedures and the quality of care, said Greg Moody, director of the state's Office of Health Transformation.
State floats fishy Medicaid data as election nears
With the presidential election finally arriving, healthcare providers will know in about a week if the Affordable Care Act survives mostly intact or will either be repealed outright or chiseled away...
Aetna's $7B Medicaid contract challenge dismissed
Aetna has lost its lawsuit protesting Ohio Medicaid's decision to rescind its contract and instead award other insurers with the chance to manage about $7 billion worth of Medicaid business.
7 insurers intervene in Aetna suit against state Medicaid
Seven insurers--Paramount Advantage, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Ohio, Molina Healthcare, CareSource, Buckeye Community Health Plan, Amerigroup and WellCare-- now are intervening in Aetna's lawsuit against Ohio for rejecting its contract to administer the state's Medicaid program after it initially selected the insurer.
State invests $1M in medical home training
Most people are familiar with the proverb, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." A new initiative in Ohio seeks to apply that
Ohio becomes Medicaid's first value-based purchaser
Ohio is transforming its Medicaid program by tying payments to quality, value-based outcomes, as the first in the nation to take such a step, the state announced Monday. The Office of Ohio Health
Ohio seeks Medicaid waivers
Ohio will be seeking more waivers from the federal government to save money on the way it covers Medicaid enrollees, reports The Columbus Dispatch. Gov. John Kasich has submitted one plan for the
