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CMS wants proof Medicaid cuts don't hurt access to care
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services cited growing concerns from hospitals that a series of Medicaid rate and payment changes are impeding access to physician services, inpatient and outpatient psychological services and hospital-related home health services.
Tax breaks aim to lure providers from Massachusetts
New Hampshire policymakers are pushing for tax breaks and incentives to draw specialty hospitals along its southern border and gain patients from Massachusetts.
Hospitals ask CMS to intervene in state Medicaid battle
Ten New Hampshire hospitals that are battling Granite State regulators over recent changes in Medicaid reimbursement have now asked the federal government to intervene, reported the New Hampshire
State owes $35M in Medicaid errors
Although hospitals in New Hampshire cut their state tax fee by $50 million last month, the state will be paying $35.8 million back to the federal government starting next year. According to the
Hospitals lower state Medicaid tax fee
Hospitals in New Hampshire have cut their state tax bill by some $50 million during the month of November, angering state lawmakers, reports the Concord Monitor. The hospitals are following federal
New Hampshire Blues putting burden of cuts on hospitals
Facing down the prospect of $250 million in cuts from the state over the next two years, the New Hampshire Blues say they will pass the deficit to hospitals rather than their policyholders, reports
More cash-strapped hospitals laying off workers
Although national healthcare job numbers are bouncing back to pre-recession levels, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates, some hospitals--particularly in New
CHIME, ONC offer EMR adoption expertise to regional extension centers
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology are urging the new, ONC-designated network of regional
Doctors are stopping states from digging into medical liability funds
As everyone knows, states are struggling to keep their budgets afloat, sometimes by digging into state-created medical liability funds. This hasn't sat well with doctors, who, in New Hampshire and
SPOTLIGHT: NH can't take malpractice fund surplus
So, New Hampshire officials, thought you'd close the gap in your budget by taking the malpractice fund's extra dollars? "Not so fast," a judge has said. Officials wanted to take the $110 million
