Posted February, 25 2011 by arianne
Advocates statewide are up in arms this morning about a surprise vote taken during the Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) meeting late yesterday afternoon to pass a package of 79 proposals intended to cut costs to the Medicaid program. This package included many new items that had not been on the original list of 49 proposals which had been given to […]
Posted February, 24 2011 by arianne
The Medicaid Redesign Team is set to meet again this morning at 10:30 am – 4 PM to go over a selection of proposals to reduce costs and improve quality in New York’s Medicaid Program. This meeting will be a work session, meaning that there will be no public comment period. However, the meeting will be open to the public […]
Posted February, 16 2011 by arianne
Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a new grant that will pay for states to establish new health insurance exchanges. Called the “Cooperative Agreement to Support Establishment of State-Operated Health Insurance Exchanges,” this grant offers two types of funding: Level One: Allows states to apply for just one year of […]
Posted February, 16 2011 by arianne
For those of you who were not able to make the Medicaid Redesign Hearings earlier this month, the Save Our Safety Net Campaign (SOS-C) has put together a short YouTube video capturing some of the comments made by consumer advocates at the NYC Medicaid Redesign hearings. The need to protect safety net providers appeared to […]