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Hospital-owned nursing homes see higher reimbursement rates from Medicaid
Oct 18, 2017 | Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
Hospitals gain from more patients going to nursing homes licensed under its name.
Hospitals leave downtowns for more prosperous digs
Apr 13, 2015 | Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
Hospitals have moved to follow population migrations before, but the relocations are now more common and raising ...
1.5 million sign up for insurance on health exchanges
Dec 11, 2014 | Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
With less than a week until the deadline to buy individual health insurance that begins Jan. 1, experts say ...
Study: Nearly 1 in 10 Medicaid births delivered early, raising costs
Dec 09, 2014 | Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
Nearly 9 percent of the births covered by Medicaid -- or about 160,000 each year -- were ...
Insurance exchanges launch successfully
Nov 17, 2014 | Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News, Anna Gorman
The Affordable Care Act's online insurance exchanges launched this weekend with far fewer problems and less fanfare than ...
Kids on Medicaid not receiving screening exams, OIG says
Nov 13, 2014 | Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
Millions of low-income children are failing to get the free preventive exams and screenings guaranteed by ...
Medicaid expansion unlikely in 5 states
Nov 06, 2014 | Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
The re-election of Republican governors in closely contested races in Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, Maine and Kansas dims the ...
Growing economy increases Medicaid returns for some providers
Oct 14, 2014 | Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
With an improving fiscal climate, some states are paying their Medicaid providers more. More states are ...
May 27, 2014 | Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
One of the biggest beneficiaries of healthcare reform's expansion of insurance coverage to more than 13 million people ...
Mar 11, 2014 | Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
With several states weighing whether to expand Medicaid under the federal health law, supporters are ...

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