New York health care services deal renewed
Medicaid care enrollment services for New York City and two nearby counties will continue to be furnished by Maximus Inc. through a two-year contract renewal
[IWS] CBO: Nonprofit Hospitals & the Provision of Community
Medicaid-covered services and the provision of certain specialized services, Differences in the Provision of Medicaid-Covered Services 17 It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City.
Pharmacists, Advocates Raise Concerns About Potential Prescription
concerns that many low-income Medicare beneficiaries “will again have trouble getting medications next month, as they did in January of this year,” when the Medicare prescription drug benefit began, the New York Times reports.
Health Policy Digest - November 14, 2006
MEDICAID WANTS CITIZENSHIP PROOF FOR INFANT CARE. Children born in the United States to illegal immigrants with low incomes will no longer be automatically entitled to health insurance through Medicaid NEW YORK TIMES. Treatment
HHS Approves New York Plan to Update Medicaid
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today approved a five-year, $3 billion experiment by New York State to reorient its Medicaid program to take care of more people in their homes and communities with an eye toward enhancing patient satisfaction
Medicaid Plan Prods Patients Toward Health
Mr. Johnson, 61 and a former garbage collector, takes insulin and goes to a clinic once a month for diabetes checkups. Taxpayers foot the bill through Medicaid, the federal-state health coverage program for the poor. But
More policy ideas for improving New York's health-care sector
Gov.-elect Eliot Spitzer knows he has to tackle New York's out-of-control Medicaid spending. But New York's private health-care insurance is just as obscene a mess. What New York health care needs is free-market medicine.
'The status quo doesn't work, and isn't an option'
The Business Council of New York State estimates the commission's recommendations would reduce Medicaid costs by an estimated $249 million a year, with similar savings for employers and other private purchasers of health insurance.
Print reports portrayed Medicare drug price reform as problematic
From the November 6 New York Times article:. For big drug companies, the new Medicare prescription benefit is proving to be a financial windfall larger than even the most optimistic Wall Street analysts had predicted.
30 Issues in 30 days: Medicaid in NY State The Brian Lehrer Show
Richard Perez Pena, reporter for the New York Times and Jon Cohen, MD, chief medical officer at The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, former candidate for Lieutenant Governor - on the causes behind the ballooning Medicaid

New York's Medicaid spending outpaces other states', new analysis
ALBANY—New York's Medicaid spending is more than twice the per-capita national New York's average of $2258 in Medicaid spending for every state resident
A Windfall From Shifts to Medicare - New York Times
The pharmaceutical industry is beginning to reap a windfall from a surprisingly lucrative niche market: drugs for poor people.
CSC: New York State Department of Health (U.S.): Online Medicaid
EMedNY integrates claims processing, eligibility verification and reporting capabilities in one HIPAA-compliant system. Its data warehouse holds more than
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
New York (Medicaid) With a regional office in Manhattan, New York, WellCare provides eligible children and adults with comprehensive benefit packages
New York Medicaid Program Does Not Do Enough To Fight Fraud, Waste
New York's Medicaid program has not done enough to fight fraud and waste and has made too many staff cuts and too little effort to enforce state Medicaid
Medicaid Wants Citizenship Proof For Infant Care - New York Times
New York Times. Tuesday, December 5, 2006 Illegal immigrants are generally barred from Medicaid but can get coverage for treatment of emergency medical
Fraud and Waste Infect New York Medicaid - by Devon Herrick - The
New York State's Medicaid problems are the worst in the nation, but they exemplify troubles that plague the entire system: lack of control over costs and
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Long Term Care Insurance - New York State Partnership for Long
The New York State Partnership for Long-Term Care combines private long-term care insurance and Medicaid to help New Yorkers prepare for nursing home care
Panel Calls for Big Changes in Medicaid - New York Times
New York Times. Monday, December 4, 2006 The panel, known as the Medicaid Commission, said states should have more freedom to alter benefits and new+york+medicaid: medicaid new nyc office york , medicaid eligibility new york , medicaid new nyc office york , medicaid eligibility new york , new+york+medicaid