The Top Three Coronavirus Priorities for the Next Month
A daily Covid-19 update from Andy Slavitt, former head of the Centers for Medicare and...
Medicaid
A Modest Proposal: Get Rid of Unemployment Insurance
Provide everyone a guaranteed basic income instead. Congress is currently debating extending emergency unemployment insurance...
Live in Maine? Your access to healthcare might be in trouble.
Many low-income Maine residents were hoping for healthcare coverage under the Medicaid expansion. The reelection...
Urine Drug Testing Model Likely to Rollout Nationwide
Urine Drug Testing Model Likely to Rollout Nationwide This week, the Centers for Medicare and...
Restricting your healthcare.. I am an internist working for a…
Restricting your healthcare. I am an internist working for a Medicaid health plan. In Oregon...
In Florida, people are quitting their jobs to get insurance
“Maybe if you quit your job, you could qualify for Medicaid, and get the full...
Colorado’s Single-Payer Health Care Initiative
In 2016, Colorado, of all States, could jettison the Medicaid expansion, but not in a...
Amy’s Story Shows How Every Day is #RedNoseDay at BeneStream
This post is the second in BeneStream’s “I Am Medicaid Expansion” blog series featuring stories...
Breaking Down MACRA: A Chat with Andy Slavitt (Part I)
Earlier this year, Tincture spoke with Acting Administrator at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
Theranos banned — what’s the aftermath?
It took longer than people expected, but the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
What if a Tech-Savvy Business Executive ran CMS? He Already Does: A Chat with Andy Slavitt (Part III)
Earlier this year, Tincture spoke with Acting Administrator at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
Winning Back the Hearts and Minds of Physicians: A Chat with Andy Slavitt (Part II)
Earlier this year, Tincture spoke with Acting Administrator at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
Medicare’s Readmission Penalties Just Hit New High, Now What?
A recent report from The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, highlighted a sobering...
The First Medicare Data Vendor, the Nintendo Wii of healthcare data
CareSet Systems is the first Medicare Data Vendor. Soon, we will release our first analysis...
Disappointed with MACRA Approach to Telehealth & Remote Monitoring
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released long-awaited rules pertaining to...
A Down Payment on Health Reform. The House plan repeals Obamacare’s tax…
The House plan repeals Obamacare’s tax increases, subsidies, penalties, mandates, and Medicaid expansion. This step...
A War on New York Heath Care. As New York’s Medicaid Director, I…
As New York’s Medicaid Director, I couldn’t be more appalled by House Speaker Paul Ryan’s...
Congress Shortchanging States and the Health of Millions of Americans
The House of Representatives is moving forward with legislation that would impose 255 separate “per...
Death Spirals in RepubliCare. Taking away large parts of the Medicaid…
Taking away large parts of the Medicaid program and Obamacare subsidies has a very simple...
Trumpcare Needs Milton Friedman. Trumpcare has focused exclusively on…
Milton Friedman Trumpcare has focused exclusively on eliminating mandates, reducing tax credits, and rolling back...
Dear President Trump: The disability community and I will fight every day to stop Trumpcare
Senator Van Hollen stands with disability rights advocates at the steps of he Capitol on...
Trump’s “Greedy, Soulless, Sadistic Bastard Budget”
Homeless man sleeps on a sculpture of ‘Homeless Jesus,’ Archdiocese of Washington Catholic Charities, Washington...
Pierce County to transition to integrated physical and behavioral healthcare
No later than January 1, 2020, Pierce County residents in the Medicaid system will receive...
How Dual Eligible Plans Improve Health Care for the Most Vulnerable
Today, more than 100 million Americans are covered by either Medicare or Medicaid. Among this...
Important Information For Choosing a Long Term or Post-Acute Care Provider (AKA: Nursing Home)
The Trump Administration has proposed that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) change...
Health Bill Would Threaten Care for Kids in Foster Care
The House passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) or Trumpcare would impose $834 billion in...
130+ Child Health Advocates and Experts to Follow on Twitter
The debates related to “repeal and replace Obamacare,” efforts to cut hundreds of billions of...
How a bad healthcare bill can lead to better healthcare
The healthcare bill currently being debated in the Senate is the culmination of a century-long...
#SaveMedicaid Today. I’m not currently on Medicaid because I…
I’m not currently on Medicaid because I work and make more than $1000 per month,...
Kancare Revisited: Health, Safety and Quality for Kansans with Disabilities
[The following (re-posted verbatim) was part of a series of Medicaid compliance-based criticisms of the...