…in Rural Hospitals Rural Health Research Recap, Rural Health Research Gateway, January 2019 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rate hospitals nationwide using the Star Quality Ratings for Hospitals,…
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…bifurcated system of health insurance based largely on employment with coverage supplied by private insurers. Medicare, a social insurance program, covers the elderly and disabled people; Medicaid, a means-tested welfare…
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…1970 — but grew rapidly. State Medicaid expenditures reached $11.2 billion in 1980, $31.3 billion in 1990, $89.2 billion in 2000, and $131.7 billion in 2010. Medicaid now accounts for…
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…did Medicaid or private insurance. Medicare spent $328 per person annually, on average, for these drugs. Medicaid and private insurance spent an average of $139 and $209 per person annually,…
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…reimbursement and is used mainly for research. Per a 2012 Supreme Court ruling, Medicaid expansion is an optional decision for states. In states that have expanded Medicaid, a disproportionate payer…
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…economic crisis and health-care disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” the authors write. They add that the study highlights the role of Medicaid expansion in reducing health disparities. Medicaid is…
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…the U.S. population but accounted for 34 percent of healthcare-related spending in 2010, a report from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shows. In 2010, healthcare spending amounted…
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…Policies regulating the availability and reimbursement of telemedicine services vary by state. Medicare is governed by federal policy, but states oversee Medicaid guidelines and decisions about Medicaid expansion, and commercial…
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…to their needs is because there is a wide variation in what insurance covers among plans within and between states.” For example, Medicaid plans in Kentucky and Connecticut did not…
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…of Medicaid insurance in order to measure the impact of health insurance on an individual’s health and well-being. Published in 2012 in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, the study examined…
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