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John Umphress has spent more than two decades researching and writing about public health policy and other topics within the public policy arena, covering advocacy organizations, state and local government agencies and the Texas Legislature.

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Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Expanded

Posted Administrator Account on 8/31/2010
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is expanding the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration program, which will increase the number of facilities eligible to receive enhanced reimbursement for inpatient services.

Governors Will Have to Ask For Medicaid Money

Posted Administrator Account on 8/24/2010
Governors Will Have to Ask For Medicaid Money August 24, 2010 If governors want the extra Medicaid funds provided for in the recent stimulus bill, they are going to have to ask for it.

Insurance Regulators Focus on Health Plan Expenditures

Posted Administrator Account on 8/22/2010
State insurance regulators last week adopted guidelines as to what health insurance companies can count as medical costs.

Budget Impasse Could Stop Medi-Cal Payments to Some Providers

Posted Administrator Account on 8/22/2010
Health centers and community clinics in California will likely stop receiving reimbursements from the Medi-Cal program this week unless the state adopts a budget.

eScan Press Release - Core Patent issued

Posted Administrator Account on 8/17/2010
eScan Data Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce that on Aug 17, 2010, the first of three patents was issued for the core technology behind its state-of-the-art eligibility search engine with integrated error correction.

Senate Approves Medicaid Funds for States

Posted Administrator Account on 8/5/2010
The US Senate has passed a stimulus bill that will send $16 billion in additional Medicaid funding to help states that are struggling with budget shortfalls.

Missouri Voters Nix Health Reform; Florida Measure Struck From Ballot

Posted Administrator Account on 8/4/2010
A Missouri initiative that would allow Missourians to opt out of mandatory health care coverage required by the federal health care reform act passed by a wide margin on Tuesday.

Bill to Help Multi-Campus Hospitals Snare Additional EHR Funds

Posted Administrator Account on 8/3/2010
Legislation has been filed to that would make multi-campus hospitals eligible for additional grant dollars for funding adoption of electronic health record systems.

Congress Urges CMS to Review Medicare Coding Change

Posted Administrator Account on 7/31/2010
Members of Congress are asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to review a proposal that would reduce Medicare payments to hospitals by changing the coding or classification system of patients which CMS believes results in illnesses appearing more severe than they are.

Senators Challenge Medicare Cost-Cutting Panel

Posted Administrator Account on 7/30/2010
Five Senators have filed legislation to eliminate a committee created to review future cost growth in the Medicare program.

Ohio Hospitals Net $87 Million in UPL Funds

Posted Administrator Account on 7/29/2010
Ohio hospitals will receive an additional $87 million in federal funds based on care they provide to Medicaid patients.

Recovery Audits Will Be Expanded to Medicaid

Posted Administrator Account on 7/25/2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working towards expanding its recovery audit contractor (RAC) program to cover all of Medicare, as well as the Medicaid program.

HHS Announces Final EHR Rules

Posted Administrator Account on 7/23/2010
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled final rules to foster the development and adoption of electronic health records (EHR).

Berwick Sworn in as CMS Administrator

Posted Administrator Account on 7/13/2010
Dr. Donald Berwick was sworn in Monday as CMS administrator, the first permanent administrator since 2006.

CMS Proposes Changes for Hospital Outpatient Services under Medicare

Posted Administrator Account on 7/13/2010
Medicare beneficiaries would see a decline in their out-of-pocket costs for services they receive in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) in calendar year (CY) 2011 under provisions in a proposed rule issued today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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