Planned Parenthood closing Doylestown clinic
Due to financial issues, Planned Parenthood will close their Doylestown clinic on June 28.
Health-care transition a slow process across the states
As many legislatures around the country have finished their work for the year, fewer than one-fourth of states have taken concrete steps to create health insurance marketplaces, a central feature of the federal law to overhaul the U.S. health-care system, reports The Washington Post.
Controversy over pricey care
Costly healthcare paid by dissipating federal funds is a topic of controversy as issues of the rocky economy and patient health are discussed.
Medicaid expansion denied under health care law
Gov.Tom Corbett says the Medicaid expansion under the year-old federal health care law cannot be afforded in Pennsylvania.
Corbett’s budget proposes Medicaid changes
Gov. Corbett plans for reforms that will change the Medicaid plan to be more in line with private coverage.
Medicare reimbursement rates will increase for midwives
By the end of January, midwives who provide the same services as physicians will receive equal Medicare reimbursement rates. In addition, the Pennsylvania’s Department of Public Welfare has taken steps to collect data examining birth center’s Medicad reimbursement rates.
Study Finds only 42.8% of Children on Medicaid went to Dentist last year
A study conducted by the University of Pittsburgh found that only 42.8% of children in Allegheny County that are covered by Medicaid visited the dentist last year.
Medicaid Extension Critical to Many State Budgets
The current uncertainty of the medicaid extension, which will provide federal funding to many states, could be catastrophic to state budgets.
PA Legislators Fear Potential Loss in Federal Medicaid Aid
Gov. Rendell and other members of congress are concerned about the potential loss of $850 million in federal funding for medicaid, which would increase the state’s deficit.
Rendell went to DC to root for bill that includes state Medicaid funding
The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, known as the tax extenders bill, comprises a variety of proposals — but the one most important to Pennsylvania is a six-month extension of federal matching funds for state Medicaid programs, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.