January 2016 – Page 4 – medicarereport.org

States Simplify Medicaid Sign-Ups

(By - Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News) Getting on Medicaid has never been so easy. In the past two years,

(Source - CMS.gov) Degenerative joint disease (usually termed osteoarthritis [OA]) of the knee is a condition characterized by the progressive

(Source - CMS.gov) MS has accepted a formal complete request to initiate a NCA for Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection.

(Source - Kaiser Family Foundation) Over its first two years, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has triggered increases in Medicaid

(Source - Kaiser Family Foundation) The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) major coverage reforms have created new pathways to insurance coverage

(Source - Kaiser Family Foundation) On the eve of the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, a new Kaiser

(By - Corin Cates-Carney, Montana Public Radio, via Kaiser health News) Butte is an old mining town tucked in the

(Source - CMS.gov) On January 19, CMS updated the Open Payments dataset, consistent with the values we published on June

(Source - Kaiser Family Foundation) While U.S. global health programs have enjoyed bipartisan support in the past, a new survey

(By - Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News) It’s long been argued that if consumers are shopping with their own money,