been adopted by vital records agencies in al but four states. (Connecticut, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and West Virginia submit death reports to SSA outside the EDR system.3) SSA’s contracts with the states stipulate a sliding payment scale to incentivize faster reporting. In 2018, SSA...
It was a time when people fought and died for freedom. On April 24, 1916, standing on the steps of the GPO, Pádraig Pearse proclaimed a Republic that “guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens”. For the past four years, a young Ir...
The leading destinations were New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA; Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI; and the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ...
While Medicaid already plays an integral role in our health care system, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act* (Affordable Care Act, or ACA), signed by President Obama on March 23, 2010, ushers in a significant new chapter in the program’s evolution. Under the ACA, Medicaid eligi...
Unless I'm at sea, climbing a mountain, trekking through the jungle, marooned on a deserted island, piloting a submarine (my other job), stuck on a plane, hiding from angry shark finners (not that unlikely), in a coma (been there, done that), in jail or just plain dead... this ...
These waivers will allow the states of New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin to offer health insurance coverage to the parents of children eligible under either SCHIP or Medicaid. Additionally, the demonstration projects in New Jersey and Rhode ...
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(33.3 million members) investor-owned, national for-profit company, emphasizes reduced costs and value for its investors.40In 2010, Wellpoint had $2.89 billion in net income (profits after taxes). By contrast, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBS-RI), a mid-sized (approximately 600...
Generally determined annually, the FMAP formula is designed so that the federal government pays a larger portion of Medicaid costs in states with lower per capita incomes relative to the national average (and vice versa for states with higher per capita incomes). For FY2013, regular FMAP rates ...
On January 15, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM). The revised air quality standards were completed pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA) and, in part, in response to a ...