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Medicaid managed care switch smooth in New Hampshire
Concord Monitor
New Hampshire health officials said they are pleased so far with the state’s transition to a managed care system for its Medicaid program. Since the program launched Dec. 1, the number of calls to the three contracted health plans have been what officials expected, and problems that have come up have been resolved quickly. One trouble spot has involved pharmacy claims, because pharmacies need to know which plan the customer has selected in order to fill a prescription.
Iowa's GOP governor expands Medicaid program
The Washington Post
The White House welcomed the news that Iowa's Republican Gov. Terry Branstad agreed to expand his state's Medicaid program under the administration's healthcare law. Under a compromise with the Department of Health and Human Services, the state will be allowed to charge premiums to people who earn between 100 percent and 133 percent of the federal poverty line to pay a modest premium for health coverage.
Utah may substitute private insurance for Medicaid expansion
The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah is edging closer to an Arkansas-style alternative to expanding Medicaid. A Legislative Health Reform Task Force revisited, tweaked and approved three expansion scenarios for recommendation to the full legislature. Still on the table: Doing nothing and keeping Medicaid eligibility rules as they are now. But in a surprise twist, lawmakers ditched previously favored partial expansion strategies in favor of giving low-income Utahns public dollars to buy private insurance.
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Judge mulls suit over Medicaid plan from Arizona governor
The Associated Press via Beaumont Enterprise
A lawyer for Arizona's Republican governor Jan Brewer asked a judge to block an effort by GOP lawmakers to block an expansion of Arizona's Medicaid health insurance program six months after pushing the law through the legislature.
McDonnell wants review of any Medicaid expansion
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Even if Virginia decides to expand its Medicaid program, Gov. Bob McDonnell wants a second look in two years before the state would start paying part of the bill. McDonnell proposed to put a sunset clause on any expansion of the program by the Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission, created this year to oversee reforms that lawmakers insist be accomplished before — or, some say, at the same time as — expanding the program under the federal Affordable Care Act.
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Qualified candidates will possess a bachelor's degree in business administration or a related field with a preference for a master's degree or MBA. We require at least 15 years of increasingly responsible senior management experience in health plan operations or a similar highly transactional environment with demonstrated skills in innovation, change management and strategic systems thinking.
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