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Medicaid cost spike looms over KanCare ; KanCare: ‘Going to be a big issue going forward’

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Sam Brownback will be challenged in the upcoming session with new realities of the privatized Medicaid program ranging from an unanticipated $116 million cost spike to difficulty integrating more than 50,000 high-risk participants into a “health home” network. The state is obligated to meet the $40 million surge in Medicaid costs in the fiscal year closing…

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Nov. 30– OAK RIDGE– An insurance company headquartered in Oak Ridge has been ordered to pay a reinsurance firm more than $41 million. District judge in New York granted the request for a summary judgment against Appalachian Underwriters Inc. and its affiliate, Insurance Services Group Inc. The judgment was awarded to Greenlight Reinsurance Ltd., a company…

–2:05 p.m.: Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services Office of Enterprise Management Acting Director Niall Brennan; Charles Cutler, former chairman of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians; Charles Ornstein, senior reporter at ProPublica; and Kavita Patel, managing director of clinical transformation at Brookings, participate in a…

International financial adviser AES International has launched its team of experts specialising in corporate solutions, following a new Dubai law requiring health insurance for all employees in the emirate. In a statement to International Adviser, Sam Instone, CEO of AES International, stated that the company’s approach to Corporate Solutions would…

The following is from Fitch Ratings on November 21:. Fitch Ratings has affirmed the senior notes at’ AAAsf’ and subordinate notes at’ Asf’ issued by SLC Student Loan Trust 2006-2.. The credit quality of the trust collateral is high, in Fitch’s opinion, based on the guarantees provided by the transaction’s eligible guarantors and at least 97 percent reinsurance of…

WorkWell, in partnership with NextImage Medical, has introduced a solution to prevent and reduce claim costs to Workers’ Compensation. It’s a comprehensive solution that encompasses prevention, education, treatment and management at all stages of employment to drive savings to our customers, “said Liz Griggs, CEO, NextImage Medical/ WorkWell.

Humana and YMCA of the USA said that they are teaming for the second consecutive year to educate individuals and their families about their health coverage options under the Affordable Care Act. According to a release, Humana and the Y are co-sponsoring free health insurance seminars and health and wellness community events from September 2014 through…

“New regulations introduced by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act inject huge interoperability challenges within the technology layers of the health system,” said Allen Byerly, CTO, Grouphub.io. The industry standard for electronic transmission of health information, from enrollment to claims submission, is called HIPAA ASC X12 5010. The…

Acrometis has successfully implemented its claim processing platform CLAIMExpert, in less than 90 days for MAC Risk Management. According to a release from the company, MAC Risk Management is a Quincy, MA based in house claim administrator, for over 117,000 associates, for Ahold USA. We are eager to begin realizing the benefits to our claim administration…

Fitch Ratings affirms the’ BBB-‘ rating on the following Jefferson County, Alabama general obligation warrants:. –$93.9 million GO warrants, series 2013.. The chapter 9 plan of adjustment was approved by the bankruptcy court on Nov. 22, 2013 allowing the county to exit bankruptcy and restructure its defaulted variable rate GO debt with the series 2013 GO warrants.

WorkWell, in partnership with NextImage Medical, is introducing a solution to prevent and reduce claim costs to Workers’ Compensation. It’s a comprehensive solution that encompasses prevention, education, treatment and management at all stages of employment to drive savings to our customers, “said Liz Griggs, CEO, NextImage Medical/ WorkWell.

The Social Security Administration issued the following column by Jack Burns, Arizona public affairs specialist:. Social Security wears many hats to provide you with world-class customer service and benefits. One of the hats is as the administrator of the nation’s Social Security disability insurance program, known as SSDI.

*A 2015 Overhead Transfer Rate of 71.8 percent from the Share Insurance Fund to the Operating Fund in order to fund the agency’s insurance-related functions. The Director of Examination and Insurance also briefed the Board on the anticipated ranges for 2015 Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund assessments and Share Insurance Fund…

No contractor license and no workers’ compensation insurance- a double-trouble combination that Contractors State License Board investigators found during an undercover sting operation last week in Hanford. CSLB’s Statewide Investigative Fraud Team conducted the operation at a home in the north part of the city with assistance from the Kings County…

His bail was set on $3,000 that day, but it was raised to $10,000 on Sept. 4 and was posted by Anytime Bail Bonds the next day. Brandi Shailea Roose, 18, was booked into the Shawnee County Jail on Aug. 14 on charges of aggravated assault, interference with a law enforcement officer, three misdemeanor charges of battery and criminal damage to property, according to court…

Prem Reddy almost seems evangelical when he talks about his life, his mission and his purchases of distressed hospitals across the country. The day last month that his company, Prime Healthcare Services, was awarded the bid to buy the struggling Bay Area- based Daughters of Charity Health System, Reddy boasted to reporters about his talent for turning…

Before she signed up this month, 43- year-old Melanie Durocher of Rock Hill hadn’t had insurance for a year. Hers was one of several families that fell into the South Carolina “donut hole” when the state decided not to participate in the Medicaid expansion created by the Affordable Care Act. She and her husband, Nathan, a warehouse worker in Charlotte, had incomes too…

Nov. 29– Dana McGill-Brown of Grandview is vice president of operations for MHG Affordable Health Care Enrollment Service Center, 1520 E. 18th St., 816-326-0035, mhgobamacare.com. The center helps people enroll in the Obamacare marketplace by appointment or on a walk-in basis from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, through Feb. 15.