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Ohio’s Proposed Demonstration Project for Medicaid/Medicare Beneficiaries- Is the Kasich Administration Moving too Quickly?

Submitted by clevine on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 2:02pm

If we can fix health care for people with complex health conditions, we can fix health care for everybody. That’s why everyone who thinks we need a better health care system needs to be paying attention to Ohio’s efforts to create a demonstration project to integrate care for people... (READ MORE)

Ohio’s Proposal to Integrate Care for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: Fast Track to Better Care or Possible Train Wreck?

Submitted by clevine on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 10:16am

Much to its credit, the Kasich administration has developed a proposed demonstration project to improve care for people who are dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare.  Many people who are “dually eligible” desperately need better coordinated care and this writer believes that OHT is trying to get it right. But advocates for older adults and people with disabilities worry that the rushed process, pressure from managed care plans, inadequacy of conversations with consumers may lead to real problems.

What Connects the Super Committee to the 99%?

Submitted by clevine on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 11:21am

What Connects the Super Committee to the 99%?

The Bush-era tax cuts, of course! Yesterday, the Congressional “Super Committee,” charged with finding $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions declared defeat in meeting this week’s deadline. And observers note that what kept them from finding common ground, ultimately, was the insistent Republican demand that the Bush-era tax cuts be continued -- and the equally insistent demand by Democrats that the tax cuts be allowed to expire.

Ohio’s Integrated Care Plan for Medicare/Medicaid Beneficiaries

Submitted by clevine on Fri, 06/22/2012 - 12:00am

Ohio’s Integrated Care Plan for Medicare/Medicaid Beneficiaries  – Consumers and Providers Need to Work Together to Create a System of Better Care, from the Ground Up

Where we are: The Kasich Administration’s demonstration proposal to integrate care for dually eligible beneficiaries.

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