Submitted by achenault on Wed, 01/14/2015 – 2:08pm We are grateful for your generous gifts in the last weeks of 2014. Thanks to your support, UHCAN Ohio will continue, in 2015, to build the consumer voice to shape health care polices and develop solutions to meet Ohioans’ needs. In 2015, we will: connect with more
Submitted by achenault on Tue, 01/20/2015 – 3:51pm As I wrote in the recent UHCAN Ohio newsletter, Ohio received notice, in December, of a $75 million State Innovation Models (SIM) Test grant The grant is to test new ways of paying for health care that “improve health system performance, increase quality of care, and decrease
Submitted by achenault on Wed, 01/14/2015 – 4:25pm News flash: health care costs too much. But we’re also not getting our money’s worth. Health care reform is about spending more wisely to get better care at lower costs. On December 16, 2014, Governor John Kasich received a nice holiday gift from the federal Centers for
Submitted by achenault on Wed, 01/14/2015 – 2:10pm More and more people are recognizing that oral health is important to overall health. Yet thousands of Ohioans can’t get affordable dental care in their communities—hurting their ability to live, learn, and work. We need new thinking about how our dental care workforce is configured. Fortunately, there
Submitted by achenault on Wed, 01/14/2015 – 1:56pm On January 5, 2015, new members of Ohio’s 129th General Assembly were sworn in with their first task on the horizon – the biennial budget. Capital Bureau Chief Mark Kovac provides a great top 10 list of Things to Know About the Start of Ohio’s New General
Submitted by achenault on Wed, 01/14/2015 – 1:51pm Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane. – Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King recognized that health care is a matter of justice. As we celebrate his birthday next week, consider honoring his legacy by getting yourself
Submitted by achenault on Wed, 01/14/2015 – 1:50pm As we move through the current Open Enrollment period, many Ohioans are seeking out assistance to help them understand the enrollment process and get covered. In the first month of the current open enrollment period, 89,000 Ohioans signed up for coverage through the Marketplace. UHCAN Ohio Certified
Submitted by achenault on Tue, 01/27/2015 – 5:49pm In November of 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of King v. Burwell. The case challenges the subsidies paid to those enrolled in Qualified Health Plans in states with a Federally-Facilitated Marketplace (FFM), such as Ohio. Subsidies help make health insurance affordable for
Submitted by achenault on Fri, 02/13/2015 – 3:59pm Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) has taken action to terminate thousands of Medicaid recipients who have not responded to recent requests for information. Here’s what people need to know: ODM is required to verify continued eligibility for most people on Medicaid every 12 months. This process is
Submitted by achenault on Thu, 02/19/2015 – 11:47am Advocates for people with disabilities who are on Medicaid were shocked, on February 2nd, when the Kasich administration announced , as part of its proposed budget, the phase-out of Medicaid funding for Independent Providers (IPs) of home care services. Under the proposal, no new IPs could bill
