State Health Watch Archives – April 30, 1998
April 30, 1998
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Children's advocacy groups hail state CHIP plans that offer innovative solutions
Six consumer advocacy groups have identified several state plans under the State Children's Insurance Program (CHIP) that provide good solutions to cost-sharing, crowd-out and other thorny implementation problems states face. -
Back Page Briefs 4/98
Back Page Briefs 4/98 -
New CA foundation authorized $35 million in program grants
The HealthCare Foundation, created by the conversion of Blue Cross of California from a non-profit health plan to a for-profit corporation, announced that it authorized $35 million in programs and grants in its first year as a new philanthropy. -
CA Attorney general eyes community impact of hospital sale
In an effort to understand how the sale of a major non-profit hospital to a for-profit health system impacts the community it serves before the sale takes place, the California attorney general's office turned to a prominent outside consulting firm for help. -
Clip File 4/98
Clip File April 1998 -
Dental care,long ignored by state programs, is being offered
Dental care, once the ignored stepchild of publicly-funded health insurance programs, has become a fundamental element of many plans submitted by states seeking to take advantage of new federal Title 21 funding for Child Health Insurance Programs. -
HCFA approves batch of new state CHIP programs.
In a flurry of activity, the Health Care Financing Administration has approved five state children's insurance programs since late March. -
KY rejects risk pool as cure for market ills, develops alternative
Rejecting a proposal to create a high-risk pool as a cure for an ailing insurance market, Kentucky lawmakers recently voted to try another strategy to cover individuals who may be costly to insure. -
MD legislature gives insurance chief power to censure HMO.
In an effort to make HMOs more accountable to the public, the Maryland legislature has unanimously approved a compromise bill that allows the state to censure HMO medical directors for inappropriately denying health-care coverage. -
No major disruption of Medicaid coverage under welfare reform.
Welfare reform has had a less disruptive effect on Medicaid coverage than many critics had feared, according to a new report by the General Accounting Office. -
New slogan in WA state: 'Trust, but verify'
Washington state officials have decided they can't rely only on the honor system to keep track of residents' eligibility for insurance subsidies under the Basic Health Plan (BHP) from year to year. -
WI physicians fight state data collection.
Warning that new legislation poses a threat to patient privacy, Wisconsin physicians are mounting a last-ditch campaign to kill legislation that would enable the state to collect financial and claims data directly from physicians' offices.