Archive for November, 2011
How’s your MUP/HPSA today? Plus the bleeding edge of health reform and answers from Harvard
During the recent U.S. Conference on AIDS in Chicago, health care reform experts discussed key implications for the HIV/AIDS community. Here are their presentations: Worried there won’t be enough HIV providers in 2014? Andrea Weddle and colleagues at HIV Medicine Association are helping to update the MUP/HPSA criteria. What’s that? Well, duh… it’s the Medically Underserved [...]
Toolkit & presentation: What does deficit deduction really mean for people with HIV?
Deficit reduction is a major threat to low-income and vulnerable populations, including people with or at risk for HIV/AIDS. What does this mean for you? Deficit reduction could mean major cuts to programs that are critical to people living with HIV and AIDS including Medicaid and Medicare as well as other programs that support AIDS research, [...]
DHCS Posts Medi-Cal FAQ Sheet
Dear Stakeholders, The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has posted responses to some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding the recent federal approval of the state’s 2011-2012 budget proposals to reduce Medi-Cal provider reimbursement rates. We invite you to visit the DHCS Website to view the Provider Rate Reductions FAQs under [...]
How will healthcare reform affect you?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be in San Francisco on Monday, November 21st, this is your opportunity to tell them what YOU think should be covered under health care reform. When Congress passed the healthcare reform law they left it up to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to [...]
Essential Health What?! Weigh in!
When your employer offers you health insurance, what’s the second question that comes to mind? If you’re like us, it’s probably, “What’s covered?” (The first question, of course, is “How much will it cost?”) Congress passed health reform, but they didn’t specify what benefits would be covered. Instead, they left it to the U.S. Department [...]