State of Reform » Medicare http://stateofreform.com Bridging the gap between healthcare and policy Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:31:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 WA: Last Day of [First] Special Session http://stateofreform.com/wa-last-day-of-first-special-session/ http://stateofreform.com/wa-last-day-of-first-special-session/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:41:57 +0000 Erin Thurston http://stateofreform.com/?p=10733

Today marks the last day of special session in Olympia. State legislators have until midnight to come to agreement and pass the budget. Will that happen? All signs point to…

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The Health Care Authority and the Department of Social and Health Services have announced Regence BlueShield and United Healthcare as the “apparently successful” bidders for HealthPath Washington’s new Medicare and…

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Medicare spending has been a hot topic on State of Reform lately (see here, here and here). Kaiser Health News reports on a new study published this week which concludes…

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]]> http://stateofreform.com/new-study/feed/ 0 Review of CMS Hospital Data for Washington http://stateofreform.com/review-of-cms-hospital-data-for-washington/ http://stateofreform.com/review-of-cms-hospital-data-for-washington/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 17:38:58 +0000 Erin Thurston http://stateofreform.com/?p=10358

CMS made national news recently in a surprise release of Medicare data for charges and payments for hospitals around the country. Recently, the Everett Herald reposted the rates for Washington…

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  The Murky World of Hospital Prices By The Editorial Board May 16, 2013 Last week, the federal government made public a vast trove of information on the list prices…

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