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Medicaid Provides medical benefits to low-income individuals and families; Expanded under Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2016 [8] through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Medicaid expansion has provided nearly 480,000 previously uninsured residents with coverage, dropping the state's uninsured rate to 8.4% in 2017 [9]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance portability standards.
Southern Ohio Medical Center (or SOMC) is a 216-bed 501(C)(3) not-for-profit hospital in Portsmouth, Ohio. It provides emergency and surgical care, as well as other health care services. SOMC employs 2,600 full-time employees and part-time employees, has a medical staff of more than 140 physicians and specialists , and is supported by ...
By 2010, the company was the third largest Medicaid HMO in the country, with $2.5 billion in revenue and 800,000 members across Ohio and Michigan. [12] In 2010, CareSource announced expansion of its provider network in Southeastern Ohio through a partnership with Quality Care Partners (QCP), a physician-hospital organization (PHO). [13]
LCMC Health System (formerly known as Louisiana Children's Medical Center) is a nonprofit network of healthcare providers in Southern Louisiana, based out of New Orleans. Members include academic centers, acute care facilities, and research hospitals. LCMC Health, along with Ochsner, dominate the Louisiana health and hospital space.
Molina Healthcare was founded in 1980 by C. David Molina, an emergency room physician in Long Beach, California. [4] He had seen an influx of patients using the emergency room for common illnesses such as a sore throat or the flu because they were being turned away by doctors who would not accept Medi-Cal.
1939 - Blue Cross Association formed. CHSA was a member. 1945 - Medical Mutual of Cleveland formed to provide insurance for physicians’ bills. 1957 - CHSA merged with Akron Hospital Service to form Blue Cross of Northeast Ohio. 1961 - Medical Mutual of Cleveland becomes affiliated with the Blue Shield System.
Such services benefit state medical boards, hospitals and other organizations interested in ensuring that physicians who are providing patient care are competent to do so. The FSMB publishes both electronic and print materials to inform member boards, physicians and the public about medical licensing, regulation, discipline and medical trends.