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In the 1980s, as Medicaid managed care expanded across the county, safety net providers, such as Community Health Centers (CHCs) and public hospitals, feared that managed care would reduce reimbursements for Medicaid-eligible services, making it more difficult for them to provide care to the un- and under-insured, and result in a loss of Medicaid volume, as beneficiaries would choose to see ...
Enrollment in the marketplaces started on October 1, 2013, and continued for six months. As of April 19, 2014, 8.02 million people had signed up through the health insurance marketplaces. An additional 4.8 million joined Medicaid. [3] Enrollment for 2015 began on November 15, 2014, and ended on December 15, 2014. [4]
Founded in 1948, [26] Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield (ABCBS) [27] is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and the largest healthcare provider in the state. [28] It donated $1.98 million to The Walton College of Business toward founding its Robert L. Shoptaw Master of Healthcare Business Analytics Program. [ 29 ]
GuideWell, formally GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation (holding company for Florida Blue), is a mutual insurance holding company primarily focused on health insurance in Florida. It was created in 2013 by a reorganization initiated by Florida Blue, a member company of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association . [ 4 ]
In 1752, Benjamin Franklin founded the first American insurance company as Philadelphia Contributionship.In 1820, there were 17 stock life insurance companies in the state of New York, many of which would subsequently fail.
Medicare open enrollment runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. During this annual event, people with Medicare can review plans and make changes to their Medicare coverage, which go into effect Jan. 1.
In the United States, Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a ...
The IPA assembles care providers in self-directed groups within a geographic region to invent and implement health improvement solutions, form collaborative efforts among care providers to implement these programs, and exert political influence upward within the community to effect positive change. [citation needed]