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Report from Washington: Assistance to Build Successful Community Health Systems
September 4, 1997 Author: Keith J. Mueller, Ph.D.
Table of Contents:
Can Washington Really Help Communities?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (cont.)
Child Health Insurance in the 1997 Legislation
Child Health Insurance in the 1997 Legislation (cont.)
Changes in Medicaid, Balanced Budget Act of 1997
Medicare: Payment Changes May Open Floodgates
Medicare Managed Care Enrollment by Payment Rate
The Changes in the Budget Act
Effects on Volatility and Variation
Effects on Volatility and Variation (cont.)
Effects in Nebraska
Related Change
Related Change (cont.)
Provider Sponsored Organizations: A Chance for Rural?
PSO’s (2)
Hospital Flexibility Program
Other Medicare Changes
The Future for Medicare
The Future for Medicare (cont.)
Ah, But Then There is the Present
Ah, But Then There is the Present (cont.)
More in Payment Changes
Some Positives in Payment
Grease the Skids: Federal Appropriations
Conclusions
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