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Health Care Authority Prepares to Start Paying Medicaid Providers at Higher Rates Under Health Reform 2 Mar 2013 | 05:24 am
OLYMPIA - Washington State's Medicaid providers with primary care or pediatric practices will start receiving more money for their services later this year under the Affordable Care Act, the new feder...
Washington's Health Care Authority awarded $1 million state innovation model grant 22 Feb 2013 | 10:01 pm
OLYMPIA -- Washington State Health Care Authority Acting Director MaryAnne Lindeblad announced today that the federal Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the state a $1 million "pre-te...
Implementing Emergency Room Best Practices Improves Care, Reduces State Medicaid Costs 25 Jan 2013 | 04:58 am
Initial data shows improved health care coordination is a benefit to Medicaid clients and the state budget SEATTLE—A new report on a collaborative effort of hospitals and physicians to reduce "unnece...
Health Care Authority Releases Annual Report on Employment Status of Medical Assistance Clients, Dependents 19 Jan 2013 | 04:49 am
OLYMPIA – An annual report on the employment status of state medical assistance clients and their families shows that little has changed over the past five years – nearly one in 12 of those receiving ...
Health Care Authority Prepares Website to Answer Medicaid Providers' Questions About Rate Increases 5 Jan 2013 | 05:24 am
OLYMPIA - Washington State's Medicaid program, like all other states, is waiting for information from the federal government in order to finalize the rate increases for primary care providers promised...
Health Care Authority Receives $12 Million Bonus for Outreach That Helped Children Find Health Insurance 20 Dec 2012 | 09:18 pm
OLYMPIA – Washington State has been awarded just over $12 million by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in a bonus that recognizes the state's efforts to identify and enroll el...
Washington Health Benefit Exchange Awarded Conditional Blueprint Approval 11 Dec 2012 | 03:01 am
Washington Health Benefit Exchange Awarded Conditional Blueprint Approval Washington One of Six States to Achieve Status from Dept. of Health & Human Services OLYMPIA, Wash. - Dec. 10, 2012 - The Was...
Obstetricians Seek to Improve Newborn Health With Full-term Pregnancies 4 Dec 2012 | 01:50 am
OLYMPIA - Gov. Chris Gregoire today at a meeting of the Washington State Obstetrical Association, highlighted recommendations and specific steps, found by the Robert Bree Collaborative, that health ca...
Health Technology Assessment Program Seeking Public Comment on New Technologies 20 Nov 2012 | 05:19 am
OLYMPIA – The Health Technology Assessment program is accepting public comments on potential medical technologies that will be considered by the Health Care Authority Administrator for selection for r...
Washington State Health Care Authority Helps Link Up Veterans and Their Families With Federal Benefits 14 Nov 2012 | 04:32 am
OLYMPIA, Wash. – One way to celebrate Veterans Day this month is to help spread the word about a program that connects Washington State veterans and their families with federal benefits they have earn...
