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John Umphress

John Umphress has spent more than two decades researching and writing about public health policy and other topics within the public policy arena, covering advocacy organizations, state and local government agencies and the Texas Legislature.

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CMS Selects States for Dual-Eligible Pilot Program

Posted Administrator Account on 4/29/2011
Fifteen states have been selected to design and test new methods to meet the complex and costly medical needs of the nation’s lowest-income and chronically ill citizens.

Feds to Assist States With New Medicaid Enrollment Systems

Posted Administrator Account on 4/29/2011
States needing to upgrade their computer systems to handle the changes in Medicaid enrollment under the Affordable Care Act will have 90 percent of the cost paid by the federal government, according to a new rule published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Proposed ACO Rules Unveiled

Posted Administrator Account on 4/29/2011
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released proposed new rules governing the creation and operation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs.)

Texas Hospital Tax Considered to Increase Medicaid Payments

Posted Administrator Account on 4/29/2011
With the Texas Legislature advancing a budget that contains severe cuts for Medicaid, as well as a host of other state services, talk has been circulating in the Texas Senate of the possibility of a hospital tax to allow the state to pull down additional Federal Medicaid dollars.