Strategic Planning & Timelines
- 04/12/2011
North Carolina Senate has approved S.B.375 and it now heads to the House for its consideration. The bill will provide a legal framework for the state to voluntarily set up health information exchanges.
- 04/12/2011
West Virginia's governor has enacted a temporary provider tax for acute care hospitals in order to generate more federal Medicaid dollars. The enabling legislation, H.B. 492, was signed by the state's acting governor, Earl Ray Tomblin, on April 5, 2011.
- 04/12/2011
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Alabama and Missouri as the latest states to launch Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs for eligible professionals and hospitals.
- 04/08/2011
Kentucky policymakers have requested proposals to transform the state's Medicaid program to a managed care program in an effort to improve care coordination and reduce costs.