At the start of 2015, Indiana became the 28th state to expand Medicaid taking the Obama Administration up on its offer to pay 100% of the costs through the end of 2016. But… the administration had to make some concessions to the... Continue Reading CMS Has Due Cause to Demand Wider Study of Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP 2.0) for Medicaid Expansion Members

Mind over body or is it body over mind? No matter which way you look at it, your physical health is linked to your mental health. Intrinsically linked. Yet America’s health care system wasn’t built that way. In fact, it was built in quite... Continue Reading Better Care for Sure, But Integrating Physical and Mental Health Care is No Easy Task

Health insurance is a complicated thing. Continue Reading Do You Understand Your Health Care Plan? Preventive Services Are One of the Best Parts.

Being chronically or acutely ill is a difficult, costly place to be in America’s health care system. Almost two-thirds of all Medicaid spending for services is attributable to the elderly and persons with disabilities, who make up just... Continue Reading Lowering Costs and Improving Care for the Sickest of the Sick Can MCOs Take on This Special Group?

The health care reform revolution is a flip in philosophy. Instead of reactively responding to people’s illnesses and chronic conditions, we’re asking the industry to help prevent them from escalating in the first place. The sweeping... Continue Reading Who Will Fund Coordinated Care Models?