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Latest Health News – Last Updated 8/9/2010
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NEW! June/July 2010 Combined Health Law & Senior Health Newsletter Headlines:
- PA Budget Passes
- Feds Approve PA's High Risk Plan, But Make Changes
- MATP Expands Methadone Maintenance Cost-Saving Pilot
- Health Care Reform Resources Our Readers Might Find Helpful
- And much much more ...
NEW! PA announces that the application for PA Fair Care will be available on August 4, 2010. PA Fair Care is a new health insurance program for uninsured adults with pre-existing conditions. It was made possible by the federal Health Care Reform legislation. Note that funding for the program is limited, and that applicants will be enrolled on first-come, first-serve basis. Details of the program can be found at www.pafaircare.com.
NEW! May 2010 Health Law Newsletter Headlines:
- PA Establishes High Risk Insurance Program
- Fate of adultBasic Uncertain
- Health Care Reform Changes Underway
- Major Hospital Systems in Southeast Sign
New Contracts with Medicaid Plan
- And much much more ...
NEW! PA Assisted Living Consumer Alliance (PALCA) Comments on Final-Form Regulations. Click here to read PALCA's comments to the
Independent Regulatory Review Commission.
PHLP profiled in Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal. Click here to read the article.
LI NET Guidance for Pharmacists. LI NET replaced the Wellpoint Point-of-Sale Facilitated Enrollment Process effective 1/1/2010 (in PDF, Dec 2009).
Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Factsheets!
Adult Community Autism Program (ACAP) now enrolling individuals from
Lancaster, Cumberland, and Dauphin counties! Click here for more details.
PHLP Releases: Navigating COBRA under ARRA Factsheet (in pdf April 2009).
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