Ohio Medicaid

Charity care shrinking at central Ohio’s nonprofit hospitals Central Ohio’s nonprofit hospitals receive hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks each year. But the traditional justification for those exemptions is fading rapidly. For decades, caring for the poor without…

After Medicaid Expansion, a Sharp drop in Hospital Stays As state governments continue to wrangle over Medicaid expansion continues, new data confirms that extending coverage has a great effect on the inpatient payer mix. States that expanded eligibility for Medicaid…

US Infant Mortality Rate Declines but Still Exceeds Other Developed Countries The newest federal data on US infant mortality in 2014 can be viewed as a glass half full or a glass half empty. The good news from the Centers…

Ohio Medicaid creating dialogue in Butler County on infant mortality The issue of high infant mortality rates in Butler County and other parts of the state has resonated with public officials and several agencies that serve the community. In partnership…

Ohio Medicaid to help Butler County combat infant mortality BUTLER COUNTY — Local community and political leaders, along with representatives from the five Medicaid managed care plans, joined Ohio Medicaid Director John McCarthy Thursday afternoon to discuss ways to combat…

Butler County urges political action to combat infant mortality Political action could be the driving force behind finding solutions to the county and Ohio’s soaring infant mortality rate, according to one prominent Butler County office holder. When local political and…

In Ohio, John Kasich’s Health-Care Reform Is Already Happening It’s easy to be critical of Obamacare for the mess it has made of the U.S. health-insurance system and for expanding a Medicaid program that is simply not sustainable. But from…

Fact check: Kasich’s Medicaid expansion exceeded projected costs Gov. John Kasich’s expansion of Medicaid services to lower-income Ohioans — over the objections of GOP lawmakers — hasn’t won him many friends among conservatives. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is quick…

Gov. Kasich’s heroic stand on Medicaid Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, won the silver medal in last week’s New Hampshire primary. Most political spectators, however, still consider Kasich a dark horse because his campaign coffers are almost dry, and he lacks…

Partnership aims to lower infant mortality in Columbus In a few months, 24 workers will fan out across the city in hopes of tackling the high rates of infant mortality that plague their neighborhoods. The group will be the first…