High Risk Pools Set to Start

5,000 Ohioans May Benefit From High-Risk Pool.

In a June 26th article, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reported "Health coverage could be a step closer in Ohio for more than 5,000 people whose pre-existing medical conditions or diseases made insurance unavailable or highly unaffordable. While this will help Ohio reduce its uninsured, it still could represent only a fraction of the state's eligible population."

But, "in serving about 5,000 residents, it will do so without incurring any state debt, because it will rely entirely on new federal health care reform money, officials said." Ohio "has picked Medical Mutual of Ohio to run the temporary program, called a high-risk insurance pool."

April NEO-BOM Meeting a Great success!

I attended a great meeting this morning with NEO-BOM --a group for Northeast Ohio Business Office Managers in the long term care industry. Many thanks to Carolyn Lookabill and Jennifer Richter for hosting the event and inviting us to attend.

Today we talked about the New Health Care Act and the immediate and long term changes for businesses, as well as the Governments increased efforts to combat fraud and abuse, including the Recovery Audit Contractors.

Let me know if you would like a copy of our powerpoint.