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Hospital News - Page 4 Physician Reimbursement News - Page 6 News from Across the States - Page 7 Medicaid Crossword - Page 13 Pharma Update - Page 11 Fraud News - Page 15 CHIP Update - Page 18
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Winter 2009 Issue
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In Hospital News…. Mayo stops taking Medicaid patients
Rates continue to drop (examples from Michigan and Vermont)
Louisiana gets a past due notice on a debt to CMS from the 1990s ‐MM Staff
Enough is enough
Get mad all you want, but the Mayo clinic has finally said enough is enough when it comes to losing
money on Medicaid patients. The main campus will not accept Medicaid patients from NE or MT, and
other facilities are starting to close the door to Medicare patients. If you are a Medicare member in AZ
or FL and you want to go to Mayo, you will be hit with an annual fee of $250 and a surcharge of up to
$400 per visit. Mayo reps are on the record as against government run health care.1 Another example of
a hospital saying enough is enough when it comes to Medicaid ‐‐ Chester Co Hospital in Pennsylvania
will no longer be accepting Medicaid members covered under one of the states Medicaid plans
(Keystone Mercy). The plan is cutting provider rates by 30%, and ‐ imagine this ‐ the hospital decided to
not lose 30% of its revenue on plan members. Between this example and Mayo no longer accepting
losing revenue on Medicare members, you have to wonder if this is the canary in the coal‐mine for the
grand public healthcare illusion.2
Hospital reimbursement continues to take a hit
Vermont hospitals were hoping to see a 6.4% bump in their Medicaid rates this year, but only got 5.9%.
Vermont hospitals face an unusual situation in which the state insurance commission sets their rates (as
opposed to the state Medicaid agency). The VT hospitals will take in almost $2B next year, but some still
face losses. Central VT Medical Center lost about $750,000, Rutland Regional lost $1.1M (both
compared to budget needs). VT hospitals enjoyed a 9.5% increase in 2009.3
Hospitals in Michigan are staring down an 8‐12% chop to their Medicaid revenues. The General
Assembly needs to cut nearly $3B out of the state budget and the huge hospital spend is looking pretty
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attractive. A much as $34B in cuts is being considered to the
Medicaid program. The hospital cut is estimated to take about
$200M from Michigan providers. Nursing homes are slotted to lose
as much as $114M under the proposal. While providers always cry
"end of the world" with any rate cut, in Michigan the effect of cuts
on the Medicaid participation rate has been palpable. In 1999
nearly 90% of providers took Medicaid patients. In 2005 that was
down to 64%. Some are saying it could drop to less than half if these
cuts go through.4
Washington hospitals sued the federal government over
uncompensated care fund calculations that they say did not include
all the right patients ‐ and lost. According to the decision, the
hospitals got some money by WA Medicaid and are not owed the
higher reimbursement rates they sought. According to the
hospitals, they got shorted $31M.5
That’s gotta hurt
Talk about getting kicked when you're down. According to CMS, the
state of LA owes as much as $800M back to CMS for overpayments
that happened in the 1990s. Given the current low value of the
dollar, I guess maybe they could actually make money by paying it
back ten years later ‐ but it’s still a bitter pill. CMS alerted the state
to this a long time ago, but the official "invoice" was sent in
September. The letter alleges that $362M was overpaid by LA
Medicaid due to incorrect hospital cost reports. State officials are
hoping to appeal and run the clock out on this one. Medicaid
Directors ‐ you may want to do a self‐audit and make sure you don’t
have a similar outstanding balance on your books.6
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CMS has created a list of 136 nursing
homes that really need improvement, but
GAO is saying it should be nearly 600
facilities. Examples of problem facilities
really dropping of the radar include those
in Indiana. There are 52 IN nursing homes
classified as "worst performing" by GAO,
but only 4 made it to the CMS "special
focus" list. According to GAO, for profit
nursing home chains have the highest
probability of making it on the worst
performing list.1
Provider taxes are popping up again as states see new opportunities to take stimulus magic money and double or triple
their investment. Hospitals in CA are "begging" Gov Terminator to sign a law into effect that would assess them new fees,
run those fees through the magic money pot that gets federal matching and then give them back a hefty return on their
fees. The fees could generate as much as $2B in stimulus payments for CA hospitals. Michigan passed a 3% fee on
physicians that will generate another $300M dollars in cash for the Michigan docs.
Long Term Care News
Good news for nursing home residents ‐
34% of nursing home execs think new CMS
quality surveys will improve care. The bad
news ‐ they don't know when. CMS is
releasing a new Quality Indicator Survey
(QIS) to 14 states. Many hope the survey
will build a "year‐round" approach to
quality metric reporting.1
Physician Reimbursement News
‐MM Staff
Run more tests – get paid less
The US Senate is looking to cut costs by hitting docs who run more tests. Outlier physicians in the 90th
percentile (in terms of tests run) would see their Medicare payments reduced by 5%. The same bill
would require reporting of compliance with basic quality protocols. Non‐compliance would result in up
to 2% reductions in payments. Docs are saying it will hurt care. Funny ‐ we can all agree that costs needs
to go down, but every single idea that would make that happen seems to get shot down.7
Give better care – Get paid more (sorry tried to rhyme it like the last heading, but failed)
Need a no‐brainer on how to up your Medicaid physician participation rate? Paying docs a bonus for
treating the poor is one way to do it. Illinois is shelling out an additional $5M in sugar money to docs
who treat public‐aid patients and rate high enough on certain quality metrics (like screenings and
vaccination rates). If a doc did well on the metrics, they get an extra $20 each time a patient walks in the
door. United Health is helping the state track performance. All the money is being channeled through
Illinois' version of a medical home for 1.6M of its Medicaid patients ("Health Connect").8
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NEWS FROM ACROSS THE STATES Revising the expected surges in Medicaid enrollment
Pork and Health Reform
Governors still concerned
How states are cutting
Did we say 4% growth when we were setting budgets? We meant 7%. Yeah, let’s go with 7%
this next year
Enrollment grew about 5.4% across state Medicaid programs
in FY 2009. This was a high since FY 2003. Medicaid directors
had forecast 3.6% for an uptick, to the budget asks across the
nation were way off (under). They're not so timid in their
projections this year, almost doubling the forecast to 6.6%
growth in the Medicaid rolls. Medicaid spending grew 7.9%, a high not seen since FY 2004. A lot of that
spending was subsidized with stimulus money in 38 states. But the spending orgy may not be able to
continue next year as the debts are just too large ‐ New York alone has $5B of red ink on the books. On
the other hand, if any one of the current reform bills goes through, states may be adding up to 11
million people.9
New York alone has $5B of red ink on the books
And the 3Q 2009 Pork‐Slinging Awards Goes to…Harry Reid hypocritically raises Medicaid costs for all
states but his? Did you really expect anything different? According to the NYT, the Senate majority
leader has rigged the current health care bill to give Nevada 100% of its Medicaid costs for 5 years. No
such luck to other states feeling the same crunch. Reid called his home state a "high‐need" state, and
lumped in Michigan, Oregon and Rhode Island in that grouping. Not sure why those 4 made it, but
there's a money trail there for some investigative reporter to follow for sure. Abuse of power at its best
(worst).10
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Dems may feel good about health reform this month, but the Governors are still worried
The Governors are still standing up to fight health reform because it will place the costs on their states
via Medicaid. Democratic and Republican Governors alike are opposed. Gov Riley of Alabama says the
impact on Alabama will be "dire." Tennessee Governor Bredesen warns that Tennesseans will have to
cough up another $735M if the health reform package remains focused on Medicaid expansion.
Governor Stricklan (Ohio) reminded everyone that states are in no position to have the hat passed
around to them this year (or the foreseeable future). Ohio faces almost a billion dollar budget gap under
one health reform plan. West VA Governor Joe Manchin is all for reform, saying the focus on preventive
care will actually reduce costs.11
Tennesseans will have to cough up another $735M if the health reform package remains focused on Medicaid expansion
AZ Gov Jan Brewer is eyeing the impact health reform will have on
her state, and says that the current Medicaid membership of 1.2M
would grow by 400,000 under some proposals.12
Same story, different states
Everybody – and we mean everybody – is facing a huge state and Medicaid deficit. So cuts and eligibility
freezes are the standard script for probably the next few years. Here’s the detail of how a few states are
playing this out now‐
New Hampshire mental health
providers will see cuts soon that are
projected to be around 8%. Michigan is
cutting payments to docs and hospitals
by 4% (again) to save $165M. Mental
health providers in Michigan will be
getting docked about $40M (12%
cut).13
New Mexico is considering dealing a
death blow to services like adult dental,
vision podiatry, speech therapy and
inpatient psych for kids. It really has
little choice when you see the $300M
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state Medicaid budget deficit. No one
expects the cuts to be easy though, as
Medicaid director Pam Hyde reminded
state reps how controversial it was to
cut the program 1/10th of what needs
to be cut now just a few years ago.14
Florida is coming up about $1B short for
FY 2011 and Medicaid spending is in the
crosshairs. The already huge (2.7M on
the Medicaid roles) program has
increased 13% and is projected to grow
another 5.3% in 2010.15
North Carolina is slated to cut Medicaid
by $1.5B. Provider rates are getting
slashed, and some programs are being
cut back (community mental health and
personal care services, for example).
Medicaid mental health alone is losing
$400M next year. An expected loss of
20,000 home health jobs is on tap due
to cuts in the 2010 budget.16 One out of
every 6 people in North Carolina went
without health insurance in 2008, and
the 11% unemployment rate has many
thinking the number of uninsured will
grow.17
Wisconsin started to ramp‐up a new
program that covers childless adults
who make up to 200% FPL ‐‐ but now
has to freeze enrollment. BadgerCare
Plus (an expansion of the state's
Medicaid program) is putting all new
applicants on a waiting list as of early
October. Members have a $60 sign up
fee and some copays but no monthly
premium costs. Officials plan to offer a
"bare‐bones" plan to the 20,000 people
expected to get wait‐listed.18
Ohio is seeing its Medicaid rolls grow by
10,000 ‐ 15,000 people each month
during the recession. A whopping
154,000 (9%) have been added in the
last 12 months. It has reached the point
where 33% of kids and 20% of the
whole population is on the roll. So far
Ohio has been able to keep it all afloat
using 1.1$B in federal stimulus dollars ‐
but the clock will strike 12 at some
point and people are starting to wonder
where the money will come from. One
observer noted that "it looks like the
state is holding the budget together
with chewing gum." Ohio's
unemployment rate is near 11% ‐ one
of the highest in the USA ‐ and more job
losses are expected. 3% provider cuts
have already happened, but its hard to
stop a train moving this fast: Ohio's
$14.7B Medicaid spend grew 14% jump
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this year (compared to an 8% average
Medicaid increase nationally).19
The current health bill in the US Senate
would double Nevada's already record
Medicaid rolls to nearly 500,000 people
(according to the NV Medicaid agency).
Nevada currently spends $1.5B a year
on Medicaid, and is short $2.4B for FY
2011. The Medicaid roll is currently
11,000 people higher than projected,
and the state is looking for another
$37M to plug the hole.20
Everything is big in Texas ‐ especially
the tab for the level of Medicaid
expansion called for in most of the
health reform bills proposed so far. The
Texas Medicaid agency released
projections that show an additional
2.5M Texans on the rolls running up
another $20.4B in costs by 2010. Part of
the jump is that current enrollment
levels are held in check by limiting
coverage to Low‐income adults ‐>
creating a total Medicaid eligible adult
population of around 38,000 people. So
there really is no where to go but up. If
the CHIP changes in some bills happen,
Texas could be covering about 768,000
more kids by 2010 as well.21
And finally (we didn’t know where else to put this) . . .
Wally World may be soon forced to chip into the state healthcare pot in Ohio. (Many may
remember other states ‐ like MD‐ who successfully forced Walmart to cover healthcare for
thousands of workers). According to Ohio officials, more than 100,000 people work in retail in
Ohio are getting their healthcare paid for by Medicaid. 15,000 of them work at Walmart.22
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Will e‐prescribing ever take off? Pharma sues states (yes, you
read that right)
States sue pharma (back to normal!) Pharmacy Update
America writes Pfizer a letter
E‐prescribing increases (ever so slowly)
About 25% of docs are e‐prescribing, but only a small fraction of prescriptions are prescribed
electronically. About 110 M scripts were written using an e‐prescribing tool ‐ out of a total of nearly 4B
scripts (2009 YTD). The WSJ is predicting that the number of docs using the technology will double in
2010. It doesn't hurt that Medicare started paying docs to use it in Jan of this year ‐ you get 2% increases
if you start doing it now.23 CMS just approved a $2.36 increase in the dispensing fee that TX Medicaid
can pay to pharmacists (for a total of $7.50 per script now). Texas has been paying for the increase since
2007 with $42M in unmatched state funds.24
Pharmacies in the states could lose $200M each year that the Medicaid programs don't get up to speed with the new AWP
Weird Lawsuits
The tables have turned. Although states sue pharmacy
companies all the time (they need to open up dedicated
agencies for this given the prevalence we've seen), this is a
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case of the pharma company suing a state. The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is fighting back
against California, Washington and New York in litigation that charges the states with failing to use the
new AWP established on September 26. According to the suit, pharmacies in the states could lose
$200M each year that the Medicaid programs don't get up to speed with the new AWP.25
Ok back to the normal kind of pharma lawsuits
Iowa's AG is taking some of the winnings from a recent settlement against big pharma and funding a rx
subsidy for citizens. $420,000 will be used to pay for up to 50,000 scripts for Iowans under the
program.26
$13M is coming back Idaho from Eli Lilly. The AG used the Idaho Consumer Protection Act to sue Lilly
over "deceptive marketing" for Zyprexa. Medicaid costs skyrocketed as a result, and ID wanted its
money back. Similar to other lawsuits, Lilly was charged with marketing to kids and failing to disclose
side effects. After the feds take back their share, ID will have a take home pay of about $7M from the
suit.27
Dear Pfizer,
Dang, Pfizer. You just paid $58.2M to Florida due to kickbacks and off‐labeling marketing
practices that you allegedly engaged in. We know you paid all that money for that one little
word (allegedly), so we made sure to include it in our letter to you. Overall, you're paying $1B
to various states and the feds. Why did you (allegedly) market Bextra and Lyrica for things you
knew it was not approved for? Why did you pay (allegedly) kickbacks to doctors is they
prescribed Aricept, Celebrex, Lipitor, Norvasc, Relpax, Viagra, Zithromax, Zoloft and Zyrtec? We
were already hooked with the nifty Zyrtec commercials and did not need you (allegedly)
screwing us over behind our backs with our doctors that we (allegedly) trusted. A‐L‐L‐E‐G‐E‐D‐E‐
L‐Y that’s 10 letters that cost you $1B (that's a $100M a piece, people). Dang, Pfizer.28
Sincerely,
America
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Winter 2009 Crossword
It’s Back!
Across 2. 60 ___. CBS show that reported on Medicare fraud SWAT team 3 months after Mostly Medicaid did. 5. Percentile at which you would get hit with a penalty for running too many tests under a new CMS rule. 11. Word that is generally seen at end of pharma suits instead of "convicted" 12. Quality _____ Survey. New survey used by CM to improve quality at long term care facilities
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13. One ___. The fraction of doctors that are e‐prescribing in 2009 14. ____ hundred million $. the amount LA owes to CMS for overpayments in the 1990s.
Down 1. Company coming under scrutiny for high volume of workers on Medicaid rolls in Ohio 3. Number of jobs listed in this month's issue 4. ___ County Hospital. Another hospital that is starting to refuse to take Medicaid as insurance
coverage for some patients 6. Governor saying that the burden on states caused by current health reform bills would be "dire" 7. State where hospitals are "begging" the governor to sign a new provider tax bill 8. Hospital system that is no longer taking Medicaid patients 9. Powerful politician getting his state a pass on the Medicaid expansion tab 10. State that added another 154,000 to its Medicaid rolls in the last 12 months 15. Percent increase you get from Medicare payments if you start e‐prescribing now
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Fraud News Cross the wrong people in health fraud – end up with a horse’s head in your bed
Who says you cant get Medicaid to pay for your Oxycontin fix after you die?
And other big frauds
First things first ‐ Bragging Rights
Report on Medicare fraud SWAT team (HEAT)
Mostly Medicaid – August 2009
CBS 60 minutes – October 2009
Now if we could just get Andy Rooney to complain about technology and clutter at the end of one of our
issues.
Health fraud and the mob
Never would've guessed we'd see the day ‐ but the Godfather has decided to take a piece of the
Medicare fraud racket. Corleone's Cardiovascular? Miami police increasingly find a bloody scene when
they raid Medicare fraud sites ‐ because the mafia has been involved. The New York Bonanno family
sent a scouting expedition to Florida and 11 were arrested in a Medicare scheme in May. Fraud task
forces across the country suspect organized crime involvement in several cases that have seen 100s of
millions of $ lost to fraud and multiple unsolved homicides. There are actually cases where elderly
people have been abducted so there Medicare numbers could be stolen, and where hackers have been
paid by the mob to help execute complicated data schemes.
That math is pretty easy actually. Bring in $25k a day in a Medicare scheme and get maybe 10 years if
you're busted OR make way less a day and get a life sentence for selling drugs. Hmm..29
Now this is a cool endcap to this bit about the mob. FL Medicaid is robbing pharma to catch fraud. Well,
not exactly robbing, but taking the money it won in litigation against Pfizer to pay informants who tip off
Medicaid agents about fraud. Admit it you think its cool, too. A cool $1m will go to snitches who lead
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officials to fraud. The ROI for FL will probably be huge though. One case against Wellcare alone this year
brought back $80m due to a fraud scheme. Informants will get up to $500k per case.30
Pills and dead people
The whole save‐money‐that‐we‐know‐is‐being‐lost‐to‐fraud‐now thing still doesn’t seem to be on the
radar of the health reform debate, but GAO is reporting on it. A recent audit clocks losses due to fraud
around painkillers at about $65M in just 2 years. GAO reported that doctors banned from Medicaid
were still getting paid for Medicaid prescriptions, some patients went to more than 40 different
pharmacies to get their fix (by some we mean 65,000 instances). An oldie but goodie – drugs for dead
people‐ came in around 2,000 scripts for dead patients and 1,000 scripts written by dead docs.31
The big ones
Home health is always a ripe area for fraud investigations, but there were some big ones that dropped in
Texas recently. According to a federal investigation, Irene Anderson got $6.5M for services from
Medicare. Problem is a lot of those services never happened. The court ordered her to pay back $2.2M.
Home health in Texas is pricey for Medicare, compared to other states. It's the highest, with an average
payout of $7,761 per patient (2007). LA is 9% cheaper than that. CA is almost half that. A recent GAO
report points to a surge in Medicare spending on TX home health, with payments growing nearly 1.5
times since 2002. (The White House has home health on its radar, with a proposed $34B reduction by
2020).32
Another fraudster had insiders at hospitals in GA and FL. Using forged scripts for high cost meds, Varian
Scott pocketed more than $1M in Medicaid funds until he was caught and convicted. He did have a little
help from some trustworthy Medicaid members who were happy to sell him their ID numbers. We know
we ask this all the time, but ‐ Is anyone looking out for the taxpayer? In all the brouhaha over health
insurance coverage, can we get some don’t‐spend‐my‐taxes‐on‐fraud insurance coverage?33
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CHIP News Winter
2009
CHIP Outreach Funds Starting to Be Handed Out to States
Money is finally flowing from Sebelius' CHIP revival fund. More than $40M in grants is being distributed
to states who are trying to signup more kids eligible for CHIP coverage. The pot was funded under the
CHIP reauth act of 2009, but Sebelius has been key in getting the valve turned on.34 LA and Mississippi
just bagged a little more than $2M to enroll more kids in their CHIP programs. The cash is spread out
between now and December 2011.35
Expanding Coverage in Tough Times
Not sure how they're pulling it off, but Alabama is enrolling most of its uninsured kids starting in
October. All Kids (the Alabama CHIP program) will start taking kids with up to 300% FPL. The move is
expected make most of the 78,000 uninsured kids in the state eligible for coverage ‐ which may be a
problem since the state legislature only approved an expansion of 14,000 more kids.36
Montana, like Alabama, is somehow finding money in this recession to cover more kids. Per a wildly
popularly vote in late 2008, the Healthy Kids Montana program will be adding about 30,000 kids to the
rolls at a cost of about $112M by 2012. To make the push easier, the application has been reduced and
made possible online. A family of four making up to $55,000 a year can now get coverage for their
kids.37
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Job Listings Hey‐ We know it’s tough out there. Here’s a few Medicaid‐specific opportunities.
Join our LinkedIn group for more contact info on job posters.
Position Description Contact Info Mainframe Tester for long term State Healthcare(MMIS) project
We are looking for a "QA Analyst" for a long term State Healthcare(MMIS) project. We hope this project would go for long term. Required Skills: • Should have experience in testing with some healthcare experience like (MMIS, Medicaid, Claims) • Mainframe testing experience • Experience on “Rational tools”(CleaeCase, ClearQuest)
Srinivasa 636‐442‐1000(ext 225) [email protected]
Business Analyst" for long term State Healthcare(MMIS) project
Required Skills: • Gathering of technical/functional requirements • Working within a project team, the Business Analyst is responsible for technical project consultation, initiation, collection and documentation of client business and functional requirements, solution alternatives, functional design, testing and implementation support. • Strong oral and written communications skills. Will be required to create analysis and design documents as part of our development life‐cycle. • Should have good experience as a Business Analyst with healthcare (MMIS or Medicaid).
Srinivasa 636‐442‐1000(ext 225) [email protected]
MMIS Technical Project Manager‐Columbia, SC
Location: Columbia, SC Duration: 12+ months General Duties: The MMIS Requirements Manager is responsible for elicitation and life‐cycle management of the requirements for a replacement MMIS, a multi‐year effort that will be one of the largest IT projects in the State.
[email protected] or 408‐200‐3203
Mainframe Technical Lead for 3 yrs long term State Healthcare(MMIS) Project
This is a Full time opportunity with S2Tech. Required Skills: Should have >10 yrs of exp on Mainframe. Should have good experience as a “Technical Lead” on “Provider Subsystem(MMIS)” Note: This project is running based on Mainframe. So at this point in time we are looking for “Mainframe Technical Lead” with MMIS experience rather than a “Java Technical Lead” with MMIS experience.
Srinivasa 636‐442‐1000(ext 225) [email protected]
Medical Director ‐ Atlanta
PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVE, BUSINESS PERSON, CLINICAL EXPERT, COMMUNITY SUPPORTER........ In this role you’ll be leading the competition with your new and innovative disease management and patient education programs while building upon a tradition of pioneering and progressive initiative. You’ll show the company how to best ensure the highest quality of care while making new strides in cost management. And in doing so, you’ll impact this community of patients in meaningful and unparalleled ways. If you are board certified in a primary care field, licensed in Georgia (or eligible) and have
Pamela Ratz DeVille, CPC, CDR, CIR 866‐371‐0687 X 256
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Position Description Contact Info exp in disease management, UM, and worked with the underserved population, you owe it to yourself to explore this opportunity. With the use of sophisticated data analytics you will be able to make a positive impact on outcomes and improve healthcare for tens of thousands of lives.
Sr Java Developer" for a State Healthcare(MMIS) Project
We are looking for a “Sr Programmer Analyst” for a State healthcare(MMIS) Project. Required Skills: • Should have strong experience >8 yrs on Java and J2ee . • Should have good experience as a “Java/J2ee developer” with MMIS(Claims). • Should have good experience on Websphere
Srinivasa 636‐442‐1000(ext 225) [email protected]
MANAGED CARE EXECUTIVES
GRN Cherry Hill has been retained by a nationally recognized Integrated Health System to find the following leaders for their Medicaid Managed Care Plan: ‐ Vice President of Operations ‐ Assistant Vice President of Disease Management
Director of Contracting ‐ NEW position in BOSTON!
Innovative Health Plan! This position is responsible for the development and maintenance of the contractual relationships with the provider network including hospitals, physicians and ancillary providers. Exceptional analytic support and corporate backing for expansion. Successful candidate will have min 5 yrs exp.in complex hospital negotiations on the payer side and previous exp.with providers in this area. Also Director opportunities still available in GA and MS.
Pam Ratz DeVille, CPC, CIR, CDR [email protected] 866‐371‐0687 X 256
"QA Analyst" for one of the long term State Healthcare(MMIS) Project
Required Skills: • Should have experience in testing with some healthcare experience like (MMIS, Medicaid, Claims) • Mainframe testing experience • Experience on “Rational tools”(CleaeCase, ClearQuest)
Srinivasa 636‐442‐1000(ext 225) [email protected]
Medical Director ‐ Analytics
Unique Opportunity with Innovative service organization on the East Coast. Our client is focused on improving overall health and wellness through interventions that promote behavior change, improve health outcomes and reduce long‐term healthcare costs. The focus of their newest program is the state's Medicaid members. The goal is to improve quality of care while bringing state Medicaid closer to the best utilization review technology available. The program will utilize the results of sophisticated analytics with physicians and clinics to enhance their ability to improve clinical outcomes. Preference for candidate with a strong background in analytics. Position could be part‐time or fulltime role combined with provider community outreach. Experience/Education Required: MPH preferred. M.D. or D.O. Current board certification in a specialty recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialists or American Osteopathic Association is required. Minimum of 5 years postgraduate clinical experience and a solid understanding of disease management and/or utilization management. Experience working in government (Medicaid) and/or commercial sector preferred.
Pam Ratz DeVille, CPC, CIR Certified Diversity Recruiter [email protected] 866‐371‐0687 X 256
Contract Proposal Development Specialist
Optimetra, a premier provider of business development consulting services to the Public Sector Healthcare industry, is currently seeking Proposal Development Specialists to work on a contract basis. A Bachelor’s degree in English, Marketing, Communications, or a health‐related field is required, and a Master’s degree is preferred. Three years of proposal development experience in a healthcare setting is required, and more than five years is preferred. Experience with public‐sector health programs, such as Medicaid, is a definite advantage. Advanced MS Word skills, and a working knowledge of all other MS Office applications, are required. Our engagements demand excellent written communications skills; excellent interviewing skills; ability to facilitate group discussions; and a working knowledge of Medicaid and/or other public‐sector healthcare programs. Advanced knowledge of publications production and in‐depth knowledge of Medicaid or other public‐sector healthcare programs is preferred.
Holly R. Smith Optimetra, Inc. Phone 719‐964‐2323 [email protected]
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