ADHS Benefits Eligibility
We often get questions from people at meetings and our stakeholders about citizenship or residency requirements for programs that ADHS runs. It really depends on the program and with dozens of programs, there’s no one answer. We posted a frequently asked question sheet on our website, but we wanted to make it even easier for people to find out the specifics [...]
State Personnel Annual Report
The ADOA published a very interesting annual report about the state government’s workforce this week. It includes over 30 charts and tables of information regarding the status of the State’s workforce. Some of the highlights in this year’s report include: 1) the number of active employees; 2) vacant positions; 3) average salaries of covered employees; and other interesting data. The Workforce [...]
Lower the Pressure
About 1/3 of American adults have high blood pressure and more than half of them don’t have it under control. The majority of people with high blood pressure are being treated with medicine and have seen a doctor at least twice in the past year… but their pressure still isn't under control, according to a new Vital Signs report from the [...]
Did You Get a Health Insurance Refund You Didn’t Expect?
If you did, you can thank the Affordable Care Act. When you buy health insurance- the percentage of your premium dollars that your insurance company spends on providing you with health care (as opposed to what it spends on administrative, overhead, and marketing) is called a “Medical Loss Ratio”. The Affordable Care Act limits how much of your premium dollar [...]
State of the Hospital
A few weeks ago Cory Nelson did his in-person “State of the Hospital” presentations. Many of you were able to attend one and we really appreciate the dialogue and feedback we got. It’s impressive to see how much work our hospital team has accomplished in the past year.
Health Insurance Exchange Cost-Sharing
The Affordable Care Act will establish health insurance exchanges in each state- providing folks (and small business employees) an additional opportunity to get health insurance coverage starting 1/1/14. The future exchanges will provide marketplaces for folks to directly compare and buy private health insurance based on price, quality, and other things. All the plans will need to cover all of the state-specific essential health [...]