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Managed care plans and public health agencies take first steps toward data-sharing partnerships
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NY gives community health centers more funds to protect safety net during hospital deregulation
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Outreach to Medicaid-eligible children more critical now, but few efforts so far
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States simplify Medicaid applications, offer presumptive eligibility to improve outreach
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New York budgets $24 million in grants to help nonprofit providers create HIV/AIDS care networks
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A lawsuit by a consumer advocacy group against Blue Cross Blue Shield of the National Capital Area has once again focused attention on what happens to Blues assets when they merge or convert to for-profit status.
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NJ wins HCFA approval to develop hospital-based managed care
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The push by state legislators to mandate that health plans offer specific benefits and use specific clinical practice standards eased somewhat in 1997, according to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Associations annual report on state health legislation trends.
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Lawmakers in 21 states expected to consider bills that make it easier for consumers to sue their plans
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Each month, this page features selected short items about state health-care policy digested from newspapers around the country.