Health Care Reform Timeline ContinuedPreventive and wellness care: Create incentives for Medicaid programs that provide evidence -based preventive services that impose no copay. Quality improvements: Establish and encourage national programs for doctors and institutions to achieve savings and efficiencies by collaborating for better patient care and coordinating efforts. Require disclosure of financial relationships between all […]
For Nannies, Hope for Workplace Protection by The New York Times
June 3, 2010 2 Comments
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Health Reform Timeline 2012
June 3, 2010 Leave a Comment
In 2012 we will find quality and data reporting improvements: Increase collection and reporting of data of health status regarding race, ethnicity, sex, disability status and economic status. Also includes rural and frontier areas. Medicare: Reduce payments to hospitals for preventable hospital readmissions. Allow provider to benefit from cost savings to Medicare based on more […]
Health Reform Timeline 2011
June 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
If it feels like changes aren’t happening in health care yet just check out our posts from last week about what changes are being made in 2010. In the year 2011 the following changes should occur. Medicare: Require 50% discount on brand-name prescriptions (Rxs) and begin phasing-in federal subsidies for generic Rxs. Initiate bonus payments […]
June To-Do List for Nannies and Au Pairs
June 1, 2010 Leave a Comment
It’s Summer. Are You Halfway There or Need to Catch Up? 1. The start of summer is a good time to reassess your goals and your actions so far this year. Did you make New Years resolutions? If so, it is time to check if you are accomplishing your goals. 2. If you have not […]
What About Health Care Reform for Our Veterans on this Memorial Day?
May 31, 2010 3 Comments
By Polly Psi Many people comment about the planned health care changes that the system, as proposed, shares many similarities with socialist systems that provide universal health care. These commenters, many opposed to the proposed changes on ideological grounds, usually neglect to mention that the Veterans Administration (VA) and the care it provides is clearly […]
High Quality Child Care Does Matter
May 30, 2010 2 Comments
Interview with Ellen Galinsky, author of Mind in the Making About High Quality Child CareWhile I was feeling sorry for myself for not being able to afford to attend the International Nanny Association Conference in San Francisco this year, I lucked-out and was spontaneously invited to attend a book signing with Ellen Galinsky the author […]
Memorial Day Children’s Books
May 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library for Nannies and Au Pairs Memorial Day Surprise By Theresa Golding, Alexandra Artigas (Illustrator) A mother tells her son that there is a “big surprise” at the Memorial Day Celebration. As the boy watches the parade, he asks if each part of the parade is the “surprise” – from the […]
Health Care Reform Timeline 2011
May 28, 2010 1 Comment
Preventive and Wellness Measures to Provide in 2011 – Eliminate copays for preventive services for Medicare beneficiaries. – Provide grants to small businesses to establish wellness programs. – Develop a national strategy to improve health care and preventive services. – Provide personalized risk assessments for Medicare and Medicaid recipients. – Provide incentives for behavior modification […]
More Health Care Reform Timeline
May 27, 2010 Leave a Comment
Reform to Happen in 2010 Long-Term Care: Initiate a process of establishing a voluntary insurance program that will expand and lower costs of community-based housing and living assistance for the elderly and disabled. Medical Malpractice: Initiate a five-year demonstration program to allow states to develop alternatives to current tort litigation methods. Health Care Personnel: Establish […]
