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For poor, health care at extremes
Hospitalized four times this year, he now gets intensely coordinated care from a medical team in a new clinic that seeks out and treats some of the state's most difficult patients. The goal: Improve his health, avoid a medical crisis and save the
Tags: GAMC, coordinated care, gamc patient, health care, Hennepin County Medical Center, medical centered, Minneapolis, Health economics, social issues, Hospital
Fewer to get care with GAMC alteration
Because of a change made by state officials Wednesday, about 2,500 fewer people will get coordinated care in medical clinics taking part in a program for Minnesota's poorest and sickest patients. Instead, those patients will need to find clinics that
Tags: GAMC, coordinated care, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Health Medical Pharma, Sutter Health, Health economics, Medical ethics, Charity care, Medicine
GAMC health plan hits another snag
Minneapolis has had a smaller percentage of potential patients enroll than the other three participating hospitals and, as a result, is getting paid more than twice the amount per patient. The state "is evaluating the enrollment patterns and [payment]
Tags: GAMC, coordinated care, gamc patient, Hennepin County Medical Center, HCMC, Minneapolis, Health Medical Pharma, Health economics, healthcare, Cherry Hospital
HCMC's finances are on the mend
It's not out of trouble by a long shot, and more surgery probably is necessary. But Hennepin County Medical Center is showing some signs of recovery after deep state cuts in medical help for the destitute, one of the hospital's biggest patient groups.
Tags: HCMC, capital budget, GAMC, Minneapolis, Health Medical Pharma, Minnesota, Mike Opat, Geography of the United States, Geography of Minnesota, Hennepin County Medical Center
Funding cuts strain health plan for poor
In a fragile new health program that already offers limited and uneven care to 30,000 of the poorest and sickest Minnesotans, the choices for comprehensive medical care will drop today from four hospitals to three -- and soon may plunge to one.
Tags: medical, health-news, GAMC, Pawlenty, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, medical center, Health Medical Pharma, Minnesota, Health economics
Minn. hospitals, sickly poor brace for big changes
Starting Tuesday, the road to health care for John Micklick, 33, no longer will be a 10-minute bus ride downtown. Instead, it will be a 302-mile round trip from Duluth to a clinic in Brooklyn Park. That's if he needs care on a Monday or Friday, the
Tags: GAMC, gamc patient, health careful, MinnesotaCare, Brooklyn Park, Duluth, Health Medical Pharma, Buffalo Hospital, healthcare
Nurses, doctors, hospitals urge shift to medicaid
Leaders of the state's hospital, nurse and doctors' associations added their voices to a health care debate between Gov. Tim Pawlenty and DFL legislators Monday, urging the state to cover its poorest residents with the state-federal Medicaid health
Tags: health-news, care, medical, nurse, GAMC, Minnesota Medical Association, health cared, Minnesota Hospital Association, Minneapolis
Hospitals opt out of new GAMC plan
A revamped state health care program for about 37,000 of the poorest and sickest Minnesotans will start June 1. But with funding cut to one-fourth of the projected costs, it appears that only five of 17 qualifying hospitals have agreed to provide the
Tags: GAMC, gamc patient, Medical Center, metro area, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Health Medical Pharma, Minnesota, Health economics
Health changes for the poorest clear hurdles
Legislature on Thursday, passing key Senate and House committees and earning lukewarm but crucial support from Twin Cities hospitals. The bill is modeled on a deal struck last Friday after six days of negotiations between DFLers and Gov. Tim Pawlenty
Tags: GAMC, Minnesota Hospital Association, Minneapolis, Health Medical Pharma, Minnesota, social issues, Linda Berglin
Race for governor: A plentiful supply of wannabes
It's hard to walk the Minnesota Capitol's marble floor these days without tripping over a candidate for governor. When DFL House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher sits at her elevated podium, to her right are Reps. Tom Rukavina and Paul Thissen,
Tags: House-Senate, Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Tom Emmer, Tom Rukavina, Marty Seifert, gubernatorial candidates, Tom Bakk, GAMC, Minneapolis
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