venth highest un-insurance rate in the country before this. We have now experienced the largest single percentage reduction in un-insurance in the country, said Andy Allison, a former Kansas Medicaid official who spearheaded the expansion effort in Arkansas as director of that states program.
Some panelists went even further. Former Arkansas Medicaid Director Andy Allison called his states conversion of its health care system a dramatic, natural experiment taking place that is not just a political compromise, but makes the [medical] marketplace more competitive. Former Wisconsin M
"It's a difficult political environment to tout a provision like this in the Affordable Care Act as a recruiting tool," said Andy Allison, Arkansas Medicaid director and chairman of the National Association of Medicaid Directors.
State Medicaid Director Andy Allison said the state won't dictate to physicians how to treat their patients but will instead work to lower average costs, with savings passed on to providers. Providers with unsatisfactory outcomes may have to return some money, he said.
Date: Jun 28, 2012
Category: Health
Source: Google
Crystal-Ball Predictions On The Health Law Decision
Kaiser Health News: Medicaid Association Director: Uncertainty, Legislative Politics Have Slowed State Implementation (Video)Kaiser Health News' Mary Agnes Carey talks to Andy Allison, Arkansas Medicaid director and president of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, who is adamant th
Date: Jun 07, 2012
Category: Health
Source: Google
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Andy Allison
Work:
Georgia Orthopedic Resources - Director of Prosthetics
Education:
Westmont College - Biomechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology - Prosthetics and Orthotics
About:
I lived in Atlanta Georgia with my amazing wife Jaime. Â I work at Georgia Orthopedic Resources, a prosthetic and orthotic provider where I make artificial limbs.