Kenneth Raske news and information

Federal officials widely hailed flexibility extended to the states in the final regulations guiding the establishment of insurance exchanges under the healthcare reform law, but that has some providers fearing what states will do with that leeway and girding for 50 new battles.
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Heads could roll on hospital boards and in C-suites in Brooklyn and possibly the entire state of New York if some groundbreaking recommendations in a new report are adopted.
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Now that the deficit-reduction supercommittee has failed to reach agreement, healthcare providers are dealing with the reality that things could get worse before they get worse.
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People includes 27 newcomers as well as 10 honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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The association executive compensation chart that accompanied “Pay loses its perk” (May 16, p. 26) has been amended to include revised 2009 revenue figures for the American College of Healthcare Executives...
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Under the weight of public scrutiny and a turbulent period in the financial lives of tax-exempt associations, many top executives at healthcare-related associations took home less money in 2009 than they did the year before.
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New York's share of the state's Medicaid budget would be cut by $1.1 billion next year and the state would cap future spending under proposals approved by a state panel and submitted to the governor.
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New York's governor proposed a $2.85 billion cut to state spending on Medicaid in the coming year as the state scrambles to close a $10 billion gap in the next seven weeks.
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