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Fifty Years Later: Why Medicaid Still Matters, Article by Patricia Gabow and Thomas Daschle, Health Affairs Blog

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Medicaid. Health Affairs has begun to reflect on the profound changes brought about by this federal-state partnership program and how it continues to evolve to meet the changing healthcare needs of highly vulnerable Americans across the nation. Click Here to Read the Full Article

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Members at Woman & Infants Hospital Receive Innovative Suite of Doula Services

The Margolin Group, through its work with the Win4RI Partnership, has supported Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) and Care New England in developing a program that offers an innovative set of doula services to mothers at Woman and Infants Hospital. Trained by the VNA of Care New England’s HealthTouch program, Certified Nursing Assistants provide much needed doula sessions to new mothers. Doulas in the program provide […]

Care New England’s Doctor Kate Lally Makes Her Mark In Rhode Island and Across the Nation

The Providence Business News has honored Dr. Kate Lally as one of the winners of its “Forty under 40 competition.” Dr. Lally is director of palliative care for Care New England, hospice medical director for the VNA of Care New England and clinical assistant professor of medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Award recipients are young professionals across Rhode Island chosen based on their commitment to making […]

InTouch Health and Envision Healthcare Partner to Provide Best-in-Class Telemedicine Clinical Services

The Margolin Group sends a hearty congratulations to Yulun Wang and to all our friends and colleagues at InTouch Health as they partner to transform the way telemedicine is delivered. At the 9th annual Telehealth Innovation Forum, the premier conference of telehealth professionals, InTouch Health and Envision Healthcare announced a groundbreaking strategic partnership to deliver low-cost, high-quality care in acute, ambulatory, and community care settings. InTouch Health is a leading […]

How to Talk About Dying, Editorial by Ellen Goodman, The New York Times

Ellen Goodman, founder of The Conversation Project — a movement dedicated to helping people talk about their wishes for end-of-life care — described in a recent New York Times editorial the continuing need to ‘bring people to the kitchen table to talk with those they love about death and dying. She explained, “The difference between a good death and a hard death often seemed to hinge essentially on whether someone’s wishes were […]

Hospital Intervention Cuts Readmissions for Patients at Risk for Delirium, Suicide, Article by Zack Budryk, FierceHealthcare

The Joint Commission and Brigham & Women’s Hospital recently released the results of a hospital-wide study on integrated behavioral health care. Brigham & Women’s saw a nine percent decrease in 30-day readmission rates by implementing an interdisciplinary care program (which included doctors, nurses and psychiatrists) to treat patients at risk for delirium, alcohol abuse and suicide harm (DASH). Similar work is underway in Rhode Island as part of The Margolin […]

Better Serving RI Medicare Patients, Editorial by Drs. James Fanale and Al Puerini, The Providence Journal

A recent editorial published by Win4RI physician leaders, Jim Fanale and Al Puerini, described innovations to improve the quality, access and cost of care for Rhode Island’s Medicare patients. The build-out of this program – which arose out of The Margolin Group supported Win4RI partnership among Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island, the Integra Community Care Network (the newly formed ACO network created at Care New England) and […]

Standing Above Politics by Interpreting the ACA to Preserve Care and Coverage, Editorial by Arnold Buchman, Senior Advisor to The Margolin Group

Arnold Buchman, a trusted Margolin Group Senior Advisor – and retired CIGNA Corp. financial and benefit-delivery group health insurance attorney – explores in his newest opinion the implications of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in the King v. Burwell case. Arnold’s commentary illuminates the impact of this landmark case and challenges Justice Antonin Scalia’s assertion that the majority opinion is mere “interpretive jiggery-pokery.”

Supreme Court’s Obamacare Decision is a Victory for All of Us, Editorial by Laurence H. Tribe, The Boston Globe

Laurence H. Tribe, renowned constitutional scholar, Supreme Court practitioner and Harvard professor, analyzed the recent King v. Burwell case, opining that the Court applied a ‘strong dose of common sense ‘in upholding a key provision of the Affordable Care Act. Tribe went on to explain, ‘The implications of this decision can be summed up in three words: The people won.’ Click Here to Read the Full Editorial in The Boston Globe Click […]

Modern Healthcare’s Comprehensive Guide to King v. Burwell

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Affordable Care Act’s premium subsidies in states using the federal insurance exchange. Modern Healthcare provided a comprehensive analysis of the Court’s opinion and chronicled its continued coverage of the case. Click Here to Read the Modern Healthcare Guide Click Here to Read The Margolin Group’s Past Coverage of the Case Click Here to Read the Full Opinion