Health Care

Rocking Horse Expansion Complete, Health Center to Serve More Patients

Wayne Baker — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:31:34 +0000

Springfield's Rocking Horse Community Health Center has completed a new expansion project. The project will allow the center to serve more people and provide more health services to low income residents in Clark County.

Rocking Horse finished its $7.9 million expansion project recently, which involved adding 42,000 square feet to the heath center. With the additional space, there will be more opportunities to provide pediatric, women's and general health services for families.

Supreme Court Decision Has Implications For Miami Valley

Emily McCord — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:34:11 +0000

The Supreme Courts decision on President Obama's Affordable Care act has already received mixed reaction across the country, and as WYSO's Emily McCord reports, there's still argument on what this will mean for Ohio.

Protests Filed Over New Medicaid Contracts in Ohio

Associated Press — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:11:28 +0000

Five of the six managed care organizations that lost bids for state Medicaid contracts have filed protests with Ohio officials.

This month, Ohio chose the contract winners that will provide health care services for more than 1.5 million poor and disabled people.

The Columbus Dispatch reports companies that lost out on the billions of dollars in work say the Department of Job and Family Services made errors in awarding the contracts. Several companies allege scoring on bid applications was miscalculated.

A department spokesman says the protests will be reviewed.

Xavier University Stopping Birth Control Coverage

Associated Press — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:19:07 +0000

XavierUniversity in Cincinnati has announced that it will no longer provide birth control insurance coverage for employees.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that President of the Catholic university, Michael J. Graham,says the decision as prompted by national debate over a provision in President Barack Obama's health care law that requires insurers to provide such coverage.

Xavier says the change, announced Monday, goes into effect July 1. The university has about 950 faculty and staff and did not know how many would be affected.

University of Dayton to Keep Contraceptive Care Coverage

Associated Press — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:19:10 +0000

The University of Dayton's says it will continue to offer employee health insurance that covers contraceptive care and isn't changing the plan because of the fight over a new federal policy on birth control.