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Mitigating Childhood Lead Exposure and Disparities: Medicaid and Other Federal Initiatives
Exposure to lead can seriously harm a child’s health, including damage to the brain and nervous system, slowed growth and development, learning and behavior problems, and hearing and speech problems. The effects of lead on the nervous system can cause…
States expanding Medicaid coverage of maternity services – Axios
More states are expanding Medicaid coverage of maternity services for low-income women, including lengthening the postpartum coverage period, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation report. Why it matters: Medicaid pays for more than four in 10 births in the…
AHIP Supports Using Texts, Calls for Medicaid Enrollment Processes – HealthPayerIntelligence.com
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More than 15 million in U.S. could lose Medicaid coverage without action – Alabama Political Reporter
Since the federal government implemented the COVID-19 public health emergency in January 2020, it’s been renewed several times. It’s expected to be renewed again in July, but experts are uncertain when it could end, and when it does, more than…
Inspection results endanger DMC’s Medicare, Medicaid eligibility – Modern Healthcare
Detroit Medical Center’s Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center are in danger of losing Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement after regulators determined its nurses did not provide adequate care. A May inspection by the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory…
CBPP: Managed care plans need to prep for major coordination with states on Medicaid redeterminations – FierceHealthcare
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How providers and Florida Medicaid manage potentially preventable ED visits via health IT – Healthcare IT News
Florida Medicaid manages the healthcare of more than 5 million children, pregnant and postpartum women, disabled adults and seniors. The cost to run this public program is nearly $40 billion dollars and has increased 3% each year. THE PROBLEM To increase…
Again, Cooper’s budget proposal includes Medicaid expansion – Smoky Mountain News
Saying that it invests in North Carolina’s “families, businesses and communities,” Gov. Roy Cooper presented his proposed 2022-23 budget, full of significant appropriations meant to deal with some of the state’s biggest problems — out-of-control housing costs, an increasingly competitive…
Up to 400000 Virginians could lose Medicaid coverage – VPM News
An upcoming review of Medicaid eligibility could result in between 280,000 and 400,000 Virginians losing their coverage, a state official told lawmakers on Tuesday. The change is connected to a major expansion of the program over the past two years.…