Multiple studies over the last five years find that the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion has increased health coverage, affordability, and access to care while producing budget savings for states and reductions in uncompensated care costs for hospitals and clinics,…
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Public Health Insurance
Haitian individuals and immigrants from some other countries who have applied for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) may be eligible for public health insurance in New York State. 2019 updates – The Trump administration has taken steps to end TPS status. …
Permanent Nursing Home Residents in NYS Required to Enroll in Medicaid Managed Care Plans or MLTC Plans – Effective since October 2015 Statewide
2018 – 2019 Update – All of the policies and procedures described in this article may be changing. as the result of the NYS Budget enacted in April 2018. This budget reverses the MLTC expansion to include nursing home care that…
Understanding the Intersection of Medicaid and Work: What Does the Data Say?
Under the Trump Administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance for state Medicaid waiver proposals that would impose work requirements in Medicaid as a condition of eligibility, and several states have received approval for or are…
Utah Medicaid waiver denial dooms states’ hopes for partial expansion – ModernHealthcare.com
The Trump administration’s rejection Friday of Utah’s request for full Affordable Care Act funding for a partial Medicaid expansion likely ends the hopes of leaders in a number of states for a smaller and cheaper coverage program for low-income adults.…
250000 fewer Ohioans are on Medicaid, but even the experts don’t know why – The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio’s Medicaid enrollment has declined more than 8% in the past two years, raising questions about whether the more than 250,000 former beneficiaries have become uninsured or found other health coverage. According to the Ohio Office of Budget and Management, Medicaid…
Louisiana picks companies for Medicaid managed care deals – Shreveport Times
Melinda Deslatte , Associated Press Published 4:40 p.m. CT Aug. 5, 2019 CLOSE BATON ROUGE — Four companies have been chosen to manage the care of 1.7 million Louisiana Medicaid patients starting next year, winning multibillion-dollar deals that are among the…
Gov. Pritzker signs Medicaid managed care reforms into Illinois law – The Southern
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday that people applying for Medicaid benefits in Illinois will see those applications processed more quickly, and health care providers will be paid more promptly, under a comprehensive reform bill now signed into law. “This…
Wisconsin Democrats try again for Medicaid expansion – Madison.com
Democratic state lawmakers said Monday they will try again to expand Medicaid as allowed under federal health law, a move the Republican-controlled Legislature has repeatedly opposed. Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-West Point, and Rep. Daniel Riemer, D-Milwaukee, said they would introduce…
Capital Beat: Medicaid rates a growing sticking point in budget shutdown – Concord Monitor
The stories Carolyn Virtue tells speak louder than she can alone. As an official at an organization helping those with disabilities or old age connect with vital services, Virtue knows the difference access to quality care can mean. She also…