.January 2020 Update – Nursing Home Residents to be Disenrolled from MLTC plans CMS has approved the request by NYS Dept. of Health to “carve out” long-term Nursing Home Care from the Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) benefit package. In…
Trump Administration Approves Medicaid Funds for Texas While Excluding Planned Parenthood – The Texas Observer
Reproductive health advocates warn the decision provides a “dangerous roadmap” for other states to defund the health care provider. Lawmakers and advocates outside the Texas House chamber don pink in support of Planned Parenthood as the Texas House debated a…
Louisiana’s Medicaid Managed Care Contracts in Disarray – HealthPayerIntelligence.com
By Samantha McGrail January 22, 2020 – Louisiana’s chief procurement officer recently threw out several multibillion-dollar Medicaid managed care contracts after uncovering the mismanagement of the bid process, according to national news sources. Chief procurement officer Paula Tregre alleged that the…
Vt. minimum wage hike could impact Medicaid long-term care program – WCAX
CAMBRIDGE, Vt. (WCAX) An unintended consequence of raising the minimum wage in Vermont may lead to a budget crisis for a long-term care Medicaid program that helps patients stay out of nursing homes. Merton Hill lives alone in Cambridge.…
Bills would cover abortion for R.I. state employees, Medicaid recipients – The Providence Journal
PROVIDENCE — Fresh off last year’s winning campaign to protect the right to an abortion in state law, advocates are now pushing to make state employee health insurance and Medicaid cover abortion. They celebrated the 47th anniversary of the Roe…
4 Ways Medicaid Expansion Opponents In Kansas Might Still Sink The Deal – KCUR
TOPEKA, Kansas — Medicaid expansion is a done deal, right? Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and Jim Denning, the second most powerful Republican in the Kansas Senate, have compromised on a plan. Together, they bring a majority of lawmakers with them.…
Seniors complain new computer system kicking them off Medicaid – KPLC
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Cuomo to detail Medicaid budget plan – Politico
Presented by the Healthcare Education Project Editor’s Note: This edition of New York Health Care is published weekdays at 10 a.m. POLITICO Pro New York subscribers hold exclusive early access to the newsletter each morning at 6 a.m. To learn…
Medicaid IT: Finally Ready to Move Out of the Dark Ages – Governing
The federal government sends more than $400 billion every year out to states to fund Medicaid programs. It doesn’t seem like it’s too much to expect for Washington to know what it’s getting for that kind of money. But figuring…
Maine to review its reimbursement rates for Medicaid programs – Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
The state will conduct a comprehensive review of its Medicaid reimbursement rates for treatment of mental health and substance abuse as well as for adults with intellectual disabilities and developmental disorders. The review, which could affect Medicaid services at hospitals,…