Last July, North Carolina launched what NC DHHS termed “Medicaid Transformation.” This included the transition of the state’s Medicaid program to Managed Care, where the payment and administration of (most) Medicaid services is now delegated to private Prepaid Health Plans.…
Editorial: Legislature’s failure to expand Medicaid a failure of conscience – The Sheridan Press
As the Wyoming Legislature prepares to convene in Cheyenne to finalize the state’s budget, the perennial effort to expand Medicaid will once again make its way to the desks of state representatives and senators. The failure to expand the program…
Iowa Medicaid denial of transgender surgery unlawful, judge rules – NBC News
An Iowa law that prohibits Medicaid coverage for sex reassignment surgeries for transgender residents violates state law and the state constitution, a judge ruled in a decision made public Monday. Judge William Kelly ordered the Iowa Department of Human Services…
Judge: Iowa Medicaid denial of sex change surgery unlawful – ABC News
An Iowa judge has ruled that 2019 state law passed by Republicans prohibiting Medicaid coverage for sex reassignment surgeries for transgender residents violates the Iowa Civil Rights Act and the Equal Protection clause of the Iowa Constitution By DAVID PITT…
IDPH, IDHFS Partner to Expand Medicaid Coverage for Diabetes Programs – WLDS-WEAI News
The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services announced announced yesterday that Medicaid coverage is expanding for key diabetes programs. CDC-recognized Diabetes Prevention Programs can enroll as Illinois Medicaid providers to deliver the…
Pritzker Administration Expands Medicaid Coverage for Critical Diabetes Prevention and Management Programs | IDPH – IDPH
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) today announced the Diabetes Prevention Program and the Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Program, nationally-recognized diabetes prevention and management programs, will be…
POINT / COUNTERPOINT: The greatest impact of Medicaid expansion in Mississippi – Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Point by Dr. Ed Holliday Now’s the time for Mississippi’s legislature to extend health care coverage to an estimated 170,000 Mississippians. With new enhanced blockchain technology combined with the already proposed plan from the Mississippi Hospital Association (MHA), we can…
TONI KING: What is the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program? – Houston Chronicle
Toni, I am a financial planner with a client who just received a bill for her mother’s Medicaid Long Term Care that was cared for at her mother’s house instead of a nursing home. Sue is now stuck with a…
Multi-Payer Alignment Key to Advancing Value-Based Care in Medicaid – RevCycleIntelligence.com
By Jacqueline LaPointe September 17, 2020 – In a new letter to Medicaid directors, CMS called for multi-payer alignment in value-based care arrangements run by the state healthcare programs. The Sept. 15th letter providers guidance to the Medicaid leaders on how…
Medicaid expansion will improve health and reduce racial disparities – St. Louis American
On August 4, Missouri voters passed Amendment 2 to expand Medicaid in Missouri, joining the 37 other states plus the District of Columbia that have opted for expansion. Now, some 230,000 Missourians will have access to affordable health care. The…