Published: Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 6:26 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 6:26 p.m. TALLAHASSEE — Florida pediatricians say children covered by Medicaid face more obstacles to getting needed care than they did before the state switched…
Ambulance providers to get more for Medicaid transports, to their relief
Ambulance providers to get more for Medicaid transports, to their relief BARRE — Sharp increases in Medicaid reimbursement rates for ambulance-related services are less than 48 hours old and, while the revenue they generate will be partially offset by a…
Medicaid tax change to cost Ohio, counties more than $1 billion
Debate over the next two-year state budget won’t start for seven months, but state officials already are wrestling with a looming billion-dollar budget hole, plus a $400 million local funding hit that includes bus services. Federal regulators are putting an…
Federal judge blocks Medicaid benefits cut
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Medicaid expansion offers a promise of better health: Editorial
As a new Medicaid recipient, 56-year-old Katherine White will be able to get prescription medications to treat heart failure and high blood pressure. She will have a primary care physician and will be able to see specialists for her heart…
Medicaid lawsuit closes as taxpayers foot the bill
Published: Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 9:02 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 9:02 p.m. As both sides of a decade-long lawsuit over Florida’s Medicaid program heralded the case’s official close last week, state taxpayers also had something…
More Than 233,000 Louisiana Residents Gain Medicaid Coverage Today As Expansion Goes Into Effect
Louisiana is the first state in the Deep South to overcome Republican resistance and implement the health law’s Medicaid expansion for low-income residents. Meanwhile officials in Kentucky, which expanded Medicaid early on, say the new governor’s efforts to curb that…
State opens up substance use disorder benefit to over 140,000 Medicaid patients
All New Hampshire Medicaid recipients will have expanded access to substance use disorder benefits this month. The state Department of Health and Human Services is expanding its substance use disorder coverage to over 140,000 Medicaid participants in the state, up…
Did North Carolina really need Medicaid reform?
Now that the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has submitted detailed plans for the Medicaid reforms passed last year, we are able to get a clearer picture how reform is to be implemented. Our analysis leaves us with…
Federal judge blocks Medicaid cut
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