Buy Photo Tami Lichtenberg, executive director of Iowa River Hospice, tells Sen. Steve Sodders about billing problems under Iowa’s new privately managed Medicaid system. Lichtenberg was attending a meeting on the topic at Marshalltown Community College July 12.(Photo: Tony Leys/The…
Montana Medicaid Expansion By-The-Numbers
Backers of Montana’s seven-month-old Medicaid expansion say they’re pleased with the first set of financial data released this week. State figures say enrollment as of July is nearly double initial projections, at 47,399 of the 25,000 who were expected to…
Kelly McCutchen: Expand access to medical care in Georgia, not Medicaid
Expand access to care, not Medicaid Those addressing Georgia’s uninsured and failing hospitals seem stuck between two options: Expanding a government program (Medicaid) with its own long list of challenges, or doing nothing. It’s a false choice. Expanding Medicaid is…
Lower Medicaid spending helped Ohio’s budget amid revenue shortfall
Posted Jul. 7, 2016 at 6:37 AM
Fact-Checking Missouri GOP Gubernatorial Candidates On Medicaid Expansion
The four Republican candidates for Missouri governor kicked off their debate Wednesday night with a variety of statements about the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion. KCUR fact-checked some of those statements. Here’s what we found: Catherine Hanaway: “Obamacare has…
Clinic and patients brace for effects of Medicaid cuts in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Health care could become harder to obtain if you’re covered by KanCare, the Medicaid program in Kansas. Starting this month, the state is cutting $38-million from what it pays many doctors, clinics and hospitals. Most of…
Fox Valley health care provider fighting Medicaid claims, seeking more transparency – WGBA
APPLETON, WI — A Fox Valley home health care provider is fighting Medicaid claims that they owe tens of thousand of dollars.
Texas denies medicaid coverage for an autism therapy despite federal directive
Braulio De La Cruz sits with his son, Noah Leonardo. Photo courtesy of Braulio De La Cruz/via Kaiser Health News Like many parents of children with autism, Braulio De La Cruz sought an expensive therapy called applied behavioral analysis —…
Disabled Children, Providers Wait in Limbo As Medicaid Cuts Loom
<!– myParagraphType: , myParagraphCount: 37 –> click to enlarge Roberta Dorne | Courtesy Ten-year-old Alice Dorne can’t tell her grandmother Roberta whether she’s hurting, feeling good or needs to use the bathroom. Alice is paraplegic. She’s legally blind. She has cerebral…
For kids with asthma, hospital care is comparable for Medicaid and non-Medicaid patients
Children covered by Medicaid and equally sick children not covered by Medicaid received essentially similar asthma treatment in a given pediatric hospital, according to a new study. In a national sample, researchers analyzed hospital practice patterns by comparing inpatient costs,…