Safety-net providers in states that have accepted the federal funding available for Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are experiencing a positive ripple effect, where increased insurance coverage rates among patients and thus greater financial security for safety-net…
LSU professor publishes study on state Medicaid provision, federal subsidization
Certain premenstrual symptoms, such as mood changes, breast pain and abdominal cramps, are linked with inflammation, but headache is not, according to new research from UC Davis Health System.
Critics blast Medicaid plan at Hazard hearing – The Courier
x Embed x Share Gov. Matt Bevin said in a press conference he will seek permission from the federal government to reshape the federal-state health program that covers about 1.3 million Kentuckians. Michael Clevenger, CJ Buy Photo State Rep. Joni…
Federal judge blocks Kansas from cutting Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood
Kansas cannot cut off Medicaid funding for two Planned Parenthood affiliates, a federal judge said Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson in Kansas City, Kansas, issued the temporary ruling in a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri…
New company takes over Idaho Medicaid rides – Twin Falls Times
Veyo is headquartered in San Diego and does business in Arizona, Colorado, Texas and California. The company debuted its use of independent drivers in Arizona in late 2015, although independent drivers won’t be used in Region 5, which covers the…
Medicaid tax change to cost Ohio, counties
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…
Medicaid lawsuit costs taxpayers millions – Sarasota Herald
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 to celebrate: the end of a 10-year stream of legal bills they will cover. In a federal…
Medicaid waiver helps keep seniors out of costly nursing homes
Freda Holman strives to stay as independent as possible on Friday in her apartment in northeast Lincoln. Holman, who had polio as a child and uses an electric wheelchair to get around, relies on the Medicaid waiver program to provide…
AgeWise: Differences between Medicare and Medicaid – Winston
Posted: Monday, July 4, 2016 12:15 am AgeWise: Differences between Medicare and Medicaid Q: I’m trying to determine whether my father has Medicare or Medicaid? What is the difference between the two? AC Subscription Required An online service is needed…
Foes predict tough politics for Medicaid expansion in 2017
It’s “very possible” the Republican will propose in the 2017 session to open the program to roughly 50,000 more low-income residents, the governor said. But expansion foes predict the Legislature will be less receptive after the November elections because several…