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Published on Jun 21, 2024Source: KASU - Arkansas - Label Pending
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Published on Jun 21, 2024
Health care advocates ask governor to bolster access to Medicaid services
A group of 65 hospitals, health departments, advocacy groups and tribes are asking Gov. Greg Gianforte to invest in services that will help Montanans maintain Medicaid coverage. The group this week sent a letter to Gianforte asking him to reopen public …
Source: Montana Public Radio - Public Broadcaster -
Published on Jun 21, 2024
Nurse alleges FBI threatened her, accuses Texas Children's Hospital of trans-related Medicaid fraud
By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter Friday, June 21, 2024 Vanessa Sivadge alleges two special agents from the FBI visited her at her home to intimidate her after she blew the whistle on medical malpractice at Texas Children's Hospital. | iStock/ …
Source: The Christian Post - Washington, D.C. - Label Pending -
Published on Jun 21, 2024
States using unwinding lessons to improve Medicaid: KFF
Dive Brief: Most states are done unwinding Medicaid, and are thinking about how lessons learned during the process can permanently improve enrollment and renewal in the safety-net insurance program, according to new research. The unwinding has helped …
Source: Healthcare Dive - Neutral -
Published on Jun 21, 2024
Parents of medically complex children scramble ahead of Medicaid shift
A late-stage update to the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration's guidance for families with medically complex children has those families scrambling, again. For the last six months, families have been working on their plans to transition …
Source: Indianapolis Star - Indiana - Label Pending -
Published on Jun 20, 2024
Family caregivers: FSSA has thrown another '11th hour curveball' in Medicaid program transition
Families of medically complex children say the state has thrown another “eleventh-hour curveball,” with less than two weeks before the state implements a major change to a Medicaid program. The Family and Social Services Administration recently updated a …
Source: WVPE - Indiana - Public Broadcaster -
Published on Jun 20, 2024
Children with Medicaid and persistent asthma face large specialty care disparity
Findings from a recent study published in JAMA Network Open suggest that children with public insurance receive less specialist care compared to those with private insurance, potentially contributing to disparities in asthma outcomes. The largest disparity …
Source: Contemporary Pediatrics - Neutral -
Published on Jun 20, 2024
WATCH: 5 charged in alleged $10M Medicaid fraud scheme
Thursday June 20, 2024 Attorney General Keith Ellison's office said the cases involve false documentation, billing for services not provided and taking kickbacks, among other crimes. ST PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Attorney General's Office has …
Source: Hiiraan Online - Neutral -
Published on Jun 20, 2024
States Adopted Changes to Expand Medicaid Eligibility and Streamline Renewal Processes That Will Continue Beyond the ...
The unwinding of pandemic enrollment protections in Medicaid helped accelerate states’ expansion of eligibility for key groups and adoption of policy and system changes to streamline renewal processes for enrollees, according to findings from a new KFF …
Source: KFF - Center-left -
Published on Jun 20, 2024
Has Medicaid expansion in states improved health outcomes?
Studies have shown that Medicaid expansion in states does lead to improved health outcomes. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) sought to reduce the number of uninsured Americans through federal government subsidies of Medicaid coverage …
Source: Wisconsin Watch - Neutral