NYS audit: $1.5 billion 'questionable' Medicaid payments went to unenrolled providers – Newsday
A New York state audit released Tuesday found that more than $1.5 billion in “improper and questionable” payments were made under New York’s Medicaid system over a nearly four-year period to health care providers who were not enrolled in the government-funded system that provides care to disadvantaged residents and people with specific health needs. Medicaid […]
10 states joining Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Medicaid Demonstration Program
More states will begin receiving Medicaid funding for all-in-one mental health and substance use clinics that offer 24-hour crisis services. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday that a relatively new model of clinic, called Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, will be eligible for Medicaid reimbursement in 10 states under the Certified […]
Number of Pennsylvania residents relying on food stamps and Medicaid is skyrocketing
(The Center Square) — The number of Pennsylvanians receiving food stamps and Medicaid is skyrocketing compared to a generation ago. Some experts warn that this leaves the welfare system vulnerable to waste, fraud and abuse, some of which is “designated”. “There’s a recognition that we need a social security net, but whether that net actually […]
Filibuster against $4B Missouri Medicaid bill ends
A multi-day filibuster in the Missouri Senate ended Thursday with Republicans allowing a vote on the more than $4 billion Medicaid program that had been held hostage. Senators initially approved a bill by voice vote that would renew long-standing taxes on hospitals and other health care providers. The bill requires a second approval vote in […]
Kansas won’t have legal medical pot or expand Medicaid for at least another year
Kansas will remain one of the few states that has not legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded Medicaid for at least another year. Republican state senators on Friday blocked efforts to force consideration of both issues before the Republican-controlled Legislature is scheduled to adjourn for the year on Tuesday. Sponsors of each bill […]
Mississippi Senate and House haggle over Medicaid expansion as session nears end
Leading Mississippi lawmakers began negotiations Tuesday on what could be a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the nation’s poorest states. But even though Republicans control both the state House and the Senate, it is by no means clear whether they will reach a compromise by […]
Nearly one-quarter of adults booted from Medicaid are still uninsured, survey finds
Nearly a quarter of adults who say they were disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year remain uninsured since states began reopening eligibility checks, according to a new report investigation It was released on Friday by KFF. The study is the first to examine the health insurance status of adults enrolled in Medicaid in early […]
Critics furious over Hochul, Heastie plan to crack down on NY’s $8 billion home care Medicaid program
Critics are furious over a new plan by Gov. Kathy Hochul and State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to crack down on New York City’s $8 billion Medicaid home health program amid allegations of fraud. The governor and Sen. Heastie (D-Bronx) have agreed to overhaul the consumer-directed personal assistance program that allows New Yorkers to get […]
North Carolina reports over 400,000 enrolled in Medicaid expansion program
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday that the number of new Medicaid enrollees for low-income adults in North Carolina exceeded 400,000 in the first four months of the expanded program. Full coverage of health care benefits for some adults ages 19 to 64 who earn too much to qualify for traditional Medicaid would be implemented by […]
California wants to pay doctors more money to see Medicaid patients – KSBY News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When Hunter Morgan bought a Southern California optometry office three years ago, one of the first things he did was create a government-funded low-income health center. The goal was to begin seeing patients using the insurance program Medicaid. The previous owners did not accept Medicaid patients, which covers about one-third of […]