A lack of administrative oversight led Arkansas to miss supplemental Medicaid payments, make several payments to Medicaid-ineligible providers, and receive excess Medicaid dollars, found a report from...
Although Texas refused federal funds in the 2014 ACA Medicaid expansion, it has recently submitted documents requesting its second Medicaid waiver extension for $6.2 billion.
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Expenditures on healthcare grew at a historically low rate between 2009 and 2013, according to a recent report, defying the conventional wisdom that healthcare spending has skyrocketed.
A Robert...
As state and federal regulators debate the future of Medicaid spending, health researchers have identified the need for flexibility and innovation in Medicaid policies involving payment models,...
Maine will apply for a Section 1115 Medicaid waiver from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to be granted flexibility to circumvent federal regulations and impose reforms on its...
The Massachusetts House of Ways and Means Committee approved a state budget for fiscal year (FY) 2018 that funds MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program, through new tax revenues.
The committee...
As one of her first actions as CMS Administrator, Seema Verma collaborated with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price to detail how the federal government plans to...
Data released from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) showcases the investigations, convictions, settlements, and billion-dollar recoveries of Medicaid fraud by Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCUs)...
The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQUI) recently partnered with the Nicholson Foundation to release a 25-point plan for modernizing and improving New Jersey’s Medicaid...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced earlier this month in a press release that it will be awarding $300,000 to the Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC) so that more...
A Supreme Court ruling in 2012 determined that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is Constitutional while Medicaid expansion is optional for individual states to pursue. This led more...
The state of New York has been working toward redesigning their Medicaid program and fixing the various problems plaguing this system. In particular, payment reforms within the New York Medicaid...
Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) finalized its ruling on the managed care Medicaid reimbursement regulations. Soon afterward, the National Association of Medicaid...
