Tag: Medicaid
Medicaid expansion battles persist in Maine and Virginia
Both states are struggling over whether or not to broaden Medicaid programs to insure more citizens.
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Senate Finance Committee tackles Medicaid, Medicare policy to combat opioid use...
Bipartisan bill is expected after questions are answered by April 26 deadline; Senate HELP committee gets ready to markup Opioid Crisis Response Act.
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CMS appeals Missouri ruling on Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments
The agency wants to overturn the court ruling against the agency's final rule that includes private insurance and Medicare reimbursement in setting payment limits.
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Medicare Advantage plans get a rate increase in Centers for Medicare...
CMS is also increasing the percent of encounter data in risk scores, a move opposed by stakeholders.
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CMS proposes rule to help alleviate state burden in Medicaid reporting
States qualify by having at least 85 percent of their Medicaid population in managed care or by reducing provider payments rates.
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Why Medicaid expansion helps doctors detect cancer sooner
New research suggests that public health insurance may increase cancer diagnoses, which can lead to fewer cancer deaths and lower treatment costs.
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CMS gives Mississippi unprecedented 10-year Medicaid waiver
Mississippi has received the first-ever 10-year extension of a Medicaid Section 1115 demonstration waiver, allowing the state to continue providing family planning services for...
Big 5 insurers depend on Medicare, Medicaid for growth in enrollment,...
Due in large part to an aging baby boomer population, Medicare and Medicaid account for nearly 60 percent of top insurer revenues and 20...
Massachusetts grabs spotlight by proposing new twist on Medicaid drug coverage
In the absence of new federal policies to tame break-the-bank drug prices, Massachusetts' state Medicaid program hopes to road-test an idea both radical and...
California Medicaid generating big profits for state administrators
Overall, Medicaid insurers in the Golden State made $ 5.4 billion in profits from 2014 to 2016, in part because the state paid higher...
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