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Sep 21 2023
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Governor announces Medicaid reimbursement reforms, but Democrats call it an election-year stunt
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mississippi is looking to change the way hospitals get reimbursed by Medicaid. Governor Tate Reeves made the announcement today alongside leaders from multiple hospitals around the state Thursday. But there are questions about his motivations. Hospitals lose money for every patient who has Medicaid. That’s because they don’t get reimbursed for as much as the care
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Sep 20 2023
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NC Medicaid expansion set to become reality as legislators prepare for budget votes
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Passing North Carolina’s budget will remain the last hurdle for the state to expand Medicaid to potentially cover 600,000 adults who don’t qualify or make enough for health insurance now that an effort to link it to authorizing more casinos is off the table. Expansion appears back on a smoother glide path after Republican legislative leaders said late Tuesday that they
WITN
Sep 19 2023
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Latest moves on North Carolina budget could expand Medicaid, multiply legal gambling
RALEIGH, N.C.. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders moved forward Tuesday with maneuvers that could by week’s end approve a long-delayed state budget, provide Medicaid to several hundred thousand low-income adults and multiply legal gambling through video gaming machines and new casinos. But by tying gambling’s fate with Medicaid expansion, Republicans could potentially scuttle a landmark
The Virginian-Pilot
Sep 19 2023
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As Alaska works through Medicaid renewals, only about a third of people are staying covered
When Brandy Barnes got the first notice that she might be dropped from Medicaid, she was worried. One of her teenage sons is autistic and needs significant care to lead a full life. “My main concern is that my son is disabled,” she said. “He has therapies, medications, doctor appointments that cannot be dropped. I started asking around, and apparently this was happening to everyone.” She said
KTOO
Sep 19 2023
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Latest maneuvering on North Carolina budget, casinos could end with Medicaid expansion going down
RALEIGH, N.C.. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders moved forward Tuesday with maneuvers that could by week’s end approve a long-delayed state budget, provide Medicaid to several hundred thousand low-income adults and multiply legal gambling through video gaming machines and new casinos. But by tying gambling’s fate with Medicaid expansion, Republicans could potentially scuttle a they had
Associated Press
Sep 21 2023
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Mississippi GOP governor says his plan would aid hospitals; Democrat pushes for Medicaid expansion
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves released a proposal Thursday aimed at helping some of the state’s financially struggling hospitals, even as the Democrat who is trying to unseat him has spent months hammering Reeves for opposing Medicaid expansion in one of the poorest states in the nation. Hospitals would pay some higher taxes as a way to receive substantially
KSTP
Sep 21 2023
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Mississippi GOP governor says his plan would aid hospitals; Democrat pushes for Medicaid expansion
FILE - Republican Gov. Tate Reeves speaks at Bolton-Edwards Elementary/Middle School, in Bolton, Miss., on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. On Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, Republican former U.S. Rep. Mike Parker, who was the 1999 GOP nominee for governor, announced he is endorsing Democratic gubernatorial nominee Brandon Presley over Reeves in the Nov. 7, 2023, general election. (AP Photo/Rogelio V.
St. Joseph News-Press
Aug 28 2023
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Democrats Pressure Biden on Medicaid After Voting to End Protections
Democrats on Capitol Hill are pressuring President Joe Biden's administration to take action after reports that states were disenrolling thousands of Medicaid recipients following a recent congressional vote to end protections for Medicaid recipients set during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The calls come amid a rapid unraveling of protections established at the start of the pandemic under
Newsweek
Aug 21 2023
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Oregon audit finds lack of transparency in Medicaid prescription system
State regulators can do more to help Medicaid patients access medication by providing better oversight of an obscure but influential step of the prescription drug supply chain that starts with the manufacturer and ends with the pharmacist, auditors found. An audit released Monday by the Secretary of State’s Office found the state’s regulation of pharmacy benefit managers is lax and limited,
Jefferson Public Radio
Aug 11 2023
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Data breach compromises some Medicaid users' information
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration on Friday announced that software used by a contractor experienced a security breach that exposed certain personal information of Indiana Medicaid members. The names, addresses, case numbers and Medicaid numbers of more than 744,000 members of Indiana Medicaid were exposed in the breach, which occurred in the MOVIEit application used by
The Journal Gazette