Lawmakers seeking to preserve Arkansas' "private option" Medicaid expansion program unveiled legislation Monday that would replace the controversial work requirement with a system that incentivizes work through access to government-funded private health insurance. Senate...
source: Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has begun mailing enrollment packets statewide and launched new resources for beneficiaries as it prepares for NC Medicaid Managed Care...
source: WNCT-TV
The $1.6 billion cost of expanding Medicaid to approximately 275,000 uninsured Missourians has been segregated from other spending in the upcoming budget year by moving it into a separate appropriation bill.
The move has Democrats...
source: The Rolla Daily News
Kansas Medicaid expansion was dealt another setback Wednesday in its first formal debate this year, as lawmakers signaled that the proposal, long a Democratic priority, was unlikely to go anywhere this session.
Senate Minority...
source: The Kansas City Star
Atlantic County commissioners voted Tuesday to join a five-year pilot program that will increase Medicaid funding for AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center by almost $30 million, while bringing about $2.4 million in new...
source: The Press of Atlantic City
California will use Medicaid funding to help pay for coronavirus testing of low-income students, after receiving the OK from President Joe Biden's administration, Gov. Gavin Newsom's office announced Wednesday,...
source: Press-Telegram
Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage is pitching the D.C. Council on a bill that would carve out an exemption to the District's contracting law for three healthcare-related contracts. The bill would...
source: Washington City Paper
In contrast to cuts made during the Trump administration, the Biden administration is increasing funding for the Navigator program to help consumers enroll in the Affordable Care Act during the special enrollment period.
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source: Healthcare Finance
Two community-focused projects have received almost $80,000 in seed funding.
According to a release, the integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia, or iTHRIV, announced the funding Wednesday.
This seed grant program is part of the organization's...
source: WCAV-TV
The old and the young could benefit from nearly $80,000 in study grants recently approved by a National Institutes of Health organization of medical providers and universities, officials say.
The integrated Translational...
source: The Daily Progress
A legislative proposal to restrict eligibility for social safety net programs like food stamps or Medicaid would cost nearly $20 million to implement, according to state policy analysts.
The Ohio Legislative Service Commission, a nonpartisan arm of the state legislature...
source: The Courier
Nebraskans who qualify for Medicaid under the expansion measure approved by voters in 2018 won't be getting vision, dental or over-the-counter medication benefits anytime soon.
State officials said Thursday that their plans to offer those benefits starting April 1 have...
source: The Associated Press via KBBX-FM
A legislative proposal to restrict eligibility for social safety net programs like food stamps or Medicaid would cost nearly $20 million to implement, according to state policy analysts.
The Ohio Legislative Service...
source: CityBeat
While the COVID-19 nursing home scandal that has plagued the Cuomo administration drew a lot of attention at Thursday's legislative budget hearing, New York state lawmakers still had time to pepper administration...
source: The Center Square
A pivotal player in Missouri's response to the pandemic is taking a leave of absence, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch learned.
Former House Speaker Todd Richardson, a Poplar Bluff Republican, currently serves as the state's Medicaid...
source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch