Expensive beer, millions overpaid to a Medicaid program’s providers and more from the Colorado legislature this week

Colorado lawmakers voted Wednesday to send millions of dollars to the state’s overcrowded prison system, one week after a key ...

Idaho public schools, Medicaid program now told to plan for new state budget cuts

After they were originally protected from new state budget cuts, leaders of Idaho’s public school system and Medicaid program ...

Trump administration announces 15 new drugs for Medicare price negotiation program

The Trump administration has unveiled 15 new drugs selected for a Medicare drug price negotiation program that allows the ...
KSTP

Minnesota Medicaid audit leaves majority of enrollees’ claims unchecked for fraud

The state is paying Optum, a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary, over $2 million this year to review claims for 14 programs that ...

Marijuana, Medicaid and school choice. 6 takeaways from Gov. Stitt's State of the State

Gov. Kevin Stitt is calling on lawmakers to lift the limit on Oklahoma's tax credit that covers private school tuition.
News On 6

Here’s what Gov. Kevin Stitt said about Medicaid expansion during his State of the State address

Gov. Kevin Stitt is asking lawmakers to send a state question to voters that would allow changes to Oklahoma’s Medicaid ...
Atlanta News First on MSN

Some Georgia children mistakenly listed as ‘inactive’ for Medicaid benefits after IT issue

Some Georgia parents are in shock after learning their children were mistakenly listed as inactive for crucial benefits under ...
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Medicaid cuts limit access to cancer care and raise costs for patients

Reductions in Medicaid eligibility will strip access to health care resources from millions of Americans across the country, ...

'Ghost' providers hinder access to health care for Medicaid patients

Almost one-third of physicians who are enrolled in Medicaid don't actually care for a single patient covered by Medicaid insurance, according to new research led by Oregon Health & Science University.
Loveland Reporter-Herald

For years, Colorado Medicaid mistakenly paid a program’s providers several times too much — costing millions

You either laugh at this one, or you cry,” Rep. Kyle Brown said. ” … So maybe it’s $20 million in a given year, and it’s been ...
Willamette Week

“Ghost” Physicians Haunt Medicaid Registries in Great Number

In most recent year with available data, more than 1 in 4 of the U.S. doctors enrolled to see Medicaid patients didn’t see even one, according to new OHSU study. Researcher hopes policymakers take ...