When the news broke about welfare fraud in Minnesota’s Somali community, it was largely confined to abuse surrounding the Agriculture Department’s Federal Child Nutrition Program and a Medicaid-funded ...

Medicaid’s Institution for Mental Diseases (IMD) rule bars federal funding for psychiatric facilities with more than 16 beds, but findings indicate that state waivers allowing treatment of serious ...

The Maryland Department of Health said Monday it has consolidated its Medicaid waiver programs managed by the Developmental Disabilities Administration to make services faster and more accessible, ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - State leaders told lawmakers today that, if nothing changes, some of the more than 8,000 Kansans on the wait list for an intellectual and developmental disabilities waiver could ...

HELENA, Mont. — The Department of Public Health and Human Services and Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Montana submitted a proposal wavier to strengthen the Medicaid expansion program across the state.

Starting in 2015, states could access previously restricted Medicaid funds for residential addiction treatment through Medicaid Section 1115 waivers, contingent on new requirements. Using ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana officials are proposing changes to Medicaid waivers that would significantly cut therapy options for people with disabilities. The move could impact multiple waivers, but ...

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

A nutrition startup backed by Mount Sinai won a contract last week to deliver grocery boxes and prepared meals to Medicaid enrollees on Staten Island as part of a state pilot that expands the health ...

A Medicaid pilot program that uses public dollars to pay for new benefits such as groceries or rent is off to a slower start than officials hoped, state data shows. Just over 1% of New York’s 7 ...