Medicaid
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear yesterday repealed a requirement that some adult Medicaid beneficiaries work or engage in activities such as job training or volunteer work to remain eligible for coverage, effectively ending a legal challenge to the requirement in that state.
In its first partnership with a Medicaid plan, Fitbit and WellCare of Georgia recently teamed up to provide Medicaid enrollees who have type 2 diabetes with a Fitbit device if they complete an annual diabetic retinal exam.
Congressional leaders Dec. 16 unveiled a $1.4 trillion spending package for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The bill includes a number of key priorities for hospitals and health systems, including delaying the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) cuts through May 22, 2020, and extensions for a…
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend for 60 days – until March 17 – the comment period for its Medicaid fiscal accountability proposed rule.
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend for 60 days – until March 17 – the comment period for its Medicaid fiscal accountability proposed rule.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday approved two Section 1115 waivers allowing South Carolina to expand Medicaid eligibility to certain adults.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today held a hearing on proposals to achieve universal health care coverage.
Senate Finance Committee leaders Friday released changes to the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act that would eliminate impending Medicaid cuts to disproportionate share hospitals for two years.
On Nov. 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a comprehensive proposed rule that would significantly change hospital supplemental payments and state Medicaid program financing, as well as enable greater oversight by the agency of these aspects of the program.
The National Health Law Program and other groups Friday filed a class action lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services for approving a Section 1115 waiver for New Hampshire that requires certain adults to work to maintain Medicaid coverage, among other changes.