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Michigan Radio
The state of Michigan's Medicaid expansion has substantially improved access to primary care and preventive services for enrollees. That's according to two recent studies of the Healthy Michigan Plan by the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.
The percentage of people who reported going without needed care in the previous year was cut in half after they enrolled in the Healthy Michigan Plan.
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Public News Service
Thanks to the state of Utah's "fallback plan," about 60,000 more Utahns will become eligible for Medicaid benefits on Wednesday.
Federal officials last week approved a waiver for the state that includes a full Medicaid expansion with work-reporting requirements. That comes almost a year after Utah voters approved Proposition 3, an initiative directing the state to accept a full Medicaid expansion.
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Valdosta Daily Times
State officials made only slight changes to a proposal that would add about 50,000 new Georgians to the Medicaid rolls after hearing from hundreds of groups and people who raised concerns.
More than 800 written comments poured in during a public airing of a proposal that would expand access to Medicaid for low-income adults who complete 80 hours of work, job training, college or community service. Part-time students would be able to satisfy that requirement through a combination of work and school, under a clarification announced last week.
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StarTribune
With IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct), Wisconsin became one of the first states in the nation to adopt a model known as self-directed Medicaid benefits. The controversial move shifted the balance of power away from insurers and government bureaucrats, and empowered individuals to make their own choices.
Today, Wisconsin leads the nation in most measures of promoting independence and quality of life among people with disabilities. Fully 33% of Wisconsin residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities report directing their own Medicaid services — nearly three times the national average, according to a 2018 national survey.
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TAPinto.net
The Morris County Board of Freeholders announced that the New Jersey Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services has implemented new changes to its online portal. The purpose of these system improvements are to enable residents to more easily apply for all Medicaid programs.
As of Jan. 1, any Morris County resident who requires Medicaid assistance can access the portal and apply directly via the New Jersey Family Care website.
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- PMPM Increase Per Conversion
- Millions In New Revenue, Risk Free
- Tax-Free Monthly Income for Members
- Directly Impacts SDoH
- Healthier Members, Healthier Bottom Line
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Inside Indiana Business
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has been given federal approval of a Medicaid waiver to allow treatment for Hoosiers with serious mental illnesses. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved the waiver which gives Indiana Medicaid the ability to pay for acute inpatient stays in facilities for mental disease for those diagnosed with a serious mental illness.
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Cumberland Times-News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has selected Maryland as one of 10 awardees for the Maternal Opioid Misuse Model.
Maryland selected the following organizations as its care delivery partners to implement the model: Aetna Health Inc., Amerigroup Maryland Inc., Jai Medical Systems, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Maryland Care Inc., MedStar Family Choice Inc., Priority Partners Managed Care Organization Inc. and University of Maryland Health Partners.
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NBC News
Melissa Turner almost died twice in emergency rooms, and because she didn’t have health insurance, two separate medical procedures have left her with tens of thousands of dollars of medical debt, paralyzing her life.
Turner, 37, a resident of this windswept town at the edge of the Rocky Mountains, said she tried to get coverage. After losing her job and the health insurance she received as a cafeteria worker at Idaho State University in 2015, Turner immediately went to an insurance broker because she had already faced a series of expensive hospitalizations throughout her life for misdiagnosed health issues.
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A commercial Medicaid plan in Nevada leveraged MCG solutions in its community health program and reduced ER visits by 20% and hospital readmissions by 30%. Click here to learn more about how MCG can support improved member outcomes and cost control.
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St. Louis Public Radio
The petition to put a Medicaid expansion in Missouri to a statewide vote has garnered more than 25% of the needed signatures to place the measure on the November 2020 ballot, according to campaign officials.
The effort to extend eligibility for the state-sponsored health insurance program to those making up to $18,000 a year also has received support from several high-profile state organizations, including Washington University and BJC HealthCare.
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St. Joseph News-Press
When state lawmakers balked at medical marijuana and ethics reform, Missouri voters took the initiative and approved ballot measures on both issues.
The 2020 election cycle could bring a similar boost to efforts to expand Medicaid, an issue that has met with resistance in Jefferson City since the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
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Elder Law Answers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2020 federal guidelines for how much money the spouses of institutionalized Medicaid recipients may keep, as well as related Medicaid figures.
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Al Jazeera
Getting basic medical care in Alaska can be a big problem, as most communities are not well-connected by roads.
The local government's Medicaid program does assist with costs, but budget cuts are putting patients' lives at risk.
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