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The Washington Post via MSN
A federal appeals court on Friday struck down the Trump administration's decision to allow states to compel some Medicaid recipients to work or prepare for a job in exchange for their health benefits. In a unanimous decision that blocks the first state that had imposed work requirements, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that President Donald Trump's health officials had been "arbitrary and capricious" in allowing Arkansas to launch a Medicaid program called "Arkansas Works" two years ago.
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WNBC-TV
The Trump administration is in the final stages of proposing a change to Medicaid that it says will increase financial transparency by hospitals, but health care advocates say will cause vulnerable hospitals to close and hurt Medicaid beneficiaries, NBC News reports.
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Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma could implement traditional Medicaid expansion far earlier than expected.
Deputy Secretary of Health and Mental Health Carter Kimble told Oklahoma Watch on Friday that Gov. Kevin Stitt is looking to extend health coverage to a projected 200,000 low-income Oklahomans as early as this summer.
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The Associated Press via MSN
Wyoming lawmakers have rejected the second effort to expand Medicaid in five days. AP News reports that the Republican state Rep. Pat Sweeney filed a bill Wednesday, Feb. 12, to amend the state constitution, but it did not receive two-thirds of the House and Senate vote.
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ABC News
A top Republican lawmaker in Kansas on Friday disputed the claims of GOP colleagues that a bipartisan plan to expand the state's Medicaid program would lead to taxpayers funding elective abortions.
Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, a Kansas City-area Republican, sent an email to senators decrying what he called "inaccurate verbal and written statements" used to justify opposition among anti-abortion lawmakers and groups to the expansion plan he drafted with Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.
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The Plain Dealer
Ohio public policy experts are divided on the Trump administration's new Medicaid block grant program, which is designed to give states more flexibility in Medicaid spending, but cap a portion of federal contributions.
Opponents of the plan, which was introduced Jan. 30, say it will cut benefits and enrollment.
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CAQH
 Improper Medicaid payments, such as for ineligible patients or for services not provided, were
estimated to be $36.2 billion in fiscal 2018, accounting for 9.8% of Medicaid spending. The road to accountability is only growing more complex, and payers, especially Medicaid and MCO plans, cannot succeed without a strong strategy for effective COB/TPL.
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New York Daily News via MSN
Critics panned New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Medicaid task force Friday, accusing the panel of not being transparent and boxing out the public at a hastily announced forum.
Members of the Medicaid Redesign Team, tasked with trimming billions from the state’s ballooning healthcare program, got an earful from advocates and the public at the sparsely attended meeting at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Chelsea.
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Observer-Dispatch via MSN
A budget proposal by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that could shift additional Medicaid costs onto counties has drawn concerns from local county leaders. Medicaid costs for counties have been capped at 3 percent since 2015, but there is fear stemming from Cuomo's recent budget address that counties may be asked to pay more.
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Gloucester Daily Times
Governors around the country, including Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, are fighting the Trump administration over proposed changes to how the federal government reimburses states for Medicaid, seeking to avoid a shift that could blow a massive hole into state budgets.
The new regulations proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could jeopardize some financing arrangements that Massachusetts uses to pay for its $16.7 billion MassHealth program, according to the Baker administration and various state health care groups.
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The Associated Press via U.S. News & World Report
Taxi companies in an Alaska city have decided to stop accepting Medicaid vouchers for payment.
Taxis are a main form of transportation for people who travel to Bethel from area communities for healthcare appointments, KYUK-AM reported Thursday.
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