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TIME
A federal judge heard legal challenges Thursday to a Trump Administration policy that allows states to implement work requirements in order for residents to qualify for Medicaid.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg heard oral arguments in two separate cases challenging plans in Arkansas and Kentucky that require Medicaid enrollees to either have a job or meet "community engagement" requirements to receive their health benefits.
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The Plain Dealer
The federal government's approval of Ohio's Medicaid work requirement leaves a lot of questions for healthcare providers on how exactly the waiver will affect their patients. Elizabeth Newman, president and CEO of The Centers and Circle Health Services, a community health center, said the center is still getting a handle on the new work requirements and how the exemptions in the waiver will work, but she expects a number of the center's patients could be affected.
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Modern Healthcare
The CMS rolled out new tools on Thursday to help states get approval to make changes to Medicaid such as implementing work requirements.
The CMS Administrator Seema Verma defended the administration's push to get more states to pursue 1115 demonstration waivers even as the agency faces criticism over coverage losses due to work rules.
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News Tribune
Missouri's share of funding for the state's Medicaid program has been on an upward trajectory.
When Gov. Mike Parson selected former House Speaker Todd Richardson to direct MO HealthNet, the state Medicaid program, late last year, the governor tasked Richardson with containing the rising costs of Medicaid, improving the program's sustainability, and examining rural health care and hospital closures.
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South Florida Sun Sentinel
The Senate continues to advance a bill that would make permanent the elimination of a 90-day Medicaid retroactive eligibility period.
Over the objections of AARP Florida and other advocates for elderly and disabled people, the Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday voted 6-4 to approve the bill (S.B. 192), which could save $103 million in state and federal Medicaid funding. All of the Democrats on the panel voted against the bill.
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HealthLeaders Media
If lawmakers move forward with planned cuts to disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments, they should consider phasing them in gradually and applying them first to states with unspent DSH funding, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) said in its latest report to Congress. The 150-page report also recommended that Congress have Health and Human Services come up with a new methodology for calculating DSH allotments, so each state would receive an amount that better reflects its number of non-elderly low-income people.
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The Lewiston Tribune
People earning more than 100 percent of the federal poverty level would not be eligible for expanded Medicaid under a new sideboard bill introduced Monday.
The income cap is substantially less than the 138 percent of poverty that voters approved last fall. The House Health and Welfare Committee, which introduced the measure on a party line voice vote, will hold a public hearing on it Wednesday.
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The Hutchinson News
Kansas Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers brought the administration's campaign for Medicaid expansion to Hutchinson Monday morning.
The regular session of the Legislature will end in less than three weeks — April 5 is scheduled as the last day — and without legislation moving forward on Medicaid expansion, he is urging people to contact legislators. A rally that will promote the expansion of KanCare, the system managing Medicaid in Kansas, is scheduled Tuesday afternoon at the Statehouse.
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The Associated Press via The News & Observer
Montana lawmakers heard public testimony during an all-day hearing Saturday on two bills with different visions for continuing the state's Medicaid expansion program that insures nearly one out of every 10 residents, while several Republican lawmakers opposed both bills.
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MedCity News
For many Medicaid members, circumstances like eviction, past criminal convictions and a suspended driver's license can stand in the way of better health and a pathway to a better life.
Social determinants like stable housing, food insecurity and transportation are often accompanied by legal challenges which act as civic barriers to accessing healthcare and maintaining general well-being. A yearlong pilot program funded by Anthem in Indiana is looking to give Medicaid patients a leg up in handling these issues by connecting them to legal counseling for housing issues, incomes support, employment and family law.
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