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MHPA
Medicaid Health Plans of America, the leading association representing the Medicaid managed care industry, welcomes Jon Cotton, corporate president of Meridian, as chairman of its board of directors. Cotton, who previously served for five years as president and chief operating officer of Meridian Health Plan of Michigan, Inc., Michigan's largest Medicaid plan, will shepherd managed care organizations through administration efforts to transform the 50-year-old Medicaid program.
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The Washington Post
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to strengthen existing work requirements and introduce new ones for low-income Americans receiving Medicaid, food stamps, public housing benefits and welfare as part of a broad overhaul of government assistance programs.
The order directs federal agencies to review all policies related to current work requirements as well as exemptions and waivers and report back to the White House with recommendations within 90 days.
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Modern Healthcare (Subscription required)
House Speaker Paul Ryan will leave office in January likely without having achieved two of his top health policy priorities — repealing the Affordable Care Act and tackling entitlement reform. The Wisconsin Republican confirmed Wednesday that he won't seek re-election in November. He is now one of 38 sitting Republican House lawmakers who won't seek re-election in a cycle that retiring Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pennsylvania) described as a referendum on President Donald Trump "and his conduct in office." Ryan leaves an uncertain legacy when it comes to healthcare policy.
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The Hill
More Americans see opioid addiction as a significant issue in their communities than did two years ago, according to a new poll.
Forty-three percent of Americans say the use of prescription pain drugs is an extremely or very serious problem in their communities, up from 33 percent two years ago, according to an Associated Press-NORC poll released Wednesday.
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The Hill
Opioid distributors will face tough questions from lawmakers next month about their role in the nation's ongoing crisis.
Five executives of opioid distribution companies will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in May about how millions of pain pills found their way to small West Virginia towns.
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The Associated Press via The Washington Post
Virginia lawmakers are coming back to the Capitol Wednesday seeking to pass a budget after failing to do so earlier this year.
The hang-up: An intraparty feud between Republicans in the GOP-led General Assembly over whether to expand Medicaid. After five years of a near-unified opposition to expanding the healthcare program for the poor, Republicans are now split on the issue.
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A KLAS Leader in PHM and Clinical Data Integration, i2i partners with health plans, providing bi-directional connectivity to over 2,500 Provider Sites (20+ million lives). i2i has the largest share of CHCs connected to a clinical data integration platform providing transparency to Payer and Providers, bringing claims and EHRs together.
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Minnesota Public Radio
There are bills in the Minnesota House and Senate that would require people receiving Medical Assistance to work or volunteer.
The bills specify that those who are "able-bodied" should be able to work or volunteer while receiving Medical Assistance, Minnesota's version of Medicaid. Over 1 million people in the state use Medical Assistance.
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HFI’s mission is to partner with healthcare clients to improve their fiscal health by advocating for their most vulnerable members. HFI helps members get necessary benefits and income affording them access to important social determinants of health.
We effectively identify and reclassify eligible super-utilizers from TANF/ACA to ABD.
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PRNewswire
Solera Health, a leading integrated benefit network, today launched a national partnership with Feeding America, the nation's largest hunger-relief organization, to help health plans and providers address food insecurity and improve health outcomes.
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