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Waivers to Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) give state programs flexibility to better respond to COVID-19. Many private payers have waived member payment for COVID-19 testing and treatment. And telehealth is being leaned on more than ever as remote monitoring programs give providers the ability to monitor patients with chronic conditions from a distance and video conferencing allows providers to see patient's faces before making a diagnosis.
But Medicaid and CHIP policies have been restrictive of these solutions, not covering testing options or allowing flexible payment options for members. Telehealth coverage and reimbursement was also restrictive despite it being a known solution.
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Missourinet.com
The Missouri House voted Wednesday afternoon to give final approval to a $34.9 billion state operating budget. GOP leaders say it's a budget that's about $146 million less than the current budget.
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Alabama Political Reporter
Three Democratic Congressional nominees on Wednesday joined in a call for lawmakers to expand Medicaid in Alabama.
Phyliss Harvey-Hall, the Democratic nominee for Alabama's 2nd District; Dr. Adia Winfrey, who's running in Alabama's 3rd District; and the state's Democratic nominee for Alabama's 4th District, Rick Neighbors, issued a joint statement asking state legislators to expand Medicaid.
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KSNT-TV
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly shared her thoughts on the 2020 legislative session that left Topeka early. While the session did end early, Kelly said there is still a chance legislators will still review certain bills.
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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. There is growing pressure on MCO payers to prevent inaccurate payments before they happen to avoid loss of federal funds.
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The Denver Post
Colorado has asked federal officials to approve a host of temporary changes to its Medicaid program to keep more people covered and sustain healthcare providers through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some of the changes were priorities for health and disability rights advocates long before the new coronavirus began spreading. It's not clear if they could stick around once the public health emergency ends, though.
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Winston-Salem Journal
The coronavirus has spurred a temporary and very limited bipartisan compromise on expanding Medicaid coverage in North Carolina.
House Bill 1037 and Senate Bill 704 contain language that allows for the state Medicaid program to cover uninsured North Carolinians for just COVID-19 testing during the pandemic.
It's a similar stance to what health insurers have agreed to provide.
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WFAE-FM
North Carolina's top health official is asking the federal government to approve a waiver to help the state’s Medicaid program during the coronavirus pandemic.
States can use the so-called Section 1115 waiver to use Medicaid funds in ways the federal government wouldn't normally allow. North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen said Tuesday the waiver she submitted to Secretary Alex Azar, her federal counterpart, would give the state needed flexibility during the pandemic.
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WRAL-TV
The lion's share lawmaking likely to be done during this General Assembly session is broken up over roughly half a dozen bills that zero in on coronavirus pandemic responses, appropriating money and tweaking policies.
But legislators filed a number of other bills Tuesday as well, including one with bipartisan leadership support to boost death benefits paid to the families of lawmakers who die in office.
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InMaricopa.com
The Medicaid agency in Arizona will help sustain healthcare providers during the coronavirus pandemic by advancing more than $41 million in scheduled payments.
The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, which administers Medicaid for the state, will make the payments to hospitals, primary care providers, behavioral health outpatient providers and justice clinic providers who participate in its Targeted Investments (TI) program, according to the office of Gov. Doug Ducey.
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Washington Times Herald
States have the rightful authority to deny abortion clinics the status of being Medicaid providers, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill said today, and the U.S. Supreme Court should overturn lower-court precedents holding otherwise.
Citing the federal Medicaid Act, the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently prohibited South Carolina from terminating a Medicaid provider agreement with Planned Parenthood. Attorney General Hill is co-leading a 19-state brief asking the Supreme Court to review that decision.
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