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The Hill
The Trump administration announced Tuesday it would distribute $25 billion to health providers caring for Medicaid patients following weeks of pressure from lawmakers and advocates.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had come under fire for its slow pace in sending out billions of dollars in coronavirus relief funds to providers in the safety net program, even as clinics and hospitals cut back services, lay off staff or shut down altogether.
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News Tribune
Missouri remains one of only 15 (primarily conservative) states that have chosen not to expand Medicaid to include people up to 138% of the poverty level.
A successful initiative petition in Missouri got the issue placed on the November ballot, after which Gov. Mike Parson scheduled the vote for August.
Despite Republican arguments that expanding the program could be devastating to the state's budget, separate studies released over the past week have shown expansion in other states has decreased costs.
The recently released reports show expansion will not only positively affect the state's economy, it will also improve overall health.
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The Center Square
Florida healthcare officials are hoping to extend a Medicaid waiver through 2024 that allows the state to draw up to $1.5 billion annually in supplemental Low Income Pool (LIP) money within its managed care program.
The waiver-extension request asked the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to add two years to a previous waiver, which expires in June 2022.
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The Oklahoman
Medicaid programs in Oklahoma paid out $211 million less in May than in April, at least partly because people avoided the health care system, according to state officials.
Expenditures in May were also nearly $100 million less than they were in May 2019. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority, which oversees the health insurance program for low-income Oklahomans, said the steep drop resulted from multiple factors.
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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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WUSF-FM
Twenty-eight Florida hospitals will see bumps in their Medicaid reimbursement rates under a plan the Agency for Health Care Administration has announced.
The state is updating a hospital inpatient reimbursement methodology for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, a move that will have a $19 million impact on federal Medicaid funding, according to the announcement published Friday.
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The Associated Press via KPLR-TV
The Missouri Supreme Court decided Wednesday not to take up a lawsuit seeking to block a proposal to expand Medicaid health care from going before voters, meaning it will stay on the August ballot.
Conservative groups Americans for Prosperity-Missouri and United for Missouri sued to take the measure off the ballot, claiming it appropriates money without providing a new revenue source.
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The Athens News
Gov. Mike DeWine announced in early May that Ohio would be cutting more than $200 million to Medicaid due to budgetary woes amid the coronavirus pandemic — and those cuts might be felt in Athens County.
While the Athens County Job & Family Services has been assured that the recent cuts won't directly affect local services, former director Jack Frech is concerned the reductions may still hurt local healthcare providers that are emerging following a few bleak months.
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WAVY-TV
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam extended several orders that help ensure adequate medical capacity and access to care during the coronavirus pandemic.
On Wednesday, officials announced the extension of Executive Orders Fifty-Seven and Fifty-Eight, which were originally signed in April and were due to expire on June 10.
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The Center Square
The state budget Illinois lawmakers passed during a truncated pandemic special session is now law.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the budget that begins July 1. The spending plan relies on billions of dollars in federal aid that haven't materialized, keeps spending level from the current year despite revenue losses and cost increases from the COVID-19 pandemic and gives Medicaid access to seniors who are undocumented residents.
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WIBW-TV via MSN
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has announced the interim Medicaid director will be Christiane Swartz. KDHE says that Swartz has served in a handful of management positions in the Medicaid field for the state of Kansas over the past 20 years and most recently has worked as the director of operations and chief operations officer.
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