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Florida Phoenix
What if Florida had a way to save money on the prison health care crisis? Or expand treatment programs for opioid addiction or provide more mental health services? Or increase health care services for the poor and disabled? Would state leaders shun that opportunity or embrace it? Given recent history, it is likely that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and GOP legislative leaders will take a pass.
That's because those benefits are associated with the expansion of Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for the poor and disabled. DeSantis and the legislative leaders remain opposed to expanding Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act.
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Carolina Public Press
Another standoff between the General Assembly leadership and the Cooper administration means the state starts it new fiscal year with spending on autopilot.
Gov. Roy Cooper stamped a veto on the state budget plan passed last week by the state House and Senate shortly before 2 p.m. Friday.
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Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
A judge has set a hearing for 9:30 a.m. July 17 on a request to halt the enforcement of a new rule that the Arkansas Department of Human Services uses to deny Medicaid coverage of day-treatment services for some developmentally disabled children in Arkansas.
A lawsuit was filed June 14 in federal court in Little Rock on behalf of three facilities that provide the services for eligible children up to age 6. Parents of six affected children between the ages of 6 months and 3 years are also plaintiffs.
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Crain's Chicago Business
Illinois is hiring hundreds of frontline workers to resolve major delays of its Medicaid application and renewal processes.
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, which oversee Medicaid, and the Illinois Department of Human Services are working together to fill the vacancies, the departments said in a statement. The first positions are expected to be filled very soon.
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The Associated Press via Star Tribune
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers flexed his muscle Wednesday by recasting the Republican-approved state budget to increase funding for schools and shave away dozens of GOP proposals before signing the two-year spending plan into law.
Evers ignored pleas from some liberals who wanted the new Democratic governor to veto the entire budget, while also angering some Republicans who derided the 78 vetoes as unnecessary and overly political.
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Wisconsin Public Radio
Nursing homes and personal care workers may be the biggest winners in the disagreement over what to do with Wisconsin Medicaid spending — but lawmakers say more attention may have to be paid to the financial model of the state's nursing homes.
The $82 billion two-year budget was approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature last week and is awaiting action by the Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
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WBBJ-TV
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has a new division to ensure health professionals stay lawful. Terry Reed is the Special Agent in Charge of the Medicaid Fraud Control Division for West Tennessee.
He says they will investigate doctors contracted with TennCare, which is the state of Tennessee's Medicaid system.
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Bloomberg
Kentucky's hospitals are standing in solidarity with their governor's push to implement work requirements for Medicaid, but medical centers in Arkansas say their experience shows the requirement is too costly and leads to poor service.
The division came to light in a pair of lawsuits working their way through two federal courts. The lawsuits challenge waivers from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that gave the states the authority to implement the work requirements.
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The Associated Press via KFOR-TV
Oklahoma's Medicaid agency is warning its SoonerCare members to keep their current address on file with the agency or risk losing their health care benefits.
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority sent out a public reminder Wednesday of the new rule that was signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt last week. The agency says it intends to launch outreach efforts through social media and through outbound phone calls to SoonerCare recipients after hours and on weekends.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP, the Children's Health Insurance Program, among children whose parents work full time and earn more than 100 percent of the federal poverty level grew significantly between 2008 and 2016, according to a new study by researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia published this month in Health Affairs.
Researchers found the growth was largely driven by families working for large private employers, where health insurance is a standard benefit — but an increasingly unaffordable one.
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Arkansas has made progress in recovering unpaid taxes, but it can recoup even more owed tax balances and stem the growth of the problem, according to a consultant hired to aid Gov. Asa Hutchinson in the reorganization of state government.
The consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers, also concluded that immediate cost savings exist in state government's employee transportation and fleet management. The consultant also highlighted a potential opportunity for the state to save money through the recovery of improper Medicaid claims and associated payments.
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