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The Dallas Morning News
When high levels of lead were discovered in the public water system in Flint, Michigan, in 2015, Medicaid stepped in to help thousands of children get tested for poisoning and receive care. When disabled children need to get to doctors' appointments — either across town or hundreds of miles away — Medicaid pays for their transportation. When middle-class older Americans deplete their savings to pay for costly nursing home care, Medicaid offers coverage. The United States has become a Medicaid nation.
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MobiHealthNews
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General will audit Medicaid payments for telemedicine and telehealth payments to ensure compliance with reimbursement requirements. The report is scheduled for 2019, given the breadth and scope of the project. The audit was added to OIG's work plan this week, as the agency noted a "significant increase in claims for these services and expect this trend to continue."
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Tampa Bay Times
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham drew a line in the sand on Medicaid expansion Monday. The Democratic candidate for governor said she would veto Republican legislative priorities if lawmakers refused to work with her to expand the healthcare program, which provides health insurance to low-income Americans, in Florida through the Affordable Care Act.
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The Post and Courier
When Maine voters took to the polls Nov. 7, nearly 60 percent bucked the longstanding position of their conservative governor and voted to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act. South Carolina now finds itself among a dwindling minority of states that continue to refuse billions of federal dollars for the purpose of growing the low-income health insurance program. But Maine's vote hasn't changed the opinion of Gov. Henry McMaster, who, like his predecessor Nikki Haley, vocally opposes Obamacare. His office offered a prepared statement about McMaster's unchanged position.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Virginia Senate may consider a proposal to completely redesign the state’s Medicaid program not only to expand eligibility but also to address growing concerns about the health insurance marketplace and behavioral health treatment. The staff of the Senate Finance Committee recommended Friday that the state launch a "Medicaid redesign initiative" that would rely on federal waivers used by a number of states to expand the program within specific guidelines.
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The Associated Press via U.S. News & World Report
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards intends to sidestep lawmakers to enact $15.4 billion in Medicaid managed-care deals using an emergency contracting process, after House Republicans voted twice to block deals to provide services to 1.5 million people. The Democratic governor started the process Monday evening for entering into 23-month emergency contracts that will keep five managed-care companies overseeing services for 90 percent of Louisiana's Medicaid patients.
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The Daily Nonpareil
The Republican-controlled Iowa Legislature could face pressure next session over its decision earlier this year to reduce a key Medicaid benefit for poor and disabled people, but it's still unclear how much lawmakers are willing to reverse course on an issue that critics say will be detrimental to the state's healthcare system.
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