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MHPA
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA) supporting the federal requirement that states reimburse MCOs for the health insurance provider fee (HIPF) that MCOs pay under the Affordable Care Act.
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Boise State Public Radio
After nearly two weeks of protest, Brigham Young University-Idaho is apologizing and reversing its decision that would've barred students from enrolling if Medicaid was their only form of health insurance. Earlier this month, just weeks before tens of thousands of people would be covered under the state's new Medicaid expansion, BYU-Idaho said it wouldn't consider the program to be a valid form of insurance. It requires all full-time students to have health coverage.
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Hartford Courant
A mountain of evidence proves it: Good health translates to better student performance.
Children who have high blood pressure or are obese perform worse academically than others. Children with asthma miss far more school. Students who have healthy diets, who are physically active, who abstain from alcohol and illicit drugs, get better grades.
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Post Register
Reclaim Idaho has come out in favor of a proposal to use Medicaid money to pay for some mental health treatment.
"This is exactly what Medicaid expansion is all about — providing healthcare to people most in need who cannot afford it otherwise," Luke Mayville, co-founder of the group responsible for getting Medicaid expansion on the ballot in 2018, said Friday. "This enhancement to Medicaid expansion could be a life-line to countless Idaho families across the state."
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- PMPM Increase Per Conversion
- Millions In New Revenue, Risk Free
- Tax-Free Monthly Income for Members
- Directly Impacts SDoH
- Healthier Members, Healthier Bottom Line
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The Hill
Tennessee is the latest battleground for the Trump administration as it tries to implement drastic, conservative changes to Medicaid.
While some red states have begun pushing back from imposing work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries in the face of lawsuits, Tennessee is forging ahead with an even more controversial proposal.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Gov. Mike Parson said Tuesday he would expand Medicaid if that's what Missourians want, even though he has indicated he won't support a ballot measure to grow the program. "If the people of the state of Missouri — that is their will and they vote to do that — that's what I'm supposed to do is uphold the will of the people of this state, and that's what I intend to do regardless of whether I agree with the issue or whether I don't," Parson told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday.
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WHMI-FM
Local and state lawmakers are being asked to put the brakes on the implementation of work requirements for healthy Michigan Medicaid enrollees.
A coalition of healthcare and anti-poverty organizations filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's approval of the state's Medicaid waiver project last week. The waiver allows Michigan to begin work requirements for able-bodied and healthy Michigan and Livingston County Medicaid enrollees on Jan. 1.
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Becker's Hospital Review
Bothell-based Molina Healthcare of Washington announced Nov. 26 the inaugural recipients of grant funding from its new Molina Community Innovation Fund.
From a pool of 152 applicants, Molina selected 16 Washington-based nonprofit organizations focused on addressing social determinants of health and reducing barriers to healthcare access for Medicaid beneficiaries in regions of the state that have implemented Washington's Integrated Managed Care program to ease payment and delivery of health and crisis services. Collectively, the organizations will receive nearly $1 million in grants.
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Kokomo Perspectiove
The state is preparing to seek federal approval to continue the Healthy Indiana Plan through 2030, even as Attorney General Curtis Hill Jr. is backing a lawsuit that could eliminate nearly all funding for the health program that covers some 418,000 low-income Hoosiers.
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A commercial Medicaid plan in Nevada leveraged MCG solutions in its community health program and reduced ER visits by 20% and hospital readmissions by 30%. Click here to learn more about how MCG can support improved member outcomes and cost control.
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MyChesCo
Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Teresa Miller announced the findings of a study on the effects of permanent supportive housing programs on long-term health and health care spending among Medicaid recipients experiencing homelessness.
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The Associated Press via WTVC-TV
Federal officials are seeking the public's input on Tennessee's revised plan requesting to become the first state to receive funding in a lump sum for its Medicaid program, TennCare.
Block grant proposal comments can be submitted online through Dec. 27 with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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