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Louisiana's health department will seek new bids for multibillion-dollar Medicaid contracts managing the health care of 1.5 million people, ending a legal dispute that has dragged out over a year about four contractors the agency previously picked for the work.
Health Department Secretary Courtney Phillips announced Friday that she asked the governor's Division of Administration to let her rebid the Medicaid managed care contracts rather than continue the legal wrangling over deals her predecessor approved. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne announced hours later that he agreed to the request, calling it "well-founded" and "in the best interest of the state."
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The number of adults covered by Medicaid in South Carolina rose 4.9% from March 1 to July 1 as the impact of the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic roiled the state.
Experts say the rise could be just the beginning of an enrollment spike in a program that accounts for billions of dollars in the state budget.
Since the March 8 emergency declaration related to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Oregon Health Plan has grown by 100,000 members, or 9.3%, the Oregon Health Authority announced.
About 1 in 4 of the additional members are new to OHP, the state's version of Medicaid, according to OHA.
The number of people enrolled in Nevada Medicaid is growing, and that increased demand could strain a program already battered by millions of dollars in budget cuts.
Medicaid Administrator Suzanne Bierman told lawmakers on the Interim Finance Committee Thursday the program is closely watching its caseload and utilization rates, and that increases in either could have "major implications" for the budget.
An appeals court has overturned a circuit judge's ruling that the state Agency for Health Care Administration improperly awarded a Medicaid managed-care contract in Southwest Florida.
A panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal on Monday backed the agency's decision to award a contract in 2018 to Molina Healthcare of Florida Inc., rejecting arguments by another health plan, Best Care Assurance LLC.
Getting millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses to the poorest adults in the country will require budget-conscious Medicaid plans to get creative with dwindling resources and a patchy healthcare system not designed for mass inoculation.
Congress boosted funds to states and patched holes in vaccination coverage for some low-income adults during the pandemic. But the extra funding expires when the public health emergency ends, and some Medicaid analysts worry that without more, states will have to cut budgets for other health programs to ensure they can afford to distribute a virus vaccine.
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Federal officials are being asked to pause the rollout of a new requirement that care providers electronically check in when assisting people with disabilities in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Medicaid mandate known as electronic visit verification, or EVV, took effect in January 2020, but 49 states and Washington, D.C. were granted a one-year good faith extension giving them until January 2021 to come into compliance.
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Following the expansion of Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act, individuals with low income are less likely to be diagnosed with advanced cancer, according to a study published in Cancer.
The passage of the Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid coverage for most American adults with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level. In 2014, many states opted into this expansion and increased coverage in their state, which led to growth in Medicaid enrollment of individuals, many of whom were previously uninsured.
Rideshare giant Lyft released data it says shows its non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) program improves health access for Medicaid beneficiaries by shifting the reliance on emergency services to upstream preventive primary care.
A victim's medical expenses covered by Medicaid don't qualify for criminal restitution under existing South Dakota law, the state Supreme Court has determined.
The ruling came in the State v. Bryant decision that the justices publicly released last week.
