A coalition of organizations from across the state held a virtual forum Sept. 2 calling for Medicaid expansion as North Carolinians grapple with a loss of healthcare coverage due to unemployment amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Rising Medicaid spending had proven to be a strain on New York's budget before the pandemic, fueling a significant part of the state’s $6 billion budget gap. Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved cuts to the program in April, though their impact was hampered by restrictions on changes to Medicaid stipulated under federal COVID-19 relief legislation. But as the pandemic is driving New Yorkers who have lost their jobs and health insurance to enroll in the program, costs may rise even further.
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Enrollment in Medicaid has increased by nearly 7% in New Mexico since the outset of the coronavirus pandemic as employers shed jobs and more families descend into poverty, state health regulators told a panel of legislators Friday.
Most states have had to expand their Medicaid long-term supports and services coverage and benefits in order to protect some of the most vulnerable populations from the coronavirus, which could have implications beyond the pandemic, a Kaiser Family Foundation issue brief revealed. The coronavirus pandemic has underscored how heavily the senior and disabled populations depend upon Medicaid for these services and products, as these populations have been severely affected by the pandemic.
CareSource used to pay out around $100,000 a month for behavioral health care provided remotely through telehealth. Now it is covering closer to $13 million in such claims. During the start of the pandemic in March, Ohio Department of Medicaid slashed some of the red tape that had limited the circumstances in which it would pay for telemedicine, and patients and providers have since been heavily accessing care this way under the emergency provisions.
Florida’s Medicaid program paid $3.7 million for tens of thousands of prescriptions for controlled substances over a nearly two-year period for patients who had not recently been hospitalized or seen physicians and in one instance paid for prescriptions for 900 days of OxyContin, a new audit from the Florida auditor general shows.
Besides providing healthcare to millions, the Medicaid program helps recipients make healthier food choices, according to work UConn research recently published in the journal Health Economics.
Three New Hampshire hospitals on the state’s western border are suing Vermont and the federal government because they say they are paid substantially lower reimbursement rates to treat Vermont Medicaid patients compared to their counterparts on the other side of the Connecticut River. At stake is more than $2 million a year.
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A new abortion billboard campaign launches this week in Chicago's suburbs and Illinois reminding the public that abortion is covered under Medicaid in the state. The billboard says: "Abortion Is Healthcare. It's Covered By Illinois Medicaid."
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States that have expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act have seen an "early surge in demand" for hip and knee replacement surgery, reports a study in the Sept. 2 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
Commonwealth Medicaid Agency director Helen C. Sablan reports a 32.7% increase in Medicaid beneficiaries from Feb.2020 to July 10, and fears that the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) may lose millions of dollars in healthcare funding if the government fails to adequately fund the program.
