Kamau, according to the lawsuit, alerted AHCCCS in 2019 about possible fraudulent billing practices among behavioral health providers, long before the agency publicly acknowledged the fraud in 2023.

Starting on Oct. 1, PrEP will be added to the AHCCCS list of approved drugs that do not require preauthorization, said Dr. Eric Tack who is the agency's interim clinical administrator.

The state's AHCCCS Works proposal includes a long list of exemptions to the work requirements, among them adults who have been determined to have a serious mental illness, are homeless, are ...

The list of exemptions includes, but is not limited to, tribal members, women who gave birth within 60 days, people with serious mental illnesses, domestic violence survivors and full-time students.

The amount of money AHCCCS was billed for on one code alone skyrocketed from $53 million in 2020 to nearly $670 million in 2022. Some providers billed for members who were minors, incarcerated or ...

AHCCCS officials stressed Wednesday that even without the funding cuts, not all the people on the waiting list would have received an organ. AHCCCS spokeswoman Monica Coury said the actual effect ...

On Friday, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System suspended the licenses of 12 sober living centers, adding to the list of more than 300 centers shut down by the state in 2023 because of ...

An estimated 500,000 Arizonans out of 2.37 million enrolled are at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage, according to officials with the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, which is ...

AHCCCS bidders unveiled, 10 health plans on the list. By Angela Gonzales – The Business Journal. Apr 6, 2003. Updated Apr 3, 2003 9:49am MST. Back to Top .