States absorb big increases in Medicaid for sicker-than-expected enrollees after COVID-19 pandemic
States are absorbing substantial increases in health care costs for the poor, as they realize that the people remaining on ...
What Lamont’s CT budget proposal would mean for health care
Gov. Ned Lamont eyed Medicaid reimbursement rates, a hospital tax restructuring and pharmaceutical costs in his biennial ...
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Fact Sheet: Medicaid Provider Taxes
The AHA calls on Congress to reject changes to states’ use of provider taxes, which help fund their Medicaid programs.
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Fact Sheet: Medicaid Hospital Payment Basics
Under a managed care arrangement, Medicaid MCOs determine the rates they pay providers for inpatient hospital services.
Health Care Coverage Could Be Expanded To Millions of Americans
New bill COVER, lead by Alabama Democrat Shomari Figures, is designed to reach people in states which refuse to extend ...
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New House panel’s chair lavishes rare praise upon a state agency IT project
Despite a federal lawsuit over Florida’s Medicaid unwinding following the COVID-19 public health emergency, the online system ...
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Rural hospitals push to be spared from possible funding cuts
Rural hospitals are pushing for exemptions from potential changes to federal policy that may limit Medicaid or Medicare funding.
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Florida home care law affects Medicaid, funding for families of medically fragile children
The 2023 law allows parents of children with chronic and complex medical needs to be paid to care for that child. However, it ...