AHA urges Congress to reject reductions to the Medicaid program that would not only strip access to health care from some of ...

Medicaid currently doesn’t cover services provided by doulas, non-medical providers who guide women through pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Similarly, community health workers ...

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency representatives are at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week examining payment and contracting systems of federal health agency.

Known as Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers, the programs—now in their fourth decade—are funded by Medicaid and run by each individual state. With potential cuts to Medicaid a ...

Representatives of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have turned their focus to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency confirmed Wednesday.

Opioid use disorder may be far more prevalent among pregnant Medicaid enrollees. Earlier enrollment in Medicare corresponded with lower risk for severe maternal morbidity among those with opioid ...

Approximately 65 kids from seven Council Bluffs schools received free dental care during Give Kids a Smile Day, hosted by Firefly of Council Bluffs.

Liberal lawmakers and advocates are moving to shield the Medicaid program from potential cuts under the Trump administration, pledging to resist major changes to the safety-net health program that ...

Shachar is an assistant clinical professor of law and faculty director of the Health Law and Policy Clinic at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School. Musumeci is an ...

Republicans in Congress have begun discussing possible changes to Medicaid — the public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans that covers 80 million people. Those ...

Liberal advocacy groups are ramping up efforts to protect the Medicaid program from potential cuts by Republican lawmakers and the new Trump administration. The Democratic group Protect Our Care ...

After enhanced federal funding for Medicaid was ended following the pandemic, 9-year-old Landon Booth of Orlando, Fla., who has leukemia, was kicked off the program. Last fall, South Dakota voters ...