Low-income families that need safety-net services, such as food and cash assistance, have become collateral damage in the bureaucratic scramble to determine whether tens of millions of people still qualify for Medicaid.
Lost in the mix of Medicaid ‘unwinding’: Kentucky cut off her health care over a clerical error
Any Iowa hospital or clinic seeking Medicaid payment for providing an abortion would need approval from the state’s most prominent abortion opponent: Gov. Kim Reynolds.
‘Worse than people can imagine’: Medicaid ‘unwinding’ breeds chaos in states
The unprecedented enrollment drop comes after federal protections ended this spring that had prohibited states from removing people from Medicaid during the three pandemic years.
Quick genetic test offers hope for sick, undiagnosed kids. But few insurers offer to pay.
Recent data shows 72% of people who have lost Medicaid coverage since states began the unwinding process this year were disenrolled for procedural reasons, not because officials determined they are no longer eligible for the joint state-federal health insurance program.
Feds say hospitals that redistribute Medicaid money violate law
The Biden administration wants to crack down on private arrangements among some hospitals to reimburse themselves for taxes that help fund coverage for low-income people. It contends the practice violates federal law.
Pain clinic chain to pay $11.4M to settle Medicare and Medicaid fraud claims
The owner of one of California’s largest chains of pain management clinics has agreed to pay nearly $11.4 million to California, Oregon, and the federal government to settle allegations of Medicare and Medicaid fraud.