Medicaid
Temporary Medicaid Compensation Hike Leaves Industry Baffled
How do you recruit docs based on a sketchy, two-year arrangement?
Court Rules Indiana Can't Cut Funding to Planned Parenthood
State can't bar abortion providers from collecting Medicaid funds for medical services.
Temporary Medicaid Pay Hike Confuses Doctors
Supposed to last for two years, but many details have not been hammered out
Study Reveals Big Costs in Medicaid Expansion
Mississippi would get slammed after federal subsidies are pared back
IL Kids' Health Program Mired in Mismanagement
Funding ineligible people, and spending money in questionable ways
NH Medicaid Tracking Is Five Years Late, With At Least Two Years To Go
It's not like Medicaid consumes much money or anything
Feds Tell States To Expand Medicaid or Lose Money
But also says they can back out at any time, which suggests some face-saving is at hand
Indiana Faces $516M Increased Annual Tab from Obamacare
That's in addition to already projected Medicaid cost increases
Some States Seek To Split the Difference on Medicaid
They want to expand the program, but less than the feds require
Kansas Struggles To Get Medicaid Managed-Care Overhaul in Place
The state still awaits federal sign-off
$1.26 Trillion Savings Under Romney Medicaid Plan
And there would be fewer rules binding states
Alabama Medicaid Faces Deep Cuts If Voters Reject Bailout
Like many such programs around the country, it's teetering on the edge of collapse
Planned Parenthood To Repay Medicaid Funds
The strapped federal-state medical program is clawing money back from everybody
Alabama Medicaid On Verge of Collapse
State wants to raid a trust fund to delay the reckoning
Utah Medicaid Won't Pay for Poor Care
Injuries caused by medical errors are no longer covered
No Ding to Credit Ratings for Refusing Obamacare
Moody's says there's no credit risk in turning down Medicaid expansion
Planned Parenthood To Lose Texas Funding
Abortion connection makes the organization's clinics political kryptonite
Investors Likely To Be Disappointed by Medicaid "Opportunities"
Lose money on each patient and make it up in volume!
Researchers Say Circumcisions Reduce Future Health Costs
Doctors fighting against downward trend in foreskin removal.
Maryland Wants Private Payers To Subsidize Medicare, Medicaid
The government can't pay its bills, so skate them along to somebody else!
Obamacare Flexibility Demanded
Governors want to see options before considering Medicaid expansion
States Raise Barriers to Medicaid Eligibility
To control costs and fend off federal intrusion, requirements become tougher to meet
Government Health Costs Feature in Ryan Proposals
Controlling the metastasizing price tags for Medicare and Medicaid are important, and controversial, parts of his plans
Texas Doctors Flee Medicaid
Declining reimbursement means it's not worth physicians' time to take patients from the program
Doctor Visits Limited for Medicaid Patients
Florida puts caps on trips to the doctor's office as a cost-cutting measure
Texas Likes Those Medicaid Bucks After All
Governor Perry's Planned Parenthood plans rely on Medicaid expansion
Georgia Faces Tough Medicaid Cuts
Even before Obamacare kicks in, health system costs are unsustainable
Texas Dentists Refusing Medicaid Patients
State questions diagnoses and refuses to pay, so dentists terminate care
Medicaid Unaffordable for West Virginia
The current system is bankrupting the state, putting federal-led expansion off the table
States May Expand Medicaid Now, Cut Later
Federal agency says it's OK to cut back when the federal subsidy is slashed
Court Finds Doctor Donation Ban Unconstitutional
Federal appeals court has found that an Ohio law that sought to limit the campaign contributions of Doctors who treat Medicaid patients is unconstitutional.