Medicaid

...by shoveling money into her state. His bribe takes the form of an increased federal reimbursement of Louisiana's Medicaid expenses. Medicaid the government health-insurance program for certain categories of the poor is a state-federal...

In this article: Harry Reid, Louisiana, Mary Landrieu, and Waste

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Bill Richardson's administration is proposing to overhaul Medicaid and scale back health care services to some lower-income New Mexicans to cope with a projected budget shortfall of $300 million next year in the...

In this article: New Mexico, Physical therapy, and Bill Richardson

...reduced. Varnador Sutton set up a phony business and walked away with $3.2 million. From May of 2005 to April of 2007, he billed the Medicaid program over nine million dollars. Court documents show Medicaid paid Sutton $3.2 million for the...

In this article: Tax, Indianapolis, and Arthritis

...records from other payers may also be accessed. This will allow health care providers treating Medicaid recipients to access up to 18 months of Medicaid claims history, helping them make better-informed decisions about their patients.

In this article: Florida

Article Date: 19 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST States consider how health legislation on Capitol Hill might affect their Medicaid programs and budgets. "The House health-care bill, which passed last week, expands Medicaid and for the first time...

In this article: State Children's Health Insurance Program, Jay Rockefeller, Hawaii, New Mexico, Medical advice, Durango Herald, and Gannett

Site Web Jacksonville's Availity, state roll out Medicaid medical record network Story updated at 6:38 PM on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 Beginning Thursday, no matter where most of Florida's 2.6 million Medicaid recipients go for health...

In this article: Jacksonville, Duval County, and Barack Obama

...Thursday, November 19. The Florida Medicaid Health Information Network will allow providers treating Medicaid recipients to access 18 months of Medicaid claims history, giving providers more complete information when treating Medicaid...

In this article: Florida

Where did the money go? As usual, more than half the improper spending--$54.2 billion--was traced to problems with Medicare and Medicaid. And health-care spending overall remains a key driver of the federal deficit. Now most people read...

In this article: Medicare, Peter Orszag, White House, and Medicare and Medicaid

...debate on Capitol Hill, Hawaii and several other states worked aggressively to increase the number of low-income residents covered by Medicaid, the federal-state insurance program for the poor. Now, those efforts could end up hurting...

In this article: Hawaii, Harry Reid, Senate Finance Committee, Washington, Massachusetts, Nevada, Unemployment, and Kaiser Family Foundation

...reform. The barely debated pot of money would allow Congress to continue pumping billions in new short-term aid to states to cover Medicaid costs that have increased with rising unemployment in the past year. The potential impact of the...

In this article: Revenue, Unemployment, Recession, Urban Institute, and Don Young