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House GOP seeks to bar Medicaid-funded abortions
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 24 days ago
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Iowa's Medicaid program would no longer pay for any abortions under a massive budget bill for state health departments that the state House approved Wednesday. In a 52-46 vote, the House approved the roughly $1.7 billion state Health and Human
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Analysis: Tax debate done, so other battles emerge
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | 27 days ago
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La. (AP) Tax discussions may be largely dead for the legislative session, but lawmakers have found a list of other issues over which to bicker for the next six weeks. While the budget almost always prompts a fight, proposals to expand Louisiana's
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Records: Woman stole from Medicaid, lived life of luxury
Orlando :: FL :: USA | 29 days ago
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Newly released court documents show Vittini billed the Medicaid program for hundreds of services never rendered to Medicaid recipients, some of whom she promised a $25 gift card in exchange for their private information. Fraud and abuse cost the
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Law could backfire for thousands on Medicaid
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 month ago
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At a time when most states are preparing to expand their Medicaid programs in line with the new health care law, tens of thousands of people in states with historically generous Medicaid coverage could soon be kicked off the rolls. In Wisconsin,
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Ohio hospitals express concern over budget change
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 1 month ago
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Ohio The head of the Ohio Hospital Association told state lawmakers on Friday that they are hindering the state's ability to prosper by dropping the governor's plan to extend Medicaid coverage under the federal health care law. Mike Abrams, the
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South Carolina Selects IBM Smarter Cities Solution to Help Modernize and Improve Delivery of Vital Social Programs to Citizens
Armonk :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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today announced that the has selected IBM software, part of IBM's Smarter Cities portfolio, to help modernize its statewide Medicaid eligibility system, transforming the delivery of vital health and social programs to its citizens. The South Carolina
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Shifting From Fee-For-Service Medicaid: An Early Review Of Rx Drug Utilization
Newark :: NJ :: USA | 1 month ago
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The recent moves by states to bring their Medicaid prescription drug benefits under managed Medicaid plans has fully taken root: the percentage of Medicaid prescriptions filled under managed Medicaid plans jumped from 19 percent in September 2011 to
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Ohio officials still seek Medicaid flexibility
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 3 months ago
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Ohio (AP) Ohio continues to press the federal government for flexibility as state lawmakers review whether to expand the Medicaid program under President Barack Obama 's health care law. Greg Moody , director of the governor's Office of Health
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Brown may forge alliance with GOP governors on health plan
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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When Gov. Jerry Brown meets with the nation's other governors this weekend in Washington, D.C., he will find common ground with some unlikely counterparts on an unlikely issue: President Obama 's healthcare plan. Among the governors now moving nearly
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Eight face charges of bilking state Medicaid program; one defendant allegedly billed for services for dead patient
Agawam :: MA :: USA | 3 months ago
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In one case, the person who was supposed to be providing care was allegedly incarcerated at the time services were supposedly provided. In another instance, the personal care attendant was allegedly out of state, traveling extensively, and working
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