Medicaid

The Minnesota attorney general recently charged five individuals for Medicaid fraud totaling about $9.5 million.

The CMS is addressing the “operational issues” that are kicking people off state Medicaid plans during the federal unwinding period.

As concerns about fraud and abuse continue to trail Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care, the U.S. Office of Inspector General this week disclosed its new oversight strategy for monitoring the...

I don’t envy state Medicaid workers at the moment. They are in the midst of what one expert has called one of the greatest challenges to the program in its history.

The Medicaid unwinding, which began April 1, has affected an estimated 76,630 older adults and people with disabilities in 22 states. This equates to approximately 5% of total disenrollments in those states,...

Move over Medicare Advantage. It turns out that there might be an even more troublesome creature than you. The new problem child? Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs).

The home care community generally approves of the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (Access NPRM) rule, which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed in April. However, it is unequivocally...

A pilot program in Wisconsin will help individuals age comfortably in their homes, rather than enter a long-term care facility through Medicaid.

Medicaid expansion has led to increased usage of palliative care services among late-stage cancer patients, according to research from the American Cancer Society.

A new study dispels the notion of the “woodwork effect” — that states that expand access to Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) experience new Medicaid enrollees who just want to access...