Expert says Medicaid, Medicare reform is critical and can save $2.1 trillion
Surging federal spending on health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid, as well as Obamacare, prompted Paragon's plan to ...
Many pregnant Medicaid patients miss ultrasound that detects birth defects
Pregnant women covered by Medicaid are less likely to get an ultrasound exam that can diagnose heart defects in a fetus, a ...
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Medicaid Might Cut Cardiovascular Risk for This One Group
The difference between the predicted and observed total charges was larger for the high benefit group than for the low ...
Many Pregnant Medicaid Patients Miss Prenatal Ultrasounds, Upping Risks Around Birth Defects
“The 20-week ultrasound is hugely important in detecting birth defects because it involves assessment of the baby’s major ...
Healthcare Finance News19h
Medicaid enrollment higher than before the pandemic, KFF finds
The net effect is that Medicaid enrollment is higher than it was before the pandemic. But at 5% lower, enrollment among ...
Daily Journal1d
Niki Kelly: Lawmakers face herculean task with Medicaid
It’s clear that state lawmakers will address exploding Medicaid costs in the upcoming legislative session. It could mean ...
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Rising spending. Falling enrollment. Nervous health providers. Why Colorado’s Medicaid program has the Capitol on edge.
There are signs that the transition from the federal public health emergency may leave some medical providers worse off than they were before the pandemic.
Florida’s health care board sued over Medicaid managed-care plan oversight
Attorneys for people with disabilities have filed a federal lawsuit alleging the Florida Agency for Health Care ...
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Medicaid must prepare to cover twice-yearly HIV prevention injection
Twice-a-year-PReP will only fulfill its potential if Medicaid takes decisive action to ensure it is accessible to the ...
The American Journal of Managed Care1d
Efforts at Lowering Blood Pressure Affected by Medicaid Coverage
Patients who had a low utilization of care prior to receiving Medicaid were found to improve their blood pressure the most ...
Arkansas' governor says Medicaid extension for new moms isn't needed
Six weeks after an emergency cesarean section, with her newborn twins still in neonatal intensive care, Maya Gobara went to a ...
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Expectant mothers on Medicaid get fewer ultrasounds, warnings for birth defects
The disparity between patients with public and private insurance may play into a further inequality of prenatal diagnoses of ...