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medicaid
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Obama’s Alaska trip highlights health, too
President Barack Obama’s trip to Alaska this week is aimed at highlighting climate change and the environment, but his health…
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Add context to your reporting by recalling who Medicaid actually serves
Here is an article that stood out amid the tidal wave of media coverage of Medicare and Medicaid’s 50th anniversary…
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Medicaid expansion shapes hospital financial health
We’ve all written a lot about the “Medicaid gap” – the low-income people who can’t get coverage under the Affordable…
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Study indicates better health savings account ‘literacy’ needed
For the purpose of this blog post, let’s leave aside the decade-plus ideological fight about whether health savings accounts (HSAs)…
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Acronyms, health care and the poor: Understanding hospital safety net payments
The months-long controversy between Florida and the federal Medicaid program over funding for hospitals and clinics that serve uninsured low-income…
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Reporting uncovered one of Texas’ largest Medicaid scandals
The tip about troubles in Texas’ Medicaid dental system was part of a routine conversation. But it was enough to…
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Get a jump on covering 50th anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid
The 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid is July 30. Over the years, these programs have evolved from basic safety…
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Older same-sex couples gain financial protection in SCOTUS decision
In the wake of last month’s Supreme Court ruling on marriage, same-sex married couples in all 50 states should now…
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Indiana using telemedicine consults to integrate mental health, primary care
Indiana is embarking a new way to deliver mental health care to Medicaid members. John Wernert, M.D., a psychiatrist who…
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Potential billing abuse by Medicaid dental providers a fertile area for coverage
An estimated 8 percent of Medicaid dental providers in California submitted questionable bills to the program during one recent year,…