Medicaid

State Medicaid budgets will shrink by $664 billion through 2034 as key provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) take effect, with impacts varying by state depending on expansion status, reliance on provider taxes and the use…

CMS is freezing $259.5 million in federal Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing unsupported or potentially fraudulent claims in the state’s program. “We have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of Minnesota…

EmblemHealth is partnering with Mae Health, a digital platform that connects expectant mothers to culturally responsive doulas, according to a Feb. 24 news release shared with Becker’s. The collaboration will target EmblemHealth Medicaid members. Doulas can assist with education around…

One question was at the root of Aetna Better Health of Illinois’ recent partnership with Elektra Health, a virtual menopause care platform: “Where are we seeing healthcare needs popping up that don’t have a solution?” During an episode of the…

In a Feb. 11 budget proposal, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer laid out how she plans to secure $780.4 million to stabilize Medicaid.  Ms. Whitmer is aiming to bring in $232 million from tobacco, $73.6 million from vaping and non-tobacco nicotine products,…

In a Feb. 9 exchange with The Topeka Capital-Journal, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly of Kansas appeared to acknowledge her lame-duck status regarding her attempts to achieve Medicaid expansion for the state, a longtime key item of her administration’s platform. “There’s…

Alameda Alliance for Health, a county-organized Medicaid managed care plan serving more than 400,000 members in Alameda County, Calif., is bracing for a potential 40% to 45% reduction in membership over the next three years as federal Medicaid cuts and…

UnitedHealth’s Optum identified $1.7 billion in potential savings if Minnesota would remedy ambiguity in its Medicaid policies, according to a Jan. 31 from the company.  As of October, the Minnesota Department of Human Services had contracted with Optum to analyze claims…

Indiana Medicaid will seek proposals from insurers for $68 billion in contracts for Medicaid managed care services, according to a Jan. 30 presentation by the state’s Family and Social Services Administration. The state plans to issue the request for proposals…

Nearly one-third of physicians enrolled in Medicaid don’t treat patients covered by the program, according to a study published Feb. 2 in Health Affairs. A team led by researchers at Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University analyzed physician enrollment files…