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HHS is awarding $49 million to outreach organizations through the Connecting Kids to Coverage program in an effort to boost children's health insurance enrollment in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.

California is set to become the first state in the nation to offer Medicaid to any eligible resident, and several states have taken actions to allow any child to enroll in the program, regardless of citizenship status. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation June 30 that codified a controversial state Medicaid contract with Kaiser Permanente, though some details are still unknown.

After positive pilot results, Florida Blue said it plans to expand its opioid management program. 

Weaknesses in the state's post-payment review process allowed for $292 million in overpaid Medicaid claims to go unrecovered, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said. 

Washington, D.C.-based Morgan Health, the healthcare arm of JPMorgan Chase, is investing $30 million in Centivo, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based provider of health plans for self-insured employers.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is suing prison healthcare contractor Corizon Healthcare for more than $3.4 million in services the insurer claims it was not paid for , Law Street Media reported July 15. 

AllWays Health Partners will change its name to Mass General Brigham Health Plan, effective Jan. 1.

More than three-quarters of Americans cannot define "coinsurance," but the vast majority are satisfied with their health plan, according to a new survey from Forbes Advisor.

Emeryville, Calif.-based medical group Canopy Health is adding four Providence hospitals in Sonoma County to its network in an effort to compete with Kaiser Permanente, The Press Democrat reported July 16.