Medicaid
Healthcare Revelations in the Enacted Budget Financial Plan
The state financial plan published on June 10 disclosed key information about healthcare revenue and spending that lawmakers had not made public when approving the annual budget two weeks before. Here are the biggest…
Wisconsin is missing its Medicaid accountability moment
Executive summary Wisconsin’s Medicaid program is now the largest item in the state budget, accounting for nearly one-third of all state spending. It serves important functions, including coverage for low-income residents.…
Federal Suit Traces Medicaid Fraud to the Top of NYS Government
The Trump administration’s latest salvo against Medicaid fraud takes aim at a different kind of target – two high-ranking New York officials along with a major state contractor. A civil suit filed Tuesday by the Justice…
Healthcare Highlights in the New State Budget
Governor Hochul’s focus on affordability seems to have skipped over the healthcare portions of the new state budget. The deal finalized May 27 between Hochul and the Legislature, which was came almost two months into new…
Medicaid work requirements need enforcement
Chris Medrano and Brian Blase write for the Federalist about the importance of enforcing Medicaid work requirements. In the Working Families Tax Cut Act — also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill — Congress required…
North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion financing gap that no one is talking about
Provider taxes are levied on hospitals’ net patient revenues and used to fund the state’s 10 percent share of Medicaid expansion costs, helping draw down federal matching funds that support the program. A provision in last…
Albany Wavers on Shutting Down a Medicaid Racket
As Washington threatens to crack down on fraud and abuse in New York’s Medicaid program, state legislators are doing their best to demonstrate why federal intervention is needed. A glitch in the state’s “surprise billing” law…
Ideas for Cleaning Up New York Medicaid
As the Trump administration cracks down on fraud, waste and abuse in Medicaid, New York is a logical place to start. New York spends far more per capita on the safety-net health plan than any other state, and its enrollment…
North Carolina Medicaid after the OBBB: Policy prescriptions
In a previous article, I documented how total Medicaid expenditures in North Carolina surged from $18.14 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2021 to $35.77 billion in FY 2025 — a staggering 97.2 percent increase in just four years.…
Emails Conflict with Health Commissioner’s Testimony on CDPAP
The company selected to manage an $11 billion Medicaid home-care program discussed the job in detail with top Health Department officials – and submitted a 46-page takeover plan – two weeks before state lawmakers authorized…
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