by Girish Anand | Aug 23, 2018 | CMS, Medicaid
A federal judge in the state capital of Frankfort has dismissed a lawsuit by the governor of Kentucky seeking to restore the Medicaid work requirement that a Washington, D.C. judge threw out earlier this summer. Gov. Matt Bevin had sued the same 16 individuals whose...
by Girish Anand | Jun 30, 2018 | CMS, Medicaid
BREAKING NEWS: Kentucky on July 2 eliminated vision and dental benefits from its Medicaid program in response to a judge’s striking down of its work requirement. Amid the heightened tensions in the nation’s capital over filling a vacant Supreme Court seat,...
by Girish Anand | Jun 28, 2018 | CMS, Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says it will crack down on Medicaid fraud through a renewed analytical effort “to hold states accountable” following Office of Inspector General (OIG) findings in California, Kentucky and New York....
by Girish Anand | Jun 5, 2018 | CHIP, CMS, Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released what is being called a “Medicaid & CHIP Scorecard” that attempts to compare the timeliness and quality of medical care of the two programs state by state, but a major problem is that...
by Girish Anand | May 29, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Employee Benefits Administration, Health Care Reform, Medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare
The federal government subsidizes health insurance for most Americans through a variety of programs and tax provisions. In 2018, net subsidies for non-institutionalized people under age 65 will total $685 billion, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of...
by Girish Anand | May 16, 2018 | ACA, CMS, Medicaid, Obamacare
At a health care symposium this week, Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), reaffirmed her agency’s commitment to keeping Medicaid available to its recipients without any lifetime limits or caps. Her statement...