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Senate bill may repeal nursing home staffing mandate, but steep Medicaid cuts likely would follow
Skilled nursing providers remained stoic this week about a potential Medicaid payment hit even as House leaders prepare to vote on a bill calling for at least $1.5 trillion in federal spending cuts.
Alabama Senate approves presumptive Medicaid bill for pregnant mothers until 2028
Lawmakers are hopeful expanding healthcare access will bring down Alabama’s climbing infant and maternal mortality rates.
East Idaho News2d
Divided Idaho House passes bill critics say will repeal Medicaid expansion
A bill that could repeal voter-approved Medicaid expansion narrowly cleared its first chamber of the Idaho Legislature. After ...
UnitedHealth shares dive after report of US investigation into Medicare billing
UnitedHealth Group shares tumbled early Friday on a report that the U.S. Department of Justice has started an investigation ...
DOJ launches probe into UnitedHealth’s Medicare billing practices after investigative reports
The probe is analyzing the company’s practice of frequently logging diagnoses that trigger larger payments to its Medicare ...
Medicaid could sue parents for not enrolling kids in employer health insurance under Alabama bill
An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved a bill that would allow Medicaid to sue some parents who don’t enroll their children in employer-provided health insurance when available.
House Republicans representing large shares of Medicaid, SNAP beneficiaries face tough budget test
Some Republicans have raised concerns about potential cuts to anti-poverty programs that their constituents rely on as they ...
Josh Hawley backs work requirements for Medicaid to help pay for GOP fiscal bill
Populist Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said he favors work requirements within certain parameters for Medicaid to help fund a ...