HELENA, Mont. — Despite concerns about what Congress and the Trump administration might have planned for Medicaid, Montana’s ...

The Treasure State is taking important steps to help control the exploding costs of Medicaid while providing critical care to the neediest. Montana is submitting a 1115 Medicaid Demonstration waiver ...

Montana’s health department, which oversees Medicaid, applied for the necessary waiver from the federal government to incorporate the work mandate. But the Biden administration said it would not ...

The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services has opened a 60-day public comment period for its proposed 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waiver for the state’s Medicaid Expansion. The waiver ...

As Montana lawmakers debate the future of Medicaid this legislative session, threats from the federal government to enact sweeping changes to the program loom large. Montana relies predominantly on ...

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

Shifting federal requirements for Medicaid enrollees passed by Congressional Republicans earlier this year could require the state health department to add 50 new staff positions to process ...