We do not close roads for being less-frequently travelled. Hospitals, like roads, constitute critical infrastructure which allow for people to live and play in rural communities across the country. As ...

Louisiana’s last-minute decision this month not to renew a $4.2 billion contract with United Healthcare to provide Medicaid benefits for roughly 330,000 people is the latest front in a larger battle ...

It’s been 10 years since the Cuomo administration imposed a managed-care model on Medicaid’s behavioral health services, allowing mostly for-profit health plan “middlemen” to oversee mental health and ...

Idahoans may weigh in on the state’s transition to managing Medicaid through a private, third-party company. The Idaho Legislature during the 2025 session approved House Bill 345, which moved ...

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is seeking public input to help shape the future of Medicaid services as Idaho begins its transition to comprehensive managed care. A new state law directs ...

Two leading organizations representing Medicaid managed care plans are offering several key suggestions to the Trump administration for managing the rollout of work requirements in the program. In the ...

Beware the simplistic solution to a complex problem — especially when the problem itself is being overblown. California was a model of gerrymander reform. Trump has now forced anti-reform. An ...

As an internal medicine hospitalist, I care for patients at their most vulnerable. I’ve witnessed families’ strength caring for loved ones and their despair when care becomes inaccessible. COVID-19 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Louisiana Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein announced Tuesday that Medicaid provider reimbursement rates will increase to 85% of the applicable Medicare rate. It is one of the ...

Congress passed Trump’s budget cutting Medicaid funding and adding work rules. The Medicaid cuts threaten coverage for thousands in Idaho, including children. Rural hospitals may have to cut services ...

BOSTON (AP) — A U.S. appeals court panel on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue. A federal judge in ...

Indianapolis resident Bobbi Marlowe-Cox is treating the task of helping her elderly neighbor get Medicaid waiver services like a full-time job. To figure out the answer to one basic question ― would ...