Republican Gov. John Kasich plans to expand Ohio's Medicaid program with the approval of a seven-member oversight panel rather than the full state legislature, according to a report from The Columbus Dispatch.
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National Medicaid enrollment and spending growth are expected to rise in fiscal year 2014, driven by improving economic conditions and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.
Enrollment in the Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act promises to create capacity problems in clinics nationwide, with one-third of physicians who currently see Medicaid patients no longer accepting new Medicaid patients, according to a report…
Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica has formed some unique partnerships to address hunger as a public health issue, saving more than 30,000 pounds of food from local businesses since February to share with low-income families, according to a Toledo Blade report.
Arkansas has received approval from HHS to expand Medicaid through the private insurance market, Gov. Mike Beebe has announced.
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From 2005 to 2010, the rate of emergency department visits by California adults increased more among Medicaid beneficiaries than among uninsured patients, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration will distribute more than $2.5 million to fund efforts to educate and enroll uninsured people living in rural areas in new health insurance coverage options under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS…
In 2012, Missouri ranked the eighth worst in the nation, among 50 states and the District of Columbia, in terms of the factors and outcomes that determine its population health, according to "A View of Two Missouri's: How Insurance Coverage…
Some seniors harbor misconceptions about how the new health insurance exchanges opening under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect their Medicare coverage, according to a survey conducted by Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit management company.
Gov. Tom Corbett has announced his plan to accept federal funding to launch Healthy Pennsylvania, a program that will promote affordable care and increase access to care for the uninsured.