Governor Kaine Announces Federal Approval to provide personal assistance services to workers with disabilities. -April 10, 2008
Bill Advances to Suspend Medicaid Cost-Shift Rules - Legislation to block Medicaid rules that would shift billions of dollars of costs to states. -April 10, 2008
House Panel Agrees To Postpone Medicaid Regulations - members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee agreed today to place a moratorium on seven HHS regulations until April 1. -April 8, 2008
Senate Bill Would Boost Medicaid Funding Place Moratorium on Controversial CMS Regs. -April 8, 2008
Hospital Group's Lobbying Agenda Includes Support for Bill to Block Medicaid Changes. -April 8, 2008
House Panel Told CMS Medicaid Changes Would Cut Vital Services, Must Be Blocked. -April 4, 2008
Medicaid Rules Faulted At Energy And Commerce Hearing. -April 4, 2008
Court Upholds HHS Refusal to Reimburse Illinois for Some School-Based Program Costs. -April 3, 2008
States Adopt Coordinated Care Models For High-Need Beneficiaries, Report Says. -April 1, 2008
Getting Out of a Nursing Home Just Got Harder - the Bush administration put forth new restrictions on Medicaid funding. -March 25, 2008
Administration Moves to Withdraw Key Health Services from Children and Adults with Mental Illness and Other Disabilities. -March 21, 2008
Bill to Delay Implementation Of Seven CMS Rules Introduced in House. -March 17, 2008
Co-Sponsors Needed on Bill that Would Halt Medicaid Regs! -March 14, 2008
Budget Cuts Put Elderly, Poor at Risk - Cutting the Medicaid budget across the board would imperil vital services and shift costs to local communities. -March 11, 2008
The Case for Increasing the Number of Medicaid Waivers - When a waiver is not available, people with disabilities who cannot stay at home most likely go to institutions. -March 6, 2008
Opening the Door To Independent Living - In the past year, dozens of D.C. residents with mental disabilities to begin living independently. -March 8, 2008
Four States Ask Court to Overturn HHS Limits On Medicaid Payments for Case Management. -March 4, 2008
AG Rowe Files Suit Over Medicaid Rule Change - It is alleged that portions of the Interim Final Rule promulgated by the US DHHS are not in accordance with the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act or any of the provisions of Title XIX of the Social Security Act. -March 2, 2008
The Worst Nursing Facilities - Come On CMS. Information Bulletin 242. -March 2, 2008
Leavitt Says HHS Will Not Withdraw - Controversial Case Management Rule. -February 28, 2008
CMS Approves Kentucky Waiver For Home Care of Brain Injury Patients. -February 28, 2008
Governors of Both Parties Oppose Medicaid Rules - New Medicaid regulations that would shift billions of dollars in costs to the states forcing cutbacks in services. -February 24, 2008
Senate Approves Amendment To Delay CMS Case Management Rule. -February 19, 2008
Reid, Baucus Urge HHS to Revise Targeted Case Management Rule From 2007. -February 8, 2008
State Health Officials Want CMS to Scrap or Delay Medicaid Case Management Rule. -February 8, 2008
Legislation Introduced to Temporarily Increase Medicaid Assistance to States - Bill Would Help Cash-Strapped States Provide Health Care to Low-Income Residents. -February 8, 2008
Area Schools Set To Lose Millions Under Medicaid Policy Changes. -February 3, 2008
How Effective Are Inspections of Nursing Homes' Deficiencies - Nursing Facility Residents' 2007 Clinical Characteristics. -January 28, 2008
Medical Care in Nursing Facilities? - Nursing Residents' 2007 Clinical Characteristics. -January 21, 2008
Groups Back Expansion of Care in Homes, Community, But Question Transition Rules. -January 17, 2008
CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Empower Medicaid Beneficiaries to be in charge of their own personal assistance services, including personal care services. -January 14, 2008
Lawsuit challenges Florida's 2006 Medicaid changes - Recipients denied rights, lawyer says. -January 12, 2008
CRS Report Analyzes Final Medicaid Rule For School-Based, Transportation Services. -January 4, 2008
Medicaid's Targeted Case Management - "Tell CMS that 60 days for community transitioning is NOT ENOUGH!" -January 4, 2008
Massachusetts Begins Court Ordered Mental Health Screenings for Children. -January 3, 2008
Disability Rule Change Sought - Marrying can lead to loss of vital Medicaid coverage. -January 1, 2008
HHS Final Rule Announced on Medicaid School-Based Claiming. -December 21, 2007
New Medicaid Rules Would Limit Care for Children in Foster Care and People with Disabilities in Ways Congress Did Not Intend. -December 21, 2007
Bingaman, Dole Bill Calls for Moratorium On Cuts in Medicaid Payments to Providers. -December 18, 2007
Medicaid Toolkit vs New Alliance Toolkit - Medicaid - The toolkit will help you understand who the Medicaid program covers, how it is financed, how it differs from Medicare, how states can alter Medicaid through federal waivers, and what the future holds for the program. -November 14, 2007
Administration Moves to Withdraw Key Health Services from Children and Adults With Mental Illness And Other Disabilities. -October 23, 2007
Medicaid Enrollment Declines for the First Time in Nearly a Decade. -October 10, 2007
States Get Federal Backing to Build More Efficient, High Quality Medicaid Systems. -October 4, 2007
Administration Moves to Withdraw Key Health Services from Children and Adults with Mental Illness and Other Disabilities. -September 25, 2007
Isn't Twenty Years Enough Time - MR/DD and Nursing Facilities? -July 24, 2007
Florida is Test Bed for Medicaid Overhaul - Florida's new, nationally acclaimed Medicaid pilot program was expected to save money in healthcare. -July 17, 2007
Federal Judge Approves Settlement In 14-Year-Old Texas Medicaid Lawsuit. -July 17, 2007
Babes Among Elders: Nursing-Home Kids - Parents Want Cheaper Home Care, but Medicaid Pays to Institutionalize; Ronnie's Journey. -June 28, 2007
States Using Innovative Ways to Tackle States Using Innovative Ways. -June 15, 2007
Health Care Continues Major Role In State Spending, NGA/NASBO Survey Says. -June 10, 2007
Study Estimates Nonprofits Receive At Least $85 Billion in Medicaid Funding. -June 8, 2007
Alabama Gets HHS Approval to Add Self-Directed Services as Medicaid Feature. -May 31, 2007
Washington High Court Rejects Regulation Reduced Aid for Disabled in 'Shared Living'. -May 8, 2007
UCP Releases New Medicaid Report and State-by-State Data - How states are serving Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities under Medicaid. -May 2, 2007
Tennessee Medicaid Cuts Cause Residents To Miss Critical Medical Care, Study Finds. -April 24, 2007
Medicaid Programs 'Severely Challenged,' Report Says - State Medicaid programs vary wildly in their eligibility criteria. -April 22, 2007
States tailor Medicaid to meet individual needs - Some states are cutting or eliminating the federal health insurance program for the poor, while others are expanding it to reach previously uninsured populations. -April 12, 2007
SeniorCare to Lose Federal Funding - Wis. Prescription Drug Plan Didn't Show Savings, U.S. Says. -April 10, 2007
HHS Approves Iowa as First to Add Home and Community-Based Services to Medicaid State Plan. -April 6, 2007
Medicaid Proposal Is Bitter Pill for Pharmacies - Drugstores are fighting a proposal to slash reimbursements for generic drugs for the poor and disabled. -March 28, 2007
Citizens Who Lack Papers Lose Medicaid - Tens of thousands of US citizens have had difficulty complying with the new requirements. -March 12, 2007
Foster, Adopted Children, Disabled Exempt - From Citizenship Documentation Requirement. -March 2, 2007
New Study Shows Medicaid Spending Growth Can Be Sustained By Expected Increases in Government Revenue. -February 10, 2007
Medicaid Cuts Could Affect Students - President Bush plans to shave an estimated $77 billion from government health programs for seniors and the poor. -February 10, 2007
Toolkit on Reducing Disparities in Medicaid Managed Care - Medicaid managed care is an ideal environment for identify and address disparities in healthcare. -February 2, 2007
Effect of Medicaid Documentation Rule - Six States Report Enrollment Drop, Cost Hike from Documentation Rule. -February 5, 2007
Medicaid Funds to Keep Persons Out of Institutions - Beginning now, states can use a new statutory provision without applying for a Medicaid waiver. -January 10, 2007
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