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Medicaid enrollment steady with tech overhauls
Half of states boasted easier enrollment into the Medicaid program last year by revamping decades-old systems and streamlining eligibility and enrollment systems, according a report released
Fewer specialists willing to treat Medicaid patients, raising questions for expansion
The number of specialist physicians who are willing to treat patients enrolled in Medicaid is shrinking perilously and could complicate the program's planned expansion under federal healthcare
IT grants for early state insurance exchanges total $241 million
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will provide $241 million in "early innovator" grants to help several states set up the IT infrastructure for their health
Double-digit Medicaid growth pile-drives Texas budget
Not only is Texas facing a shortfall of $11 billion to $15 billion when the next state budget is due in 2011, but unanticipated healthcare costs have already driven the state's current two-year
SPOTLIGHT: Stats show no end in sight for Medicaid enrollment growth
State Medicaid programs added a total of almost 3.3 million people to their rolls in June 2009 compared to June 2008, representing the largest numerical one-year increase in the nation's history,
Medicaid financial issues likely to come to head at governors' conference
This swirl of issues surrounding Medicaid, including increasing enrollments, federal reimbursement for the insurance program, and potential cuts in service, should come to a head at the National
SPOTLIGHT: Medicaid funding pinch turns into deep bruise
The original $87 billion in Medicaid stimulus funding relieved many cash-strapped Medicaid programs from the need to make catastrophic cutbacks. That funding expires at the end of this year, but
Medicaid verification rules leading to higher health costs
In many states, Medicaid beneficiaries are forced to prove that they and their children are eligible for the program more than once a year. This often leads to overwhelmed families "falling off the
