Tag: Insurance: Medicaid
President-Elect Trump to Pick Mehmet Oz to Head CMS
Oz worked as a heart surgeon before helming a hugely successful daytime talk show, focused on health and medicine
Late-Stage Lymphoma Less Likely for Young With Continuous Medicaid Coverage
Those with newly gained Medicaid, with other Medicaid enrollment patterns more likely to present with stage IV lymphoma
Medicaid Covers GLP-1 Meds for Obesity in Just 13 States
Medicaid Expansion Increases Guideline-Concordant Treatment for Breast Cancer
Increase seen in receipt of guideline-concordant treatment for women newly diagnosed with HR-negative, HER2-positive breast cancer
Gaps Identified in Medicaid Provision of Routine Vision Care
Most fee-for-service Medicaid programs cover routine eye exams, but many do not cover glasses or low vision aids
Almost 1 in 4 People Disenrolled From Medicaid Are Now Uninsured
Integration of Medicaid Physical, Mental Health Does Not Aid Outcomes
No significant benefits seen for most measures of utilization, quality, outcomes
Postpartum Medicaid Extensions Address Some Health, Social Needs
Medicaid respondents reported less use of primary, specialty, and dental care in the postpartum year
Tech ‘Glitch’ Causing Children to Lose Medicaid Coverage
Automated systems involved in large-scale eligibility review are causing entire households to be removed from Medicaid coverage, but children may still be eligible
Paperwork Causing Many Americans to Lose Medicaid Coverage, White House Warns
Changes are happening now because a prohibition on removing Medicaid coverage during the pandemic has now been lifted
