Medicaid news and information

The Obama administration's recent approval of Arkansas' alternative plan to expand healthcare coverage for low-income residents under the federal healthcare reform law bodes well for several Republican-led states looking to implement their own alternative...
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NEWARK, N.J.—WellCare Health Plans has an agreement to buy some assets of Healthfirst Health Plan of New Jersey (known as Healthfirst NJ) as the company enters the Medicaid managed-care market in the...
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Leading up to the launch this week of the state insurance exchanges, the Obama administration made clear that the online marketplaces would go live despite a government shutdown if Congress failed to pass a spending bill. But what about the implementation of other provisions in the Patient...
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A bipartisan House measure to repeal the 2.3% medical device excise tax that helps fund the healthcare reform law has been floated as compromise to end the federal government shutdown.
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Providers and community groups designated as certified application counselors to help consumers enroll in health plans on the insurance exchanges are still waiting for staff to receive certification.
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The Obama administration's approval last week of Arkansas' plan to expand Medicaid bodes well for several Republican-led states looking to implement their own alternative models for expanding Medicaid.
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As insurance exchanges opened Tuesday, health insurance company stock prices reflected optimism about the impact of the healthcare reform law's extension of coverage to millions of uninsured.
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More than 7,000 Wisconsin residents who will lose Medicaid coverage in January will receive financial assistance from University of Wisconsin Health and United Way of Dane County.
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WellCare Health Plans, Tampa, Fla., announced on Sept. 30 that it has entered into an agreement to buy certain assets of Healthfirst Health Plan of New Jersey.
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With new online health insurance exchanges set to launch Tuesday, consumers in many Southern and Plains states will have to look harder for information on how the marketplaces work than their counterparts elsewhere.
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