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A CMS rule issued in early July has set off a scramble among state officials to finalize and submit an application needed to implement their Medicaid expansions allowed by the healthcare reform law. The delay in the rule may push states hard up against the Oct. 1 start of the Medicaid enrollment...
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Ohio is prepared to move forward with certain Medicaid contracts after a court ruled in the state's favor in a dispute over how the contracts were awarded.
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What it does: Partners with states to manage healthcare programs for lower-income families and people with disabilities.
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Fitch Ratings said new debt to finance WellPoint's $4.9 billion deal for Amerigroup would weaken key financial measures, and the ratings agency downgraded the insurer's long-term issuer default and issue ratings. The outlook for WellPoint's long-term issuer default rating is negative, the rating...
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The sudden exit last week of WellPoint President and CEO Angela Braly met with approval from investors and quickly spurred speculation about how Braly's successor will address what analysts describe as the company's miscues and underperformance.
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WellPoint's plan to pay $4.9 billion to acquire Amerigroup signals the health insurer's ambition to claim a bigger piece of the growing business of Medicaid managed care.
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A state judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals from implementing its plan to shift more than 800,000 Medicaid recipients and their $2.2 billion in claims to private insurers.
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The association that says it wrote the tune to accountable care doesn't like how the CMS is covering its song.
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