“Civility is not a weakness, by the way, it is a strength,” Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) said after at least one audience member interrupted him at the State of the State address Monday at the state capitol in Nashville. The governor, going off script amid the heckling, was in the process of announcing a…
Tennessee Crisis Pregnancy Centers Could Get $100 Million in State Funding
February 7, 2023
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OC Executive Neuhaus Says State’s Withholding Federal Medicaid Dollars Hurts Taxpayers
Orange County, New York, Executive Steve Neuhaus said Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to boost state Medicaid spending comes at a cost to local taxpayers. In her newly released state budget, Hochul proposes a stop to passing enhanced federal Medicaid dollars to 57 county governments; instead, the money will be used for increased state-level spending. The proposed withholding…
NJ Eliminates Immigration Status Requirements for Children on Medicaid, Allows 16,000 More to Apply
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is encouraging parents in his state to take advantage of a newly enacted health care initiative that expands Medicaid coverage to an estimated 16,000 children who lack a legal immigration status. The Medicaid expansion marks the Phase 2 of the “Cover All Kids” initiative aimed to provide all New Jersey…
Supreme Court Will Hear Pharma Fraud Cases Against SuperValu and Safeway
January 15, 2023
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a whistleblower-initiated case that pharmacy operators SuperValu and Safeway submitted false Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement claims for prescription drugs. The case is considered to be important because it could have an impact on the government’s ability to crack down on health care fraud. Lawsuits brought by whistleblowers allege…
Supreme Court Will Hear Pharma Fraud Cases Against SuperValu, Safeway
January 15, 2023
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a whistleblower-initiated case that pharmacy operators SuperValu and Safeway submitted false Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement claims for prescription drugs. The case is considered to be important because it could impact the government’s ability to crack down on health care fraud. Lawsuits brought by whistleblowers allege the two supermarket…
100 Million Americans to Be on Medicaid by March, Think Tank Projects
Up to 100 million Americans will soon be enrolled in Medicaid, according to an enrollment monitoring project by the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA), a think tank focused on welfare and health care policy. On Dec. 28, FGA announced it believes that the number of Americans enrolled with Medicaid will cross the 100 million mark…
Millions of Americans Set to Be Removed From Medicaid After Passage of Omnibus Bill
December 26, 2022
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Millions of U.S. citizens who enrolled in the Medicaid insurance program during the COVID-19 pandemic could soon lose their coverage due to the passage of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill. Back in January 2020, the Trump administration declared a public health emergency (PHE) that has been renewed every 90 days since. The Families First…
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Texas Man’s Appeal Against Identify Theft Conviction in Medicaid Fraud Case
The Supreme Court agreed Nov. 10 to hear the appeal of a Texas man convicted of health care fraud who argues that he was unjustly separately convicted under a federal aggravated identity theft law because a form he filed contained a patient’s name. The granting of the single petition on Nov. 10 was unexpected. The…
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Texas Man’s Appeal Against Identity Theft Conviction in Medicaid Fraud Case
The Supreme Court agreed Nov. 10 to hear the appeal of a Texas man convicted of health care fraud who argues that he was unjustly separately convicted under a federal aggravated identity theft law because a form he filed contained a patient’s name. The granting of the single petition on Nov. 10 was unexpected. The…
Indiana Tells Supreme Court That Nursing Home Patient on Medicaid Had No Right to Sue Over Mistreatment
The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Nov. 8 of an Indiana-based government health care provider’s argument that the family of a Medicaid-eligible nursing home patient was barred by federal law from suing to enforce the man’s legal rights. Some legal commentators say if the provider wins, Medicaid patients will lose the ability to enforce Medicaid treatment…
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