Category: Medicaid/Medicare
GOP budget committee leader opposes Medicaid expansion
The Republican co-leader of the budget-writing committee said this week he expects the GOP-controlled Legislature to continue opposing Gov. Tony Evers’ calls to take federal money to expand Medicaid.
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State recoups $857,000 from Medicaid providers over blood clotting medicine requirements
Attorney General Josh Kaul and the Department of Health Services said last week they’ve recovered around $857,000 after three providers didn’t comply with Medicaid requirements surrounding the prescription and dispensing of blood clotting medicine.
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Supreme Court rules DHS can’t recoup Medicaid payments for ‘documentation shortcomings’
The Department of Health Services can’t recoup payments to Medicaid providers for “documentation shortcomings” after they performed services for program members, according to a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling issued last week.
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BadgerCare Plus ER copays for non-emergency care go into effect
The Department of Health Services recently started requiring childless adults enrolled in BadgerCare Plus to cover copayments when their emergency room visits are deemed not an emergency.
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DHS cautiously projects that Medicaid will end biennium with surplus
The Department of Health Services is projecting that the Medicaid budget will finish the biennium with a surplus, cautioning in a Monday report that the estimate relies on "many assumptions" and is subject to "multiple uncertainties."
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New law expands access to complex rehabilitation technology in Medicaid
Medicaid will now cover power seat elevation and power standing components of wheelchairs under a law approved by Gov. Tony Evers on Friday.
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DHS submits 1135 waiver in response to COVID-19
The Department of Health Services submitted an emergency Medicaid waiver to the federal government Thursday morning, a DHS spokeswoman said.
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