Category: Medicaid/Medicare

Medicaid is projected to end the state biennium with a surplus — although not as high as previously expected, according to a recent report. Read More

May’s Medicaid enrollment data showed a decline over the prior year since the return of renewals for the program following a hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. But enrollment was still higher than it was before the pandemic’s start.   Read More

State health officials said Wednesday they’ll seek federal approval by the start of next year to expand Medicaid’s ability to cover short-term inpatient psychiatric hospital stays.  Read More

Wisconsin’s Medicaid enrollment continues to fall as the state approaches the completion of its first year of member renewals since a policy ended that kept people on the rolls during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read More

Former Medicaid Director Jamie Kuhn has been nominated to lead Wisconsin’s second most populous county.  Read More

BadgerCare Plus enrollment dipped below 1 million Wisconsinites last month, as the state nears the end of the first year since the return of member renewals following a policy that kept folks on the Medicaid rolls during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read More

Premiums for some BadgerCare Plus children returned at the start of April, after being temporarily suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. But children won’t lose coverage if their families don’t pay due to federal guidance released last year, the Department of Health Services said Wednesday.  Read More