Category: Medicaid/Medicare

The Department of Health Services is seeking to boost reimbursement to Family Care managed care organizations, following concerns about costs providers are facing in delivering long-term care services.  Read More

Republican legislative leaders on Tuesday stood by their decision to end a special session on expanding Medicaid, after Gov. Tony Evers and other Democrats blasted them for not taking up a bill that would put an additional $1 billion in federal money from expansion into economic development and capital projects.  Read More

Republicans plan to gavel out of Gov. Tony Evers’ special session on Medicaid expansion set for Tuesday, dooming his proposal to use a potential extra $1 billion in federal funding for economic development and capital projects.  Read More

BadgerCare Plus enrollment surpassed 1 million people last month, according to recent state data. Read More

Republican legislative leaders ripped Gov. Tony Evers’ call for a special session to expand Medicaid and invest the extra $1 billion the state would get due to a recent federal COVID-19 relief law into projects and economic development initiatives.  Read More

Wisconsin is poised to receive an estimated $330 million more in Medicaid funding for long-term care services due to an increase in federal match. Read More

BadgerCare Plus gained new members for the 15th straight month in March, adding 9,343 to the program since February. Read More

President Joe Biden’s administration has pulled the plug on Wisconsin’s plans to require that some childless adults in BadgerCare work.  Read More

The Department of Health Services projects that the state’s Medicaid budget will finish the end of June in the black, with a $771.6 million surplus in state funds, according to a report released Thursday.  Read More