Category: Medicaid/Medicare
The Department of Health Services plans no major changes to the Family Care and Family Care Partnership programs as it seeks to renew them.
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Talks continue on Medicaid long-term care fee schedule
by Sean Kirkby | May 8, 2024 | Long Term Care, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |
BadgerCare Plus enrollment dips below 1 million Wisconsinites
by Sean Kirkby | Apr 25, 2024 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |
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.
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Vice President Harris talks nursing home regulations, reproductive healthcare in La Crosse
by Sean Kirkby | Apr 23, 2024 | Long Term Care, Medicaid/Medicare, Nursing homes, Top Stories | 0 |
New federal nursing home regulations are essential for improving the health and safety of residents, and reproductive healthcare access will be a key issue in the November elections, Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday in La Crosse.
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Medicaid premiums return for some after pandemic hiatus
by Sean Kirkby | Apr 18, 2024 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |
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.
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Medicaid enrollment continues to decline
by Sean Kirkby | Apr 2, 2024 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |
Kaul says new maps open door to Medicaid expansion
by Sean Kirkby | Mar 25, 2024 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |
Attorney General Josh Kaul said Friday that new legislative maps in Wisconsin could open the door for the state to take federal dollars available under the Affordable Care Act for Medicaid expansion.
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DHS asks JFC to approve Family Care fee schedule
by Sean Kirkby | Mar 20, 2024 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |
Medicaid health plans say they can be change makers
by Sean Kirkby | Mar 15, 2024 | Medicaid/Medicare, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |
Medicaid managed care organizations are poised to innovate and are working to address the social determinants of health, their leaders said at a Wisconsin Health News event in Milwaukee this week.
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Biden touts Medicare policies, says Republicans would cut program
by Sean Kirkby | Mar 14, 2024 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |