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A federal appeals court has ruled that California cannot limit dental, podiatry, optometry and other health services for Medicaid beneficiaries treated at certain federally-funded providers -- based on definitions by Medicare.
Molina Healthcare of New Mexico is assuming a Medicaid managed care contract from Lovelace Community Health Plans, after the health system-owned insurer lost a bid to participate in the state's new Medicaid program.
A recent report from the Urban Institute highlighted the different roles that states have taken in development of health insurance exchanges where the federal government is heavily involved in operating them.
The healthcare industry continued to add jobs in June, gaining nearly 20,000, including a rebound in the hospital sector, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday.
Fifty-five hospitals located in 21 states will pay a total of $34 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare for a spinal procedure that often can be performed on an outpatient basis without the need of costly hospital admissions.
The number and value of physician medical group transactions has been on the rise over the last five years, and as healthcare networks become the norm under pressure from healthcare reform, the conditions will remain ripe for a continuation of that trend.
The Obama administration announced that it has delayed until 2015 the healthcare reform law's requirement that businesses with more than 50 employees must offer them insurance, bending to criticism that requirements were burdensome and complex.
The Obama administration announced late Tuesday that it has delayed until 2015 the healthcare reform law's requirement that businesses with more than 50 employees offer insurance, bending to criticism that requirements were burdensome and complex.
Less than 100 days are left before insurance exchanges go live, the Department of Health and Human Services is awarding $32 million in state grants to help find and enroll children in Medicaid and CHIP.
Healthcare staffing provider Soliant Health announced the top 20 winners of its fifth annual Most Beautiful Hospitals in the U.S. awards.