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Here's how the Medicaid and Medicare pilot program to cover weight-loss drugs would work
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is developing a pilot program that could change the landscape of obesity ...
Goodlander urges federal Medicare officials to abandon prior authorization expansion
U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander signed onto a letter alongside 41 other U.S. representatives asking Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator ...
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What Will Medicaid Cuts Mean For School Health and Wellness Services?
The outlook is bleak for children who lose access to Medicaid in school. As one health expert put it, kids will get sicker, ...
New Medicaid federal work requirements mean less leeway for states
When President Donald Trump signed a law adding work requirements for some Medicaid recipients, he may have undercut ...
US plans to test Medicare, Medicaid coverage for weight-loss drugs, Washington Post reports
The Trump administration is considering a five-year pilot program to cover weight-loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, the ...
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17 Medicare Services the Government Wants People to Cut Back On
Known as the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model, it will require prior authorization for 17 services ...
‘More paperwork for everyone’: NM Medicaid program braces for more churn
While several parts of the new federal law will lead to people losing their health insurance, work requirements alone will ...
3Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Is Investing $200 Billion In...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, discussed the impending changes to the ...
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Hackers Hit Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – 103,000 Americans Warned Names, Addresses, Provider Records and Other Sensitive Data at Risk
A major cybersecurity incident has exposed sensitive personal and health records of tens of thousands of Americans.
Expanding access to sickle cell gene therapies for patients with Medicaid
Connecticut is now participating in a new federal program aimed at expanding treatment access for patients with sickle cell ...