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Louisiana kicks off new search for Medicaid contractors June 28, 2021 GMT BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has restarted its bid process for multibillion dollar Medicaid contracts managing the health care of nearly 1.6 million people, trying to end its patchwork of emergency contracts after a legal dispute scuttled the last attempt at new deals. The Department of Health has released its request for proposals from contractors interested in handling the taxpayer-financed Medicaid managed care ...

April 30, 2021 11:09 The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is on the hunt for a new group executive, marketing and corporate affairs. According to an internal note to staff, an internal and external search will now take place to find a permanent replacement for Priscilla Brown. It is understood Brown, who joined the bank in August 2019, is returning to the US to be closer to her family and will finish up at the bank on 31 May. Priscilla Sims Brown Brown joined the bank in 2019 in a newly cr...

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Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. AmeriHealth Caritas Selected to Serve Ohio’s Medicaid and CHIP Populations April 13, 2021 GMT PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 13, 2021-- AmeriHealth Caritas announced today that it has been selected by Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) to help Ohio Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) program enrollees access quality health care. Ohio has more than 3 million Medicaid and CHIP ...

Modern Healthcare Illustration / Getty Images Ohio officials expect that consolidating the seven private pharmacy benefit managers that run its Medicaid managed-care system into a single, state-regulated PBM will save more than $240 million every year. The change will go in effect starting in early 2022. Officials will administer PBM services through Gainwell Technologies, a state-regulated PBM that will replace the seven PBMs currently operating in the managed-care system. A pharmacy pricing a...

​ Human Services Secretary, Managed Care Organizations Discuss Ongoing Partnership to Ease Access, Advance Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution for Vulnerable Pennsylvanians 04/06/2021 Harrisburg, PA - Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Teresa Miller today joined leadership from Pennsylvania’s Community HealthChoices (CHC) managed care organizations (MCOs) to discuss their work to ease access to COVID-19 vaccines, promote equity in vaccine distribution, and address vaccine hesi...

Share this article Share this article PHILADELPHIA, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Quil, the digital health engagement platform that offers interactive health journeys, is introducing a new feature, Caregiving Circle, as part of Quil Engage. Quil Engage offers personalized patient education and navigation in partnership with providers and health plans. With  Caregiving Circle, people can easily invite family and friends to join them while they navigate a specific health event or as they...

Sponsored Content provided by Michealle Gady - Founder and President , Atromitos In 2015, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted legislation that would fundamentally change the Medicaid program in North Carolina. Since then, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has worked to design a transformation model that would move the administration of the program into risk-based comprehensive managed care, shift greater responsibility for population health management to primary care pro...

Home care nurses are the reason Kateri Morton can find time to sleep, eat and shower. The mother of two from Wyoming, Delaware, depends on support from nurses to help take care of her 9-year-old son Joey Scruggs, who was diagnosed with Down Syndrome and autism. Throughout his lifetime, hes experienced an endless string of medical challenges. These nurses, who provide everything from emergency care to potty training to physical therapy, are often the hidden heroes in health care – especially ...

Published January 08. 2021 2:03PM  Julia Pelly, The Washington Post Leah has watched her 13-year-old daughter struggle with symptoms of anxiety and depression for nearly seven years, but it was only in the past several months that she and her daughter have realized that the symptoms seem to come and go with the seasons. "As the days get colder and shorter, she starts to become really withdrawn and stops doing a lot of the things she typically enjoys," says Leah, who asked to be identified by f...