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Medicaid ACOs have achieved improvements in health care quality and costs, but competing policy priorities and stakeholder resistance are barriers to adoption.

Arizona may soon join states that extended the time frame of postpartum government health insurance coverage for low-income people.

By Tami Luhby, CNN Missouri must expand Medicaid to low-income residents, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday, finding that a state ballot initiative that voters approved last year was constitutional. The decision overturned a lower court ruling that said the ballot measure approving expansion had violated state law. “The court has said the law is very clear, and that sends a very clear message to both the governor and the legislature that they need to get on with implementation,” said Chuck Hatfield, a partner at Stinson law firm and one of the attorneys who brought the...

Judge blocks Medicaid expansion in Missouri CNN 4 hrs ago By Tami Luhby, CNN © Jeff Roberson/AP FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021 file photo, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson delivers the State of the State address in Jefferson City, Mo. Gov. Parson is calling lawmakers back for a special session to work out a deal on a critical piece of Medicaid funding. Parson announced Tuesday, June 22, 2021 that he is calling a special session beginning noon Wednesday so lawmakers can pass a tax on medical providers that draws down a significant amount of federal Medicaid funding. At issue is an ...

Becerra defends U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS budget before three Congressional committees. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS welcomes new senior staff.