He first pitched the current set-up to the Trump-era Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as part of that administration’s efforts to retool Medicaid. In an October 2020 letter to the Georgia Department of Community Health, which oversees Medicare and Medicaid for the state, t...
by the Georgia Department of Community Health to provide population and disease management services for Medicaid recipients in several counties in Georgia. Creation of disease management program to improve outcomes and reduce costs for the state's aged, blind and disabled Medicaid members; Offer of ...
About the Georgia Department of Community Health DCH serves as the lead agency for Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids®, which, combined, cover more than 2 million Georgians annually. The agency also oversees the State Health Benefit P...
While Georgia Democrats and health-care advocates have long pushed for full-blown Medicaid expansion, Kemp said the purpose of his more limited program is to transition low-income Georgians from Georgia Pathways to Georgia Access, a program that provides insurance coverage through the private sector....
The number of service hours your child receives is determined by the Department of Community Health's medical review team, based on your child's medical requirements and activities of daily living needs (ADL's). About Virtue Care Services Virtue Care Services is a Medicaid-approved agency and ...
Berry, 55, has been Community Health commissioner since 2016. The agency runs the state Medicaid program as well as overseeing benefits for state employees, teachers, other school employees, retirees and dependents. As such, DCH handles the benefits of nearly 3 million Georgians, with an annual...
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Monday defended and doubled down on his signature Medicaid program — the only one in the nation with a work requirement — further dimming chances the state could adopt a broader expansion of the taxpayer-funded l
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Republican leaders in several states have sought to require that people who are eligible for Medicaid through expansion work, arguing the health program for low-income Americans shouldn't be a handout. Kemp's experiment, aimed at single adults with low incomes who aren't already eligible for Me...