Pathways is one of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp's signature health policy initiatives and his alternative to fully expanding Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act. Applicants must document that they're working, studying, or doing other qualifying activities for 80 hours a month in exchange...
The federal government prohibited disenrolling any Medicaid recipients during the COVID pandemic. When the national public health emergency was declared at an end in April of last year, states began the complicated process of reassessing eligibility for Medicaid coverage. “That was a tremendous strai...
The best way to determine eligibility for Medicaid is to apply. Eligible applicants can access nursing home benefits and Medicaid waivers that help pay for alternative care, such as home health care. In Georgia, the Department of Community Health (DCH) manages applications for the Medicaid program...
Medicaid planningallows you to structure asset ownership so the property or money that you own is not counted forMedicaid eligibilitypurposes. You can protect your wealth by transferring assets into an irrevocable Medicaid trust. If this is done properly before nursing home care is needed, you coul...
Georgia's Section 1115 waiver application, titled "Georgia Pathways to Coverage," seeks to simultaneously expand the state's Medicaid program and condition eligibility on work requirements. Though Section 1115 waivers have become a common vehicle for state Medicaid expansion, the imposition of work ...
Georgia officials told the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that it would cost at least $51 million over two years to design, develop, and implement an eligibility system, funds that would largely be channeled to Deloitte Consulting, according to the documents KFF Health News obtai...
a Georgia plan that would slightly expand Medicaid to as many as 50,000 people if they complete 80 hours every month of work, community service or job training or if they are full-time higher education students. The federal agency objected to these strict eligibility requirements in a letter....
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State officials had also set lofty enrollment expectations for Pathways despite the Medicaid eligibility review. Carlson said the state has launched a major campaign to promote Pathways that includes radio and television ads. It is also conducting outreach on college campus...
On January 13, 1982, Hank Aaron waselected to the Baseball Hall of Famein his first year of eligibility. January 13, 1987 saw theinaugurationofGovernor Joe Frank Harristo his second term in office. On January 13, 1998, Governor Zell Miller presented his $12.5 billion FY1999 budget to the...