there are four Medicaid programs that help with home care. These are theElderly and Disabled Waiver, theSAIL Waiver, and thePersonal Choices Program. All programs offer self-direction of home care. This allows participants to have some choice about their caregiver. The newerAlabama Community Transi...
“Trying to find a doctor wasn’t always the easiest, because you have to call [so many] different places. Especially when it was a specialist. In the end, I couldn’t go get a second opinion, because there was only one that took Medicaid, it was super far away,” she said. “[M...
if a Medicaid recipient is evacuated to another state, the home state is obligated under certain circumstances to pay for covered services (i.e., covered by the home state) that are provided out-of-state. However, the Medicaid recipient must find a provider who...
The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, compared tooth decay-related treatment, visits and dental expenditures for children receiving preventive dental care from a dentist or primary care provider, and those receiving no preventive dental care. Credit: University of Alabama at Birmingham Research out ...
! some have concerns about quality of care and low levels of provider participation limiting access; ! cultural differences, language barriers and immigration policies may prevent some families from enrolling in Medicaid; ! for many, Medicaid has a negative image associated with its historical ties ...