It is asserted that the modified regulations, fully in place on September 1, 2006, require increased documentation from speech-language pathologists and have resulted in a high percentage of children who are denied care. Various efforts being made by the Georgia Speech-Language Hearing Association ...
Georgia Republicans, underGov. Brian Kemp, are conducting something of an experiment. Earlier this year, the state expanded eligibility for health insurance benefits under Medicaid — but it became the first in the nation toattach work requirements to that expansion. In doing so, Kemp...
The state has had a lot more success with Georgia Access. Kemp said private health coverage through Georgia Access gives enrollees more options than Medicaid and offers health-care providers better reimbursement rates. The program also has led to an increase in the number of insurance companies off...
An estimated 2.2 million uninsured adults fall in the coverage gap,3 with income too high to qualify for traditional Medicaid but too low to qualify for subsidized ACA marketplace coverage. Over three-quarters of people in the coverage gap live in just 4 southern states: Florida, Georgia, Nort...
Other Financial Assistance/Affordable Care Options in FL GeorgiaGeorgia Medicaid offers two waiver options that help with home care;CCSPandSOURCE. Both waivers offer very similar benefits and have similar eligibility requirements, but only persons receiving SSI can receive services via SOURCE. ...
As of March 2021, the following 12 states did not expand coverage: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.15 Advantages of Medicaid Medicaid has helped to reduce the number of people without health in...
We investigate whether or not these new rules led to an increase in the Medicaid exit rate among enrollees using state administrative data from Georgia. We do this by comparing the exit rate for children enrolled in Medicaid whose first coverage recertification occurs just after implementation of ...
In states that have not expanded Medicaid, hundreds of thousands of people fall into the "coverage gap," meaning they earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but are not eligible for subsidies to help pay for private insurance. Those in the coverage gap also can't afford premiums and other ...
Protections put into place by Congress to keep people enrolled in Medicaid during the public health emergency will expire on April 1. States have up to a year to complete the “unwinding” process to determine who is still eligible for Medicaid coverage. ...
The governor said Monday improvements to Georgia's health care marketplace have helped hundreds of thousands of former Medicaid recipients in the state sign up for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act. A program the state implemented with federal approval...