VirginiaIn Virginia, there is a managed care Medicaid Waiver calledCommonwealth Coordinated Care Plus Waiver. Under this program, participants can receive a variety of home care services such as personal care, adult day care, respite care, as well as other forms of assistance. ...
The expansion will also have a retroactive element. It will extend coverage to eligible individuals who have exceeded Virginia’s original 60-day postpartum coverage period but have not yet exceeded a year after childbirth. However, the year for coverage still starts when the postp...
Though Virginia enacted comprehensive dental care coverage for pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid in March 2015, a significant portion of this population remained unaware of the benefit even years later, according to a study by researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry. Re...
Seven states had no coverage for exams or glasses under both fee-for-service and managed care policies (Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wyoming). Thirty-five states did not cover low-vision aids such as magnifiers and loupes. "Visual impairment can be cor...
Initially, the ACA mandated that all state Medicaid programs would have to be extended to provide medical coverage to nearly all low-income groups. However, the Supreme Court rejected that part of the act in 2012, leaving the door open for states to make their own decision on whether they ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia, which has the nation’s highest rate of babies born dependent on drugs, will now offer Medicaid coverage to treat those babies. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved treatment services in the state for newborns enduring the tormen...
Over 90 million Americans were estimated to be enrolled in the Medicaid program as of 2022. That is a significant increase from around 50 million ten years earlier. Medicaid is basically a joint federal and state health program that provides medical coverage to low-income individuals and families...
With Donald Trump's return to the White House and Republicans takingfull control of Congressin 2025, the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion is back on the chopping block.More than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate risk of losing their health coverage should the GOP ...
In 2010 Medicaid financed approximately 48% of all births in the United States and nearly 30% of all births in Virginia. Due to strict state-specific eligibility criteria, many low-income women qualify for Medicaid coverage exclusively as a result of pregnancy status. As the nation moves ...
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