Medicaid provides health coverage to millions of Americans, including eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities. Hospitals that serve as Medicaid providers must adhere to various rules and regulations for patient care and reimbursement.The following ...
Implementation of Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care in Missouri: Impacts for Pregnant Women | Page 2Anna Stauber SommersPhDGenevieve M. KenneyPhDand Lisa Dubay
Medicaid can deny coverage to pregnant women for several reasons. Learn about the guidelines before completing an application to avoid needless rejection.
This study assesses the impact of mandatory Medicaid managed care in Missouri, relative to fee-for-service on prenatal care, maternal behavior, and low birth weight among pregnant women. Using birth certificate data linked to Medicaid enrollment data in 1995 and 2000, the authors found that manage...
The bishops praised the MO HealthNet program for its health coverage to Missouri’s most vulnerable citizens, including the elderly, the disabled, pregnant women, and children. Nearly 10% of Missouri’s population, or about half a million people, were uninsured in 2018. ...
Exposures State-level change in Medicaid income eligibility after 60 days postpartum associated with the FFCRA measured as a percent of the federal poverty level (FPL; ie, the difference in 2020 income eligibility thresholds for pregnant people and low-income adults/parents). Main Outcomes and Meas...
Low-income children, pregnant women, older Kansans and people with disabilities already qualify for state health care, as well as a small number of extremely low-income parents. A family of four must currently make less than $11,856 per year for the parents to...
CHIP provideshealth coverageto kids and pregnant women whose families have low incomes but make too much to qualify for Medicaid. Affordable Care Act's impact Before states began to expand Medicaid in 2014 as part of the Affordable Care Act, the program was much smaller,covering around 55 milli...
"Kansas is not a Medicaid Expansion state which means that our eligibility threshold for non-disabled, non-pregnant adults is incredibly low," Lara said in an emailed statement on the rate of children losing coverage. "As a result, over 2/3 of our enrollees are children, and that results ...
Nevada is joining a list of states easing access to abortion for more lower-income women. The state decided not to appeal a judge's ruling from earlier this year that ordered the state to use its Medicaid funds to pay for abortions for people in the insu