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...
Medicaid spending plays role in larger West Virginia budgetCharleston
Reports on the impact of a rollback in Medicaid rates on behavioral health care providers in West Virginia. Absence of the benefit of system restructuring; Proposal for Medicaid cuts in the summer of 1996 through revised guidelines for clinic and rehabilitation services; Need for changes in the ...
West VirginiaWest Virginia has two Medicaid programs that provide assistance at home. TheAged and Disabled Waiverprovides personal care and home maintenance services as well as transportation assistance and other minor supports.Medicaid Personal Careis limited to assistance with the activities of daily li...
West Virginia undergoes changes throughout its Medicaid program in a 4-year overhaul. (cover story)Reports on the changes in the Medicaid program of West Virginia which will offer fewer benefits for parents and children enrolled in the program. Goals of the state's waiver proposal that was ...
WEST VirginiaDRUG utilizationOUTPATIENT medical careMEDICAIDMENTAL health servicesSELF-poisoningMENTAL health counselingJournal of General Internal Medicine -doi:10.1007/s11606-018-4817-8Koyawala, NeelLandis, RachelBarry, Colleen L.Stein, Bradley D....
In a recently published paper, Tello-Trillo and co-authors Daniel S. Grossman (West Virginia University) and Barton Willage (Louisiana State University) find thatmothersof insured children are more likely to be in a stable marriage and experience decreased levels of stress, and that mothers speci...
The West Virginia program was implemented in 2006 and was subsequently abandoned in 2010 due to changes in Federal laws and continuing criticism by advocacy groups whose expectations for enrollment in a wellness-based plan were not met. Using the results of a survey of the West Virginia members,...
the nearest pediatric eye surgeon in West Virginia was three hours away in Morgantown. Also, because doctor’s orders and recommendations from doctors out of state were invalid, we would have to start much of the process all over again. The first opening for a consultation was in nine months...
A West Virginia University researcher has discovered the suicide rate of some Medicaid-insured youth—including girls and young women—is higher than those with private insurance.