For example, because Ohio’s 2016 MMC contract language—“although there are currently no capacity requirements of the non–primary care required provider types, plans are required to ensure that adequate access is available to members for all required provider types”—did not specify any quantitat...
FMAP rate increases reduced the amount of state funding required to maintain a given level of Medicaid services. For states that contemplated cuts in order to slow the growth of or reduce Medicaid spending (e.g., by eliminating coverage of certain benefits, freezing or reducing provider reimbursem...
Ohio Gov. John Kasich delivers his State of the State address at Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center in Lima, Ohio, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. / Updated By Geoffrey Cowley, Geoffrey Cowley Ohio’s Republican governor, John Kasich, was in good company last winter when he proposed ex...
12.(back)For example, Barbara Coulter Edwards, the Ohio Medicaid director, has reportedly indicated that her agency had received calls from hurricane victims who had found shelter in Ohio but were turned away by health care providers unwilling to accept out-of-state Medicaid cards. See http://...
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