Medicare and Medicaid Reform: Protecting the Aged and Indigent in Texasto examine several proposals for reforming Medicare and Medicaid, or for replacing Medicareand Medicaid of health care for the elderly is a top priority the House Select Committee on wellknow, many different proposals have ...
in 2022, a Texas woman was accused of using her ex-husband’s provider number to submit fraudulent claims to Medicaid for counseling services that were never provided, receiving more than $600,000 in fraudulent claims.6
which is $34,307 for a family of three in 2023.4Forty states plus Washington, D.C., adopted the Medicaid expansion; the ten states that did not
Over the next decade, the proposal would cost the federal government $11 billion and states $3.8 billion, they estimated."We would urge drug manufacturers to do their part as well, make sure they're thinking about offering fair, appropriate prices to the Medicaid program," Tsai said. The pa...
Medicare Part D plans and Medicare Advantage plans are regulated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS or Medicare) and implemented by private insurance companies (such as Aetna, Humana, and United HealthCare). If you decide to enroll in a Medicare Part D plan or Medicare Adv...
Republicans in the House and Senate voted for budgets based on much-needed changes to Medicare and Medicaid. That was only a symbolic step with Obama in the White House, to be sure, but the presumption was that actual reform would be possible if Republicans controlled both the White House an...
Texas Sues Federal Government to Protect Medicaid Financing King & Spaldingon12/24/2024 On December 11, 2024, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The complaint seeks to block the enforcement of a...
Can I have both Medicare and Medicaid at the same time? Yes! As long as you are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, you can have both at the same time. In fact, we encourage it. You may be able to save more money and get more benefits! Can I add my spouse and kids to my...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced Star Ratings in 2007 to improve the quality of care for members, with the expectation that the ratings would evolve over time. To date, CMS continues to refine the program to encourage plans toward targeted new priorities. But MA ...
This year, 31 plans earned 5 stars, compared to 57 in 2023 and 74 in 2022. Susan Morse, Executive Editor Photo: Maskot/Getty Images The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the Medicare Advantage, Part C and Medicare Part D Star Ratings that rank MA plans by th...