Medicaid

The Medicaid program is a state and federally funded public health insurance program for low-income individuals, including older adults, individuals with disabilities, children, pregnant women, and those in need of home health or long-term care services. For health and human service provider organizations operating in the Medicaid space, there are new opportunities for serving this complex consumer population, while also navigating challenges related to changes to state-specific Medicaid programs, health plans and enrolment, and new rules.

Latest Resources

• Utah Medicaid System: An OPEN MINDS State Profile
• Utah Dual Eligible System: An OPEN MINDS State Profile
• Utah Health & Human Services System State Profile Report
• Telecare Corporation – Winning Proposal & Contract For Medi-Cal Mobile Crisis Service Benefit Implementation Services To California’s San Mateo County Health System, 2024
• In Proposed Consent Order, North Carolina Agrees To Provide Greater Access to Community Based Services To More People With I/DD
• Indiana Plans To Implement Waitlist For Medicaid Aged & Disabled Waiver Slots
• New York Seeks Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Services
• North Carolina To Invest $15 Million To Expand Behavioral Health Urgent Care Centers
• Michigan Awards $15 Billion Medicaid Managed Care Contracts To Nine Health Plans
• Colorado Medicaid System: An OPEN MINDS State Profile
• Colorado Dual Eligible System: An OPEN MINDS State Profile
• Colorado Health & Human Services System State Profile Report
• Texas Seeks Actuarial Services & Medicaid Projects
• North Dakota Medicaid Launches Family Paid Caregiver Pilot For Adults & Children With Disabilities
• North Carolina Updates Olmstead Plan Priorities For Those With I/DD & Behavioral Disabilities

Seven States Have Laws That Allow Medicaid To Reimburse For Violence Prevention Services

In the North Carolina 2024-25 Olmstead Plan, the state set six priorities for improving access to services and supporting choice for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) and those with serious mental health or addiction disorders. This is the state’s first update to its inaugural two-year Olmstead Plan issued in 2022. In the previous plan, the state set out a system framework and identified specific actions to achieve its vision. It measured progress in terms of… Read

• Contract Awards Change The Florida Medicaid MCO Landscape
• New York City Developing Performance Measures For Intensive Mobile Treatment Teams For People With SMI
• Eight-State Review Finds Gaps In Medicaid MCO Compliance With Behavioral Health Parity Requirements
• Kentucky CHFS Provider Letter # A-113: Mobile Crisis Intervention Service Expansion
• North Carolina Dual Eligible System: An OPEN MINDS State Profile