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California revises Medicaid contract awards, adding 2 insurers

Healthcare Dive

Five insurers will now receive lucrative contracts to provide managed care services, starting in 2024, in the country's largest Medicaid market.

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Centene’s 2024 outlook hampered by Medicaid redeterminations

Healthcare Dive

The payer lost 262,700 Medicaid members in the second quarter, dropping its total Medicaid lives to just over 16 million.

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Medicaid enrollment to decrease by 8.6% in 2024: KFF

Fierce Healthcare

Medicaid enrollment is projected to slide further next year, according to an annual budget survey of Medicaid officials conducted by KFF and Health Management Associates in collaboration with the N | State Medicaid directors once again see redeterminations as one of the biggest challenges they face heading into next year.

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2024 Brings Expansion to Medicaid in New York State

Healthcare Law Blog

CMS approved $500 million in infrastructure spending for NYS to establish social care networks (“ SCNs ”) to provide HRSN screening and referral services to Medicaid beneficiaries that are targeted populations for HRSN services. Medicaid Hospital Global Budget Initiative CMS authorized up to $2.2

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CES 2024: Elevance Health launches program to provide digital health-enabled smartphones to Medicaid members

Fierce Healthcare

Elevance Health is launching a new initiative that aims to put smartphones in the hands of Medicaid members who otherwise cannot connect to virtual services. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual care and digital health tools are more popular than ever.

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March 2024 Regulatory Compliance Updates

Verisys

Compliance Updates: March 2024 Overlook: Board Updates Georgia : The Georgia Medical Board has extended tele-prescribing flexibility until May 1, 2024. As of May 1, 2024, licensees should refer to the Medical Practice Act and Board Rules to ensure compliance with telemedicine practices. MD BOP Regulations 10.34.34.04

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Over 19M could enroll in ACA plans for 2024, CMS says

Healthcare Dive

Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act exchanges could be boosted by extended subsidies and the effects of Medicaid redeterminations.

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