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Missouri Independent

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State Policy·MO·19d ago

Missouri Medicaid Faces $1 Billion Federal Penalty Over Payment Error Rate by 2029

Missouri's Medicaid program could face over $1 billion in federal penalties under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by Congress in 2025 unless it reduces its payment error rate below 3% by October 2029. The legislation also imposes new federal mandates that will affect state program operations. Advocates are raising questions about the role of managed care organizations in meeting these requirements as the state enters a period of significant budget pressure. The stakes are particularly high for Missouri, which faces enforcement timelines tighter than many other states.

State Policy·MO·36d ago

Missouri Enacts Law Expanding Medicaid Doula Visits and Contraceptive Coverage

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed legislation expanding women's and maternal health coverage under Medicaid, including increased doula visit allowances for pregnant enrollees and extended contraceptive supplies. The law touches dozens of healthcare statutes and includes nonprofit hospital protections. The bill passed with bipartisan support. Specific effective dates and implementation details were not provided in the available reporting.

Federal Policy·MO·51d ago

Missouri Faces $150M Liability for SNAP Error Rate Under 2025 Federal Law

Missouri must cover 10% of federal nutrition assistance costs starting in 2027 — approximately $150 million — if it fails to improve benefit payment accuracy under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed in July 2025, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data released last week. The law imposes financial penalties on states with high error rates in SNAP administration. While SNAP is administered separately from Medicaid, both programs often share eligibility systems, caseworker resources, and administrative infrastructure at state agencies, meaning operational improvements or staff reallocations to address SNAP error rates could affect Medicaid eligibility processing capacity and timeliness.

State Policy·MO·64d ago

Missouri Eliminates Medicaid Coverage for Chiropractic Services Due to Budget Cuts

Missouri has eliminated Medicaid coverage for chiropractic services following state budget cuts, reversing a 2018 legislative expansion that added chiropractors as covered providers. The change affects access to non-opioid pain management services for Medicaid enrollees. The elimination comes despite earlier projections that chiropractic coverage would reduce overall Medicaid costs. The policy change takes effect immediately as part of broader Medicaid budget reductions.

State Policy·MO·70d ago

Missouri Drops 333,000 Medicaid Enrollees in 14 Months, 92% Due to Paperwork Issues

Missouri terminated Medicaid coverage for 333,265 beneficiaries between January 2025 and February 2026, with 91.9% disenrolled for procedural reasons rather than ineligibility determinations, according to CMS data. The state's high procedural termination rate indicates systemic renewal and redetermination processing problems. This disenrollment pattern affects managed care organizations through membership loss, revenue reduction, and potential contractual quality metric penalties tied to continuity of coverage. MCOs operating in Missouri face continued enrollment volatility as the state processes redeterminations.

State Policy·MO·84d ago

Missouri Rural Hospitals Say $216M Federal Grant Insufficient to Offset Medicaid Cuts

Rural hospitals in Missouri are warning that a $216 million federal grant awarded in December 2025—part of a five-year, $50 billion rural healthcare investment—will not offset upcoming federal Medicaid reimbursement cuts. The hospitals say the reductions will further strain already fragile rural healthcare systems. Missouri received the funding as part of a broader Rural Health initiative, but providers argue the grant falls short of mitigating the financial impact of federal Medicaid payment reductions affecting hospital operations statewide.

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