Medicaid news from every state
Medicaid reporting from more than 400 local newsrooms, public radio stations, advocates, attorneys general and state agencies, sorted into one feed per state and updated every four hours.
Medicaid stories from local newsrooms in every state, updated every four hours.
Latest from every state, page 14
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27OR
Oregon Schedules Medicaid Advisory Committee Subcommittee Meetings
Oregon Health Authority's Medicaid Advisory Committee (MAC) has scheduled two public subcommittee meetings in November. The Ombuds 2025 Report subcommittee meets November 2 from 2:05 to 2:55 p.m., and the 2027-2032 1115 Waiver Subcommittee meets November 12 from 8:05 to 8:55 a.m. Both meetings are open to the public via registration links, with accommodation and interpretation services available on request. The MAC advises Oregon's State Medicaid Director and the Department of Human Services on Medicaid policy, procedures, and operations through a consumer and community lens.
Why it mattersStakeholders tracking Oregon's next 1115 waiver renewal and ombudsman oversight findings have a direct opportunity to monitor or weigh in on early committee deliberations shaping those policies.
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27PA
Pennsylvania Launches First State Doula Apprenticeship Program
Pennsylvania has launched the Pennsylvania Statewide Registered Doula Apprenticeship Program, described by state officials as the nation's first apprenticeship program for doula training. The year-long program, run through Lancaster-based Patients R Waiting with applications opened this month, combines eight weeks of online instruction, a 16-module doula school, two days of in-person training and a subscription to continuing-education resources. Doulas who complete the program will be certified to receive Medicaid reimbursement for their services, which state officials and advocates say could expand doula access in low-income and rural communities. State health and workforce officials frame the program as part of a broader effort to build a structured maternal health workforce pipeline and address maternal mortality and disparities in birth outcomes.
Why it mattersThe program creates a formal credentialing pathway tied to Medicaid reimbursement, giving Pennsylvania's Medicaid agency and managed care plans a larger, state-certified doula workforce to cover under maternal health benefits.
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27NM
New Mexico Caregivers Face Confusion Over Medicaid Work Rule Exemptions
Searchlight New Mexico reports that as the state's new Medicaid work and community engagement requirements take effect January 1, caregivers for older or disabled adults face uncertainty over whether their caregiving counts toward an exemption. People over 65 are exempt from the 80-hour monthly work, school or volunteering requirement, but caregivers under 65 who care for a disabled person, including a senior needing help with daily activities, may qualify for an exemption that the state Health Care Authority plans to verify starting in 2027 using relationship data and self-attestation. Advocates, including the Santa Fe-based Memory Care Alliance and AARP, warn that overwhelmed caregivers may lose coverage due to administrative red tape rather than actual ineligibility. New Mexico's Health Care Authority estimates roughly 89,000 of the state's 800,000-plus Medicaid enrollees will lose coverage under the new requirements, which stem from the federal reconciliation law enacted last year.
Why it mattersState agencies and caregiver advocates must rapidly build outreach and verification systems or risk eligible caregivers losing Medicaid coverage through procedural rather than substantive disqualification.
- Published Oct 27FL
Florida Health Justice Publishes Guide to Medicaid MCO Complaints
Florida Health Justice published a guide explaining how Medicaid beneficiaries can file complaints against managed care plans in the state. The piece walks enrollees through the process for reporting issues such as denied services, access problems, or other plan conduct. It is a consumer-facing resource rather than a report of new policy or regulatory action. The guide is aimed at helping Florida Medicaid managed care enrollees and their advocates understand existing complaint channels.
Why it mattersAdvocates and enrollees gain a clearer path to escalate Medicaid MCO service denials or access failures, which can surface patterns that inform state oversight of plan performance.
- Published Oct 27NY
New York Proposes Monthly Nursing Home Bed Census Reporting
In its weekly New York Health Policy Monitor, Isaac Michaels reports that state agencies advanced several regulatory actions affecting health facilities. The Department of Health proposed shifting nursing home bed census reporting from weekly to monthly submissions, while the Education Department finalized rules changing on-site supervision requirements for physical therapist assistants. Separately, the Governor signed legislation lifting residency requirements for Saint Lawrence County's public health and community services director positions, and the Assembly advanced a bill creating a first responder peer support grant program through the Office of Mental Health. The nursing home reporting change is a proposed rule, while the physical therapy supervision change has been finalized.
Why it mattersNursing home administrators, many of them Medicaid-dependent providers, must prepare to overhaul census data reporting workflows and physical therapy staffing oversight to remain compliant with state licensure and operational rules.
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27MO
New Independence Surgery Center to Serve Medicaid Dental Patients
A new surgery center opening in Independence, Missouri, will focus on serving Medicaid patients, part of broader progress expanding oral health access in the Kansas City area. The facility addresses a longstanding gap in access to dental and oral surgery care for low-income residents covered by Medicaid. The report also notes that looming Medicaid funding cuts could threaten this progress, putting continued access to care for these patients at risk.
Why it mattersDental providers and state officials face the risk that pending Medicaid funding cuts could reverse recent gains in oral health access for low-income Missouri residents.
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 27
- Published Oct 26
- Published Oct 26