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Alaska News Nightly: Friday, June 7, 2024
08 Jun 2024 02:05 GMT
… comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media on … Alaska News Nightly podcast.
Friday on Alaska News Nightly:
An Alaskan … over long delays in approving Medicaid applications. Plus, Wildlife … is the producer of Alaska News Nightly and covers …
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A new lawsuit over Alaska’s Medicaid backlog asks a judge to order faster processing
08 Jun 2024 00:40 GMT
… told Alaska Public Media more than 15,000 Medicaid applications … from being kicked off Medicaid, leading the state to … not meeting legal deadlines.
Medicaid coverage can be retroactive … provided an eligibility determination, Medicaid will go backwards and …
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Alaska’s Medicaid backlog triggers lawsuit
07 Jun 2024 03:21 GMT
… in a backlog of Medicaid applications in Alaska. “I know that we … provide timely access to Medicaid to eligible Alaskans who have a dire … article from Alaska Public Media that detailed the state’s Medicaid backlog …
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Audit on huge Medicaid fraud doesn't say who is to blame
06 Jun 2024 13:56 GMT
… state leaders discovered massive Medicaid fraud schemes that disproportionately … the American Indian and Alaska Native population in Arizona. … t American Indian or Alaska Native enrolled in the … not Indigenous.
Some Medicaid members whose enrollment switched …
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Breaking Down Barriers: The Crucial Role of Medicaid in Ensuring Oral Health for Low-Income Americans
04 Jun 2024 18:16 GMT
… of dental services by Medicaid enrollees.
The brief notes … , including those covered by Medicaid. Nearly one-fourth of … American Indian and Alaska Native children.
Medicaid dental coverage is … of adult Medicaid enrollees.
The analysis of Medicaid claims data …
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Wisconsin among top 10 states prescribing opioids to Medicaid patients
26 May 2024 14:00 GMT
… using Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data, which includes … information about Medicaid, a public health insurance … the highest number of Medicaid opioid prescriptions in 2021, … claims: 17,713
#9. Alaska
- Opioid prescribing rate: 4 …
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Biden-Harris Administration Releases Data Showing Historic Gains in Health Care Coverage in Minority Communities
07 Jun 2024 12:18 GMT
… Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native populations, who are disproportionately … .
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expects to award …
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Keeping Score: Trump Convicted of 34 Felonies; Biden Celebrates Pride Month; New Anti-Abortion Law in Louisiana
07 Jun 2024 02:39 GMT
… filibuster. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine … their bill that would cut Medicaid from states that ban IVF … same states want to cut Medicaid anyway. “Ted Cruz is … charade, as threatening Republicans with Medicaid cuts is as much of …
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What Is the Right to Contraception Bill, & Why Did the Senate Block It — Twice?
07 Jun 2024 00:03 GMT
… . Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine … to stop the state’s Medicaid from paying for those forms …
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CGM Optimization Program in Resource-Limited Setting Can Help Patients with Diabetes Improve Glycemic Control
06 Jun 2024 22:54 GMT
… American Indian or Alaska Native. Additionally, 81% had Medicaid or Medicare and …