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Missouri's Medicaid block: denying patients choice in trusted providers
25 Apr 2024 08:32 GMT
… for medical services for Medicaid patients.
The decision follows … reimbursing Planned Parenthood through Medicaid goes against Missouri… the state's Medicaid program. Wales pointed out … life-stabilizing treatments and medications can and cannot be …
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US Senate committee investigates weight-loss drug costs as NC negotiates with manufacturer
25 Apr 2024 03:04 GMT
… to cancel coverage of the drugs for weight loss this … on the prices of these drugs in the United States, … essential for patients in Medicare, Medicaid and the commercial markets,” but … the medications, have left many patients unable to access them.
“No drug …
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Oregon health leaders prepare for future Medicaid changes to improve care
25 Apr 2024 00:15 GMT
… care or treatment for a drug addiction. And the Oregon …
The Oregon Health Plan, the Medicaid-funded program that insures more … requirements are burdensome for the Medicaid insurers as well as … for providing mental health or drug addiction care within 24 hours …
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Colorado Medicaid's tech problems delay critical money for thousands
24 Apr 2024 23:25 GMT
… income and denied the Medicaid payments the Taylor family … quot;Tesla's epilepsy medications were due to be refilled … appeal, Taylor says the Medicaid benefits were reinstated soon … quot;With respect to our Medicaid Correspondence audit, per our normal …
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Exploring Teleneurology Disparities Among Epileptic Medicaid Beneficiaries
24 Apr 2024 23:25 GMT
… , including 387 Medicaid beneficiaries in the Medicaid outpatient clinic, 723 Medicaid beneficiaries in … ;0.0001). Medicaid beneficiaries were more likely to have drug-resistant epilepsy … (DRE) (51.94% in the Medicaid-only …
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Medicaid Saved When Switching to Interchangeable Insulin Glargine
24 Apr 2024 22:45 GMT
… and generated substantial savings for Medicaid programs. However, use of interchangeable … Health Program, investigators used Medicaid state drug use data to examine cost … interchangeable biosimilar use across state Medicaid programs and six states reported …
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Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi moves forward, still in low gear
24 Apr 2024 19:21 GMT
… results, showing that while the drug’s take-up is building … treatment with the anti-amyloid drug.
Biogen also pointed to an … the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that was reported …
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Biogen to invest more in launch of Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi
24 Apr 2024 19:18 GMT
… have been worked through.
The drug, branded as Leqembi, generated … for Leqembi, getting the drug to patients has proven more … The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which insures a large … to Leqembi.
Administering the drug is another challenge, as …
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Op-ed | NY lawmakers deserve credit for protecting Medicaid
24 Apr 2024 15:06 GMT
… New Yorkers.
MLTC epitomizes Medicaid’s importance and value. … stakes involved when Medicaid faces threats.
Medicaid enables us to … member was denied the medication necessary to keep her … While our programming survived, Medicaid is perennially on the chopping …
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Millions of Medicare Recipients Could Gain Access to Weight-Loss Drug
24 Apr 2024 13:31 GMT
… to a class of medications called GLP-1 agonists, … loss drugs.
Because Wegovy is a self-administered injectable drug, Medicare … S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a … plans stating that anti-obesity medications (AOMs) that receive FDA …