Coventry Health Care said it completed its acquisition of the business of Children’s Mercy’s Family Health Partners, a Medicaid health plan operated by Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.

Connecticut became the second state to stop allowing private insurers to cover its Medicaid enrollees, following Oklahoma.

U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va) says President Obama‘s Medicare nominee, Marilyn Tavenner, is “eminently qualified” to run the federal program.

What progress are the states making in their required compliance to help President Obama turn his philosophy into a workable government oversight and management system run ostensibly by those very states?

A Brookline, Mass., doctor pleaded not guilty to charges he ran an “intricate” Medicaid fraud kickback scheme involving about $500,000 he charged to the MassHealth state program.

A nine-months pregnant woman filed suit against Nebraska Aug. 26, alleging that her unborn baby qualifies for Medicaid benefits, even though she is ineligible as an undocumented immigrant.

Florida regulators have fined Humana $3.4 million for violating the state law requiring the national health insurer to promptly report Medicaid fraud or abuse.

Two Blue health insurers are partnering to acquire interest in one of the largest Medicaid companies in the U.S. to better serve beneficiaries in light of looming changes to the program, starting in 2014.

The insurance industry is split on whether recipients of Medicaid and Medicare should have their benefits tied to their income level, according to the latest IFAwebnews.com poll.

A group of doctors and community leaders in Virginia delivered a signed petition to Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), discouraging him from pushing for cuts to Medicare and Medicaid as part of his efforts to resolve the federal debt ceiling debate.