In the same manner that he encouraged Congressional Democrats to pass health care reform legislation, President Obama is using a loophole to make a recess appointment to head up CMS, …  Read →

Connecticut became the first state to permanently add low-income adults to its Medicaid program under the new federal health reform law.

While a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that the federal government will pay for the bulk of Medicaid expansion required by the health reform law, the math used …  Read →

A new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation says the federal government – not states, as some leaders had predicted – will pick up most of the tab for expanding Medicaid in the wake of federal health reform.

Acknowledging that a federal lawsuit could take years to resolve, Virginia officials have announced a new Health Care Reform Initiative to prepare for the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Touting the nearly $3 billion federal anti-fraud efforts brought into federal coffers last year, government officials say the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will do even more to assist in fighting additional fraud and waste.

The owner of a now closed Newark, N.J., mental health and substance abuse counseling center is facing three counts of fraud, accused of collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars through improper Medicaid claims.

The Congressional Budget Office has revised its estimate for the cost of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, indicating that it will require at least $115 billion more over the next decade than first thought.

Officials in Massachusetts say there is no way a personal care attendant could have offered his services to a local couple who billed Medicaid for those services due to one simple fact: he was incarcerated.

Beginning October 1, Maryland officials will be able to recover damages and penalties from those who file false claims against state health plans and programs, including Medicaid, under a new law signed by Gov. Martin O’Malley.