Posted Jul 26, 2016, 11:33 am
The state froze its participation in the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in the midst of the recession in 2009. Officials say as many as 40,000 children from low- and middle-income families may gain coverage. Also, Kansas Health Institute examines Medicaid payment problems for nursing homes.
The Washington Post:
Arizona Becomes The Last State To Provide Health Insurance To Low-Income Children
Arizona is rejoining a children's health insurance program for low
and middle-income families, becoming the last state in the union to
provide coverage for health care, dental care, speech therapy and other
services to families who don't qualify for Medicaid. The Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Monday that it had approved
Arizona's plan to unfreeze enrollment in the Children's Health Insurance
Program (CHIP), effective Tuesday. The insurance program, funded
jointly by the state and federal governments, covers children up to age
18 whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but don't have
their own health insurance. (Bernstein, 7/25)
Kansas Health Institute:
State Gives No Advance Medicaid Payments To Nursing Homes
The state has not made any advance payments under a program that
promised financial help for nursing homes while they wait for residents’
Medicaid applications to process. Nursing homes were told in March that
they could apply for half-payments for their Medicaid-pending residents
until the state resolves a backlog of thousands of applications. But
the state instead has used requests for advance payments to prioritize
which Medicaid applications are moved to the front of the processing
queue. (Marso, 7/25)
Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent news service. It is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health-care-policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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