Despite national pressure to reduce these types of C-sections, Mississippi’s rate has stayed high across the last decade — ...

Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities, touches millions of Americans and has become deeply woven into the U.S. health care system.

Many are Hispanic and uninsured, and some are willing to travel from other counties, bypassing closer healthcare providers, ...

The Medicaid Fraud and Residential Abuse Unit receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $1,332,724 for Federal fiscal year ...

Also, during his speech, Reeves again called on lawmakers to throw cold water on efforts to expand Medicaid in Mississippi because of potential cuts to Medicaid and government healthcare funding ...

The federal government reimburses states for a portion of Medicaid costs through the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage program, which covers hospitals, doctors, clinics, pharmacies and nursing ...

Reeves Pushes Income Tax Elimination, Opposes Medicaid Expansion in State of the State Address Amid a likely debate between Mississippi House and Senate leaders over plans to slash state taxes ...

State Medicaid agencies use the PMS system to draw down funds to pay hospitals, doctors and other providers that treat Medicaid recipients, as well as to pay insurers, which contract with states ...

The Mississippi and federal governments need to expand Medicaid coverage and increase ... workers and increase incentives for healthcare providers in rural areas to become certified.

Across the country, staff trying to access Medicaid ... providers got messages that read “Proxy Error” or “System Maintenance in progress, Interactive Access has been shut down.” In ...

Across the country, staff trying to access Medicaid and ... system website, some providers got messages that read “Proxy Error” or “System Maintenance in progress, Interactive Access has been shut ...

Multiple state Medicaid programs reported late Tuesday ... funds to meet their financial obligations to the health care providers and health plans serving Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries," Alker ...