APHA Renews Call for Expanding Children’s Health Coverage During Cover
All American Patriots - Washington, D.C., April 23, 2007 As a national supporter of Cover the Uninsured Week, the American Public Health Association (APHA) today renews its call for expanding health coverage for children through Medicaid and the State Children s

CBS 46 Investigates: Nursing Home Director Fired
CBS 46 - A CBS 46 Investigation has discovered approximately 2,000 disabled children that have been kicked off Georgia’s Medicaid program in just the last 18 months. CBS 46 Investigates: Gubernatorial Candidates’ Response to Georgia’s Medicaid Children

Events focusing on coverage for uninsured continue today
Alexandria Daily Town Talk - Events were held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Other events this week include: Today, 7 p.m.: Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital hosts a workshop to educate residents about LaCHIP and other Medicaid programs, at Hope House in Alexandria. Friday

Senators question Medicaid co-pays
Philadelphia Daily News - TRENTON - New Jersey is among five states that do not require low-income people to pay money toward their prescription drugs, hospital visits and other services. That may soon change. Gov. Corzine’s administration has proposed charging co-payments to

INTERMACS Group Reveals Recent Successes to International Transplant
Forbes - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on an effort to obtain more robust data for the registry. In March 2007, CMS announced support for the INTERMACS initiative to attain a national inventory of VAD and recipient information by issuing a

Officials ask why Medicaid is losing recipients
NE Mississippi Daily Journal - Medicaid is a state-federal program that provides health care for poor children, poor pregnant women, the disabled and some senior citizens. Some believe problems in the annual recertification process, which requires required a face-to-face meeting

Alabama Medicaid reaches too few people
Montgomery Advertiser - When it comes to the number of people it reaches and the scope of the health services it provides them, the Alabama Medicaid program is one of the worst in the nation. According to a national study comparing state Medicaid programs, the quality of

Judge delays trial for Tuscaloosa doctor
Birmingham News - TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) A federal judge delayed the Medicaid fraud trial for Tuscaloosa physician Phillip Bobo from May 14 to July 23. U.S. District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn signed an order Tuesday postponing the trial. Blackburn still has

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