Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

When the Department of Health and Human Services approved a proposal allowing Arkansas to experiment with a âprivate optionâ for expanding Medicaid through President Obamaâs healthcare law, it was viewed as a possible model for other states. But a recent report by the Government Accountability Office could change this thinking. (iStock Image)

GAO report casts doubt on Arkansas as a role model

Philip Klein · September 15, 2014 9:00 am

Deficit hawks face a serious problem in advancing their message: Declining deficits and debt. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

Fiscal hawks’ problem: Shrinking debt

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2014 9:00 am

Two doctors at the Sleep Medicine Center in Florida submitted claims for studies that patients either didn't need or never received. (iStock)

Clinic gets 8-year timeout for fraud

Sarah Bedford · September 11, 2014 5:42 pm

Jonathan Blum, described as "the top health official responsible for reforming Medicare under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform," has passed through the revolving door, becoming an executive vice president at insurance giant Carefirst,ÃÂ the Baltimore Business Journal reports.ÃÂ (iStock image)

Beltway Confidential

The Great Obamacare Cashout: Medicare overhaul chief cashes out to CareFirst

Timothy P. Carney · September 10, 2014 4:32 pm

Plaintiffs claim Hawaii Department of Human Services ignored Medicaid rules

Plaintiffs claim Hawaii Department of Human Services ignored Medicaid rules

Kyla Asbury · September 9, 2014 3:32 pm

Audit: La Medicaid overpaid $3.1M to 13 hospitals

Audit: La Medicaid overpaid $3.1M to 13 hospitals

Washington Examiner · September 9, 2014 11:19 am

Va. gov proposes limited health care expansion

Va. gov proposes limited health care expansion

Alan Suderman · September 8, 2014 8:21 pm

A navigator helps Min Lians, who is seeking help buying health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, at the Family Guidance Center in Springfield, Ill. (AP/Seth Perlman)

GOP governors’ cave-in on Medicaid is shortsighted

Philip Klein · September 8, 2014 9:00 am

Kan. OB/GYN found guilty of Medicaid fraud

Kan. OB/GYN found guilty of Medicaid fraud

Dayna DeHaven · September 4, 2014 5:36 pm

Don’t Just Replace Obamacare—Replace the Great Society

Avik Roy · September 4, 2014 10:45 am

Over the past four years, healthcare spending has grown at a low rate by historical standards. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Government actuaries see Obamacare driving up healthcare costs over next decade

Philip Klein · September 3, 2014 8:00 pm

"Clay used the Medicaid identification numbers of individuals who did not know Clay or anything about her company," according to the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Middle District of North Carolina. (iStock)

North Carolina woman pleads guilty in Medicaid scam

Luke Rosiak · September 3, 2014 7:23 pm