CENTENE SUBSIDIARY MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN OF ILLINOIS AWARDED CONTRACT TO SERVE DUALLY ELIGIBLE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE
Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), a leading healthcare enterprise committed to helping people live healthier lives, announced today that its subsidiary, Meridian Health Plan of Illinois, Inc. (Meridian ...
Immigrant families scramble as state health insurance for some noncitizens faces the axe in Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget plan
The impact of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s plan to eliminate a health insurance program for noncitizen immigrants ages 42 to ...
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Health plans get $12B in contracts to cover Illinoisans eligible for both Medicare, Medicaid
The new dual-eligible managed care program is a low- to no-cost program for members who have particularly complex medical ...
Illinois patients, hospitals fear potential Medicaid cuts: ‘I hope people have some kind of compassion’
Illinois patients worry about losing Medicaid coverage, and hospital leaders say cuts could lead to serious limits on care.
Illinois lawmakers brace for possible federal cuts to Medicaid
Currently, according to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Medicaid pays for about half of all child ...
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Research and Commentary: Indiana Medicaid Eligibility Reform
Indiana legislation would require regular, extensive checks to make sure that enrollees in the state’s Medicaid program ...
Leaders talk with Illinois families on how Medicaid, Social Security cuts could affect everyday life
Local leaders and lawmakers said the proposed federal cuts would have 'devastating' impacts for people in Illinois.
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Illinois state employees commit $8 million in loan fraud
It was a federal government program which was designed to help businesses keep the lights on and pay bills during the COVID ...
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Audit finds Illinois’ noncitizen health care programs far outstripped original cost estimates
HFS last spring issued new rules clarifying that those noncitizens ... to cover them but were not intended to cover ...
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WATCH: Audit shows Illinois’ non-citizen health care subsidies ballooned
“These 688 exceptions were provided to [Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services] for comment. After HFS’s review of 151, it was determined that 79 were signed up in error,” the ...