Medicare & Medicaid
News articles in this section include actions by federal regulators like the CMS and HHS, as well as information on Medicare and state Medicaid coverage and benefits.
The rollout of Medi-Cal's new case management computer system is at risk of facing significant delays, according to an audit presented to lawmakers Tuesday by State Auditor Elaine Howle, the Sacramento Bee's "The State Worker" reports.
Stephanie Daugherty earns too much from her part-time job at a doctor's office to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to comfortably afford one of the health plans for sale through the federally-run insurance exchange that Texas and many states use.
Obamacare enrollment passed the government's official projection for 2015 despite about 200,000 immigrants losing coverage because they couldn't prove legal residency.
Americans who couldn't enroll in federal Obamacare insurance plans over the weekend because of computer glitches or long waits will now have until next Sunday to sign up, federal officials announced early Monday.
University of California researchers last week determined there are between 2.7 million and 3.4 million people without health insurance in California -- about 1.5 million of them undocumented.
A total of 9.9 million people have signed up for private health insurance on ObamaCare's state and federal exchanges, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell told senators Wednesday.
More than 400,000 Medicare beneficiaries who may have been confused or misinformed about the pharmacy details of their 2015 Aetna prescription drug plans have until the end of this month to find participating pharmacies or switch plans, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
On Monday, President Obama unveiled a $4 trillion budget request for fiscal year 2016 that includes a number of health care initiatives, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports.
More than 10.1 million people have enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program in the first 14 months since marketplace enrollment began, the Obama administration reported Monday.
The Obama administration will make historic changes to how the U.S. pays its annual $3 trillion health-care bill, aiming to curtail a costly habit of paying doctors and hospitals without regard to quality or effectiveness.