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Virginia Governor Unveils “Healthy Virginia” Plan
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Washington Duals Demo Delayed After Plan Withdrawal
2015 Exchange Rate News in Alaska, New York
Pennsylvania Update on HealthyPA Launch Preparations
New York Medicaid MLTC Expansion Update
Feds Reportedly Agree to Concept of Utah’s Medicaid Expansion Alternative
Kansas Medicaid MCOs Report Losses in KanCare Year Two
Iowa Medicaid to Begin Coverage of Sovaldi
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Update on New York DSRIP Program
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HealthyPA Medicaid Expansion Waiver Approved Colorado Launches MFFS Duals Demo Indiana HIP 2.0 Waiver Posted for Public Comment Tennessee, Wyoming Governors Consider Medicaid Expansion Options Georgia Announces Intent to Award Behavioral ASO Contract to ValueOptions Georgia Budgets for Elevated Hep C Treatment Expenses New Jersey Releases Details on ACO Demonstration Applicants Hospital Merger Activity Continues in New York Counihan Named CMS Marketplace CEO Stehle Named Arkansas Medicaid Director Michigan DCH Director Haveman Steps Down
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Washington Issues Foster Care Managed Care RFP
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Louisiana Releases Behavioral Health RFP Massachusetts Medicaid Insurers Cite Sovaldi in Call for Higher Payments from State Ohio, Virginia Release Latest Duals Enrollment Figures Kansas Mental Health System under Increasing Stress
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Indiana Releases Medicaid ABD RFP
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Medicaid Enrollment Increases 7 Million under ACA Study Estimates Health Insurance Exchange premiums to rise by an average of 7.5 percent New York DSRIP Design Grants Awarded California to Add Autism Therapy as Medi-Cal Benefit Two Massachusetts Medicaid MCOs Appeal to State on Sovaldi Pressures
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Louisiana Issues Bayou Health RFP
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Indiana issues Medicaid ABD managed care RFP Washington issues foster care RFP 2015 Exchange rate submission updates in California, Connecticut, Florida, Oregon Colorado MFFS Duals Demonstration set to launch Florida MMA Waiver renewal approved by CMS West Virginia Family Health to enter Medicaid MCO market Maryland DHMH Secretary to step down
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Texas HHSC Issues STAR Kids RFP
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Florida Releases MMA Managed Care Enrollment for Standard and Specialty Plans Louisiana Medicaid MCO RFP scheduled for release next week New York Medicaid Director Provides Program Update HealthNow Announces Medicaid Withdrawal in Western NY HHS Exempts U.S. Territories from Several ACA Provisions Courts Announce Conflicting Rulings on Subsidies for Federal Exchange Consumers
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HHS Medicaid Enrollment Report Updated
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Michigan Hits Enrollment Goal Eight Months Early New Jersey Releases Draft RFP for Transportation Broker New York Posts Draft DSRIP Evaluation Plan Florida Eliminates Waitlist for Persons with Disabilities Pennsylvania Budget Opens Waiver Slots HHS Announces $100M Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program CMS to Conduct Nationwide Survey of Provider Access for Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries
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LA County Begins Passive Enrollment in Duals Demo Iowa Medicaid Director Steps Down Arizona Releases Behavioral Health RFP New York Marketplace Insurers File Rate Increases New Entrants Expected in Georgia Marketplace GAO Report Finds Medicaid Pays Less for Drugs Than Other Federal Programs White House Releases Report on Consequences of States Not Expanding Medicaid
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New York Exchange Enrollment Overview
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Colorado Update on Accountable Care Collaborative
Delaware Awards HP MMIS Contract Extension
Georgia, North Carolina, Florida Marketplaces to Welcome New Insurers in 2015
Managed Long Term Care Begins in New Jersey
New York Duals Demo Postponed
Puerto Rico’s ASES Reissues Managed Care RFP
Health Systems to Merge in Arizona, Pennsylvania
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MACPAC Publishes Report on Medicaid LTSS
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Wernert named Indiana FSSA Secretary Montana Medicaid expansion ballot initiative fails Nine insurers apply for Healthy PA Washington Governor asks state agencies to identify 15 percent cuts Slavitt appointed Principal Deputy Administrator of CMS GAO calls for more oversight of MCOs New Haven (CT) health and social service agencies earn $9.7M CMS grant to establish care coordination programs
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