Articles Tagged: Iowa Medicaid

Bills would direct more money to the Iowa governor’s office, maternal health care and foreign animal disease preparedness, and away from water quality monitoring.

Legislation adding an asset test and eligibility verification for programs like Medicaid and SNAP has passed the Iowa Legislature and is on its way to Gov. Kim Reynolds.

Personal information of more than 20,000 Iowa Medicaid members was compromised in a data breach of a state contractor last year, the Iowa Health and Human Services Department announced Tuesday.

Iowa is in a shrinking minority of states that do not offer coverage under Medicaid to new mothers for 12 months after they give birth, and lawmakers are not likely to extend the coverage this year.

Iowa House to weigh asset tests after passage by Senate

Lawmakers to hold public hearing on a bill that would alter eligibility requirements for Iowans to qualify for food and health care assistance.

Bill advances that would apply asset tests to applicants

Also, Senate passes bill to change SNAP and Medicaid eligibility

Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley says the White House’s proposal to extend Medicare’s solvency is likely to run into a barrage of Republican opposition.

Federal law requires states to have “estate recovery programs” to seek reimbursements for spending under Medicaid. While some states target very little — Hawaii’s program collected just $31,000 in 2019 — other states are more aggressive — Iowa contracts with a private company that recovered $26 million that same year.

More legislation is needed as the state combines the former human services, public health and aging departments

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds joined 24 other Republican governors in calling on President Joe Biden to end the federal COVID public health emergency.

The nation’s largest Medicaid insurer will pay $44.4 million as part of a settlement to resolve claims it fraudulently overbilled Iowa’s Medicaid program.

Also, Iowa’s Medicaid program is honored by a national Medicaid directors organization

Molina’s parent company has faced fines in three states, including in the past couple months, for not paying providers on time and allegations of improperly submitting claims for reimbursement.