by admin | Feb 8, 2007 | News
The Medicaid Fraud and Abuse bill, which targets Medicaid providers who are cheating the system, has been given final approval in the Missouri House and is headed to the State Senate. The vote was overwhelming – 156-to-2 – despite some concerns that the...
by admin | Feb 6, 2007 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
A bill to crackdown on Medicaid fraud advances in the House with a provision that would bar providers convicted of Medicaid fraud from the program for life. Whether that provision will stay in the bill remains a matter of debate. A sharp exchange punctuates House...
by admin | Feb 4, 2007 | Politics / Govt
State lawmakers have failed the past two legislative sessions to revive a public health care program for the working disabled. The old Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities program was cut in 2005, when its budget grew well beyond estimates. Efforts to...
by admin | Jan 31, 2007 | News
Thousands of disabled workers in Missouri might be able to keep their jobs and their public health care coverage under a bill moving to the House for debate. Now called Ticket to Work, it would replace the old Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities (MAWD)...
by admin | Jan 26, 2007 | News
House Speaker Rod Jetton hears a lot to like in Governor Blunt’s State of the State speech, especially since the governor endorsed one of his pet proposals. Jetton jokes that “It’s amazing what happens when the budget turns around and you have...
