(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah State Auditor Tina Cannon says federal money designed to help Medicaid patients in nursing homes was not used properly. She says only 49-percent of the federal funding went to helping patients. The majority went to companies running those facilities. The auditor accuses them of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — After weeks of outages, all Utah Medicaid patients should be able to fill their prescriptions. Yesterday, the Utah Department of Health and Human Services reported that Change Healthcare’s system — which had been experiencing the outages — had been restored. Officials say they’ll continue to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Medicaid has advised pharmacies to provide free medication to 17-thousand Medicaid members amid a cyber outage. The outage has caused issues with prescription information, and the medication will be given to high-risk patients who need it to survive. Officials say the outage is expected […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah health officials are reaching out to thousands of Medicaid recipients due to a massive mailing error. The Department of Health and Human Services says the personal medical information of nearly six-thousand people may have been mailed to the wrong recipients. The issue was first […]
The Trump administration will allow Medicaid expansion with a work requirement in Utah. The decision came Monday despite courts taking a dim view of the requirement in other states. Republican lawmakers in Utah contend that work requirements make people healthier and more financially stable. Critics say the mandate jeopardizes healthcare […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The number of Utah residents enrolling in insurance plans using the federal health exchange has surpassed the number who used the system last year. The Deseret News reported the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says 62,090 Utah residents purchased insurance using the exchange as […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The rejection of Utah’s closely watched plan to partially expand Medicaid could send other states back to the drawing board on covering more low-income people under former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Matt Salo with the National Association of Medicaid Directors said Monday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say Utah’s planned request for more federal funding for expanding its Medicaid program is being rejected by President Donald Trump’s administration. A statement released Saturday by Gov. Gary R. Herbert and top legislative leaders said the White House told Utah officials late Friday that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health care advocates challenged restrictions set by state officials in Utah’s proposed Medicaid expansion during a tense public hearing. The Utah Department of Health met with residents Thursday to collect feedback before submitting the plan to the federal government. Some health care advocates expressed concern […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As Utah rolled out its partial Medicaid expansion Monday, health care advocates said they’re worried the scaled-back version of a voter-approved law will leave thousands of people behind. While they’re glad more people will get coverage, they’re worried about people such as Leonard Bagalwa, a […]
