Tag Archives: Medicaid
DHW hits billing goal for co-pays on Medicaid plan for children
It looks like lawmakers and department officials have met a goal set for achieving a cost-savings within a children’s Medicaid program, but federal intervention might spell trouble for plans to keep up collections of payments. In early 2010, the Idaho … Continue reading
Dems’ 1,000 job loss claim based on math formula, not hard data
It’s the claim that just kept coming: House Bill 260 will cause the loss of at least 1,000 private sector jobs in Idaho if passed. The claim made its way into debate in House and Senate committee and floor debate, … Continue reading
Report finds new Medicaid payment system could cost millions
A new report by the Idaho Legislature’s watchdog shows that problems with the roll out of Idaho’s new Medicaid payment and processing system could cost the state several millions dollars in advanced payments to providers that may not be returned … Continue reading
Millions from liquor, tobacco, building funds could help balance the budget
Idaho budget writers approved shifting $36 million from dedicated funds to the state general fund to help balance the next state budget. The fund sweeps approved by lawmakers were recommended by the governor. Lawmakers had identified other potential funds with … Continue reading
Lawmakers set Medicaid budget with planned-for cuts
Idaho budget writers approved spending for the state’s Medicaid program that includes the $34.6 million in program reductions approved by the Idaho House Thursday. The budget approved by the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee (JFAC) actually increases state tax dollars going to … Continue reading
House clears $35 million Medicaid reduction bill, sends measure to Senate
A bill to reduce state Medicaid spending by $35 million was approved by the Idaho House of Representatives Thursday. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Janice McGeachin, R-Idaho Falls, is the second of its kind. An earlier measure that aimed to … Continue reading
Committee strips two key provisions from Medicaid reduction bill
A bill to reduce state Medicaid spending by $39 million saw a line-by-line review by the House Health and Welfare Committee Thursday and the measure will be slightly altered and proposed again as a new bill Friday. Two of the … Continue reading
Budget setting stalled, waiting on Medicaid, education spending
Idaho legislators writing the next budget have plowed through setting spending for most state agencies, but will take a break after Thursday, with the two biggest areas of state spending, public schools and Medicaid, still on the table. Potential changes … Continue reading
Legislators begin work on Medicaid reduction bill
It was another emotion-filled day at the Idaho Capitol Tuesday. Hundreds of citizens and lobbyists packed the Senate Auditorium and several overflow rooms to watch testimony on House Bill 221, a measure cutting state funding for Medicaid by $39 million. … Continue reading
Idaho budget progressing, but funding for schools, Medicaid loom large
Putting together the next Idaho budget is going according to schedule and with only a few hiccups, though the two biggest slices of state taxpayer funding are still awaiting funding. Public schools and health and welfare spending make up 70 … Continue reading