Tag Archives: Medicaid
Medicaid will need $40 million in additional funding, faces $168 million shortfall in ’12
According to early figures, it looks as if state lawmakers are likely to face more tough budgetary decisions in the next legislative session. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) has released budget projections for the Medicaid program for … Continue reading
North Idaho counselor sentenced for Medicaid fraud for taking boys to rap concert
A Hayden counselor received two years probation after pleading guilty to one count of Medicaid provider fraud. Last year, Lindsay A. Nelson billed Idaho’s Medicaid program for individual counseling for two boys. An investigation by the Idaho Attorney General’s Medicaid … Continue reading
Boise physical therapist gets a year in prison for Medicaid fraud
Tina Lancaster of Boise was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for fraudulently billing Idaho’s Medicaid program more than $115,000. Lancaster, also known as Tina Kondo-Broski, was the president of Idaho Children’s Academy and Therapy Center. … Continue reading
Otter, others promise fixes to delayed Medicaid payments (video)
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter said he’s cautiously comfortable that the state can fix problems that have led to delays in payments from the state to Medicaid providers. Idaho reimburses local health care providers for Medicaid costs using its Medicaid Management … Continue reading
North Idaho Medicaid provider sentenced for overbilling program
A north Idaho woman was convicted of defrauding the Idaho Medicaid program by overbilling the state. Barbara Buvel of Coeur d’Alene was ordered to repay $3,015 to Medicaid and sentenced to 80 hours of labor inmate detail and two years … Continue reading
$26 billion in spending for Medicaid, teachers gets support from Minnick, not Simpson
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a $26 billion plan that will help states, including Idaho, pay for Medicaid and help schools districts pay teachers salaries. The plan will save Idaho the state of Idaho $68 million from a fund … Continue reading
Idaho gets $1.9 million from drug companies for overpriced medications
Four prescription drug companies will pay the state of Idaho $1.9 million as part of a legal settlement over wrongly priced medications used by the state’s Medicaid program. “This settlement reimburses unfair costs to Idaho taxpayers,” Attorney General Lawrence Wasden … Continue reading
North Idaho Medicaid provider convicted of fraud
A North Idaho personal care provider was convicted of Medicaid fraud and will serve 45 days in jail and pay $12,465 back to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW). Coral Mouser of Bonners Ferry pled guilty in May … Continue reading
Idaho not among states asking for more federal Medicaid money
Idaho could be better off than other states if Congress doesn’t extend a part of the stimulus plan that sends more money back to states to pay for Medicaid programs. While governors of other states have asked Congress to continue … Continue reading
New DHW web page looking for ideas to fill $247 million Medicaid gap
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) launched a new web page asking citizens and health care providers for their proposals for how to reduce Medicaid spending by $247 million, to fill a projected deficit in the next fiscal … Continue reading