MDH releases RFP for Medicaid dental benefits administrator
Nicole Pasia | Sep 8, 2022 | Maryland
12-month Medicaid postpartum extension approved in Maryland, Hawaii, Ohio
Nicole Pasia | Aug 17, 2022 | Hawaii, Maryland
Maryland Medicaid to prioritize certain groups during initial months of PHE unwinding
Nicole Pasia | Jun 30, 2022 | Maryland
Maryland looks at increasing dental therapist programs and coverage for seniors
Nicole Pasia | Jun 22, 2022 | Maryland
Maryland Department of Health announces more than $81 million in federal funding to support emergency transport services
Maryland Department of Health | Jun 14, 2022 | Maryland
The Maryland Department of Health (MDH), in partnership with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS), announced more than $81 million in funding to Jurisdictional Emergency Medical Services Operational Programs (JEMSOPs) on June 8th. The funding, made available by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), offsets
MDH opens public comment on Section 1115 HealthChoice Demonstration Waiver Amendment
Nicole Pasia | Jun 10, 2022 | Maryland
The Maryland Medicaid Administration under the Department of Health (MDH) is currently accepting public comment this month on its Section 1115 HealthChoice Demonstration Waiver Amendment. The amendment looks to establish statewide coverage of two pilot programs—the Alternative Destination Pilot and Adult Dental Pilot—by transitioning them into the Maryland Medicaid State
Upcoming changes to Maryland Medicaid ahead of post-PHE disenrollments
Nicole Pasia | Apr 29, 2022 | Maryland
Maryland Medicaid stakeholders met on Thursday to discuss the program’s next steps in light of what could be the last extension of the federal public health emergency (PHE), which ends July 15. Once the PHE ends, so will the freeze on Medicaid disenrollments, causing many vulnerable Marylanders to lose their
Gender-affirming treatment bill passes health committee
Nicole Pasia | Mar 30, 2022 | Maryland
House Bill 746, known as the Trans Health Equity Act of 2022, would mandate access to gender-affirming care to transgender, nonbinary, and other gender diverse Medicaid beneficiaries starting Jan. 1, 2023. The House Health and Government Operations Committee voted on the bill and its Senate companion, SB 682, on Monday.
Crossover deadline pushes bills through final committee voting sessions
Nicole Pasia | Mar 17, 2022 | Maryland
In the final week before bills passed in their chamber of origin are required to move to the opposite chamber, members of the Maryland House Health and Government Operations Committee (HGO) voted on several health measures, with still more to come. The committee voted on the following bills Wednesday night.
Q&A: Deputy Medicaid Director Tricia Roddy and Debra Ruppert on preparing for redeterminations
Nicole Pasia | Feb 22, 2022 | Maryland
Approximately 1.68 million Marylanders—over a third of the state population—are Medicaid recipients as of Feb. 18. Beneficiaries are currently protected from being disenrolled during the federal public health emergency (PHE), which is expected to extend into July 2022. However, once the PHE ends, enrollees who lost eligibility may lose their