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Gov. Brian Sandoval on Thursday signed a bill into law that includes provisions to privatize Medicaid services for the elderly, the blind and the disabled in Nevada. Section 37 of Senate Bill 514 enables the state to consider the possibility of providing long-term services and support to the blind, elderly and disabled through a managed care model. The governor would have to make a recommendation, which would then have to be approved by the state’s Interim Finance Committee. (Amaro, 6/11)

North Carolina government owes up to nearly $10 million to Medicaid service providers whose payments were delayed — some dating back nearly two years to the start of a new computer billing system. The Department of Health and Human Services disclosed Wednesday night underpayments to about 2,500 providers could reach up to $9.7 million in state funds. (6/11)

Minnesota will pay $3.1 million to the federal government after an audit found accounting errors in how the state Department of Human Services reported collections from overpayments in the Medicaid program. Medicaid is a health insurance and social service program that’s jointly funded by the state and federal governments. The program recovers overpayments in cases where Medicaid determines another third-party payer is responsible for costs initially covered by the program. (Snowbeck, 6/12)