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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Two Louisiana Hospitals Question Projected Medicaid Expansion Savings
Two of Louisiana's privatized former charity hospitals are questioning the savings Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration is projecting from Medicaid expansion, which includes money the state can use to help offset cuts to TOPS funding. If the hospitals are right, and it turns out the Edwards administration's projections aren't conservative enough, hospital administrators at University Medical Center in New Orleans and Lafayette General Health say they fear it could cause a midyear shortfall -- and funding cuts -- to the public-private partner hospitals. (Litten, 4/25)
The Department of Health and Hospitals is asking people enrolled in two large state health care programs to make sure their addresses are up-to-date so they can begin receiving Medicaid cards. People enrolled in the Take Charge Plus and Greater New Orleans Community Health Connection, respectively, will be automatically enrolled in the Medicaid program. The income requirements for those two programs make all of its recipients eligible for the Medicaid expansion approved by Gov. John Bel Edwards on his first full day in office. (LItten, 4/25)
U.S. health insurer Centene Corp reported a near 36 percent jump in quarterly revenue, helped by higher enrollments in its Medicaid plans for low-income families and the acquisition of rival Health Net. (4/26)
