State Seeks Transportation Program Member Advocate
From Forbes McIntosh, Government Policy Solutions, WALA Lobbyist: The Department of Health Services has issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) to seek an external advocate to assist with services and perform audits for its non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) program. The state’s NEMT program manager, MTM Inc., manages non-emergency transportation services for more than 900,000 participants […]
Wisconsin $16.5 Billion MA Program Short by $232 Million.
Shortfall due to Higher BadgerCare Plus Enrollment and Neutral County Nursing Home Costs From Forbes McIntosh, Government Policy Solutions, WALA Lobbyist The Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB), and independent and non-partisan fiscal agency serving the state legislature, released a fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 (Wisconsin fiscal years begin on July 1 and end on […]
Walker Responds to Baldwin’s Medicaid Concerns
From Forbes McIntosh, Government Policy Solutions, WALA Lobbyist Gov. Scott Walker responded to U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)’s concerns about the number of Wisconsin BadgerCare recipients who have successfully transitioned to private health insurance plans through the federal health insurance marketplace by pointing to a 1,600-page report previously sent to the federal government. “The documents […]
Assembly Approves Medicaid Change Delay
By Forbes McIntosh, Government Policy Solutions, WALA Lobbyist: The state Assembly on last Wednesday voted 64-32 in support of special session legislation that would delay implementation of changes to the state’s Medicaid program. Gov. Scott Walker requested the legislation to delay eligibility changes to BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core and extend the dissolution of […]
Democrats Unveil BadgerCare Legislation
Rep. Jon Richards (D-Milwaukee) on Tuesday announced the “Strengthen BadgerCare Act,” legislation that Democrats plan to introduce to expand BadgerCare in the state. Richards and state Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton) said at a news conference Tuesday that their proposal capitalizes on financing available through the Affordable Care Act to provide coverage to people now left out […]
