By Corey Perry Journal Record Legislative Report August 9, 2018 Implementation of the Medicaid work waiver was a major topic of discussion at OHCA’s monthly board meeting. Tywanda Cox, the Chief for Federal and State Policy at the authority, spoke ...

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By Brian Brus The Journal Record CHICKASHA – Grady Memorial Hospital executives said Wednesday they are shutting down the center’s operating rooms for an undetermined amount of time following a recent review by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The federal government has ensured funding will continue for the next year for a state program that uses a combination of federal Medicaid dollars and state tobacco tax revenue to provide health insurance to low-income workers.

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By Dale Denwalt The Journal Record OKLAHOMA CITY – The ripple effect of this year’s legislative budget cuts has reached Oklahoma’s Medicaid recipients. Starting July 1, only children can receive coverage through Medicaid for sleep studies and the machines that ...

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By Sean Murphy Associated Press While state leaders remain steadfastly opposed to a Medicaid expansion offered under the federal health care law, some of Oklahoma’s 39 federally recognized Native American tribes are exploring opportunities for a federal waiver that could ...

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By Sarah Terry-Cobo The Journal Record A nonpartisan think tank’s top priority for improving Oklahomans’ health is likely not a political reality. On Tuesday, the Oklahoma Academy recommended that the governor and Legislature accept federal money to expand Medicaid or Insure ...

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By Marie Price The Journal Record The decision not to expand the state Medicaid program or otherwise participate in the federal health care law often known as Obamacare has left gaps in access to care that hospitals, community health care ...

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(ASSOCIATED PRESS) — A Kansas woman who allegedly billed Oklahoma’s Medicaid program for services she did not perform has pleaded not guilty to a Medicaid fraud charge.

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By M. Scott Carter The Journal Record GUYMON — In Guymon, no dentist is serving new Medicaid patients. In Cleveland County, only a handful of physicians are taking new Medicaid patients. In fact, across the state, the number of Medicaid ...

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By Emily Summars  The Oklahoma Health Care Authority approved a 7.75 percent rate cut to providers in the SoonerCare program during its special board meeting Tuesday. The cut is estimated to save the state about $48 million.

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