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Nebraska Audit Identifies Billing Irregularities And Potential Fraud In Medicaid Personal Care Program
April 2, 2026An audit of Nebraska Medicaid personal assistance services (PAS) and personal care services for the year ended June 30, 2025, found instances of overbilling and insufficient documentation. The state’s billing system allowed PAS providers to submit claims without verification of… -
Texas Court Appoints Receiver To Oversee Foster Care Lead Agency EMPOWER Following Child Safety Failures
April 2, 2026A Texas court appointed a receiver to oversee operations at EMPOWER, the lead community-based care (CBC) contractor in Region 3E, which includes the Dallas area. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) requested the appointment due to concerns… -
Grow Therapy Expands Platform To Integrate EAP With Health Plans And Partner With Health Systems Following $150 Million Funding Round
April 2, 2026Grow Therapy, a mental health platform that connects consumers with therapists and psychiatric providers, is expanding its integration with employer-sponsored benefits and extending its platform to health systems. The company is focusing on aligning employee assistance programs (EAPs) with health… -
CMS Launches CRUSH Program To Defer And Withhold Federal Medicaid Funds During Fraud Investigations
April 2, 2026The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a new initiative called the Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH) program. The program places increased scrutiny on potential Medicaid fraud and allows CMS to defer or withhold federal… -
OIG Finds Nursing Homes Inappropriately Diagnosed Residents With Schizophrenia To Mask Misuse Of Antipsychotic Drugs
April 2, 2026Nursing homes have inappropriately diagnosed residents with schizophrenia to mask nursing homes’ misuse of antipsychotic drugs, according to a review of nursing home data by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.… -
Supreme Court Rules Colorado Ban On Conversion Therapy For Minors Violates Free Speech In Chiles v. Salazar
April 1, 2026The Supreme Court of the United States ruled on March 31, 2026, that Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy for minors violates the First Amendment when applied to talk therapy. In Chiles v. Salazar, the Court found that the law regulates… -
Nevada Medicaid Issues Notices Of Intent To Award CO D-SNP Contracts To Five Health Plans
April 1, 2026Nevada Medicaid has issued notices of intent to award contracts to five health plans for its Coordination Only (CO) Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNP) program. The selected organizations are United/Sierra Health, Centene/WellCare, Elevance/HMO Colorado-HMO Nevada, CVS/Aetna, and Prominence Health… -
DOJ Finds St. Louis Special School District’s Restraint & Seclusion Practices Violate ADA, Proposes Required Reforms
April 1, 2026The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has found that the Special School District (SSD) of St. Louis County, Missouri violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) through its use of restraint and seclusion practices. In a letter… -
New Mexico Enacts First-In-Nation Universal Child Care Program With Dedicated Funding
April 1, 2026New Mexico has enacted what state officials describe as the first universal child care program in the nation, establishing a long-term funding framework to provide free child care regardless of family income. The program initially launched on November 1, 2025,… -
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Communities Have Significantly Less Access To Dialysis Care
April 1, 2026Residents of the most socioeconomically disadvantaged communities are significantly less likely to have access to dialysis care, according to a recent study. Individuals in these communities were 5.6 times more likely to have no dialysis facility within a 30-minute drive…
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