Medicaid Insurers’ Contracts on the Line in Tight Governor’s Race

Iowa governor’s race to decide future of private medicaid contractors

Governor candidate Rob Sand says he would make Iowa the second state to drop private Medicaid management companies, which he calls “a disaster.”

Medicaid Insurers’ Contracts on the Line in Tight Governor’s Race

One of America’s most competitive gubernatorial races could settle a heated argument over whether private insurance companies should run Medicaid. The race is in Iowa, whose Medicaid program has been plagued with controversy since 2016, when the state hired national insurance companies to manage billions of dollars’ worth of benefits. That shift was made by then-Gov. Terry Branstad, a Republican. With his executive order, Iowa joined most other …

Governor uses unanticipated revenue to restore Medicaid waiver cuts

FRANKFORT — Thanks to an “unanticipated” corporate income tax payment and revenue surplus, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Wednesday that Medicaid providers will not suffer a 4% reimbursement cut after all.

Medicaid Insurers’ Contracts on the Line in Tight Governor’s Race - Health Care Today

One of America’s most competitive gubernatorial races could settle a heated argument over whether private insurance companies should run Medicaid. The race is in Iowa, whose Medicaid program has been plagued with controversy since 2016, when the state hired national insurance companies to manage billions of dollars’ worth of benefits. That shift was made by then-Gov. Terry Branstad, a Republican. With his executive order, Iowa joined most other …