The percentage of successful disability cases aimed at reversing the denial or re-evaluation of benefits for the aged, blind or disabled has been consistently dropping for years, Legal Aid of Western Missouri said. Data provided by the Missouri Department of ...

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Missouri officials are citing an improved economy as one of several factors that led to close to 90,000 children being dropped from the state’s Medicaid health insurance program in the past year, although some lawmakers are still unsatisfied with the ...

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A Missouri Republican proposed expanding Medicaid coverage to low-income military veterans and their families Tuesday as a slimmed down alternative to a broader Medicaid expansion that has been opposed by many of his GOP colleagues.

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A notice published Tuesday in the Federal Register said that the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare will begin to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests for physician payment data.

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Six Republican state representatives, joined by anti- abortion organizations based in Cleveland and Cincinnati, filed the complaint challenging the panel’s action Tuesday at the state’s Supreme Court in Columbus.

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The suit alleged that a state statute permitting liens against Medicaid recipients’ settlements was pre-empted by federal law.

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Missouri will receive $1.2 million of a multistate settlement against pharmaceutical companies Abbott Laboratories and Fournier. The lawsuit filed by 23 states and the District of Columbia alleged that the companies had conspired to thwart generic competition of its medication ...

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Missouri will receive $2.5 million as part of a nationwide settlement with four pharmaceutical companies accused of violating the False Claims Act by failing to pay appropriate rebates for drugs that were paid for by Medicaid, Attorney General Chris Koster ...

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In a non-decision issued Tuesday, the Missouri Supreme Court took a pass on a four-year fight over Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing homes. The court heard arguments in the case last month but issued no opinion in the case. Instead, ...

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A four-year fight over the implementation of the state budget made its way to the Missouri Supreme Court this week. A group of nursing homes urged the high court on Wednesday to declare that the Department of Social Services acted ...

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Missouri gets $22M, breaking fraud recovery record

The state of Missouri will receive $22 million from Pfizer Inc. as part of a $2.3 billion nationwide Medicaid fraud settlement. The $22 million award marks a record-breaking year for the state in Medicaid fraud recovery. The Attorney General's Office said so far in 2009 it has collected more than $75 million in Medicaid fraud recovery.

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