Ohio AG: Seven indicted, accused of Medicaid fraud, including two from Dayton, Middletown

Seven people have been indicted, including two from Dayton and Middletown, in connection with Medicaid fraud cases.

Medicaid fraud: Middletown, Dayton women accused of 'phantom billing'

A Middletown woman and a Dayton woman are among seven Medicaid providers accused of phantom billing, or charging for services that were never provided. Carrie E. Francis, 46, of Dayton, and Cynthia ...

Seven people, one business indicted in Ohio Medicaid fraud cases

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced this week that seven individuals and one business have been indicted on charges of ...
The Laconia Daily Sun

Pfizer Strikes Deal with Trump to Lower Medicaid Drug Costs

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The White House has struck a deal with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. to lower the cost of prescription drugs for the Medicaid program. The agreement — ...
Daily Journal

Pfizer agrees to lower prescription drug costs for Medicaid in a deal with Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer has agreed to lower drug costs and invest $70 billion in U.S. manufacturing under a deal struck with the Trump administration, President Donald Trump said Tuesday.
The Denver Post

Colorado to reinstate prior authorization for Medicaid patients’ therapy

Therapists treating Medicaid enrollees in Colorado will have to get the state’s authorization to conduct more than 24 sessions with an individual patient in a year, as the department overseeing the ...

Where jobs are scarce, over 1 million people could dodge Trump's Medicaid work rules

Under a new law, many Americans will have to meet a work requirement to obtain and keep their Medicaid coverage. But due to ...
Salon

Georgia Medicaid work requirement program spent more on administrative costs than health care

Most of the tax dollars used to launch and implement the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program have gone toward paying administrative costs rather than covering health care for Georgians, ...
The New York Times

Explaining the G.O.P.’s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown

Republicans have been falsely asserting that Democrats are shutting down the government to fund free health care for unauthorized immigrants. By Linda Qiu Reporting from Washington With Congress at an ...
northcarolinahealthnews.org

Medicaid standoff could put health care for many North Carolinians at risk

Efforts to prevent cuts that could significantly lower reimbursement to providers for services for North Carolinians on Medicaid stalled last week amid a three-way standoff between the state’s Senate, ...
mahoningmatters

Health Policy Institute of Ohio releases new policy explainer of potential Medicaid work requirements

The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released a new, quick, high-level policy explainer of potential Medicaid work requirements in Ohio. The publication details Medicaid work requirements recently ...
The Highland County Press

Ohio’s rural and safety-net hospitals will lose big under new Medicaid rules, analysis says

One of the main ways President Donald Trump’s signature law will save billions in the Medicaid program is through new work requirements. An analysis released Thursday said they will put a big dent in ...