Medicaid

Vibin Roy

Will telehealth — which exploded during the pandemic — continue to boom?

We know telehealth expanded a lot during the pandemic. Now we know how much. The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has pulled together…

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FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2018 file photo, the U.S. Medicare Handbook is photographed in Washington.  The Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick to run U.S. health insurance programs, putting in place a key player who’ll carry out his strategy for expanding affordable coverage and reining in prescription drug costs. Obama-era policy adviser Chiquita Brooks-LaSure will be the first Black woman to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, which also administers children’s health insurance and the Affordable Care Act.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate confirms Brooks-LaSure to run health care programs

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Kevin Plexico, right, senior vice president of information solutions at Deltek, with John Thomas Flynn. (Amelia Brust/Federal News Network)Kevin Plexico, right, senior vice president of information solutions at Deltek, with John Thomas Flynn on Ask the CIO: SLED Edition

State and local IT market forecasting — pre-coronavirus: Part 2

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HHS inspector general issues recommendations for agency effectiveness, cost savings

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(DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Kelly Simon, U.S. Army)U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone Lawrence, right, places a temporary teal ribbon tattoo on a Soldier's hand at the Koele dining facility at Bagram Airfield in Parwan province, Afghanistan, April 2, 2014. The teal ribbon was the symbol of sexual assault survivors and awareness. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Kelly Simon, U.S. Army/Released)

IG: Veterans Benefits Administration wrongly denied hundreds of military sexual trauma claims

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Tom O’Donnell: HHS watchdog uncovers $1.3B in Medicare, Medicaid fraud

Health and Human Services inspector general teams with state and federal law enforcement to nab large group of fraudsters.

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Richard Stern: Tracking down Medicaid fraud

Federal Medicaid dollars are spent by the states. The Health and Human Services Department requires states to have Medicaid Fraud Control Units that hunt…

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Federal managers working on ‘culture change’ for cross-component data sharing

The Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Counterterrorism Center are two federal components balancing opportunities and limitations on big data.

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