The Oklahoma Health Care Authority around March 1 will expand eligibility in the Insure Oklahoma program to include more businesses and some college students, according to Cindy Roberts, director of program integrity and planning, the Oklahoman reports.
Under the program, the state pays a portion of the cost for businesses with 50 or fewer employees to [...]
More than5,800 Oklahoma residents were dropped from the state’s Medicaid program becausethey could not meet federal proof-of-citizenship requirements, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority said at a meeting on Thursday, the Tulsa World reports. The guidelines are intended toprevent undocumented immigrants from enrolling in the program.
Theauthority does not know the immigration status of those who [...]
The CEO ofthe Oklahoma Health Care Authority and a state lawmaker remain spliton whether using state Medicaid funds to provide prenatal care services toundocumented immigrants will jeopardize federal funding for the program, the Oklahoman reports (McNutt, Oklahoman,4/2).
The department last fall approved a rule allowing undocumented pregnant womento receive prenatal care as long as their infants [...]
Enrollmentin the Oklahoma Employer/EmployeePartnership for Insurance Coverage, the state’s health insurance premium assistance program, has exceeded10,000 beneficiaries for the first time in the program’s three-year history,the Oklahoman reports.
The most current count of beneficiariesis 10,776, up from 1,557 beneficiaries 15 months ago. State residents withincomes up to 200% of the federal poverty level are eligible [...]