Health care providers in southern West Virginia are adding to the concerns voiced earlier over West Virginia's federally approved plan for revamping its Medicaid insurance program for the poor and disabled, The Register-Herald reports.
“Medicaid managed care and the new Medicaid redesign are a hindrance to the stability of persons with chronic mental illness,” Mike Mays, CEO of regional behavioral health provider FMRS Health Systems Inc. told the newspaper.
The Beckley newspaper also has a separate article in which legislative leaders weigh in.
“For some reason, that has become an extremely bitter battle between the providers and the department,” said House Health and Human Resources Chairman Don Perdue, D-Wayne.
15 September 2008
W.Va.'s New Approach to Medicaid Remains Under Fire
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