Providing Medicaid coverage for doula services is taking longer than anticipated, but Director Maureen Corcoran said Monday the program would be ready to go by the end of the year.
Ohio nursing homes are set to receive up to an additional $30 a day for private rooms in the coming months, following "precedent setting" federal approval to incentivize single occupancy.
Ohio's Department of Education & Workforce has its first deputy director for career-technical education pending Senate approval.
The Department of Medicaid is rethinking how to achieve the best outcomes for its youngest members as part of a first-of-its-kind collaboration with children's hospitals and managed care plans.
The chair of the Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee on Thursday agreed with the agency officials that context is key in a state audit that found 124,000 Ohio enrollees were also on another state's roll.
After Gov. Mike DeWine in his State of the State speech charted a children-focused course for the coming year, department directors praised his vision and said in interviews they are prepared to meet the challenge.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday will inspect and assess damage in the 11 Ohio counties impacted by the March 14 severe storms, Gov. Mike DeWine announced.
Over 86,000 Ohio youths were disenrolled from Medicaid between March and September of this year, the fourth-highest number in the nation, according to new federal data.
The Department of Medicaid reported on Thursday it is about halfway through the final implementation phase of the Next Generation program, though it anticipates troubleshooting and enhancement projects to continue.
The Department of Medicaid told lawmakers on Thursday how the new program is targeting specific health outcomes to not only improve members' wellbeing but also lower costs.