(First Alert 4) -- The number of pending applications to Missouri’s Medicaid program, MO HealthNet, was drastically reduced year over year, according to the latest data from the state Department of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Federal regulations require states to process Medicaid applications based on income in 45 days, but Missouri has repeatedly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Todd Richardson, left, director of the MO HealthNet Division, testifies in March 2022 on the fiscal 2023 Medicaid budget.

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

Sep. 14—JEFFERSON CITY — The director of the state agency overseeing Medicaid says an application backlog that caught the federal government's attention has been eliminated. "I'm pleased to tell you ...

She survived war and a drunk driver. Now a Chesterfield 10-year-old's medical coverage hangs on a January deadline.

Missouri's Medicaid program faces significant budget challenges due to a new federal law imposing penalties for high error rates. Advocates propose the state could ...

MO HealthNet covers more than 1.3 million, or one in five people in the state, across different eligibility groups. The majority of Missouri's Medicaid funding, including almost all of its expansion ...

JEFFERSON CITY — State lawmakers held a public hearing Wednesday for a proposed constitutional amendment that would add a work requirement for Missouri's Medicaid program, MO HealthNet. House Joint ...

Dr. Quinn James testified in the Missouri Capitol for nine years before lawmakers passed legislation in 2018 that allows chiropractors like him to provide services through the state’s Medicaid program ...