Across the country, state Medicaid agencies and Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) continue to face a familiar challenge—how to effectively reach members who remain disconnected from preventive care, fall through the cracks of complex health systems, and use emergency...

You will need to renew your Medicaid every year through a process called redetermination. Here is what you need to do.

Care coordination is more than a case manager making a few calls. It’s an infrastructure—anchored in trust—that aligns hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), specialists, home health agencies, behavioral health providers, and community resources around the patient. For individuals with serious disabilities and multiple chronic conditions, care coordination prevents crises by addressing issues upstream: medication adherence, transportation, housing insecurity, food access, and caregiver support.

Care coordination for children and adolescents is not just about medical appointments. It is about rebuilding continuity and safety in the lives of youth who have rarely known either. Without coordination, these children are trapped in a cycle of institutional care, missed appointments, emergency room visits, and missed developmental milestones. With care coordination, these same youth can experience healing, connection, and the possibility of thriving.

Accelerated aging in incarceration is a critical issue affecting a growing number of older adults within the criminal justice system. This phenomenon not only has significant health consequences but also imposes substantial short-term and long-term healthcare costs.

In every community, the mother is often the first heartbeat, caregiver, and safe place. She is the builder of resilience, the source of nourishment, not just from her body, but from her soul. And yet for poor, unsheltered, and marginalized Black women, that heartbeat...

The healthcare landscape is ever-evolving, with new policies and regulations continually shaping how care is delivered to vulnerable populations. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, specifically, Section 5121 (CAA23 -Sec. 5121) introduced new mandates that Medicaid and CHIP agencies provide essential health services to young people who are incarcerated and post-adjudication.

In the fragmented healthcare web, the intersection of socioeconomic status, mental health, and health outcomes is complex and costly to health systems in general but also to individuals and their families. Medicaid serves as a safety net for individuals and families with limited financial resources, often residing in underserved and underresourced communities with inadequate access to providers, social services, healthcare innovations, and supportive networks. These socioeconomic challenges contribute to elevated stress levels, which can lead to social withdrawal and isolation.