Maryland officials are preparing for as many as 80,000 residents who could no longer qualify for Medicaid coverage this spring.

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Millions of people who enrolled in Medicaid during the COVID-19 pandemic could start to lose their coverage if Congress passes its $1.7 trillion spending package.

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Maryland health department officials say they declined to pursue severe  damages against a nonperforming Medicaid payments contractor because they feared the company would walk away.

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In a move that doctors say will expand health care access for low-income Marylanders, physicians will begin to receive the same payment rates for treating Medicaid patients as they do Medicare patients, starting in July. The increased Medicaid reimbursement rates, ...

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Maryland is now among the 19 states where students receiving Medicaid coverage will be automatically added to the program offering free or reduced-price school lunches.

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With the nation facing a severe health crisis, the U.S. Supreme Court should not scrap the entire Affordable Care Act if the justices deem unconstitutional the federal law’s provision mandating that individuals buy health insurance, Maryland Attorney General Brian E. ...

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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has purchased Medicaid  managed care organization plans in Maryland and Washington as the region’s dominant health insurer adds Medicaid plans to its portfolio for the first time in decades, the insurer announced Friday. The nonprofit insurer bought ...

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Nursing homes cannot sue state officials to recover unpaid Medicaid benefits on behalf of past patients, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in denying compensation requests by three Maryland facilities against health and social-services secretaries. In its 3-0 decision, the ...

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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield may make a play to enter the Medicare Advantage and managed Medicaid markets, Brian Pieninck, the insurer’s president and CEO, said. Pieninck took over as CareFirst’s president and CEO over the summer. CareFirst has not been in ...

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Some families and placement agencies in Maryland say they struggle to find and place in-home nurses as the state underpays them.

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