Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell announced Monday that the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) filed an administrative claim for breach of contract against Xerox, including a request for an order that Xerox remedy all defects in the Medicaid Management Information System on an expedited basis. “I am determined that Xerox be held […]
In April I challenged the Parnell administration to explain to the public the steps it has taken to fix Alaska’s Medicaid reimbursement system. (“Alaska Needs to Fix its Medicaid repayment mess” April 22, 2014 Alaska Dispatch). This system compensates health care providers (i.e., hospitals, clinics, physicians, therapists, etc.) for the services they provide to the […]
ANCHORAGE — A report analyzing Alaska’s health care safety net and identifying where gaps exist for Alaskans who fall between the eligibility lines of Medicaid and subsidized insurance on the Federal Healthcare Marketplace was completed by the Department of Health and Social Services and delivered to Gov. Sean Parnell Monday, June 9. The report defines […]
U.S. Senator Mark Begich Wednesday joined a group of senators urging 18 state governors to put aside their political differences and expand Medicaid in their states in order to bring access to life-saving health care and preventive health services to millions of Americans. “In Alaska, Governor Parnell’s refusal to expand Medicaid means denying health insurance to […]