Health Headlines for Wednesday, November 23
Audit: $150M Obamacare error
Albany Times Union
New York improperly used as much as $150 million in grants to set up its insurance exchange under President Barack Obama’s health care law and help people enroll for coverage, according to a federal audit released Tuesday.
Local Leaders Come Together in Opioid Fight
Time Warner Cable News
Local leaders from around the country are working together to put an end to opioid abuse.
Where Marijuana Is the Doctor’s Orders, Will Insurers Pay?
New York Times
Early this year, a disabled former automobile body worker named Greg Vialpando explained to lawmakers in New Mexico how medical marijuana helped his chronic back pain.
New York moves forward with medical marijuana expansions
Albany Times Union
The state Department of Health on Tuesday officially filed amendments and proposed rules for New York’s medical marijuana program that will allow it to authorize nurse practitioners and physician assistants to certify patients.
Medicaid care plan pulling out of 3 counties because of ‘calamitous’ reimbursement
Politico
New York State’s largest Medicaid managed long-term care plan will no longer enroll members in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties, according to a letter its chief sent to the state Department of Health.