Becker's Healthcare January 28, 2025
Medicaid reimbursement portals were unavailable in all 50 states on Jan. 28, potentially affecting more than 79 million Americans across Medicaid and CHIP, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden’s office confirmed Jan. 28.
The shutdown follows a temporary pause by the White House on agency grants, loans and other financial assistance programs nationwide. While a Jan. 27 federal memo said that Social Security and Medicaid benefits would not be affected by the pause, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said she would “check back” to see if state Medicaid payments would be affected during a Jan. 28 press conference.
Ms. Leavitt said in an X post that the White House is aware of the Medicaid outage, but confirmed that “no payments have...
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