Payment System That Provides Medicaid Funding to States Stops Working, Officials Say
The outage at least temporarily jeopardized payments the federal government makes to state programs, and sowed uncertainty for patients, doctors, hospitals and others.
Medicaid systems down in 20 states including NY after funding freeze
At least 20 states, including New York, were reportedly locked out of their Medicaid reimbursement systems after President Donald Trump's administration announced a federal funding freeze on Tuesday.
Trump federal funding freeze blocked by judge amid impact on Medicaid, confusion in NY
The challenge comes amid uncertainly over funding for city agencies and nonprofit organization, and as states, including New York, are already reporting funding issues.
Trump freezes federal grants with big potential impact on providers, Medicaid
Federal agencies must stop disbursing financial assistance starting at 5 p.m. today under a new budget directive, threatening funding for providers and creating significant uncertainty for Medicaid payments to states.
State Medicaid payments inaccessible amid broader federal funding freeze
Karoline Leavitt confirmed Tuesday afternoon the downed portals after multiple reports from lawmakers that their states could not get access to Medicaid dollars.
Trump’s federal grant pause creates confusion over Medicaid funding
The Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants sparked chaos and confusion at state Medicaid agencies on Tuesday.
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NY attorney general sues Trump administration as state gets locked out of Medicaid
Attorney General Letitia James said the state had been barred from receiving Medicaid reimbursements — before a federal judge ...
States’ Medicaid portal access restored after lapse under Trump, but it’s ‘not functioning correctly’
After losing access to a Medicaid federal funding portal after an aid freeze by the Trump administration, states say they’re ...
States say Medicaid access cut, White House says no payments disrupted
At least three U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday healthcare providers were blocked from the Medicaid payment portal after the ...
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New York State Officials React to President Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze
President Trump’s memo on the freeze specifically mentions funding related to foreign aid, what he calls “Woke Gender ...
Democratic Leaders Report Outages Blocking Medicaid Access
Democratic lawmakers in states including New York, Illinois and Oregon reported issues accessing portals for Medicaid and ...
Why is the Medicaid website portal down? Are payments affected?
The Medicaid website is down, but the portal is expected to be back up shortly, according to the White House Press Secretary ...
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New York leads six-state challenge to Trump’s ‘reckless’ federal funding freeze
The freeze became public thanks to a leaked memo in which the White House’s budget office ordered federal agencies to pause ...