Medicaid Expansion

The Oklahoma medical industry don’t like the managed care plan for Medicaid expansion announced in January by Gov. Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA)

The Oklahoma medical industry don’t like the managed care plan for Medicaid expansion announced in January by Gov. Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA)

Analyzing and Stirring the Pot: The fight over Managed Care for Medicaid Expansion is serious business

News Staff
Thursday, March 18, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – Just after deadline for last week’s story (“Starting to get down in the weeds”), much of the medical establishment made official what everyone paying attention already knew – they don’t like the managed care plan for Medicaid expansion announced in January by Gov.
Southwest Ledger photo by M. Scott Carter Clint Castleberry, center, Director of Health Services for the Department of Corrections, speaks to the Legislature’s Health Care Working Group Wednesday, Aug. 21.

Southwest Ledger photo by M. Scott Carter Clint Castleberry, center, Director of Health Services for the Department of Corrections, speaks to the Legislature’s Health Care Working Group Wednesday, Aug. 21.

Beleaguered Budget: Aging Population, Mental Health Issues Plague Oklahoma Department of Corrections

News Staff
Monday, August 26, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma’s Department of Corrections spent about $43.5 million on health care for more than 30,000 inmates during the 2018 fiscal year, a corrections official told lawmakers Wednesday.
Southwest Ledger Photo by M. Scott Carter, Members of a joint legislative Health Work Group met at the at the state Capitol last week to try and develop a policy to expand Medicaid coverage in Oklahoma before an initiative petition, which would place the expansion in the state constitution, goes to a public vote next fall.

Southwest Ledger Photo by M. Scott Carter, Members of a joint legislative Health Work Group met at the at the state Capitol last week to try and develop a policy to expand Medicaid coverage in Oklahoma before an initiative petition, which would place the expansion in the state constitution, goes to a public vote next fall.

Proactive Legislative Group Meets, Talks Medicaid Expansion

News Staff
Monday, August 19, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY – A legislative ‘working group’ charged with developing a way to expand Medicaid coverage in Oklahoma met for the first time Aug. 14, gathering information from the Oklahoma State Department of Health and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
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