Quality and Safety
Enrollees in high-need areas often lack access to providers who can prescribe or dispense these medications, OIG finds.
Insurer is seeking an injunction, claiming the downgrade was based on an "arbitrary and capricious" assessment.
The report compares cost, care, patient experience and more to brick-and-mortar care, ahead of the expiration of the waiver.
The potential return on investment from reducing these inequities could be enormous, a Deloitte analysis finds.
UMC has been able to keep its ER open, but other services have been disrupted.
HHS is offering the tests to help prevent widespread infections this fall and winter.
Resistant infections result in more than 35,000 deaths each year and cost the health system billions.
GAO identified systemic issues that impair Medicaid's ability to root out fraudulent activities and offered recommendations.