A civil rights attorney said the state agencies named in the lawsuit unfairly targeted health care providers during the Medicaid fraud investigation.
PHOENIX — Officials in states nationwide began experiencing issues accessing portals used to make Medicaid payments Tuesday morning. A spokesperson for Gov. Katie Hobbs' office confirmed that Arizona officials had been unable to access payments since 12:40 p.m.
During Bobby Kennedy Jr.’s contentious Senate confirmation hearing as HHS secretary nominee, he revealed that Medicaid costs blew out by a staggering 60% during Joe Biden’s presidency. “Our ship is sinking.
The back-and-forth created confusion and fear that will linger beyond the lifetime of the memo, nonprofit leaders said.
Arizona law bans gender reassignment surgery for anyone under 18. Trump signed an executive order that cuts federal funding for gender-affirming care for anyone under 19.
The sober-living home scandal involved thousands of mostly Native American people who were seeking help for addiction to drugs and alcohol, often picked up on reservations and driven to so-called sober living homes in the Valley.
A federal judge late Tuesday temporarily blocked a move by Trump suspending most federal grants and aids while his administration reviews them.
At least 40 Native residents of Phoenix-area sober living homes and treatment facilities died between the spring of 2022 and summer of 2024, amid a Medicaid fraud crisis.
Ben Crump sues Arizona for targeting health providers in a Medicaid fraud crackdown, alleging discrimination against minority-owned businesses.
State agencies "devastated Native American communities" and health care providers who serve them when the providers were unfairly targeted by Arizona's Medicaid system, civil rights attorney Ben Crump says.
The order is temporarily on ice, but uncertainty swirls around which programs would and wouldn't be hit by the federal aid freeze.
Four pastors admitted to bilking taxpayers out of more than a million dollars combined, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. Two of them – a former husband and wife – avoided prison time