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  • Louisiana Loses a Formidable Child Health and Medicaid Champion in Ruth Kennedy

    A few weeks ago, I learned that our friend, Ruth Kennedy, former LaCHIP and Medicaid Director in Louisiana, had passed away. I met Ruth back in the early 2000’s when we were both CHIP directors and participated in the Covering Kids and Covering Kids and Families grant programs funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.…

  • States Work to Prevent Fraud Against Medicaid, Administration Uses Fraud to Attack Program

    The first three months of 2026 have witnessed an unprecedented series of fiscal and rhetorical attacks on states by the White House and the political leadership at CMS, ostensibly about fraud against Medicaid. The focal point of these attacks has been Minnesota. On January 6, CMS notified the Governor of Minnesota that his state was out…

  • Rooted in Justice and Joy: What Black Maternal Health Demands of Us Right Now

    This week marks the 10th annual Black Maternal Health Week led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA). The theme, Rooted in Justice and Joy, honors a decade of movement-building by Black-led organizations while also naming the systemic forces –systemic oppression, reproductive injustices, and health inequities— that continue to threaten the lives of Black Mamas.…

  • Timeline of Fraud Against Medicaid in Minnesota

    In early January 2026, the CMS Administrator, Dr. Mehmet Oz, announced a compliance action imposing large financial penalties on Minnesota ($515 million per quarter going forward), asserting that the state had failed to protect its Medicaid program against fraud. The following month, Vice President J.D. Vance, joined by Dr. Oz, announced a deferral of $259…

  • Tracking Wisconsin Implementation of H.R. 1 Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements

    Medicaid Enrollment Trends The CCF Enrollment Tracker uses the most recent monthly administrative data from state websites and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). State administrative data is often the quickest way to assess what is happening in a state’s Medicaid program.  Wisconsin operates a partial Medicaid expansion, approved under the BadgerCare waiver,…