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New Ohio Medicaid Agency

By Chuck Kallendorf

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland yesterday signed an executive order establishing the Executive Medicaid Management Administration as a central coordinating body to administer the state?s Medicaid program across the several agencies now involved.

?Federal law requires every state to appoint one agency to be responsible for applying for Medicaid grants or waivers, administering and/or amending that state?s plan, and ensuring that activities such as claim processing are conducted properly,? the order says. ?Traditionally, the Department of Job & Family Services has fulfilled that responsibility and will continue to serve as the single state Medicaid agency.?

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Full post as published by Cincinnati Law Library Blog on December 11, 2007 (boomark / email).