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OHCA Board to Meet in Midwest City
Released on August 16, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board will hold its monthly meeting beginning at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, at the Reed Center in Midwest City. The meeting will kick off the board’s annual retreat. Anyone who is interested in the state’s SoonerCare (Medicaid) and Insure Oklahoma programs is welcome to attend the meeting and talk with members of the OHCA board and staff. More>>
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Nursing Home Residents Given Option to Return to Community
Released on August 16, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY – “Wherever you go, there you are, and your money should be there, too.” This may sound like the catchy slogan of a credit card company, when in fact it’s the driving force behind a new program administered by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. More>>
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Garth Splinter Returns to OHCA as State Medicaid Director
Released on July 15, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY – Garth L. Splinter, M.D., is Oklahoma’s new Medicaid director, Oklahoma Health Care Authority CEO Mike Fogarty announced. More>>
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Grant Aims to Reduce Tobacco Use Among Pregnant SoonerCare Members
Released on April 19, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) have joined forces to combat tobacco use by pregnant SoonerCare (Oklahoma Medicaid) members. More>>
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SoonerCare Child Health Checkup Screening Rate Surpasses National Standard
Released on April 14, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY – At a time when Oklahoma is seeing record enrollment and claims for SoonerCare (Oklahoma Medicaid), another record-breaking achievement is nothing but good news: Oklahoma has surpassed the national benchmark for child health screenings. More>>
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OHCA Program Integrity Division Ensures Quality Program
Released on April 8, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY – Provider audits are one of the tools the Oklahoma Health Care Authority uses in it’s program integrity efforts to make sure state and federal tax dollars are being used correctly in the state’s SoonerCare (Oklahoma Medicaid) program. More>>
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SoonerCare Providers Will See Further Rate Reductions
Released February 11, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Health Care Authority board approved additional reductions of 3.5 percent to rates paid to SoonerCare providers for health care services. The cuts will be added to the 3.25 percent rate reductions which were approved at the January board meeting. The latest cuts are required to accommodate the agency’s reduced allocation for February through June of 2010. Both rate reductions will go into effect April 1. More>>
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Health Care Authority Board OKs Provider Rate Reductions
Released January 14, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Health Care Authority board approved reductions of 3.25 percent to rates paid to SoonerCare providers for health care services. The cuts which were required to accommodate the agency’s reduced allocation of general revenue for December 2009 and January 2010 will go into effect April 1. More>>
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