SAN ANTONIO, Texas— Emphasizing that Texas sits at the very heart of the U.S.- Mexico economic engine, Roberto A. Coronado, senior vice president and senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, delivered a keynote address outlining the deep integration, recent challenges, and future trajectory of binational trade. Coronado pointed out that Texas…
Wall Street ended higher Friday as oil prices retreated and strong consumer price data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week to fight inflation. Hewlett Packard Enterprise jumped 12% and HP gained 8.4% after Oracle' s quarterly results topped estimates. Oracle dipped 1.8%. U.S. consumer prices accelerated…
DES MOINES— The future of private management of Iowa's $7 billion Medicaid program hinges on which candidate voters choose to become the state's next governor on Nov. 3. Terry Branstad, a Republican, issued an executive order that contracted the management of Iowa's Medicaid program to private companies that are known as Managed Care Organizations, or MCOs.
A federal judge sentenced a 49- year-old Omaha woman to five months in prison Thursday after the woman pleaded guilty in June to fraudulently billing Medicaid and other insurers for medical products meant for patients who never received them. Cassi Wigington also must pay $445,255.37 in restitution, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Rossiter ruled.
HARRISBURG— Late this week, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services announced that nearly 700,000 Pennsylvanians who are on Medicaid will begin receiving letters to inform them of federally-mandated changes to the program that are scheduled to begin in January 2027, according to a release. This letter is the first in a series of communications from PA…
