"… ding to the audit.In the same report, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it had identified 5,000 physicians across the country who ha …"

"… nsequence of these overpayments, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), premiums for all Medicare beneficiaries, including those e …"

"… e to television. She started tracking troubling financial charges to young Medicaid dental patients. Center reporter David Heath joined in the investigation a …"

"… s doing, how much it was spending and who was bankrolling it.Read MoreShareMedicaid dentists game the systemAn investigation by the Center for Public Integrit …"

"… ong to do that to a child.” …"

"… te of Connecticut dramatically increased the fees it paid dentists through Medicaid four years ago. A flurry of private dentists signed up and soon, corporate …"

"… ivate dentists signed up and soon, corporate dental chains specializing in Medicaid began opening offices around the state. One of them was Kool Smiles. The …"

"… tate. One of them was Kool Smiles. The Atlanta-based chain is the largest Medicaid dental provider in the country, serving roughly 2 million children with 12 …"

"… irness," Roberts said.The court found problems with the law's expansion of Medicaid, but even there said the expansion could proceed as long as the federal go …"

"… ong as the federal government does not threaten to withhold states' entire Medicaid allotment if they don't take part in the law's extension.The court's four …"

"… the purchase of health insurance and in denying non-consenting states all Medicaid funding."In all, the justices spelled out their views in six opinions tota …"

"… l budget woes will force them to confront painful options for Medicare and Medicaid, the giant federal programs that cover seniors, the disabled, and low-inco …"

"… e found evidence of abuses by corporate dental chains treating children on Medicaid.For months now, Grassley’s staff has been asking questions of three dent …"

"… has been asking questions of three dental chains serving poor children on Medicaid. Each is owned by a private-equity firm. The chains are Kool Smiles, Small …"

"… o are not licensed dentists, have been providing services with the highest Medicaid reimbursement levels more often than less expensive, arguably more appropr …"

"… the Atlanta-based chain Kool Smiles’s business model of serving kids on Medicaid has led to complaints that it over-treats children. The company has been a …"

"… the economic ladder who are supposed to be reached by a major expansion of Medicaid.Thanks to last week's ruling on President Barack Obama's overhaul, states …"

"… he expansion without fear that Washington will shut down all their federal Medicaid financing. And if some states do opt out, a lot of their residents are goi …"

"… incomes just above the poverty line — are expected to be reached through Medicaid, and the federal government has generous subsidies to entice the states to …"

"… e able to get private health insurance in states that decide not to expand Medicaid. Even modest copayments may be a barrier for some of them."We're talking a …"

"… tablish an online marketplace for patients to shop for insurance or expand Medicaid, two key elements of the federal health care overhaul.In a letter sent to …"

"… nth, although it said the federal government can't withhold states' entire Medicaid allotment if they don't expand Medicaid, the health insurance program for …"

"… ment can't withhold states' entire Medicaid allotment if they don't expand Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor and disabled. If states choose …"

"… Texans — a quarter of the state's population — are uninsured.Expanding Medicaid would add millions of people "into the already unsustainable Medicaid prog …"

"… take time to sort through the complicated law. Many will get Medicaid coverage at virtually no cost. Others will qualify for private insurance a …"

"… overage this way. CONSIDER Medicaid Right now, Medicaid mostly covers children and low-income adults who are disabled, pregnant or …"

"… egnant or raising kids. But the health care law will push states to expand Medicaid to also cover other adults with incomes up to around $15,000, adjusted for …"

"… tly ruled that the federal government can't coerce states into joining the Medicaid expansion. Some states may decline to add people to their rolls. …"

"… ships with the contractors investigating them.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal agency overseeing Medicare, said in a statement that …"