Last year, around 3,100 people were involuntarily committed for at least 14 days, according to the Health Care Authority. More than four times that many were initially detained. And despite the ...

In July 2024, the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority claimed the State Department of Health did not have the power to conduct unannounced jail inspections, but a county judge disagreed ...

Oklahoma Health Care Authority: Provides information on Oklahoma’s Medicaid program. Oklahoma Department of Insurance: Provides insurance information for consumers and handles fraud and ...

That is literally the lifeblood that has kept our hospitals open.” State Health Care Authority Cabinet Secretary Kari Armijo, who participated in the discussion, said new requirements related to ...

KGOU reported that the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, which oversees SoonerCare, is still analyzing the impacts of these proposals and hope to know more through the summer. What are the 'big ...

IF YOU CAN’T DO THAT YOURSELF. WHEN BAILEY WAS TRANSFERRED FROM MIAMI TO MASS GENERAL IN BOSTON WITHOUT A HEALTH CARE PROXY, HER FAMILY HIT THE SAME LEGAL WALL. IT WAS REALLY ADDING SALT TO THE ...

Crisis lines are available for all people in Washington regardless of income or whether they have insurance, with specific lines for each county provided by the state Health Care Authority.

As proposed cuts to Medicaid move forward through a federal budget reconciliation bill, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority outlined potential impacts to the state during its Wednesday board meeting, ...

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MOSES LAKE —The Wraparound with Intensive Services program is making significant strides in addressing the mental health needs of youth in Washington, according to the Grant County Direct ...

Trent England is the executive director of Save Our States and an attorney who lives in Oklahoma City. Is Marxism the only way to save rural health care? Most conservatives would recoil from such ...

“We are committing to help the Lawrence County Health Care Authority in finding a workable path,” Jeff Samz, president and CEO of the health system, said. “The crisis in rural healthcare in ...