... to the conversation the state is having about the SCI program and how it can be improved to better serve the citizens of the state," Carolyn Ingram, HSD Medical Assistance Division director, said in a statement.     The SCI program is a public/private program for uninsured adults between 19 and 64 years ...
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... said they had little or no contact with either Contarino or Stratton.     ValueOptions has held the contract for the past four years, administering Medicaid for mental health providers and more than 60,000 people with a wide range of disabilities. It has employed 180 people to administer the program ...
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... $17,816,534 Child care development block grant CYFD Child care subsidies, quality checks and administration Human Services Department $737,600,000 Medicaid HSD $174,200,000 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program HSD Food stamps $38,200,000 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families HSD Cash benefit ...
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009 Medicaid Won't Shrivel Under a Little Sunlight       The state Human Services Department administers more than $3 billion a year in Medicaid, the health insurance coverage for the poor and disabled. And to hear HSD Secretary Pam Hyde tell it, explaining just where that money ...
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Saturday, April 04, 2009 We All Have Stake in Medicaid Fight By Thomas J. Cole Journal Staff Writer           Medicaid is a wildly expensive program that provides a critical service: health care for low-income adults and children in New Mexico.         We all have an interest in how it's run. For ...
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