Iowa Medicaid company forced to provide special wheelchairs to disabled clients
BPC Staff Aug 21, 2018 | 3:52 pm
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72 wordsAll Latest News, Government Policy and Law, Health and Wellness, Statewide NewsDes Moines Register: A Medicaid company must pay for specialized wheelchair equipment it denied to disabled clients after losing three simultaneous court battles challenging whether Iowa can force it to provide health services. The appeals by UnitedHealthcare — each involving a severely disabled Iowan who can’t walk independently — lingered for more than a year while the managed care provider denied doctor and state orders that it pay for the specialized equipment.
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