Celine Castronuovo
@cecelou18
Reporter @blaw covering state health trends | past: @thehill @VOANews @smpagwu | [email protected] | Retweets ≠ endorsements | she/her 🏳️🌈
A months-long investigation I worked on with @JohnDHolland22 is out today. We found the federal government loses billions each year because state Medicaid programs and their contractors routinely fail to catch even the most obvious fraud and misspending. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
NEW: The Trump administration is challenging a federal judge’s order temporarily protecting some Planned Parenthood affiliates from Medicaid cuts in the president’s multi-trillion-dollar tax and spending law. More here for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
“While we’re grateful that the court recognized the harm caused by this law, we’re disappointed that not all members were granted the necessary relief today,” @PPFA said in response to an order pausing Medicaid cuts for at least some affiliates. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
🚨JUST IN: Planned Parenthood is temporarily spared from Medicaid cuts in Trump’s multi-trillion-dollar tax and spending law under a federal judge’s order Monday pausing enforcement of the provision while litigation plays out. More here for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
The anti-DEI focus in NIH cuts means marginalized communities will be disproportionately excluded from research. It's forcing scientists to consider what the future means without the US as a reliable partner. With @eheisig @IanMichaelLopez @ksophiewill: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
.@NIH DEI-related grant cuts have jeopardized future research, forcing scientists to think about how they’ll operate without the US government as a reliable partner and denting economic activity. w/@eheisig @cecelou18 @ksophiewill news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
A rare work tweet: very proud to be a part of this excellent story on NIH grants with @cecelou18 @IanMichaelLopez @eheisig and @ksophiewill news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
Family planning clinics are turning to states to temporarily fill gaps left by deep cuts in the Trump administration’s multi-trillion-dollar spending law that are poised to dramatically curtail reproductive health care access. My latest for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
NEW: A major family planning care provider in Maine is suing the Trump administration over its new prohibition on Medicaid dollars going to Planned Parenthood and other large reproductive health centers that offer abortion care. More here for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
The Minnesota attorney general is urging a federal appeals court to reconsider a panel’s ruling upholding a lower court’s pause on a state law prohibiting excessive price hikes on generic drugs. More here for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
The largest Medicaid claims processor has built a large network engineers and analysts in India and rapidly increased hiring, despite state contracts requiring work be done in the US. @JohnDHolland22 and @cecelou18 report. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
The largest Medicaid claims processor has built a network of at least 1,800 employees in India, even though many of its state contracts require work to be done in the US unless waivers are issued. The latest investigation from @JohnDHolland22 and me: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
NEW: Planned Parenthood is suing the Trump administration over its new multitrillion-dollar tax and spending law, claiming it unconstitutionally targets the group by barring its health centers from receiving Medicaid reimbursement. More from @BobVanVoris: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
UPDATE: A third organization, Converge, serving Mississippi and Tennessee said it was also notified by the HHS on Wednesday of its restored funding.
NEW: Two organizations offering free and low-cost family planning services across four states announced Wednesday that the Trump administration had released federal grants following a three-month review into their clinics. More here for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
NEW: Two organizations offering free and low-cost family planning services across four states announced Wednesday that the Trump administration had released federal grants following a three-month review into their clinics. More here for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
NEW: SCOTUS ruled for South Carolina in its bid to exclude a Planned Parenthood affiliate from its Medicaid program, saying the Medicaid Act doesn’t give beneficiaries a privately enforceable right to choose a specific provider. From @WheelerLydia: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
The Supreme Court’s decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth is the latest indicator of the federal judiciary’s growing deference to states on politically volatile areas of medical care. With @IanMichaelLopez: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
A reproductive health group is a step closer to getting an initiative protecting abortion up to viability on Idaho’s 2026 ballot after the state's top court approved measures that will enable the group to start collecting signatures. From @MaryAnnePaz1: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
Four lawsuits seeking to invalidate a first-of-its kind Arkansas law prohibiting companies that manage prescription drug benefits from acquiring pharmacies will be heard together in federal court, a judge ruled Tuesday. More here for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
The @CMSGov lacked authority to develop requirements on the number of hours nursing home staff must be present at facilities, a judge ruled Wednesday in another blow to an embattled Biden administration rule. More here for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
A divided US Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law that outlaws certain medical treatments for transgender children in a ruling that buttresses similar measures in two dozen states. More here from @GregStohr: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…