WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to address reported failures to provide follow-up care for children on Medicaid who have experienced suicidal thoughts or behaviors. Patients with an identified suicide risk history are at 300 times greater risk of committing suicide within one week of their discharge from medical facilities.
A September Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) report (https://oig.hhs.gov/reports/all/2025/most-children-enrolled-in-medicaid-did-not-receive-timely-suicide-related-followup-care/) discov...