Medicaid, Head Start, health centers say they're locked out of federal funding website

[orangecrush]

Last edited Tue Jan 28, 2025, 04:30 PM - Edit history (1)

A wide range of organizations and agencies that depend on federal health department funds say they have been locked out of the online system responsible for tracking and depositing their money, in the wake of the White House's move to freeze funding across the Trump administration.

These include state Medicaid programs which have been unable to log into the Payment Management Services web portal, or PMS, run by the Department of Health and Human Services, which handles billions of dollars of payments every year.




The website currently warns that due "to Executive Orders regarding potentially unallowable grant payments, PMS is taking additional measures to process payments. Reviews of applicable programs and payments will result in delays and/or rejections of payments."

A spokesperson for HHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment on why recipients have been locked out of the portal.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medicaid-head-start-health-centers-trump-funding-freeze/


Shit meet fan.

[GusBob]

1. Oh la tee da

Cant say the sky is falling though and our buddy Joe says "keep the faith"

My IHS patients, coworkers, colleagues, admin are freaking out

[orangecrush]

2. I'm on hold with Pa. HHS hotline.

Send try, first time I was told to call back later as their line was overwhelmed.

[littlemissmartypants]

3. You have two paragraphs quoted twice, fyi. ❤️

[orangecrush]

6. Thanks

Fixed it.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. 👍

[obamanut2012]

4. I have been told the UC heath system is locked out

That is huge, insanely huge deal. Postdocs were also told no funding, and clinical trials will be shutting down and furloughs and layoffs are coming if this doesn't change.

[BoRaGard]

5. Why do republicons hate Americans?

They are so unChristian

[in2herbs]

8. If it is a grant payment that Congress/IRS previously approved it is allowed. How is F47s group of idiots going to

prove the grant became "unallowable" through Congressional/IRS means just because he was elected?