Seema Verma runs Medicaid. Her husband’s practice won’t accept it
Many specialists nationwide, particularly mental health professionals, don’t accept Medicaid. Most say the program’s reimbursements are too low.
Members of the Trump administration and Republicans on Capitol Hill repeatedly say the country’s Medicaid system is “broken” and enrollees struggle to get care because many doctors refuse that coverage.
The top U.S. official overseeing Medicaid — Seema Verma — doesn’t have to look far to find an example. Her husband, Dr. Sanjay Mishra, is one of them.
Mishra is a child psychiatrist in Carmel, Ind., and a partner and medical director of Indiana Health Group, a large medical practice specializing in mental
