Reducing improper payments made from the Medicare and Medicaid programs is a big step that the federal government can take to improve the country’s long-term fiscal health without legislative action,...
CMS updates Medicaid eligibility standards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 02, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday afternoon announced updated standards for Medicaid financial eligibility for married individuals seeking coverage of certain long-term services...
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Jun 24, 2019
ProMedica’s Paramount may cease Medicaid coverage … Georgia to reinstate Medicaid benefits to residents who lost them
Improper Medicaid payments for fiscal year 2019 are estimated at $57.36 billion, a 14.9% rate, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Monday.
CMS gives states 3 more years to comply with HCBS final rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 09, 2017
States will have until 2022 to comply with a final rule regarding the provision of home- and community-based services to Medicaid beneficiaries, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday.
Policy briefs
Apr 01, 2018
Medicaid payments and options for healthcare services.
Senator: Medicare, Medicaid payments could be budget casualties
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 20, 2015
Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements could be casualties in a budget compromise that legislators are trying to negotiate, one senator told those attending a conference.
Data issues complicate Medicaid oversight, GAO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 06, 2017
The incomplete, inaccurate and late reporting of Medicaid expenditure and utilization data makes it difficult for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to ensure that payments are proper and that...
27 members of Congress urge CMS to withdraw proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 14, 2020
A bipartisan coalition of 27 members of the House of Representatives is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to withdraw its proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation.
Medicare and Medicaid are failing dual eligibles: policy research group
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 28, 2021
Only 1 in 10 people who are dual eligible for Medicare and Medicaid are getting the benefits of both programs. That is the assessment of the Alliance for Health Policy, a nonprofit policy research gro