UtahTheAging Waiver for Individuals 65 and Olderis a Utah Medicaid Waiver that covers a very wide range of services that support the elderly participant directly or support their primary caregivers to help them remain living in their home. Services include personal care, home delivered meals, res...
Why Utah Is the Best State Consistency was key in Utah’s return to the top of the Best States rankings for 2024. Elliott Davis Jr. and Julia HainesMay 7, 2024 Why Florida Is No. 1 in Education Gov. Ron DeSantis and his state are no stranger to controversy in the areas of educati...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently entered contracts with a number of private companies to function as Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPIC). These are similar to the Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC), but have different functions from the RACs. ZPICs have contr...
Utah$258 Virginia$295 Vermont$380 Washington$339 Wisconsin$329 West Virginia$417 Wyoming$251 Payment Options & Financial Assistance for Nursing Homes Medicare’s Benefits for Nursing Homes The benefits that Medicare, also known as Original Medicare, offers toward the cost of nursing home care are ...
In Utah, officials argue their “self-sufficiency” requirement is different because it’s based on efforts to look for work rather than work a certain number of hours, said Nate Checketts, deputy director at the Utah Department of Health. It also includes exceptions for many people, including...
Step 5: Wait for approval After submitting the application, Medicaid will review it to determine if your loved one qualifies. Legally, Medicaid offices must review applications and notify individuals within a set number of days. In most cases, Medicaid must send out determination letters within 45...
Shifting to block or per capita grants.Either of these two proposals could lower federal funding for states to operate Medicaid while giving states more discretion over how to spend the money. Annual block grants would give states a set amount, regardless of the number of enrollees. Per capita...
and the Georgetown UniversityCenter for Children and Families. That's because the states have trigger laws that would swiftly end their Medicaid expansions if federal funding falls.The states are Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Utah and Virginia.The 2010...
Texas ranks number one with the highest uninsured rate in the nation, accounting for nearly 6 million people (1). The federal government has nearly $100 billion for Medicaid expansion, out of which $15 billion is needed for expansion in Texas (1). Opting out of Medicaid expansion has left...
” said Robin Rudowitz, vice president and director of the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured at KFF. “If states drop coverage, it is likely that there would be an increase in the number of uninsured, and that would limit access to care across red and blue states that have adopted ...