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During a routine check by HHS' Office of Inspector General, which investigates Medicare and Medicaid fraud, special agents in Florida noticed that a local company had recently changed owners and had another address in their building. But that location didn't have any actual employees. It was n...
In California, similarly jammed phone lines, crowded and understaffed county offices, and trouble downloading renewal applications electronically are all “compounding people’s difficulty to renew” their Medicaid, saidSkyler Rosellini, a senior attorney in the Los Angeles office of the National Health ...
Only a VA Accredited attorney or Veteran Service Organization Representative (VSO) may assist in the application of benefits. The Florida Supreme Court recently ruled on this matter and held that it constituted the unlicensed practice of law for a non-lawyer to engage inMedicaid or VA planning. ...
Together, these agencies work with their state partners: long-term care ombudsmen, health insurance counselors, state units on aging, Medicaid fraud control units, attorney general offices, senior and disabled advocacy organization, and health departments. The anti-fraud initiative began in 1995 as ...
In order to qualify for long-term Medicaid in Florida, such as nursing home or assisted living care, the applicant must not have given away (i.e., made "uncompensated transfers") assets within five years of applying for Medicaid benefits. This is generally known as the Medicaid “look-back...
In addition to Florida, the team consisted of representatives from the Offices of the Attorneys General for the states of California, North Carolina, Texas and the Illinois State Police, Medicaid Fraud Control Bureau. The Florida MFCU is funded through a grant totaling $26,329,510 f...
Page3GAO/HEHS/OSI-00-69MedicaidinSchools UnitedStatesGeneralAccountingOffice Washington,D.C.20548 Page3GAO/HEHS/OSI-00-69MedicaidinSchools Health,Education,and HumanServicesDivision B-283378Letter April5,2000 TheHonorableWilliamV.Roth,Jr. Chairman ...
However, experts such as Wilson worry that lack of communication from state Medicaid offices for another year will cause further confusion around coverage. "Many of those folks may not have had any communication with the Medicaid office in three or more years," he said. "With a rather transien...
There are several ways you can begin applying for Medicaid. You can go towww.medicaid.gov,www.healthcare.gov, or the website for your state’s Medicaid agency. If you do not have online access, Medicaid has local eligibility offices in each state where you can file your application, or ...